Digital Meadowlands: A Web-based Decision Support System for an Urban, Estuarine Watershed

The Rutgers University Center for Information Management, Integration and Connectivity (CIMIC) in collaboration with the Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission (HMDC) has developed a web-based system called "Digital Meadowlands" to access detailed information about the Hackensack Meadowlands District in support of environmental management and research. (http://cimic.rutgers.edu/digitalmeadowlands) Digital Meadowlands provides a wealth of information to scientists. With time it will become the repository of the collective environmental memory for the HMDC District. The application has five major modules, each one with its own search engine and query procedures: image module with satellite images of the District; reports module with an electronic catalog of research and engineering reports that can be searched via a text-based query or by using an interactive map; monitoring data module with continually updated datasets on weather and air and water quality, and static datasets from discrete monitoring projects; interactive maps of zoning, parcel and land use; and videos of virtual fly-bys and TV news clips about the District. The staff from HMDC likely to benefit the most are those revising development proposals, drafting environmental impact forms, and involved in environmental impact studies, in outreach and in education.Proceedings of the Integrated Decision-Making for Watershed Management Symposium: Processes and Tools, January 7-9, 2001, edited by Darrel Bosch, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, VWRRC P7 2001. This document was obtained from the Meadowlands Environmental Research Institute (MERI) through the Center for Information Management, Integration and Connectivity (CIMIC) at Rutgers University, Newark. Meadowlands Environmental Research Institute, Rutgers/CIMIC, 180 University Avenue, Room 202, Newark, New Jersey 07102. meri@cimic.rutgers.edu http://cimic.rutgers.eduThe illustrations in our copy of this document are in poor condition, which accounts for their relative illegibility in the digital copy.Purpose: To become the repository of the collective memory for the Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission District