CRISTAL: Mt. Rainier Prototype

It was the graphical interface strategy that provided the
structure for the development of an integrated resource
information base for Mt. Rainier National Park.  In this
prototype application for the National Park Service, reference
data pertaining to individual natural and cultural resources,
such as statements of significance, descriptive summaries, and
dimensional data, were stored in the system's worksheet
environment (Kennedy and Staehli, 1985).  These data fields were
linked to other text files and to the image database through the
Screen Map icons in the graphics environment.  Macro sequences
were developed to allow the user a high degree of discretion in
visually interacting with (accessing and displaying) the
information base.  Image processing capabilities permit the
system user to annotate and graphically manipulate individual
images, and to overlay or combine component parts of various
images to form a single integrated image that addresses
particular diagnostic, analytical, interpretive, or prescriptive
concerns.  The information base can be classified (dissected) to
an increasingly particular level of detail by implementing
additional layers of icon activated worksheet menus.  However
many layers constitute the system structure, the user employs the
mouse cursor to interact with the graphical prompts (icons) of
the Screen Map to navigate the desired path through the contents
of the information base.

<dfile42>   CRISTAL: Prototypes
<dfile48>   CRISTAL: Data Links
<dfile49>   CRISTAL: Graphical Interface
<dfile63>   CRISTAL: Interactive