An Interactive Map Tool for Earthscope Education and Outreach

3-144 2008-2012 UNAVCO PROPOSAL: GEODESY ADVANCING EARTH SCIENCE RESEARCH Th the Jules Verne http://jules.unavco.org. mapportal Th users tomake‘maps ondemand’ user-friendly menuinterface. usinganew forthe“Julesentirely userinterface new Verne Voyager” suite,whichallows plore processes usingthe Earth Voyager maptools. We have alsocreated an material forthemaptoolandcurricularactivitiesthatencourage userstoex- ic Planet” website, aJavaScript-based thatincorporatesexplanatory interface developed companioneducational materials,onthe“ExploringourDynam- allows userstozoom amongatleastfourmapscales.In addition,we have create anddisplaymapstoalargenumberofuserssimultaneously. Th uses pre-constructed GIFmapsandoverlays, allowing thesystemtorapidly map scale;and(2)“EarthScope Voyager, Jr.”, anHTML-based systemthat system whichallows userscompletecontrol over basemaps,overlays, and a Java-based maptool“EarthScope Voyager”, mapcreation aserver-based study areas.linked toEarthScope Two versions ofthetoolare available: (1) modules, whichprovide examples ofEarthScope-related scientifi sitesand“Did Observatory Youand Plate Boundary Know” educational ies. For theEarthScope Voyager, we includemaps ofproposed USArray reference frame)andrelative motionalong alloftheworld’s plateboundar- visual representation ofboth‘absolute’ platemotion(inano-netrotation around the world.Users canselectfrom 26framesofreference, allowing a ity vectors representing acompilationof5170geodeticmeasurements from locations, stress andmodelveloc- axes, etc.),andsuperimposebothobserved andvolcano(coastlines, politicalboundaries,rivers andlakes,earthquake ard maps,andothers),addanumberofgeographicgeophysicaloverlays imagery, globaltopography, geoid,sea-fl processes. Users canchoosefrom avariety ofbasemaps(includingsatellite tools, developed by UNAVCO forthestudyofglobal-scalegeodynamic study area. Th a variety of geographic,geologic,andgeodynamicmapsoftheEarthScope scales. Th a variety ofmaps,satelliteimages,andgeophysicaldataatarangespatial of users.Th EarthScope-related scientifi We have created anew, interactive, web-based maputilitythatcanmake Education &Outreach Chuck Meertens » Susan Eriksson » Lou Estey» University Anne Hereford » Indiana University Michael Hamburger » An Interactive Map Tool Education andOutreach forEarthScope is work was supported by iswork NSFgrantEAR-0346180. wassupported e map tool and associated educational materials can be viewed through emaptoolandassociated educationalmaterialscanbeviewed e EarthScope eEarthScope Voyager maptoolallows userstointeractively create etoolprovides thatallows auser-friendlyinterface userstoaccess eutilityisbuiltonthe“Jules Verne Voyager” suiteofmap UNAVCO, Boulder, CO Dept ofGeological Sciences,Indiana UNAVCO, Boulder, CO UNAVCO, Boulder, CO Dept ofGeological Sciences, c results accessibletoalargenumber andvariety oor age,strainrateandseismichaz- Marianne Weingroff » Stuart Wier University Glenn Richard » University William Holt » Education/UCAR, Boulder, CO c results e tool UNAVCO, Boulder, CO Mineral Physics Institute, Stony Brook Mineral Physics Institute, Stony Brook topographic andbathymetricdata. satellite refl superimposed. image ofthewestern U.S.,withvolcano locations selection systemandhighresolution satellite Voyager showing mapinterface, menu-based ing Face oftheEarth locations, superimposedonabasemapshow- tors, respectively), seismicityandplateboundary modeled geodeticvelocities (purpleandbluevec- magmatic clustersites,respectively), and observed sites (blueandorangecircles forbackboneand Voyager, Jr. maptool,showing proposed PBO Figure 2. Figure 1. » Digital Library for Earth System forEarth Digital Library Image created usingtheEarthScope Image created Jules usingthenew Verne ectance datawithhighresolution TM imagery thatcombines imagery