The MERLIN System
William S. Burgess
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
The MERLIN System is an electronic atlas designed by the
Maryland Department of Natural Resources to be an on-line "library"
of various maps (base and thematic), data, indexes, photographs,
and other geographic information that is used within the department
on a daily basis. MERLIN is a collection of logically related
objects that are linked spatially in a series of levels. Unlike
most computer systems, MERLIN can relate and display virtually any
type of data from spreadsheets, databases, maps, photographs,
scanned documents, and text documents. The MERLIN System, which is
being made available on CD-ROM, uses either the TNTatlas or TNTlite
software (MicroImages), and requires a minimum of a 25 MHz 486DX
processor, 8 Mb RAM, SVGA color display board and Windows to
operate. Copies of the MERLIN CD-ROM are being provided to
elementary and secondary schools in Maryland, along with a tutorial
for classroom use.
Note: copies of the MERLIN CD-ROM will be provided to each conference attendee.
via Jay Morgan