Abstract
Environmental Management and GIS Track: Environmental Management Author(s): Durmus Cesur The use of a GIS, as a framework to manage environmental information, and to facilitate workflows and business processes relying on this information, through the accommodation of integrated object-oriented data modeling schemes is explained in the paper. The management of the environmental information with add-on visualization, spatial, network analysis capabilities through GIS has been accomplished by the implementation of a hybrid data model. The hybrid data model integrated National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) data model (geodatabase) with the Environmental Monitoring database (non-spatial database). The integration scheme developed accomplished the linkage of the databases while keeping both databases rather intact which in turn, yielded time, cost effective and seamless integration with the least modifications in both of the data models. The databases with additional customization and automation tools would facilitate time, cost efficient and high quality environmental services through informed decisions. Durmus Cesur San Antonio River Authority 100 East Guenther San Antonio , TX 78283 US Phone: (210) 615-8931 E-mail: ddd351sam@yahoo.com |
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