An Interactive, Spatial Inventory of Environmental Data in the Mid-Atlantic Region

摘要: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is working with federal, state, local, and nongovernmental partners to produce an interactive, spatial inventory of environmental data in the mid-Atlantic region. will include maps sampling locations, lists measurements, design information for hundreds research sites monitoring programs. It also feature user-defined queries, resulting customized that satisfy search criteria. (For example, “Display probability-based surveys measure dry deposition nutrient availability soils”). be used interagency pilot study, instigated by National Science Technology Council’s Committee on Environment Natural Resources, integrate activities. provide a regional ecological assessment led EPA Region 3 Office Research Development. In addition, consortium use identify suitable field assessing accuracy satellite imagery. each these three applications, tested evaluated as potential prototype completing additional regions Maintained Oracle database, accessible intemet at http://www.epa.gov/monitor/. Currently, ten records are on-line demonstration. complete federal approximately 180 October, 1997; 200 local non-governmental scheduled access April, 1998.