DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A COASTAL WEB ATLAS (CWA) FOR THE INTEGRATED COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT OF JIANGSU, CHINA

摘要

In Section 1, the background of the research is introduced. The Jiangsu Coastal Web Atlas is a project that has the ambitious goal of being a useful resource for the various audiences that make up the management constituency of the Jiangsu Coastal Zone. The project is a depot for traditional and digital information which can be used to inform decision-making relating to the Jiangsu Coastal Zone. We provide background information for different coastal systems, access to interactive mapping, online geospatial analysis tools, and direct download access to various planning and natural resource data sets relating to coastal zone management. In section 2, the Jiangsu Coastal Web Atlas based on ESRI ArcIMS(R) is provided. After giving the system architecture and data organization, then WEBGIS functions and applications are briefly described. In the database, all the data are strictly registered in the same georeference and organized by SQL-Server, in addition to ESRI ArcSDE(R). Specifically, the Coastal Web Atlas contains data organized in different layers that can be accessed through the Client Viewer. In section 3, some discussion and conclusions are briefly listed.