Who is doing it?
Why do it?
What will be done?
What will the products include?
What will the inventory provide?
When will it be done?

NEOEDEN FAQ

What will the inventory provide?

The universities will inventory all of the publicly available geospatial data for Northeast Ohio by local, regional, state, and federal agencies.

The inventory will:

1.Determine programs or organization which produce, manage, or disseminate geo-referenced

2. Environmental data which could be incorporated into NEO-EDEN;

3. Identify the geospatial data which each organization holds, the characteristics of these data, their condition, and their suitability for inclusion in the NEO-EDEN data base;

4. Establish priorities for collecting and documenting these data on the basis of their demand, geographic extent, uniqueness, and other criteria to be determined by the NEO-EDEN organizations and users.

5. Identify other data which are not currently available in digital form which might be suitable for adding to the NEO-EDEN databases.

When will it be done?

The project and its schedule is currently in the planning phase. However, it is likely that the inventory survey will be distributed in early fall. Data collection and development of web and ftp sites will be undertaken over the fall and winter. Introduction of the web and ftp sites will probably occur in the winter or spring. Long-term maintenance of the network will depend on future funding and participant support.