The central server of the Border Guard's distributed multimedia system for monitoring and visualisation of ongoing and archival events

Abstract

ABSTRACTThe paper presents the architecture and functionalities of the central server (CENTER) of the distributed system for the Polish Border Guard (BG) for monitoring maritime areas. The overall system has been extended to incorporate, apart from map data, also different multimedia elements such as video from cameras or audio from telephone connections operated by BG units. This requires new system elements: Archive Servers for storing new types of data and Events Visualization Post for the presentation of new media along with the presentation of ongoing or archival tactical situations on maps. The paper focuses on new functionalities of the CENTER and integration of new elements with the rest of the system.