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Title: Assessment of needs and requirements for a geographic information system for Brookhaven National Laboratory

Abstract

At the request of the Brookhaven National Laboratory Office of Environmental Restoration, and with the cooperation of the Safety and Environmental Protection and Plant Engineering Divisions, a Geographic Information System (GIS) Task Group has undertaken an effort to identify the data requirements, potential applications, and computing environment within which an integrated GIS could be implemented to meet the environmental and facilities management needs of the Laboratory. The Task Group held discussions with the three participating groups and with Laboratory officials. Software and hardware vendors were invited to demonstrate their products to all participants using BNL data, and private consultants discussed their GIS and database applications. After considering the needs of the three groups and other general implementation concerns, a list of ten requirements for a BNL site-wide GIS has been determined. On the basis of these considerations, three conceptual models for an integrated GIS are defined. These include a highly centralized system, a fully distributed system, and a composite model. The models differ in their allocation of responsibility for data management, applications development and GIS analysis, and local user support. Several issues remain to be resolved before an integrated GIS for the three operational groups can be fully implemented.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
6568572
Report Number(s):
BNL-48481
ON: DE93009260
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-76CH00016
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; BNL; COST; DATA BASE MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHY; SAFETY; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; US AEC; US DOE; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS; 570000* - Health & Safety; 990301 - Information Handling- Data Handling- (1992-)

Citation Formats

Baxter, S L, Daum, M L, and Scott, A. Assessment of needs and requirements for a geographic information system for Brookhaven National Laboratory. United States: N. p., 1992. Web. doi:10.2172/6568572.
Baxter, S L, Daum, M L, & Scott, A. Assessment of needs and requirements for a geographic information system for Brookhaven National Laboratory. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/6568572
Baxter, S L, Daum, M L, and Scott, A. 1992. "Assessment of needs and requirements for a geographic information system for Brookhaven National Laboratory". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/6568572. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6568572.
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title = {Assessment of needs and requirements for a geographic information system for Brookhaven National Laboratory},
author = {Baxter, S L and Daum, M L and Scott, A},
abstractNote = {At the request of the Brookhaven National Laboratory Office of Environmental Restoration, and with the cooperation of the Safety and Environmental Protection and Plant Engineering Divisions, a Geographic Information System (GIS) Task Group has undertaken an effort to identify the data requirements, potential applications, and computing environment within which an integrated GIS could be implemented to meet the environmental and facilities management needs of the Laboratory. The Task Group held discussions with the three participating groups and with Laboratory officials. Software and hardware vendors were invited to demonstrate their products to all participants using BNL data, and private consultants discussed their GIS and database applications. After considering the needs of the three groups and other general implementation concerns, a list of ten requirements for a BNL site-wide GIS has been determined. On the basis of these considerations, three conceptual models for an integrated GIS are defined. These include a highly centralized system, a fully distributed system, and a composite model. The models differ in their allocation of responsibility for data management, applications development and GIS analysis, and local user support. Several issues remain to be resolved before an integrated GIS for the three operational groups can be fully implemented.},
doi = {10.2172/6568572},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6568572}, journal = {},
number = ,
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place = {United States},
year = {Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 EST 1992},
month = {Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 EST 1992}
}