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North-Central Section - 43rd Annual Meeting (2-3 April 2009)

Paper No. 2
Presentation Time: 8:20 AM

STRATAPENDIUM—A COMMUNITY-BASED, INTERACTIVE WEB ARCHIVE FOR GEOLOGIC DATA


MCLAUGHLIN, Patrick, Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, 3817 Mineral Point Rd, Madison, WI 53705-5100, PETERS, Shanan E., Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1215 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53706 and EMERSON, Norlene R., Department of Geography and Geology, University of Wisconsin - Richland, 1200 Hwy 14 West, Richland Center, WI 53581, pimclaughlin@wisc.edu

Stratapendium is an evolving database-driven web application aimed at compiling geologic knowledge into more accessible, complete, and quantifiable forms. This new technology addresses three major issues in geoscience: 1) difficulty of synthesizing an ever expanding literature, 2) preservation and dissemination of “legacy” data, and 3) the impending loss of institutional knowledge with the retirement of the baby boomers.

The site provides tools to efficiently populate a relational database of geologic data built around mapped “localities”. Functions of the site include Google Maps/Earth-driven spatial distribution of localities, amendable (i.e., wiki) locality summary pages, image tagging tools, and social networking. This initiative focuses on outcrop and subsurface data and emphasizes community involvement to keep that data current.

We firmly believe that significant new advances in education, research, and outreach can be easily and inexpensively achieved by the creative development of such participatory, database-driven web applications.

Session No. 18

Geoscience Education
Friday, 3 April 2009: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 41, No. 4, p.53
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