AN INTEGRATED GIS AND STATISTICAL DATA ANALYSIS SYSTEM

AN INTEGRATED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS) AND INTERACTIVE STATISTICAL LANGUAGE AND SYSTEM (ISLS) WILL BE DEVELOPED. THE CURRENT ANALYTIC CAPABILITY OF GIS SYSTEMS DOES NOT INCLUDE MODERN GRAPHICAL DATA ANALYSIS AND STATISTICAL INFERENCE OF MULTIDIMENSIONAL DATA. THIS PROJECT ADDRESSES THE NEED FOR GREATLY INCREASING THE ANALYTICAL CAPABILITY OF GIS TECHNOLOGY. IT WILL ALSO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF EFFICIENT CONVERSION OF DATA STRUCTURES AS AN ESSENTIAL INGREDIENT OF AN INTEGRATED GIS/ISLS. THE PROJECT OBJECTIVES INCLUDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FULLY FUNCTIONING PROTOTYPE INTEGRATED GIS/ISLS, WITH AN INITIAL BASIC SET OF GRAPHICAL DATA ANALYSIS AND STATISTICAL METHODS FOR MULTIVARIATE DATA THAT IS ACCESSIBLE VIA USER-FRIENDLY INTERFACE BASED ON THE X WINDOWS SYSTEM AND MOTIF. THESE EFFORTS WILL FOCUS ON THE USE OF GRASS AND S-PLUS AS THE BASIC BUILDING BLOCKS FOR THE INTEGRATED GIS/ISLS. IN PARTICULAR, THEY WILL FOCUS ON DEVELOPING THE NECESSARY SOFTWARE MODIFICATIONS FOR RUNNING GRASS FROM S-PLUS, AND ALLOWING EFFICIENT DATA CONVERSION FROM GRASS TO S-PLUS AND BACK. AN INTEGRATED GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS) AND INTERACTIVE STATISTICAL LANGUAGE AND SYSTEM (ISLS) WILL BE DEVELOPED. THE CURRENT ANALYTIC CAPABILITY OF GIS SYSTEMS DOES NOT INCLUDE MODERN GRAPHICAL DATA ANALYSIS AND STATISTICAL INFERENCE OF MULTIDIMENSIONAL DATA. THIS PROJECT ADDRESSES THE NEED FOR GREATLY INCREASING THE ANALYTICAL CAPABILITY OF GIS TECHNOLOGY. IT WILL ALSO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF EFFICIENT CONVERSION OF DATA STRUCTURES AS AN ESSENTIAL INGREDIENT OF AN INTEGRATED GIS/ISLS. THE PROJECT OBJECTIVES INCLUDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FULLY FUNCTIONING PROTOTYPE INTEGRATED GIS/ISLS, WITH AN INITIAL BASIC SET OF GRAPHICAL DATA ANALYSIS AND STATISTICAL METHODS FOR MULTIVARIATE DATA THAT IS ACCESSIBLE VIA USER-FRIENDLY INTERFACE BASED ON THE X WINDOWS SYSTEM AND MOTIF. THESE EFFORTS WILL FOCUS ON THE USE OF GRASS AND S-PLUS AS THE BASIC BUILDING BLOCKS FOR THE INTEGRATED GIS/ISLS. IN PARTICULAR, THEY WILL FOCUS ON DEVELOPING THE NECESSARY SOFTWARE MODIFICATIONS FOR RUNNING GRASS FROM S-PLUS, AND ALLOWING EFFICIENT DATA CONVERSION FROM GRASS TO S-PLUS AND BACK.