Date of Award

Spring 5-1-2006

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science in Information Systems (MSIS)

First Advisor

Stephen Krebsbach

Second Advisor

Judy Vondruska

Third Advisor

Mark Moran

Fourth Advisor

Ronghua Shan

Abstract

South Dakota State University has constructed an observatory outside of Brookings, South Dakota. Users will be able to remotely access the CCD cameras mounted on the telescopes and telescope positioning hardware. Once the user has captured the image it is stored on an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) server for later download. The main objectives pursued for this project were the development of a method to store, organize, search, and download images captured by a user. The storage of captured image information and user data was needed for later image queries. Since a variety of users could be accessing the image search process, a user-friendly interface was required. There was also the need to limit the access to only the files that user captured. A database was determined to be the best solution with the resources available. Three tables would be contained within the database. These tables would consist of information about images (time/date of capture, who captured it, position, etc), users (first and last name, address, phone number, etc), and organizations (name, address, phone number, etc) A MySQL database and user interface created with PHP (stands for Personal Home Page or more recently PHP Hypertext Preprocessor) server-side scripting was designed to address these issues. Users can log into the image database through the web browser of their choosing. They can then search for image files based upon criteria they specify. Administrators have these capabilities plus others. Administrators can add data about users, images, and the organization the user belongs to. Administrators can edit and delete information in the same areas.

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