HR: 1340h
AN: IN33A-0874    [Abstracts]
TI: Integrating Socioeconomic and Earth Science Data Using Geobrowsers and Web Services: A Demonstration
AU: Schumacher, J A
EM: jschumac@ciesin.columbia.edu
AF: CIESIN-Columbia University, PO Box 1000 61 Rt 9W, Palisades, NY 10964, United States
AU: * Yetman, G G
EM: gyetman@ciesin.columbia.edu
AB: The societal benefit areas identified as the focus for the Global Earth Observing System of Systems (GEOSS) 10- year implementation plan are an indicator of the importance of integrating socioeconomic data with earth science data to support decision makers. To aid this integration, CIESIN is delivering its global and U.S. demographic data to commercial and open source Geobrowsers and providing open standards based services for data access. Currently, data on population distribution, poverty, and detailed census data for the U.S. are available for visualization and access in Google Earth, NASA World Wind, and a browser-based 2-dimensional mapping client. The mapping client allows for the creation of web map documents that pull together layers from distributed servers and can be saved and shared. Visualization tools with Geobrowsers, user-driven map creation and sharing via browser-based clients, and a prototype for characterizing populations at risk to predicted precipitation deficits will be demonstrated.
DE: 0530 Data presentation and visualization
DE: 0933 Remote sensing
DE: 1694 Instruments and techniques
DE: 9820 Techniques applicable in three or more fields
SC: Earth and Space Science Informatics [IN]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting