GEO-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT SUPPORT SYSTEM

THE RECENT YEARS HAVE BROUGHT INCREASING DEMANDS ON DOD ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGERS TO SUPPORT UST PROGRAM MAINTENANCE AND COMPLIANCE. THESE DEMANDS ARISE IN PART FROM THE ENORMOUS DATA MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND DECISION SUPPORT; AND IN PART FROM THE INCREASED ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS IN GENERAL. A COMPLEX FUSION OF DIVERSE DATA TYPES AND FORMATS IS REQUIRED TO SUPPORT THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS, STRESSING THE CURRENT PREDOMINANTLY MANUAL PROCEDURES FOR DATA ORGANIZATION, MANAGEMENT, RETRIEVAL, AND PROCESSING. IN THIS PROPOSAL, WE ADVANCE A PRELIMINARY SYSTEM CONCEPT AND PLAN FOR (1) REFINING THAT CONCEPT THROUGHT THE PHASE I EFFORT, AND (2) THE INVESTIGATION AND ANALYSIS OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THE REALIZATION OF THAT CONCEPT. THE PROPOSED CONCEPT IS TO BE REFINED BY MERGING THE CERL REQUIREMENTS WITH THOSE OF TWO REPRESENTATIVE END-USERS, FT. DRUM AND GRIFFISS AFB, WHICH HAVE CONSENTED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE PLLANED EFFORT. THE PROPOSED ANALYSIS AREAS ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS OF GRAPHIC CONSTRUCTION OF HYBRID GIS/DBMS QUERIES, AND ARCHIVE/RETRIEVE SUBSYSTEM INTEGRATION WITH GRASS TOOLKIT SELECTED AS A BASIS FOR THE PROPOSED APPLICATION.