2004 UC Proceedings Abstract

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Datamart Use for Complex Data Retrieval in an ArcIMS Application
Track: Metadata and Data Publishing
Author(s): Steven Scherma, Stephen Bolivar

This paper describes the use of datamarts and data warehousing concepts to expedite retrieval and display of complex attribute data from multi-million record databases. Los Alamos National Laboratory has developed an Internet application (SMART) using ArcIMS that relies on datamarts to quickly retrieve attribute data, associated with, but not contained within GIS layers. The volume of data and the complex relationships within the transactional database made data display within ArcIMS impractical without the use of datamarts. The technical issues and solutions involved in the development are discussed.

Steven Scherma
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Risk Reduction and Environmental Stewardship Division
M992
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos , NM 87545
US
Phone: 505.665.3532
Fax: 505.665.4747
E-mail: scherma@lanl.gov

Stephen Bolivar
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Risk Reduction and Environmental Stewardship
M992
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos , NM 87545
US
Phone: 505.667.1868
Fax: 505.665.4747
E-mail: bolivar@lanl.gov