The Team continues to contribute to various planning and coordination activities, including the IARPC Arctic Observing and Arctic Data subteams, the IASC/SAON Arctic Data Committee, and related working groups focused on federated search, semantics, and data interoperability, with direct and indirect benefits to ARMAP and AOV. By William Manley on October 7, 2018 in Milestones Continue Reading
Our database and Viewer have shifted to new servers for better speed and stability. At no cost to the project, we have moved away from an aging systems architecture to a cloud-based solution offered by the University of Texas El Paso. There will be less effort spent by the Team on server maintenance, and users will benefit from better performance overall. By William Manley on October 5, 2018 in Milestones Continue Reading
An article in Nature Ecology & Evolution, which cites ARMAP, highlights the need for strategic inventories such as ARMAP and AOV to better assess gaps and avoid sampling biases in Arctic Observing. By William Manley on September 15, 2018 in Milestones Continue Reading
ARMAP projects are now visible in a portal facilitating scientific research in Greenland, Isaaffik. This advance is the result of collaboration and a new partnership for information sharing and interoperability. By William Manley on September 10, 2018 in Milestones Continue Reading
The ARMAP Team gave a demo to the North Pacific Research Board (NPRB) and will explore options for collaboration. By William Manley on September 5, 2018 in Milestones Continue Reading
ARMAP and AOV continue to prepare the next generation of innovators through cyberinfrastructure training for graduate students. Lead developer Ari Kassin, PhD Comp. Sci., will further his career as a GIS Analyst and Database Programmer with the City of El Paso. Mauricio Barba, MSc Elect. & Comp. Eng., has stepped into the lead programming role. By William Manley on August 12, 2018 in Milestones Continue Reading
The ARMAP Team has continued to work closely with Isaaffik on interoperability and information exchange. By William Manley on August 5, 2018 in Milestones Continue Reading
The ARMAP Team has started collaboration with NEON, with their core field sites now in the Viewer. By William Manley on August 1, 2018 in Milestones Continue Reading
The “Observatories and Stations” map layers have been greatly expanded to highlight facilities including YOPP, NEON, LTER, an all encompassing “Arctic Research Stations” layer, and a revamped “US Logistics Hubs” layer. By William Manley on July 10, 2018 in Milestones Continue Reading
The ARMAP Team participated in the Arctic Observing Summit 2018. By William Manley on June 24, 2018 in Milestones Continue Reading
