Acquisition of a Geographic Information System for the Groundwater Studies Program, Lehigh University

授予利哈伊大学地质科学系的这一奖项是对提交给国家科学基金会仪器和实验室改进计划的一项建议的回应。该合同将提供购买地理信息系统计算机软件和硬拷贝绘图仪所需资金的一半。该大学致力于为这台设备提供与NSF相同的捐款。地理信息系统的获得将通过提供(1)属性数据与制图数据相关联的数据库的询问，(2)通过对数据库的算术或逻辑运算来推导环境特征之间的关系，以及(3)检索或导出的模型信息的图形显示，来改进LeHigh的地下水研究课程的本科生教学。

This award to Lehigh University's Department of Geological Sciences is made in response to a proposal submitted to the National Science Foundation's Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Program. The award will provide one-half of the funds needed to acquire computer software for a geographic information system and a plotter for hardcopy. The University is committed to matching the NSF contribution for this equipment. The acquisition of the geographic information system will improve undergraduate instruction in Lehigh's groundwater studies program by providing for (1) interrogation of a data base in which attribute data are linked with cartographic data, (2) derivation of relationships among environmental features by arithmetic or logical operations on the database, and (3) graphic displays of retrieved or derived model information.