TerraBase provides a robust database and interface from which to manage all types of environmental data for one or more sites regardless of the media (water, air, soil, etc.). While TerraBase alone can generate a wide variety of standard and customizable print reports, as an ArcView extension it allows "flat" data to become associated with spatial information in two and three dimensions. Moreover, the TerraBase ArcView extensions allow the user complete access to all analytical and geotechnical data from within the GIS application.
- TerraBase makes it significantly easier for an environmental scientist or
manager to understand environmental data and its spatial relationships. He or she
can make appropriate, informed decisions regarding site environmental issues.
- Terrabase currently supports three (3) file types for analytical data import:
TerraBase level I, TerraBase Level II and TerraBase Delimited. Since most
laboratories are capable of producing these formats, the task of manual data
entry is virtually eliminated. A fourth format, Super Flat File Format (SF3), is
being developed along with companion tools (i.e., Checkmate and Universal
Translator) that will allow the user to manage any analytical format. Integrate can
distribute "format checking" routines which function to ensure data is correctly
formatted. Integrate also provides services to clients that need assistance in
translating legacy data from standard and non-standard formats.
- TerraBase is capable of managing chemical, geological, and spatial information
for one or more sites eliminating the need to maintain multiple independent
databases for reporting and spatial analyses.
- Integrate also provides clients with a web-enabled version of TerraBase via an
ASP business model (www.terrabaseonline.com). This option offers significant
savings and convenience over data sharing options and maintenance associated
with implementing in-house services that are distributed over a LAN or WAN.