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The INRAM Biodiversity Database Project

The INRAM Biodiversity Database Project. Christopher K. Frazier, Timothy K. Lowrey INRAM Biodiversity Program Manager and Biodiversity Director University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM, USA and Daniel J. Howard INRAM Director New Mexico State University Las Cruces, NM, USA.

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The INRAM Biodiversity Database Project

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  1. The INRAM Biodiversity Database Project Christopher K. Frazier, Timothy K. Lowrey INRAM Biodiversity Program Manager and Biodiversity DirectorUniversity of New MexicoAlbuquerque, NM, USA and Daniel J. Howard INRAM DirectorNew Mexico State UniversityLas Cruces, NM, USA TDWG Annual Meeting Indiatuba, SP, Brasil 2002-10-20

  2. INRAM • Funded via the NSF Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) and the state of new Mexico. • 3-year funding started March, 2002. • Mission: To provide natural resource information and analysis tools to support science, conservation, management and general knowledge of NM natural resources.

  3. INRAM • Collaborative effort of NM universities • UNM, NMSU, NMT, ENMU, WNMU, Highlands, Din’e college • And other organizations • NM EPSCoR state office, LTER Network, LTER Sevilleta, LTER Jornada, USGS SWGap, NMMNH, EDAC, NMNHP, SNL, LANL & others

  4. Six INRAM Divisions • LEC – Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry (NMSU) • Land Management (Highlands University) • Hydrology (NMT) • LESA – Laboratory for Environmental Spatial Analysis (NMSU) • Biodiversity (UNM) • VCE – Virtual Center for the Environment (UNM)

  5. Six INRAM Divisions • LEC – Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry • Land management • Hydrology • LESA – Laboratory for Environmental Spatial Analysis • Biodiversity • VCE – Virtual Center for the Environment

  6. INRAM Divisions With Biodiversity Components • Biodiversity • Accumulate, georeference, and provide information on NM biodiversity including museum specimen info. • LESA – Laboratory for Environmental Spatial Analysis • Provide geospatial NM natural resource data sets and analytic tools; provide GIS consultation, training and support. • VCE – Virtual Center for the Environment • Education/outreach arm of INRAM. Education oriented web site.

  7. INRAM Shared Resources • Biodiversity, LESA and VCE • Shared hardware (Sun Fire 280R Webserver, Dell PowerEdge 4600 fileserver).. • Shared development teams (sys admin, web site, database design).. • Shared data resources (museum biodiversity data set, geospatial natural resources data).

  8. INRAM Biodiversity • First year goals • Create an all-taxa, combined database of specimen records from four NM collections (UNM, NMSU, ENMU, WNMU). • Provide a web-based query interface to these data. • Create multiple output options including html format, text, and mapped data sets.. • Imposed deadline: • Create a demo of capabilities within six months from funding inception (October, 2002).

  9. INRAM Biodiversity • Staff support for participating collections • Hired collection managers at three universities. • Undergraduate and graduate support • Provided $ to hire students for data entry and quality control. • Equipment and support • Provided computers and network solutions. • Providing support for choosing and implementing database software.

  10. Museum Challenges • Some collections databased, some not started. • Different database softwares and database models. • Different degrees of technological advancement. • Large state, collections are far from each other. • Different degrees of interest in combined data sets. • Different data release policies and concerns.

  11. Network Design

  12. Link Back to Data Providers

  13. Philosophical Foundations • Real data are the specimens and the expertise of collection managers and curators. • Use open source technology whenever possible. • Modular and flexible development scheme. • True collaborative effort. • Deliver useable product.

  14. Query Interface

  15. HTML Output

  16. Exact Locality Map Output

  17. County Map Distributions

  18. Future Directions • Georeference specimen data. • Create taxonomic thesaurus. • Add access to other biodiversity data sets(Heritage Program data, checklists, range maps, etc.). • Develop data use agreements and protocols.

  19. IRAM • Dan Howard – INRAM Director (NMSU) • Tim Lowrey –Biodiversity Director (UNM) • Mike DeMers – LESA Director (NMSU) • Bruce Neville – VCE Director (UNM) • Chongbing Liu – INRAM Programmer (NMSU) • Chris Stubben - INRAM Programmer (NMSU) • Vince Gutschick – INRAM Advisor (NMSU) • Brook Milligan – INRAM Advisor (NMSU) • And many others…

  20. Visit us at: INRAM.org

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