The Barrow Area Information Database and Suite of Online Interactive Maps: A Cyberinfrastructure Supporting Science in Northern Alaska
Juan Carlos Franco1, Allison Gaylord2, Ryan Cody3, Craig Tweedie4
1Biology, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West University Ave, Bioscience Building - Tweedie Lab, El Paso, TX, 79968, USA, Phone 915 747 8448, jcfranco [at] utep [dot] edu
2USA
3USA
4USA
BAID provides a suite of tools and services to support Arctic science with a focus on the National Science Foundation research hubs of Barrow, Atqasuk and Ivotuk on the North Slope. BAID includes the locations and other information relted to over 9500 research plots and instrument locations. This ongoing effort incorporates both new research locations and sampling sites dating back to the 1940s. An overview of project activities and application development since 2000 will be covered including: student participation, DGPS data collection, the BAID Internet Map Server (BAID-IMS), lightweight interfaces developed with ArcGIS Server's Flex API, KML development, the publication of interoperable Open Geospatial Consortium services and Federal Geographic Data Committee metadata.