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Southeast Alaska NetworkInventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011Southeast Alaska NetworkInventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011
Bill Johnson
Leveraging the power of NPS’s Natural Resource Program
Center information platform to benefit an individual I&M
network
Southeast Alaska NetworkInventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011Southeast Alaska NetworkInventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011
Our Design Considerations
Accessibility required for cooperators, partners, and NPS staff
Limited staff resources
Restricted IT capabilities
Staff turns over
Southeast Alaska NetworkInventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011Southeast Alaska NetworkInventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011
NRPC’s Offering
MS SQL Server database platform
Web server
Business continuity components
External Internet web presence
Responsive technical support staff
Southeast Alaska NetworkInventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011Southeast Alaska NetworkInventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011
Infrastructure Schematic
Southeast Alaska NetworkInventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011Southeast Alaska NetworkInventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011
External / Internal Web Presence
PROTOCOL RETRIEVAL
CONTACTS
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Example: Online Reporting
Southeast Alaska NetworkInventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011Southeast Alaska NetworkInventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011
Example: Data Retrieval Query
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Example: Query Results
Southeast Alaska NetworkInventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011Southeast Alaska NetworkInventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011
Worldwide Discoverability
Southeast Alaska NetworkInventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011Southeast Alaska NetworkInventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011
Drawbacks
Requires technical expertise in building web sites and SQL databases
Trades off flexibility for integrity and functionality
Relies on outside provider’s performance for success
Southeast Alaska NetworkInventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011Southeast Alaska NetworkInventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011
Advantages System reliability and responsiveness
World wide availability
Data security
High capacity at low cost
Once established, provides data to customers without staff involvement
One platform to maintain
Web services / Web 2.0 hooks
Southeast Alaska NetworkInventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011Southeast Alaska NetworkInventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011
Contacts
The web-connected database: http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/units/sean
The web-connected data manager: [email protected]
