US-Egypt Cooperative Research: A Web-based GIS for Egypt's Geological Datasets

该奖项旨在支持纽约州立大学布法罗分校地质系Mohamed Sultan博士与埃及地质调查和矿业管理局（EGSMA）副主任zeinholm El Alfy博士之间的合作研究项目。研究人员计划为埃及的地质数据集开发一个基于网络的地理信息系统关系数据库。它将包括数字地形高程数据、数字化地质图、遥感、地震、地质年代学、地球化学和同位素数据。他们将编译和组织数据集，开发元数据文件，并为可视化组装在线工具。地理信息系统和基于网络的技术将为数据集成、可视化和建模提供经济有效的工具，并将促进跨学科研究。范围：对开发大型数据库（例如，GERM、PETDB、Georoc、UNAVCO、PLATES）的需求正在增加，特别是通过地球化学、地质年代学、地球物理和遥感数据的时空整合来解决全球规模的地质问题。像在这里为埃及提议的地方数据库的发展将在地方和/或区域范围内服务于类似的目的，并可能与全球数据集结合起来。该项目是朝着为中东和北非建立一个基于网络的综合地理信息系统数据库迈出的重要一步。美国和埃及的pi在操纵栅格和矢量数据以及遥感和地理信息系统技术方面具有丰富的经验，能够执行这个项目。该项目的成果将直接适用于埃及的科学研究和资源管理的实际问题，例如该区域的水和矿产资源研究。正在计划通过互联网与科学界共享这些数据。该项目得到了美国-埃及联合基金项目的支持，该项目向两国的科学家和工程师提供赠款，以开展这些合作活动。

0318540SultanDescription: This award is to support a cooperative research project between Dr. Mohamed Sultan, Department of Geology, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York and Dr. Zeinhom El Alfy, Associate Director at the Egyptian Geological Survey and Mining Authority (EGSMA), Cairo, Egypt. The investigators plan to develop a web-based GIS relational database for geological datasets for Egypt. It will comprise digital terrain elevation data, digitized geologic maps, remote sensing, seismic, geochronologic, geochemical, and isotopic data. They will compile and organize datasets, develop metadata files, and assemble online tools for visualization. The GIS and web-based technology will provide cost-effective tools for data integration, visualization, and modeling and will promote interdisciplinary research. Scope: Demand for the development of large databases (e.g., GERM, PETDB, Georoc, UNAVCO, PLATES) is increasing, especially to address global-scale geologic problems through spatial-temporal integration of geochemical, geochronologic, geophysical, and remote sensing data. The development of local databases such as the one proposed here for Egypt will serve similar purposes on local and/or regional scales and could potentially be integrated with global data sets. The project is an important step towards the construction of a comprehensive web-based GIS database for the Middle East and North Africa. The US and Egyptian PIs have considerable experience in manipulating raster and vector data as well as in remote sensing and GIS technology and are capable of carrying out this project. The products of this project will be directly applicable in scientific studies as well as practical issues of resource management in Egypt, such as in studies on water and mineral resources in this region. Sharing the data with the scientific community over the Internet is being planned. This project is being supported under the US-Egypt Joint Fund Program, which provides grants to scientists and engineers in both countries to carry out these cooperative activities.