Acquisition of Research Equipment to advance the Geospatial Applications in Natural Science Laboratory - Precision Geomatics Extension (GAINS-PGE)

新墨西哥州高地大学请求提供资金，用于购置升级研究设备，以提高自然科学地理空间应用（性别问题信息和联网系统）实验室的能力。性别问题信息和联网系统实验室的使命是作为新墨西哥州高地大学的地理空间技术资源中心，提供各种各样的地理空间硬件和软件。本提案中要求的地理空间测量设备将补充和扩大该设施的研究、教学和学习能力。许多研究和教学工作的知识价值证明了性别问题信息和联网系统实验室提供的应用和服务的广度。该实验室将推进考古学，工程学，地貌学，构造学，水资源，地方和区域构造学，火山学以及野生动物，范围和自然资源管理方面的新的和正在进行的研究。性别问题信息和联网系统实验室是地理空间知识和技术支助的中心，为包括地方、联邦和州机构、非营利组织、美洲土著部落和私人土地所有者在内的各种伙伴提供支助。该实验室开发了培训讲习班和个人指导，以支持当地土地管理和资产清查项目。它还与其他新墨西哥州实体合作开展独特的项目，利用地理空间技术加强社区参与。通过推动国际合作研究工作的发展，该实验室也被欧洲和亚洲部分地区公认为一个外向型的卓越中心。新墨西哥州高地大学的性别问题信息与联网系统实验室是新墨西哥州北方、亚利桑那州东部和科罗拉多南部地区唯一的应用和服务地理空间实验室。本提案中要求的地理空间测量设备将补充和扩大该设施的研究、教学和学习能力。拟议的仪器购置将便利性别问题信息和联网系统用户的研究，为大学、地方、州和私人利益有关者服务，并支助代表人数不足的学生的学习机会。该奖项将推动考古学，工程学，地貌学，构造学，水资源，地方和区域构造学，火山学的新的和正在进行的研究，以及野生动物，范围和自然资源管理的新的和正在进行的研究。新设备将推动性别问题信息和联网系统实验室的使命以及该大学的使命，并为“支持推广和（或）扩大参与活动”提供部分资金，以使其他受众参与地理空间技术应用、讲习班和培训。它也是丹佛动物园、威廉和玛丽大学以及蒙古各种学术和保护组织之间国际野生动物生态合作的基石。从其他大学和社区学院转来的本科生和研究生通常具有高超的地理空间数据开发和分析技能。实验室提供的新的和现有的基础设施提供了一个环境，他们可以继续发展和应用这些来之不易的技能。这个奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并已被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。

New Mexico Highlands University requests funds for the acquisition of upgrade research equipment to advance the capabilities of the Geospatial Applications in Natural Sciences (GAINS) Laboratory. The mission of the GAINS Laboratory is to serve as New Mexico Highlands University’s geospatial technology resource center by providing a broad variety of geospatial hardware and software. The surveying geospatial equipment requested in this proposal will complement and expand the research, teaching, and learning capabilities of the facility. The intellectual merit of the many research and teaching endeavors attest to the breadth of the applications and services that the GAINS Laboratory provides. The laboratory will advance new and ongoing studies in archeology, engineering, geomorphology, tectonics, water resources, local and regional tectonics, volcanology, and new and on-going studies in wildlife, range, and natural resources management. The GAINS Laboratory serves as a hub for geospatial knowledge and technical support for a diverse group of partners including local, federal, and state agencies, non-profits, Native American tribes, and private landowners. The lab has developed training workshops and individual instruction to support local land management and asset inventory projects. It has also partnered with other New Mexico entities on unique projects to enhance community engagement using geospatial technologies. By driving the development of collaborative international research endeavors, the lab is also recognized across Europe and parts of Asia as an outward looking center of excellence.The GAINS Laboratory at New Mexico Highlands University is the only Applied and Service Geospatial Laboratory in northern New Mexico, eastern Arizona, and the southern Colorado area. The surveying geospatial equipment requested in this proposal will complement and expand the research, teaching, and learning capabilities of the facility. The proposed instrument acquisition will facilitate GAINS users' research, serve the university, local, state, and private stakeholders, and support underrepresented student learning opportunities. The award will advance new and ongoing studies in archeology, engineering, geomorphology, tectonics, water resources, local and regional tectonics, volcanology, and new and on-going studies in wildlife, range, and natural resources management. The new equipment will advance the GAINS Laboratory mission, as well as that of the university, and provide partial funding in "Support of Outreach and/or Broadening Participation Activities" to engage other audiences in geospatial technology applications, workshops, and training. It also serves as the keystone of an international wildlife ecology collaboration among the Denver Zoo, William and Mary University, and various academic and conservation organizations in Mongolia. Undergraduate and graduate students transferring from other universities and community colleges have often developed superb geospatial data development and analysis skills. The new and existing infrastructure provided by the laboratory provides an environment where they can continue to develop and apply these hard-earned skills.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.