The Phase I Report from the Arctic Geographic Information Systems
Workshop, titled "Recommendations for a Geographic Information
Infrastructure to Support Arctic Research: Outcomes of the Arctic GIS
Workshop" is now available at http://www.arcus.org/gis/index.html. This
document will not be available as a print publication; it is only
available as a PDF download.
In January 2001, the National Science Foundation sponsored the Arctic
Geographic Information Systems Workshop to bring together academic and
agency researchers and private industry experts to discuss and develop
recommendations to improve the use of GIS in arctic research. Over 100
participants attended the workshop, representing an international cross
section of GIS expertise and arctic science interests, ranging broadly
across anthropology, ecology, earth sciences, oceanography, resource
management, and information science, climate change, and other fields.
The Phase I Report from the Arctic GIS Workshop, titled "Recommendations
for a Geographic Information Infrastructure to Support Arctic Research:
Outcomes of the Arctic GIS Workshop," presents a summary of workshop
discussions and recommendations to engage the larger arctic research and
GIS communities in the process of developing geographic information
infrastructure to support arctic research. This publication is now
available as a download from the ARCUS web site at
http://www.arcus.org/gis/index.html. Additional information about the
workshop is also available on this web site.
The Phase I Report is available only as a web published document. A
final report, to be published in hard copy later this year, will provide
more comprehensive community input to guide geographic information
infrastructure development by NSF and other organizations.
We invite you to browse the ARCUS web site to learn more about the
workshop, read poster and presentation abstracts, and download
powerpoint presentations.
Sincerely,
William F. Manley, co-chair
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR)
University of Colorado
Campus Box 450
Boulder, CO 80309-0450
Phone: 303/735-1300
Fax: 303/492-6388
william.manley [at] colorado.edu
Mark Sorensen, co-chair
Geographic Planning Collaborative, Inc. (GPC)
PO Box 1179
Running Springs, CA 92382
Phone: 909/867-7628
Fax: 909/867-5310
gpci [at] aol.com
Wendy K. Warnick
Executive Director
Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS)
3535 College Rd., Suite 101
Fairbanks, AK 99709-3710
Phone: 907/474-1600
Fax: 907/474-1604
warnick [at] arcus.org