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图利克湖野外站、阿拉斯加北坡和环极地区开发一个基于网络的多比例尺北极地球植物地图集(AGA)。北极地球植物地图集(AGA)将包括一套地球植物学地图主题(植被、土壤、地貌、地表地貌、地质学、水文学和地形)的框架。这些地图跨越了从植物到行星的比例，总共有七个比例。地图主题、地图图例和地图颜色在地图比例上是一致的。Atlas中的大部分地图已经制作完成，但目前只能以硬拷贝地图或数据文件ftp的形式提供。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。该地图集将是阿拉斯加大学费尔班克斯大学(UAF)区域地理信息系统节点的一部分，以及设想的环北极地理信息系统网络的一部分。将利用国家元数据标准和经同行审查的出版物，对《地图集》的元数据作出重大努力。这些链接将提供关键的辅助出版物、图片词汇表和其他与地图相关的信息。我们将开发研究人员、土地管理人员、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.