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This proposal seeks to enhance the utility of remotely sensed imagery by developing and testing wireless Web-based image servers, and mobile GIS applications with GPS capabilities. The goal of this project is to develop a working example that would allow various resource managers to demonstrate real-time analyses to the field over the wireless Internet using mobile devices, such as Pocket PC’s and GPS receivers.

The ability to integrate GIS, GPS, and remote-sensing capabilities for conducting real-time analysis of web-based geospatial data sets has innumerable applications, offering immediate value to users. An additional objective is to determine which land management applications, tasks, and specific information requirements can most benefit from real-time, wireless access to geospatial data in the field.

The project is composed of five tasks:

• Establish a working prototype for the integration of mobile GIS applications. This prototype will use several mobile devices, including one notebook and two Pocket PCs to access an Internet map server via wireless communication. The mobile devices will have the capabilities of GPS, GIS, and remote sensing. The working prototype will be tested in the Mission Trails Regional Park in San Diego and at the Nature Reserve of Orange County near Laguna Beach, California.
  
  
  
• Enhance the current Internet map server that was developed last project year as part of the Ed Almanza and Associates project by adding ER Mapper’s Image Web Server plug-in to ArcIMS 4.0. The new Image Web Server will improve the efficiency of image display dramatically by using its advanced wavelet image-compression technique.
  
  
  
• Improve on-line Java tools for image analysis and georeferencing. The Java applets developed from the previous ARC project will be improved by adding file input/output functions and geo-referencing capabilities.
  
  
  
• Test and demonstrate the prototype and mobile GIS applications for ease of use and utility through hands-on use by real users from the regional preserve management community.
  
  
  
• Survey habitat, land trust, fire, and other natural resource managers to determine which of their functions can most benefit from wireless, real-time access to geo-spatial data in the field.