Abstract
Management and Visualization of Interdisciplinary Research Data with ArcGIS Server
Track: Database Design, Automation, and Management
Author(s): Constanze Curdt, Dirk Hoffmeister, Guido Waldhoff, Georg Bareth
Centralized data storage and data exchange is a key issue in many interdisciplinary research projects that focus on environmental field studies and regional modelling on various scales. Furthermore the overall success of such projects depends on a well organized and prepared graphical representation of spatial project data within a Web-GIS.
In this contribution, we introduce the data management and geodata visualisation approach of the inter- and multidisciplinary research project “Transregional Collaborative Research Centre 32: Patterns in Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere Systems: monitoring, modelling, and data assimilation” funded by the German Research Foundation.
The data management design is a combination of file management, database, and online-interface including a Web-GIS. The main focus within this design is to develop the integrated Web-GIS to visualize, manage, and analyze spatial data as well as to offer web-mapping services for project partners. The implementation is realized with ArcGIS Server connected with ArcSDE and PostgreSQL.
Constanze Curdt
Institute of Geography, University of Cologne
Albertus-Magnus-Platz
Cologne , North Rhine-Westphalia 50923
Germany
Phone: 0049-221-470 6620
E-mail: c.curdt@uni-koeln.de
Dirk Hoffmeister
Institute of Geography, University of Cologne
Albertus-Magnus-Platz
Cologne , North Rhine-Westphalia 50623
Germany
Phone: 0049-221-470 6620
E-mail: dirk.hoffmeister@uni-koeln.de
Guido Waldhoff
Institute of Geography, University of Cologne
Albertus-Magnus-Platz
Cologne , North Rhine-Westphalia 50923
Germany
Phone: 0049-221-470 6620
E-mail: guido.waldhoff@uni-koeln.de
Georg Bareth
Institute of Geography, University of Cologne
Albertus-Magnus-Platz
Cologne , North Rhine-Westphalia 50923
Germany
Phone: 0049-221-470 6552
E-mail: g.bareth@uni-koeln.de