Towards an Arctic Geographic Information Network: A Web-Based Plant-to-Planet-Scale Geobotanical Atlas Centered on the Toolik Field Station, Alaska

该项目的中心目标是为 Toolik Lake 野外站、阿拉斯加北坡和极地地区开发基于网络的多尺度北极植物图集 (AGA)。北极地球植物图集（AGA）将包括一套地球植物地图主题框架（植被、土壤、地貌、地表地貌、地质、水文和地形）。这些地图涵盖了植物到行星的尺度，总共七个尺度。地图主题、地图图例和地图颜色在不同地图比例下保持一致。 Atlas 中的大部分地图均已制作完成，但目前仅提供硬拷贝地图或通过 ftp 传输数据文件。互联网地图服务器（IMS）将以各种格式提供所有地图，以供显示、查询和在线分析。该地图集将成为阿拉斯加大学费尔班克斯分校 (UAF) 区域 GIS 节点和设想的环北极 GIS 网络的一部分。将主要致力于使用国家元数据标准和同行评审出版物的地图集元数据。链接将提供对主要支持出版物、照片词汇表以及与地图相关的其他信息的访问。我们将开发研究人员、土地管理者、教育工作者和公众访问和使用数据所需的研究工具、应用程序和分析。

The central goal of this project is to develop a web-based multi-scale Arctic Geobotanical Atlas (AGA) for the Toolik Lake Field Station, the North Slope of Alaska, and circumpolar region. The Arctic Geobotanical Atlas (AGA) will include a framework set of geobotanical map themes (vegetation, soils, landforms, surface geomorphology, geology, hydrology, and topography). The maps span plant to planet scales, seven scales in all. The map themes, map legends, and map colors are consistent across map scales. The great bulk of the maps in the Atlas have already been made, but are currently only available as hard copy maps or by ftp of data files. An internet-map server (IMS) will make all the maps available in a variety of formats for display, query, and on-line analysis. The Atlas will be part of a regional GIS node at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) and an envisioned circum-Arctic GIS network. A major effort will be devoted to metadata for the Atlas using national metadata standards and peer-reviewed publications. Links will provide access to key supporting publications, photo glossaries, and other information relevant to the maps. We will develop the research tools, applications, and analyses needed by researchers, land managers, educators, and the public to access and use the data.