Visualization & Analyses Tools
The Virtual
Regions:
The SAIN team has assembled representative "virtual tours" of Southern
Appalachian regional highlights. Visit these informative resources
through the links here:
![Rhododendron on the roan](/peth04/20041015083714im_/http://sain.nbii.gov/sain_images/fal_images/rhododendron_on_the_roan.jpg)
Photo by Chuck
Jurgens |
Community
Participation Toolkit
The Southern Appalachian Information Node is working on
an interactivity toolkit and a model web focus that improves public
awareness of community resources, threats that endanger them, and
actions that can be taken to use them more sustainably. For more
information contact Wolf Naegeli.
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![three dimensional models catalog screenshot](/peth04/20041015083714im_/http://sain.nbii.gov/sain_images/fal_images/3d_catalog_thumbnail.gif) |
Catalog
of SAIN 3D Models
The Southern Appalachian Information Node staff has been developing
3D models to assist analyses and visualization of regional natural
resources.
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![Corridor model website thumbnail](/peth04/20041015083714im_/http://sain.nbii.gov/sain_images/fal_images/corridor_model.gif) |
Practical
Map-Analysis Tool for Corridor Detection Software Enginnering for
Analyzyng Multi-State maps and producing a Web-based Service to Land
Managers
The importance of corridors for wildlife movement in the conservationand
managment of biodiversity is widely acknowledged. However, there currently
exist no analytical tools which can accurately predict where such
movement corridors are likely to exist in real-world landscape maps.
SAIN partners are working on development of a corridor tool. See preliminary
results here.
For more information contact
William Hargrove. |
![Virtual regions catalog screenshot](/peth04/20041015083714im_/http://sain.nbii.gov/sain_images/fal_images/ipix_cat_screenshot.gif) |
Catalog
of SAIN Immersive Technology Images
The Southern Appalachian Information Node is taking the lead
in educating the future scientists and and other community members.
These virtual tours*, built with Ipix™ technology, opens
with 360 degrees views. Experience virtually the ecosystems of
the region from your computer and get informed! For more information
contact Franciel
Azpurua-Linares. |
![ID Nature bee guides screenshot](/peth04/20041015083714im_/http://sain.nbii.gov/sain_images/fal_images/idguides_bees_thumb.gif) |
ID
Nature Guides: Bees
This page is a portal to bee information. Examine the taxonomy,
natural history, distribution, abundance, and ecology of bumble
bees. This SAIN partner is developing guides for all life, click
here
to see other identification keys.
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![Overhead View of Chattanooga Creek Initiative Area](/peth04/20041015083714im_/http://sain.nbii.gov/static_maps/chattanoogacreek/chattcreek_thm.jpg)
600x441 Image
Download High
Resolution Image ( 3211 x 2194 Pixels, approx 1 MB) |
Chattanoga
Creek Research Initiative
Various Chattanooga interest groups have developed a plan to create
green spaces in an urban setting as part of a larger south Chattanooga
redevelopment initiative. A proposed greenway will utilize inactive
hazardous waste sites, and areas in the floodplain of the historically
heavy industrialized Chattanooga Creek. As part of this initiative,
a map of the prospective greenway must be created. This map must
accurately portray 1) inactive hazardous waste sites located along
the proposed greenway, 2) the Chattanooga Creek floodplain, and
3) existing biotic populations. By serving as the centralized clearing
house for “All Things Chattanooga Creek”, this specific
SAIN project will serve as a model for multi-agency/multi-entity
cooperation and collaboration. While not conducting the actual
research in house, SAIN will provide a stand-alone geographic inventory
of pertinent past and current research in the Chattanooga Creek
floodplain. Providing various levels of access, based on file sensitivity
and a predetermined level of password protection, this SAIN project
will serve a broad spectrum of interested users.
For more information
about this project contact Robert
Keller.
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![Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Action Team website screenshot](/peth04/20041015083714im_/http://sain.nbii.gov/sain_images/fal_images/hwa_site_thumb.gif) |
Web
Tools for the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Action Team
The hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae) is an introduced
insect from Asia that is devastating the hemlocks throughout Appalachia.
Communication and information-sharing about the biology, impact, and
control of the adelgid is key to the HWA Action Team's success. To
assist this endeavor, SAIN has developed web-based tools to support
the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Action Team. This include: a portal
page, a web-based fly-thru
video of a 3-dimensional GIS terrain model and an Immersive Technology
Module to experience 'virtual'
Albright Grove. |
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