The ARMAP/AOV Team is helping to start up a new collaborative effort, the Polar Observing Assets Working Group (POAwg), under the SAON Committee on Observations and Networks (CON). Bill Manley will be a co-chair, along with Roberta Pirazzini from INTAROS. A core group is currently scoping goals and tasks, and it is expected that the first full meeting will be in September. To learn more, see the POAwg poster presented at AOS 2020 as well as a related white paper. By William Manley on June 5, 2020 in Milestones Continue Reading
The number of research projects in the ARMAP Viewer continues to grow, now with more than 3000 projects across multiple agencies, and including awards from the NSF Navigating the New Arctic program. By William Manley on May 15, 2020 in Milestones Continue Reading
The team assisted with a session at the EGU General Assembly 2020. Bill Manley was a co-convener of “Arctic Observations: Data Collection, Management, and User Engagement“. By William Manley on May 10, 2020 in Milestones Continue Reading
ARMAP and AOV brought back an ISO metadata specialist for 2020. Ted Habermann, with Metadata Game Changers, will bring expertise to again help the team better implement interoperability through use of the ISO 19115 standard for research projects and observing sites. By William Manley on May 5, 2020 in Milestones Continue Reading
The ARMAP/AOV Team is working on streamlining and improving the backend databases and workflows. Improvements might not be obvious in the frontend Viewers but will reduce ongoing efforts, increase performance, and enable new functionalities. By William Manley on April 5, 2020 in Milestones Continue Reading
The ARMAP/AOV Team presented and participated in the Arctic Observing Summit 2020, with a poster on the apps — as well as a poster and white paper on a new collaborative effort. By William Manley on March 10, 2020 in Milestones Continue Reading
The team attended the virtual ESRI Developer Summit, extending skillsets for our graduate student developers. By William Manley on March 5, 2020 in Milestones Continue Reading
The team continues to participate in various planning and coordination efforts, including the IARPC Arctic Observing and Arctic Data Subteams, the IASC/SAON Arctic Data Committee, and federated search & semantics working groups. By William Manley on February 5, 2020 in Milestones Continue Reading
The ARMAP 3D Viewer has been formally launched with refinements such as: custom navigation, multiple high-res. basemaps, and advanced visualization as well as improvements to Help, the Time Slider, near real-time ship tracks, and more. This is a massive step forward for the user experience. Please take a look (by clicking on “Launch Viewer”) and let us know what you think. By William Manley on December 12, 2019 in Milestones Continue Reading
The ARMAP/AOV Team presented a poster at the 2019 Fall AGU meeting. By William Manley on December 10, 2019 in Milestones Continue Reading
