Geospatial Application: A Geographic Information System Interface Designed forUse in River Management. Long Term Resource Monitoring Program

摘要

A pilot geographic information system (GIS) graphical user interface (GUI) wasdesigned to facilitate habitat rehabilitation and enhancement planning by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District. Undertaken in summer 1993, the project was developed to provide sample analyses for the Calhoun Point Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Project on Pool 26 of the Upper Mississippi River System. The main objective of the project was to show how a GIS can assist in the design and evaluation of a project. The interface allows users to become familiar with the features of the area from a contemporary as well as a historical perspective, conduct statistical summaries, and develop and test varying modeling scenarios involving dike placement and water level elevations. In operation, the user sets the analysis environment by selecting, through a series of menus, the elements needed for analysis, including the land cover layer, management plan, and elevations.