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Earth Data Analysis Center
The Earth Data Analysis Center (EDAC), University of New Mexico, develops custom GIS applications and products, especially as decision support and management systems for natural and human/societal resources.
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Business Problem New Mexico has many categories of land ownership and responsibility—-federal- and state-managed public lands, tribal lands, private property, and military and national laboratory facilities. Scientists, technicians, and administrators address numerous, ongoing issues that include socioeconomic interplay, diverse cultural histories, land and resource management, water quality and distribution, and air quality.
EDAC has developed GIS applications, analyses, and products for local, state, tribal, and federal government agencies, commercial and national laboratory institutions, educational and non-profit organizations, and private citizens. We have gained respect for our competence and innovation in Internet and desktop mapping applications, and our expertise in data analysis. EDAC also offers data management, GIS consulting, and training services. Completed projects include systems for game management, health care, land use and natural resource management, financial and socioeconomic development, transportation and E-911 programs, and property management. Many of these projects are under continuing development.
EDAC’s health care GIS applications have evolved from standard mapping capabilities to stand-alone desktop systems and fully-programmed interactive Internet systems. These applications incorporate multiple databases, customized functions for queries, analyses, and mapping, and on-line tutorials. The interactive Internet systems provide real-time data and information flow between health care providers, epidemiologists, and other public health officials. Technology Implemented The ESRI suites of GIS software have been integral to the many projects in the EDAC GIS Program. These projects incorporate ArcGIS, Workstation Arc/Info, ArcView 3.2 and its many extensions, ArcSDE, and ArcIMS. We also use ERDAS IMAGINE image processing software and Trimble GPS equipment and software. ESRI GIS products continue to play an important role for the GIS Team, and from the foundation developed with those software programs, we have expanded into open source GIS programming. The combination of commercial and open source abilities has been powerful in allowing EDAC to develop comprehensive Internet GIS functions and applications. Development Team Biography Shirley Baros, B.S., manages the GIS Team and Program at EDAC. She is knowledgeable and experienced in geospatial systems, civil engineering, contract administration, and teaching.
Kurt Menke, M.A., and Jeff Cavner, M.A., are GIS application designers, programmers, and analysts.
Shawn Penman, Ph.D., and Susan Morrison, M.A., are accomplished GIS analysts and data managers.
Chandra Bales, M.S., is a remote sensing and image processing analyst.
Khalid Mehboob and Ashish Marwah, graduate students, contribute to projects while advancing their GIS skills and knowledge.
EDAC specializes in geospatial technologies. For more information, see http://edac.unm.edu; download New Mexico resource data at http://rgis.unm.edu.
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