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This invention relates to a system for organizing, storing, retrieving and displaying spatially related images where such images may also be relatable within time or image modality parameters. The system includes a dynamically manipulable user interface capable of visually depicting one or more imag

This invention relates to a system for organizing, storing, retrieving and displaying spatially related images where such images may also be relatable within time or image modality parameters. The system includes a dynamically manipulable user interface capable of visually depicting one or more images in a registerable manner, and also depicting the orientation of the image or images in relation to the surrounding neighborhood. The inventive system provides for display of panoramic image sequences consisting of multiple rows with multiple images per row, or image sequences consisting of only a single image. In a preferred embodiment, images taken from the same perspective at different times can be overlaid, and the user manipulates the display to perform real-time compare and contrast between images. In an alternate embodiment, the registered images include those created by means of different imaging modes or modalities such as, for example, visible light images and thermographic images.

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I claim: 1. A graphical user interface which is part of a system capable of receiving user input, manipulating stored data and outputting data in user selectable format comprising:image display area on a display device, wherein a selectable plurality of acquired images may be controllably displayed

I claim: 1. A graphical user interface which is part of a system capable of receiving user input, manipulating stored data and outputting data in user selectable format comprising:image display area on a display device, wherein a selectable plurality of acquired images may be controllably displayed on the display device and wherein selection of images is based on displayed multiple viewports, where each image of said plurality of images was taken by an image capture device at a unique time and where among said plurality of acquired images there are at least two sets of images, such that for any set of images, the image capture device was positioned in substantially a single real-world position and for any single-real world position of said image capture device, a plurality of orientations and fields of view are captured in said acquired images;map area on the display device, wherein a two-dimensional rendering depicting the environs of said plurality of images and including viewports which may be selected and which, upon selection, cause to be displayed in the image display area on the display device an image corresponding to the selected view from the selected viewport and selected orientation around the selected viewport; and where said images are registered, wherein registering comprises displaying said images from the substantially single real-world position of the image capture device at the time the selected image was taken independent of the differences in image content as between the sets of images, and further in said map area a selection causing display of up to a full 360 degree view around the selected viewport, where the viewport represents the position of an imaging device, where said 360 degree view is comprised from a plurality of sets of registered images, so that said display of selected images appear as displayed multiple viewports; andcontrol area on the display device, wherein map area and image parameters are selected, and said parameters include modalities of time and imaging device, wherein said imaging device includes infrared, visual and thermal imaging devices.