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Database
Year GIS
Deployed
Arboretum
Garden Size
UC Davis
100
Acre/30,000
Specimens
BG-Base
2005
Arnold
281 Acre/1.3
Million
Specimens
BG-Base
2009
GIS
Software
GPS
GIS Server
Web API
Mobile
Framework
ArcGIS
Trimble ProXH
ArcGIS
Server 9.3.1
ArcGIS
Adobe Flex
API
ESRI ArcPad
ArcGIS
Trimble ProXRT
Unknown
ArcGIS
Javascript
API
jQuery
Mobile
http://arboretum.harvard.edu/explorer/
User Interface Functionality
Navigation Tools
Pop-Up Window
Appears When a
Specimen is Selected
Takes user to
additional
information
about specimen
Queries
System Architecture
Geo
database
Web Application
GIS Server
Web Server
Mobile Application
Filemaker Pro
Database Server
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Task
Needs Assessment
Geodatabase Design and Implementation
Import Basemap and AutoCAD Data
GPS Survey and Data Import
Date
December-January 2014
January-February 2014
February 2014
February-March 2014
Web/Mobile GIS Application Development
March-May 2014
Develop Instructions and Training Session
June 2014
Presentation at Conference
Summer 2014
Alliance for Public Garden GIS (n.d. a). Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Public Gardens: The Geospatial Revolution. Retrieved
11/27/13, from http://publicgardensgis.ucdavis.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Geographic-Information-Systems-GIS-for-PublicGardens.pdf.
Alliance for Public Garden GIS (n.d. b). ArcGIS Public Garden Data Model Metadata.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden (2011). Brooklyn Botanic Garden Announces $7.5 Million Leon Levy
Foundation Gift. Retrieved 11/24/13, from http://www.bbg.org/press/capital_campaign.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden (n.d. a). Gardens and Collections. Retrieved 11/24/13, from
http://www.bbg.org/discover/gardens.
deMause, Neil and Berenson, Richard J. (2001). The Complete Illustrated Guidebook to Prospect Park and the Brooklyn Botanic
Garden. New York, New York. Silver Lining Books.
ESRI (n.d.). ArcGIS for Public Gardens. Retrieved 12/1/13, from
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwQr0TOjL0StUTVvNkpoeUtXRk0/edit.
Morgan, Brian J., Burke, Mary T., & Greco, Steven E. (2008). The ArcGIS® Botanical Garden and
Zoological Park Data Model. Retrieved 10/29/13 from
http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/proc08/papers/papers/pap_1125.pdf.
Morgan, Brian (2011). GIS for Public Gardens: Tools and Techniques for Collection Management &
Research. Retrieved 10/29/13, from http://www.slideshare.net/bjmorgan1026/gis-for-public-gardens.
The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University (2013). GIS at the Arboretum. Retrieved 10/29/13, from
http://arboretum.harvard.edu/plants/gis-at-the-arboretum/.
Wikipedia (2013). Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Retrieved 12/15/13 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Botanic_Garden.
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