CS6604
DLI - Berkeley questions:

  • MVD
    • How well does MVD 0.9 work for you? Could you get the links on that page to work (use 2 windows of browser, one for the instructions, and one for testing)? What do you like most about it?
    • Did you use it on video or a PC or Mac with Netscape 4?
    • Did you work out Lens overlaying, such as OCR and then Magnify?
    • For the TableSort example, could you under Anno view the note?
    • Could you get the special behaviors to work: Biblio, where you Select a type of format, use the mouse to select an entry, use Edit and Copy to get a version in that format, and then paste elsewhere?
    • Could you get Doublespace in the View menu to work?
  • Cheshire
    • Can you find interesting environmental documents using Cheshire II?
  • TileBars
    • What happens with TileBar search of "document" and "retrieval"?
    • What happens with TileBar search of "fault" and "dam"?
    • When is TileBar searching useful on a single document?
  • Collections
    • What is the name of the DBMS used?
    • What is a database "schema"? How does it relate to "metadata"?
    • How many documents and how many images are in their collection?
    • How good is the OCRing? What research is underway to improve OCRing beyond that of ScanWorX and how well does it work? What is the main idea behind it?
    • How can you find the dams for a county?
    • How does the database table information for Almond dam relate to the page about it? To the OCR output about that page?
    • What is a VLURL? How do you construct it? Can you build one and show results for getting pictures of California wildflowers that have the string "rose" in their common names?
    • Display a distribution map for your favorite flower in California.
    • Can you tell the direction of flight from the aerial photos?
    • How do layers help with managing GIS information with the GIS viewer? Can you zoom in and out and pan around?