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 Keller这笔赠款由NSF/信息技术研究-小额赠款计划资助，促进亚利桑那州立大学和德克萨斯大学埃尔帕索分校之间的联合努力，以构建一个综合数据系统，重点放在科罗拉多高原和主要位于亚利桑那州和新墨西哥州的盆地和山脉省之间的过渡地带。这一地区对发展综合地质和空间参照数据系统具有重要意义，因为它对北美西南部的地质演化具有根本意义。此外，这样一个系统是及时的，因为它可以用来解决城市化的影响和水资源减少等实际问题。这一数据系统的建设将涉及三个主要工作：1)将许多大型、分散和不同种类的地球科学数据汇编成经过核实、标准化和有文件记录的数据库；2)建立基于网络的接口，使任何感兴趣的各方都能访问这些数据，接收描述数据以及如何最好地利用这些数据的可靠的元数据，并接收关于如何通过结构化协议向系统增加数据的信息；3)设计和建造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的方式使用和更新数据。该项目将利用几个联邦和州机构的大量支持，包括NASA、美国地质调查局、国家成像和测绘局以及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. ***