Image stack stream viewing and access

Abstract

Growing amounts of multimedia data (alphanumeric, image, sound and video) are being captured with the increasing deployment of sensors. Data streams from sensors are being increasingly broadcasted via the Internet. We review the image stack stream model or view of data as a convenient basis for both querying and visualizing the situation and changes through time of phenomena buried in the multitude of such variety of data streams. We outline briefly the requirements with motivating queries, and the recommended extensions to the latest object database management developments, particularly the ODMG standard, to support this. The image stack view should be provided whether or not data streams are stored in a DBMS. We present a common user interfaces over the heterogeneity of data stream sources to define, access and view stack streams, illustrating it with a testbed of Internet stream sources in the geophysical domain. A systems architecture and design is outlined. Image co-registration is an important element and we provide a brief on our approach. Performance and scalability are addressed.