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Southeast 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, 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, 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, 2011
Infrastructure Schematic
Southeast Alaska NetworkInventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011
External / Internal Web Presence
PROTOCOL RETRIEVAL
CONTACTS
Southeast Alaska NetworkInventory & Monitoring Program March 16, 2011
Example: Online Reporting
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Example: Data Retrieval Query
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Example: Query Results
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Worldwide Discoverability
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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
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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
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Contacts The web-connected database:
http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/units/sean
The web-connected data manager: [email protected]