Maintenance, Development and Innovation of the Barrow Area Information Database and Internet Map Server (BAID-IMS)

本提案的主要目标是维护、发展和创新我们在过去一年中开发的原型巴罗地区信息数据库和互联网地图服务器（BAID-IMS）。BAID-IMS是一个用户友好的基于网络的科学、物流和教育信息门户，允许用户访问、查看和交互广泛的空间数据和遥感图像，重点关注阿拉斯加北部巴罗地区。BAID-IMS的兴趣区域横跨280,000平方公里，从巴罗市以北100公里的海上延伸，东至Deadhorse，西至Point Lay的原生村庄，南至Brooks Range和Anaktuvuk Pass的村庄。该应用程序总共包含100多个数据层，包括一系列空中和卫星图像以及专题数据。专题数据包括美国地质勘探局的地形图、行政边界、基础设施（如道路、电力线和本地生存小屋）、近4000个活跃的和历史的研究地点、植被、地形和水文地图，以及精选动物的分布/敏感图。用户可以使用标准的地理信息系统（GIS）工具来缩放、平移、测量距离、识别路径点以上传到全球定位系统（GPS）、查询一系列属性数据层以及制作和打印自己的地图。联邦地理数据委员会（Federal Geographic Data Committee， FGDC）标准元数据已经为大多数数据层编译，并提供到数据中心的链接，用户可以在这些数据中心获得bbai - ims数据的副本，以便进行更高级的分析。为应用程序中的所有工具提供了帮助指南。该合同将延长BAID-IMS系统的寿命，增强其功能和操作能力。具体而言，获奖者将(1)继续获取图像，专题和站点数据，以提高BAID-IMS的效用；(2)扩展支持BAID-IMS的信息技术和服务器硬件，提高运行能力；(3)继续对研究生和本科生进行BAID-IMS维护和开发方面的培训，并继续开展说明BAID-IMS使用的教育和推广活动；(4)发布、展示和宣传BAID-IMS的功能和技术基础，并让社区参与BAID-IMS的开发；(5)随着新技术的出现和新机会的出现，包括开发用于现场实时访问BAID-IMS的无线技术，改进跨浏览器兼容性和手持式gps的数据导出能力。

Webber 04-54996The key objective of this proposal is to maintain, develop and innovate the prototype Barrow Area Information Database and Internet Map Server (BAID-IMS) that we have developed over the past year. BAID-IMS is a user-friendly web-based science, logistic and educational informational portal that allows users to access, view and interact with a wide range of spatial data and remotely sensed imagery focused on the Barrow area in northern most Alaska. The area of interest for BAID-IMS spans 280,000 km2 and extends from 100km offshore and north of the city of Barrow, east to Deadhorse, west to the native village of Point Lay and south to the Brooks Range and the village of Anaktuvuk Pass. The application encompasses over 100 data layers in total and includes a range of air-borne and satellite imagery as well as thematic data. Thematic data includes USGS topographic maps, administrative boundaries, infrastructure such as roads, power lines, and native subsistence cabins, nearly 4000 active and historic research sites, vegetation, topographic and hydrographic maps, and distribution/sensitivity maps for select fauna. Users can employ standard Geographic Information System (GIS) tools to zoom, pan, measure distance, identify waypoints for uploading into Global Positioning Systems (GPS), query a range of attribute data layers and make and print their own maps. Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) standard metadata has been compiled for most data layers and provides links to data centers where users can obtain copies of BAID-IMS data for more advanced analysis. A help guide is provided for all tools in the application. This award will increase the longevity and the functional and operational capacity of BAID-IMS. Specifically, the awardee will (1) Continue acquisition of image, thematic and site data to improve the utility of BAID-IMS; (2) Expand the informational technology and server hardware backing BAID-IMS to enhance operational capacity; (3) Continue to train graduate and undergraduate students in the maintenance and development of BAID-IMS, and continue education and outreach activities illustrating the use of BAID-IMS; (4) Publish, present and advertise the functionality and technical underpinning of BAID-IMS and engage community input in the development of BAID-IMS; (5) Encompass new technologies and opportunities as these arise, including the development of wireless technologies for real time access to BAID-IMS in the field, improved cross-browser compatibility and data export capabilities to hand-held GPSs.