CRISTAL Interactive:

The mechanical framework for this prototype was assembled by
borrowing from technologies relating to videographics,
computer-aided design, data management, and image processing. 
The configuration of the CRISTAL screen mapped prototypes
encourage user interactivity with the information base primarily
through graphical "browsing".  At the most basic level of
interactivity, the user can peruse information screens (text,
numeric, graphic, image) that have been acquired from various
media sources and merged into a digitally uniform, highly
accessible knowledge base.  Program calls to powerful graphics
processors permit the user to construct sophisticated visual
simulations of rehabilitation or restoration design proposals. 
With these capabilities, the CRISTAL system demonstrated that
significant potential exists for image capture and processing
technologies to contribute to the resolution of preservation
information needs.

<dfile46>   CRISTAL: Information Management
<dfile50>   CRISTAL: Mt. Rainier Prototype
<dfile62>   CRISTAL: Summary