ITR/IM+AP(GEO)Collaborative Project-Creation of a Geospatial Data System for the Transition Zone Between the Colorado Plateau and Basin & Range Provinces (Geoinformatics in Act

0112968凯勒这笔赠款，通过资金支持的NSF/信息技术研究-小额赠款计划，促进亚利桑那州州立大学和得克萨斯大学埃尔帕索之间的联合努力，以建立一个综合数据系统，重点是过渡区之间的科罗拉多高原和盆地和山脉省主要在亚利桑那州和新墨西哥州。这一区域对于开发综合地质和空间参照数据系统非常重要，因为它对北美西南部的地质演变具有根本意义。 此外，这种制度是及时的，因为它可以用来解决实际问题，如城市化和水资源减少的影响。 该数据系统的建设主要包括三个方面的工作：（1）将大量、分散、异构的地球科学数据集汇编成经过验证的、标准化的、有文档记录的数据库; 2）建立基于网络的接口，使任何有关方面都能访问这些数据，接收描述数据的可靠元数据以及如何最好地使用这些数据，以及接收关于如何通过结构化协议向系统添加数据的信息;以及3）设计和构建一个广泛的公共领域软件集合（工具箱），使用户能够以实质性方式使用和更新数据。 该项目将利用来自几个联邦和州机构的大量支持，包括美国宇航局，美国国家航空航天局。S.地质调查局，国家成像和测绘局，亚利桑那州地质调查局。***

0112968KellerThis grant, supported through funds from the NSF/Information Technology Research - Small Grants Program, facilitates a joint effort between Arizona State University and the University of Texas at El Paso to construct an integrated data system focusing on the Transition zone between the Colorado plateau and the Basin and Range province primarily in Arizona and New Mexico. This region is important for the development of an integrated geological and spatially-referenced data system as it is of fundamental significance to the geologic evolution of southwestern North America. In addition, such a system is timely as it can be used to address practical problems such as the effects of urbanization and dwindling water resources. Construction of this data system will involve three main efforts: 1) compilation of many large, scattered and heterogeneous earth science data sets into verified, standardized, and documented data bases; 2) construction of web-based interfaces that allow any interested party to access these data, receive robust metadata describing the data and how best to use them, and receive information on how to add data to the system via structured protocols; and 3) the design and construction of an extensive collection of public domain software (a toolbox) that would empower users with the capability to use and update the data in a substantial way. This project will leverage considerable support from several federal and state agencies including NASA, the U. S. Geological Survey, the National Imaging and Mapping Agency, and the Arizona Geological Survey. ***