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Agent Analyst: Agent-Based Modeling Extension for ArcGIS
Agent Analyst is an agent-based modeling and simulation (ABMS) extension for the
ESRI's ArcGIS suite of products. Agent Analyst integrates and extends the functionalities
of the open-source Repast modeling and simulation environment with the power and
flexibility of ArcGIS and ArcObjects.
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Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail
The Redlands Institute conducted a data inventory to identify sources of existing
spatial and non-spatial data, compiled and delivered a set of 38 NPS geodatabases,
that could be utilized for trail planning, trail management, resource protection,
interpretation, and public outreach.
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Camp Pendleton Riparian Biological Opinion Implementation Assessment
The Redlands Institute assisted Camp Pendleton’s Natural Resources Department (Natural
Resources) in assessing their implementation of the management actions required
by the Riparian Biological Opinion (BO) approved by the US Fish and Wildlife Service
(USFWS).
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The Desert Tortoise Project (DTP)
The Desert Tortoise Project (DTP) at the University of Redlands, Redlands Institute
(RI) was designed to provide better science-based estimates of desert tortoise populations,
habitat, and threats generally within the West Mojave Recovery Unit (WMRU), and
specifically, within the context of the proposed Fort Irwin NTC National Training
Center (Fort Irwin NTC) expansion area.
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DoD GIS Research
The University of Redlands is conducting an ARO-sponsored investigation into several
core areas of Geographic Information Science (GIScience). Building on the core
platform of basic GIS research, the University proposes to test and refine advances
in theory and methodology via direct participation to enhance actual projects with
DOD installations and research facilities.
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Desert Tortoise Recovery Office (DTRO) Adaptive Management System
The Redlands Institute is developing a comprehensive, GIS-based system that will
allow federal agencies to understand, evaluate and monitor the cumulative effects,
beneficial and adverse, of their management programs and policies on listed species.
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East Valley COMPASS
The Redlands Institute supported the City of Redlands Police Department in the design
and implementation of their "East Valley Community Mapping, Planning and Analysis
for Safety Strategies Program" (COMPASS) to facilitate collaborative and integrative
intervention strategies.
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Ecosystem Management Decision Support
(EMDS)
The Ecosystem Management Decision Support (EMDS) system, an application framework
for knowledge-based decision support, integrates state-of-the-art geographic information
system (GIS) as well as knowledge-based reasoning and decision modeling technologies
to provide decision support for the adaptive management process.
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First 5 Children and Families Commission
The Redlands Institute acted as an information management/analysis advisor to the
San Bernardino County Children and Families Commission for its First 5 program to
identify areas of need through spatial analysis.
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Ha'ahonua
- Hawaii Island Geocollaboratory
The Kohala Center, a not-for-profit private education and research institute headquartered
in Waimea, Hawai‘i, in collaboration with Redlands Institute of the University of
Redlands, has developed an iterative, user-friendly agricultural land database/GIS
tool for Hawai‘i Island.
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Hawaii Island Agricultural Suitability Application
In 2008, the County of Hawaii awarded a grant to The Kohala Center and the Redlands Institute for the development of a user-friendly agricultural land database/GIS tool for Hawai‘i Island. The County’s goal was to promote sustainable and responsible agricultural land use through development of (1) a GIS agricultural map database, and (2) an interactive, user-friendly, web-based agricultural land planning tool.
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IO GeoMapping
The Redlands Institute, in collaboration with Julie Rathbun PhD, University of Redlands,
is working with Arizona State University to produce a digital, Geographic Information
System (GIS)-type database for Io containing data obtained during the Galileo and
Voyager missions.
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Integrated
Training Area Management/Land Rehabilitation and Maintenance (ITAM/LRAM) Enterprise
GIS
The LRAM Project Tracker was developed to provide the National Training Center’s
Land Rehabilitation and Maintenance (LRAM) component with GIS-based tools to standardize
work processes and project site data, to consolidate and manage project data in
a single database, and to provide management and reporting tools.
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Imperial Valley Spatial Data Infrastructure
(IVSDI)
The Imperial Valley Spatial Data Infrastructure (IVSDI) Project supports the implementation
of siltation and sedimentation total maximum daily load (TMDL) requirements in the
Salton Sea watershed in California’s Imperial Valley. This project also supports
local farmers and stakeholder groups to better monitor agricultural best management
practices (BMPs), water quality, and non-point source (NPS) pollution sources.
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SWATH Data Import Tools & SWATH Visualizer
for JPL
The goal of this project was to create a prototype set of tools that would aid a
scientist or researcher in the dissemination and interpretation of Atmospheric Infrared
Sounder (AIRS) data without requiring intimate knowledge of the workings and behavior
of the sensor platform itself.
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Palm Springs Desert Museum Venturi Effect Animation
The Redlands Institute produced a 3D animation that tracks the movement and patterns
of windblown sand traveling through the Banning Pass, the resultant formation of
sand dunes, and the contribution to the standing volume of PM10 particles in the
air of the North Palms Springs area and northern Coachella Valley.
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The Salton Sea Database Program (SSDP)
The Salton Sea Database Program (SSDP) was a congressionally funded project providing
an infrastructure of data management and analysis tools to support coordinated decision-making
for professional and scientific stakeholders involved in the restoration effort
for California’s largest inland water body.
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Santa Ana River Watershed Bibliography
The Redlands Institute was contracted by the California State University San Bernardino
Water Resources Institute (CSUSB WRI) to assist with a comprehensive, interdisciplinary
bibliography on the Santa Ana River Watershed.
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Voices of the Monument: Santa Rosa
National Monument Documentary 3-D Animations
Commemorating the fifth anniversary of the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains
National Monument, the Redlands Institute developed two 3D animations for "Voices
of the Monument". The documentary, produced by Desert Publications, won four regional
Emmy Awards on June 18, 2005.
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Small Business GIS Program
The Small Business GIS Program provides education, training and services to small
and medium enterprises (SMEs), with the goal of enabling them to apply GIS to improve
their competitiveness and success. SMEs can use this technology to increase efficiencies,
to understand their spatial environment, and to make better decisions.
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San Bernardino Sun Fire and Flood Danger Maps
In October 2003, a series of wildfires in five southern California counties devastated
many homes and lives were lost. The San Bernardino Sun requested two maps from The
Redlands Institute for a series of articles covering the history of fires and floods
history in the San Bernardino Mountains, and the future potential of the same as
it relates to urban expansion in the forest.
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Spatial Decision Support Knowledge
Portal
The Redlands Institute has developed a web-enabled SDS Knowledge Portal to present
SDS related knowledge and information including a set of ontologies to represent
the body of knowledge on spatial decision support (SDS). This set of ontologies
is an initial attempt at capturing the essential concepts in the SDS field of study,
their properties and relations among them.
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GIS-Based Decision Support for the
Translocation of Desert Tortoises from Ft Irwin, National Training Center, CA
The Redlands Institute Desert Tortoise Project (DTP) was asked to join the United
States Geological Survey (USGS) led team to develop GIS models that would help the
clients to identify potential tortoise translocation sites under a variety of what-if
type scenarios.
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U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground Spatial Knowledge Portal
The concept for the YPG Knowledge Portal case study was to develop a prototype knowledge
management system that integrates spatial, ontological, and decision support concepts
and technologies for the Natural Environments Testing Office (NETO) and Sustainable
Ranges Program (SRP) divisions of Yuma Proving Ground (YPG).
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