Data Acquisition

The advent of real-time measurement technologies as a common and widely accepted investigation strategy demands greater efficiencies throughout the entire data life cycle. The DSTs presented on this page have been developed to capture data almost instantaneously, thus allowing data analysis and decision making to proceed in “real time.”

FSPLUS	Visualization	■	F	dbf      NA     dxf      jpg      No	√        √        √        √         √         √	√       √        NA      √        √	•Statistician
Home Page	Geospatial Interpolation	■					•Staff Familiar
Software Download	Data Acquisition	□					with interpolation techniques
R.A.T.	Collects and maps data real-time	□	I/F	NA       dbf    jpg     shp      No	√        √       √        NA       √        √	√        NA      √        NA        NA	•Air Quality Specialist
Software Home Page	Create Sample Designs	■		csv    shp			•Engineer
	Perform analysis and basic statistics	■		dxf			•Geochemist
				ASCII grids			•Any Field Staff
SCRIBE	Data Acquisition	■	I/F	txt      htm   NA       NA     Yes	√        √       √        √         √         √	√        √         √        √         √	•General technical
Software Home Page	Form/Label Generation	■		xls      txt			staff familiar with sampling and
	Database	□		mdb    xls			field work
				rtf
				xml

Notes:

File input and output formats are represented in the matrix by the file extension.ASCII files, for example are indicated by the extension "txt."

EPCRA = Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-know Act

1 ERPIMS data can be imported through an Access file or a series of text files (.tes, .res, .sam, .ldi).

2 GeoSEM uses several GIS vector and raster file formats: DOD vector product format (VPF) , ESRI product files, CAD drawings (dxf), ASCI II grids, and georeferenced image formats such as geoTIFs, bitmaps, GIFs, JPGs, and ERDAS.

Legend:

N/A Not applicable