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里克湖野外站、阿拉斯加北坡和环极地区开发一个基于网络的多尺度北极地植物学地图集（阿加）。北极地植物学地图集（阿加）将包括一套地植物学地图主题（植被、土壤、地貌、地表地貌、地质、水文和地形）的框架。这些地图涵盖了从植物到行星的尺度，总共有七个尺度。地图主题、地图图例和地图颜色在不同的地图比例尺下保持一致。地图集中的大部分地图已经制作完成，但目前只有硬拷贝地图或数据文件的FTP版本。互联网地图服务器（IMS）将使所有地图以各种格式显示，查询和在线分析。该地图集将成为阿拉斯加费尔班克斯大学区域地理信息系统节点和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，为地图集的元数据作出重大努力。链接将提供对关键支持出版物、照片词汇表和其他与地图相关的信息的访问。我们将开发研究工具，应用程序和分析所需的研究人员，土地管理人员，教育工作者和公众访问和使用数据。

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.