Arctic GIS Website Launched
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Geospatial Information Infrastructure (GII)
Developed by The Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS)
The website is available at:
http://www.arcus.org/gis/index.html
For further information, please contact:
Helen Wiggins, ARCUS Project Manager
(helen [at] arcus.org)
BACKGROUND
Arctic researchers have recommended, in a number of contexts, a
coordinated effort linking data resources across geographic and
disciplinary boundaries in the Arctic in order to advance a wide variety
of efforts.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and related practices such as
distributed data sharing and collaboration, standards development, and
metadata documentation (Geospatial Information Infrastructure, or GII)
provide the tools and concepts to meet the needs for enhanced data
analysis, visualization, and coordination.
On behalf of the National Science Foundation's Arctic Research Support
and Logistics Program, ARCUS has developed the Arctic GIS website to
encourage and catalyze further discussion and planning on arctic
Geographic Information Systems and Geospatial Information Infrastructure
efforts by providing information and a forum for discussion to the
international arctic research community.
CONTENTS
The Arctic GIS Website includes:
- Information from meetings convened to discuss Arctic GII, including
workshop reports and summaries, powerpoint presentations, and agendas
- Annotated lists of websites relevant to Arctic GII
- Arctic GIS Discussion Forum - an online bulletin board to foster
discussion and collaboration
- News and events
Potential future website developments, depending on community need,
might include items such as: expansion of weblinks list, a searchable
interface of arctic data providers, a Frequently Asked Questions page,
and other related products and services that would advance further
development of Arctic GII.
CONTACT INFORMATION
We welcome your input and feedback on the website and all aspects of
Arctic GII.
Please feel free to provide your input by joining the Online Discussion
Forum at:
http://www.arcus.org/gis/forum.html
or by contacting:
Helen Wiggins, ARCUS Project Manager
(helen [at] arcus.org)