Geoinformatics paves the way for a zoo information system

摘要

The use of modern electronic media offers new ways of (environmental) knowledge transfer. All kind of informationrncan be made quickly available as well as queryable and can be processed individually.rnThe Institute for Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing (IGF) in collaboration with the Osnabrueck Zoo, is developing arnzoo information system, especially for new media (e.g. mobile devices), which provides information about the animalsrnliving there, their natural habitat and endangerment status. Thereby multimedia information is being offered to the zoornvisitors.rnThe implementation of the 2D/3D components is realized by modern database and Mapserver technologies. Amongrnother technologies, the VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language) standard is used for the realization of the 3Drnvisualization so that it can be viewed in every conventional web browser. Also, a mobile information system for PocketrnPCs, Smartphones and Ultra Mobile PCs (UMPC) is being developed.rnAll contents, including the coordinates, are stored in a PostgreSQL database. The data input, the processing and otherrnadministrative operations are executed by a content management system (CMS).