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Conclusion<br />

Figure 6-74. Oblique view of kml history, illustrating track height information.<br />

We have demonstrated that Performance criterion PB5.2, Provides Spatial Distributions of Birds<br />

Overlaid on Maps, is achievable by the radar systems evaluated by the <strong>IVAR</strong> project. Figure<br />

6-72 through Figure 6-74 demonstrate that these systems are capable of producing spatial<br />

distributions of targets overlaid on background maps, along with kml histories that include height<br />

information.<br />

6.2.2.6 Provides Bird Tracks in Format Suitable for GIS [PB6.2]<br />

Objective<br />

We designed Performance Criterion PB6.2, Provides Bird Tracks in Format Suitable for GIS, to<br />

demonstrate that the avian radar systems being evaluated by the <strong>IVAR</strong> project provide sufficient<br />

geographical information in the plots <strong>and</strong> tracks data they generate to support displaying these<br />

data in a geographic information system, (GIS).<br />

The Accipiter® software, including the DRP, TVW, <strong>and</strong> RFE already generates georeferenced<br />

data, as we have illustrated in several of the other <strong>IVAR</strong> performance criteria. In this section we<br />

will further demonstrate that live target data can be extracted in near-real time <strong>and</strong> viewed in a 3-<br />

dimensional earth browser, that spatial distributions of birds can be saved as kml histories, <strong>and</strong><br />

that the TDV application enables a user to select individual tracks <strong>and</strong> export them to the kml<br />

format.<br />

We established as the success criterion for PB6.2 that the ability of the Accipiter® applications<br />

to make use of <strong>and</strong>/or extract GIS data from processed target records was “Achievable”.<br />

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