Project Progress
Milestones and Accomplishments |
| Date |
Institution |
Milestone |
| Sept. 1, 2001 |
All |
MaPSTeDI Project officially begins |
| Sept. 1, 2001 |
All |
Phase 1 of the project begins |
| September 2001 |
UCM |
UCM Collections move into new Bruce Curtis Building |
| October 2001 |
UCM |
Georeferencing begins at UCM with Mollusk database |
| January 2002 |
DBG |
Georeferencing begins at DBG with Vascular Plant database |
| January 2002 |
UCM |
Mollusk database completed, Herp database begun |
| April 2002 |
UCM |
Herp database completed, Mammal database begun |
| July 2002 |
UCM |
Mammal database completed, Bird database begun |
| September 2002 |
UCM |
Bird database completed, Vascular Plant database begun |
| September 2002 |
All |
GIS Specialist and web designer begin work, Phase 2 of the project begins |
| November 2002 |
All |
Preliminary version of website put online |
| January 2003 |
DMNS |
Paleontology databases completed |
| February 2003 |
All |
Present version of website put online |
| February 2003 |
All |
MaPSTeDI Georeferencing Protocols completed |
| February 2003 |
All |
First version of mapping application made available on geomuse.colorado.edu. Contains only sample UCM mammal data. |
| March 2003 |
All |
Second version of application made available for testing. Functionality improved and some additional GIS tools added. |
| March 2003 |
All |
Simple version of interface created with textual introduction to accessing data. |
| June 2003 |
All |
Third version of application made available for testing with additional GIS tools and reporting functionality. Application goes from alpha to beta. |
| June 2003 |
All |
Several collections added to database of mapping application. Data now includes DBG vascular plants, DMNS mammals, and all UCM vertebrate zoology. |
| June 2003 |
UCM |
Georeferencing begins on additional records entered into the UCM Mollusk, Mammal, Bird, Herp, and Fish databases since the completion of initial georeferencing. |
| July 2003 |
All |
The mapping application is named GeoMuse. Much rejoicing ensues. |
| September 2003 |
All |
Georeferencing ends except for UCM Vascular Plants which continue being georeferenced on another grant. |
| September 2003 |
All |
GeoMuse adds DRG and DOQ base layers from TerraServer, allowing for increased usability on a more specific level. |
| October 2003 |
All |
DMNS databases are successfully distributed to the MaPSTeDI server at UCM. All DMNS databases on GeoMuse now are hosted at DMNS rather than at UCM. |
| April 2004 |
All |
Multi-institutional searching is added. |
| May 2004 |
UCM |
20,000 Vascular Plant records from the UCM Herbarium are added. |
| July 2004 |
All |
Geomuse gets its own online help files. |
| August 2004 |
All |
Initial MaPSTeDI grant ends. |
NSF Grant Timeline |
Phase 1 |
Phase 2 |
Phase 3 |
Georeference databases
Current Georeferencing Progress
|
Link MS SQL Server to ArcSDE
Complete |
Set up ArcIMS network management
Complete |
OBDC Transfer
Complete |
Create/manage coverages ArcINFO
Complete |
Install web-server, link ArcIMS to server
Complete |
New Tables
Complete |
Biodiversity, etc...Analysis
Partially Complete |
Web-design
Complete |
Recruitment
Complete
|
Metadata Documentation
Ongoing |
Interactivity for GIS
Complete |
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