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Systems Development

Cheryl ItkinSIMCorB MeetingRTP, NCJune 29-30, 2000

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Organization

Policy

Systems

Outreach

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Spotlight on Integration (8.4)

Agency Support Integrated Information Initiative (I-3) Effort EIMS is the Agency Level-II metadata

repository (OEI/ORD MOU) Integrated Platform for Development

ORD’s Integrated Geospatial Server Supporting National Standards

Implications of EIMS as NSDI node

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Integration Objectives

Manage, share and use the EPA’s inventory of heterogeneous data sources

Capture, store and analyze real-world coordinates for representing metadata

Integrate metadata with geospatial data Support advanced and integrated web

functionality for GIS, Modeling and Scientific Data Visualization

NSDI Clearinghouse -FGDC compliant

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Development Environment

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Expected Outcomes Increased EIMS content in a single ORD (Agency)

inventory Integration of metadata with datasets, databases and tools

in support of integrated analytical applications Data integration (DFW) and generic analytical tools

available on the web Reduces duplication of effort by sharing the Agency’s

investments in data and analytical tools Establish and maintain Agency is NSDI/FGDC-compliant

(EO12904) and publish to a National Network

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I-3 Place Ambient Components Integrated Information Initiative:

EPA Region 3 Pilot (Deadline October 2000)

The I-3 work plan Geospatial Data library Index (ORD) Internet geoservices:Integrated data server and

expanding EnviroMapper (ORD) Geospatial data acquisition Locational data improvement/cleanup Spatially enable STORET Spatially enable AQS

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Integrated EIMS and I-3 Effort ORD section of the I-3 work plan includes:

Establish the server environment to support development of new technologies

Server Charter and configuration Extend EIMS - add a geospatial schema to EIMS that

supports linkages between metadata and geospatial data EIMS > EnviroMapper Integration Geospatial Resource inventory

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Integrated Geospatial Server Description: (Server needs a name)

SUN E4500 quad-processors, 4GB memory, 360 GB disk space. Location:

RTP NCC development environment operated by NTSD thru WCF program Users:

Agency spatial application developers Availability:

currently being configured to support EIMS and I-3 pilot. (Oracle 8i Spatial and ESRI Spatial Data Engine SDEs)

developer access starting mid-July 2000 Intended Use:

development platform for web-enabled analytical tools GIS Modeling Visualization

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Integrated Geospatial Server

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Integrated Geospatial Data

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Spatially Enabling EIMS

Extend EIMS database to support geospatial data georeference addresses (points) and footprints

(boundaries/areas) which represent metadata records Interactive web-enabled map interface for EIMS

EnviroMapper embedded interface in advanced search form

EnviroMapper embedded interface in display of search results

EnviroMapper in the create/edit metadata records to create metadata footprints

Eliminate need for static cross-reference tables.

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EIMS as NSDI Node First EPA node to Publish to the National Spatial Data

Infrastructure (tested February 2000/ production July 2000)

NSDI/FGDC-compliant EIMS is FGDC compliant (see document, Meta Manager FGDC EIMS Data

Model Mappings, February 2000) Make EPA FGDC-Compliant and provides a mechanism for

publication to the NSDI Increases interest and participation from EPA Regional

offices (Regions 2,5,8,9,10 recently added) Working with OEI to establish business rules and

policy for geospatial metadata and tools in EIMS

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Clearinghouse Gateway (1 of 6 sites in US)

WWW Browser

Query

Response

MetadataandData

How it Works.

USGS

EPA (EIMS)

NASA

NASA USGS EPA

A User Searches NSDI Clearinghouse Gateway

… And Discovers Data Documented in EPA’s EIMS

US Environmental Protection Agency

Meta Manager

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Next Steps

Increase EIMS content Develop technologies for an integrated

environment Guidance on agency policy for using geospatial

metadata standards Feedback from SIMCorB