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Future of EarthKAM

[[3 column table]]
STS-93 | Mar '99 | (-3 days) | 95 schools
STS-99 | Sep '99 | (-9 days) | 120 schools (approx)
Space Station | Mar '00 | (-3 days/mo.) | 120 schools/mo.
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(in 5 years, nine 3-day sessions/year)

Current & Pending deficiencies
• DB2 expertise
• Network
• Storage (and archive)

Network (weakest link)
• Current capabilities:
  - internal network: 10 Mb/sec (shared)
• Planned enhancements
  - ?

Image archive - current capabilities
• web-viewing of images
  - zoom, rotate, download, etc.
• search by location, [feature]
• overlay on digital map
• online annotation
• link to Gazetteer

Image archive - desired improvements
• feature-based database searches
• algorithms for feature extractions (Jain)
• data fusion (images, digital elevation, radar, etc.)(JPL, Brown)
• web access to near-line storage
• video streaming
• fault tolerance; security

Storage - current capabilities
• Shuttle (images)
  - PCMCIA - 260 MB
  - HD - 1.3 GB
• Control Center (telemetry, images)
  -40 GB
• Image archive
  - 60 GB on line
  - SDSC HPSS (off line)

Storage - requirements (next 5 yrs)
• Images
 [[2 column list]]
  - current | 60 GB
  - STS-93 | 20 GB
  - STS-99 | 60 GB
  - Station | 225 GB/yr => 900 GB (4 yr)

• Complementary data (radar; elevation; maps)

=> with 50% reserve, need 1.5 T (images), ~ 1.5 T (other data)