Open AccessAN OPEN SCIENCE APPROACH TO GIS-BASED PALEOENVIRONMENT DATA
Author(s) -
C. Willmes,
D. Becker,
J. Verheul,
Y. Yener,
M. Zickel,
Andreas Bolten,
O. Bubenzer,
G. Bareth
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
isprs annals of the photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.356
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2194-9042
pISSN - 2196-6346
DOI - 10.5194/isprsannals-iii-2-159-2016
Subject(s) - geospatial analysis , computer science , world wide web , identifier , metadata , geographic information system , open data , citation , web coverage service , cyberinfrastructure , data science , web mapping , geography , web service , data web , cartography , programming language
Paleoenvironmental studies and according information (data) are abundantly published and available in the scientific record. However, GIS-based paleoenvironmental information and datasets are comparably rare. Here, we present an Open Science approach for creating GIS-based data and maps of paleoenvironments, and Open Access publishing them in a web based Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI), for access by the archaeology and paleoenvironment communities. We introduce an approach to gather and create GIS datasets from published non-GIS based facts and information (data), such as analogous maps, textual information or figures in scientific publications. These collected and created geo-datasets and maps are then published, including a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to facilitate scholarly reuse and citation of the data, in a web based Open Access Research Data Management Infrastructure. The geo-datasets are additionally published in an Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) standards compliant SDI, and available for GIS integration via OGC Open Web Services (OWS).