Abstract
 Data Quality and Long-Term Sustainability at the U.S. DOE's Hanford Site Track: GIS Organization, Management and Implementation Author(s): Andre Coleman, William Webber Geographic Information System technology provides a keystone for obtaining the mission and vision of the U.S. Department of Energy's Hanford Site located in Richland, Washington. Hanford is at a critical crossroad between environmental, political, cultural, economic, and temporal concerns. The success and efficiency of solving problems can be attributed to the approach, planning, and organization involved. For data management, the same attributes can be applied to ensure that data is structured, updated, preserved, and accessible; this ensures data quality which is temporally stable. Increased data production and reliance on information have made data management a critical path to solving problems. This paper will attempt to characterize the current state of spatial data organization, collections, use, management, and challenges at the Hanford Site through the use and development of a Spatial Data Infrastructure. A set of actions is proposed to ensure data quality and sustainability now and into the future. Andre Coleman Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Hydrology P.O. Box 999 / MSIN K9-33 Richland , WA 99352 US Phone: 509-372-6077 E-mail: Andre.Coleman@pnl.gov William Webber Pacifc Northwest Ntl. Lab. Field Hydrology and Chemistry P.O. Box 999 MSIN K6-96 Richland , WA 99352 US Phone: 509-372-1413 E-mail: wd.webber@pnl.gov |
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