GCS Research Delivers Custom ArcIMS Solution for US Fish and Wildlife Service

GCS Research is proud to announce the delivery of a custom Internet mapping
application for the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Designed as an educational portal,
"Changes: The Lower Columbia River Then and Now" focuses on change within seven
US Fish and Wildlife refuges in the Lower Columbia River ecosystem.

The application can be experienced at the following address:
http://www.gcs-research.net/usfws/Columbia_content.html
Beginning with an overview of the landscape at the time of Lewis and Clark’s Corps of
Discovery (1805-1806), the website examines change in terms of land cover, wildlife,
population, and historical cartography.

Users of the site can explore each of these themes
through an easy-to-use application designed to allow for comparisons between historical
and modern conditions. Explanatory essays detail each geographical theme and provide
an overview of the various national refuges observed by Lewis and Clark.

The website represents the combination of various technologies to achieve the desired
experience required by US Fish and Wildlife Service. A custom Flash application
provides the map controls and content presentation schema. A modified, GCS Research
.NET connector allows the Flash viewer to call ArcIMS and ArcSDE services for the
geospatial data. This unique combination of Flash, .NET and ArcIMS provides for
efficient load times and a next-generation implementation of Internet mapping services.

In the future, GCS Research and the US Fish and Wildlife Service will be unveiling this
web site in time for the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commemoration observance in
Washington and Oregon (2005-2006). Additional content and geospatial thematics will
be incorporated as the US Fish and Wildlife expands the program during the
Bicentennial.

The website will also be included as significant contributions to the Geospatial One
Stop (http://www.geodata.gov) website and ESRI’s Lewis and Clark Bicentennial
(http://www.esri.com/lewisandclark) geography portal.

For more information about this project and how your organization can deliver a similar
solution, please contact

GCS Research

Missoula, Montana

Office: 406-532-3254

Portland, Oregon Office: 503-241-3100

[email protected]

http://www.gcs-research.com