ITR/IM+AP(GEO)Collaborative Research:Creation of a Geospatial Data System for the Transition Between the Colorado Plateau and Basin and Range Provinces (Geoinformatics in Action)

该项目由美国国家科学基金会/信息技术研究小额资助项目资助，旨在促进亚利桑那州立大学和德克萨斯大学埃尔帕索分校的联合努力，以建立一个综合数据系统，重点研究科罗拉多高原与盆地和山脉省之间的过渡区，主要集中在亚利桑那州和新墨西哥州。该区域对北美西南部地质演化具有基础性意义，是建立综合地质和空间参考数据系统的重要区域。此外，这种系统是及时的，因为它可以用来解决诸如城市化和水资源减少的影响等实际问题。该数据系统的建设将涉及三个主要工作：1)将许多大型、分散和异构的地球科学数据集汇编成经过验证、标准化和文件化的数据库；2)构建基于web的接口，允许任何相关方访问这些数据，接收描述数据和如何最好地使用它们的健壮元数据，并接收关于如何通过结构化协议向系统添加数据的信息；3)设计和构建广泛的公共领域软件（工具箱），使用户能够以一种实质性的方式使用和更新数据。该项目将得到几个联邦和州机构的大力支持，包括美国国家航空航天局、美国地质调查局、国家成像和测绘局以及亚利桑那州地质调查局。＊＊＊

0112960ArrowsmithThis grant, supported through funds from the NSF/Information Technology Research - Small Grants Program, facilitates a joint effort between Arizona State University and the University of Texas at El Paso to construct an integrated data system focusing on the Transition zone between the Colorado plateau and the Basin and Range province primarily in Arizona and New Mexico. This region is important for the development of an integrated geological and spatially-referenced data system as it is of fundamental significance to the geologic evolution of southwestern North America. In addition, such a system is timely as it can be used to address practical problems such as the effects of urbanization and dwindling water resources. Construction of this data system will involve three main efforts: 1) compilation of many large, scattered and heterogeneous earth science data sets into verified, standardized, and documented data bases; 2) construction of web-based interfaces that allow any interested party to access these data, receive robust metadata describing the data and how best to use them, and receive information on how to add data to the system via structured protocols; and 3) the design and construction of an extensive collection of public domain software (a toolbox) that would empower users with the capability to use and update the data in a substantial way. This project will leverage considerable support from several federal and state agencies including NASA, the U. S. Geological Survey, the National Imaging and Mapping Agency, and the Arizona Geological Survey. ***