Upgrade of Existing GIS Technology

现有GIS技术升级

• 批准号: 9651376
• 负责人: Paul Larson
• 金额: $ 0.62万
• 依托单位: Southern Utah University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-07-01 至 1998-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9651376&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Upgrade; Existing; GIS; Technology

This project is designed to upgrade the technology used in the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) program. In 1994, the university purchased three Sun Microsystem Sparcstations and ARC/INFO software. The U.S. Forest Service loaned a pen plotter to the university to supplement the project. Although the memory has been doubled recently to 32 megabytes, student projects involving large databases still prove to be a frustrating experience. Large databases are difficult to manipulate because of limited memory. When the existing plotter is returned to the Forest Service, the students would not be able to view completed work except on a computer monitor. The limitations of existing technology would negatively affect the potential of the GIS program. Therefore, the funds for this project are being devoted to the purchase of a Hewlett-Packard 650C plotter and to increase the RAM on each workstation to 96 megabytes. This equipment helps provide students with real-world projects based on local and regional needs and interests.

该项目旨在升级地理信息系统(GIS)计划中使用的技术。1994年，该大学购买了三个Sun Microsystem SparcStation和ARC/INFO软件。美国林业局借给这所大学一台钢笔绘图仪作为该项目的补充。尽管内存最近翻了一番，达到32兆字节，但涉及大型数据库的学生项目仍然被证明是一种令人沮丧的经历。由于内存有限，大型数据库很难操作。当现有的绘图仪被归还给林业局时，学生们将无法查看完成的工作，除非在计算机显示器上。现有技术的局限性将对地理信息系统计划的潜力产生负面影响。因此，该项目的资金将用于购买一台惠普650C绘图仪，并将每个工作站的内存增加到96兆字节。这种设备有助于根据当地和地区的需求和兴趣为学生提供现实世界的项目。