GRAC Presentation

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Conceptualization for Spatiotemporal
Geotechnical Database Implementation
Isao Ishibashi and Jae Yoon Department of Civil
and Environmental Engineering College of
Engineering and Technology Old Dominion
University Norfolk, Virginia USA
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Context

• Background/Needs
• Objectives
• Boundary Conditions
• Important Design Considerations
• Q A
• Demonstration

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Background and Current Needs

• gINT-compliant Geotechnical database
• Need for a simple, robust yet expandable
  Geotechnical database
• for
• - Archival of existing records
• - Addition of new records
• - Retrieval/Query of existing records
• (both in data- and gINT report-levels)
• Geotechnical database should be able to handle
  spatiotemporal
• variability (visual interactivity)
• Consideration for existing infrastructure and
  local replication issue

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Objectives/Boundary Conditions

• Implementation of a GIS-Web framework for
  handling
• Geotechnical database
• ESRI ArcGIS platform (ArcIMS)
• Node-based Collaborative Server Topology
  (VTRC?)
• Minimize cost for implementation training
  issue
• Maximize turn-around time and usability
• Consideration for short- and long-term planning

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Important Design Considerations
Why - What - How - Who

• Open System Approach
• Design the functionality, not layout
  (Capability)
• Design the context, not forced procedures
  (Flexibility)
• KISS rules/ Clean-Room approach (Usability)
• Design from users perspective not from
  programmers

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Q A Session
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Demonstration