Track: Database Management and SDE
Dog Catches Its Tail in GIS Life Cycle at MMS
Michele R. AurandDean Taylor
The GIS life cycle at the Minerals Management Service (MMS) began when ArcInfo was introduced as a mapping slave to an established relational database. When SDE became available, our dog caught its own tail as Oracle data, which were processed into coverages, converted into shapefiles, and returned to Oracle tables. We had reached the solution we originally wanted, or had we? Now the questions are: Can a relational database designed to record legal documentation about spatial entities finally be integrated with a database for mapping spatial features? Do our old concerns about data structures and geographic features really go away or not?
Michele R. Aurand
U.S. Minerals Management Service
1201 Elmwood Park Blvd
New Orleans, LA 70123-2394
USA
Telephone: 504-731-3043
Fax: 504-731-3004
E-mail: michele_aurand@mms.gov