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model-related data. Thus, several modules have been developed as add-ons to the DHI
model, e.g. MIKE 11 GIS for MIKE 11, MOUSE GIS for MOUSE. Common to the
above-mentioned GI-modules is that they require a model to supply data.
Inspired by the recent EAGLE-project where a GIS-based system was
developed for the presentation of many different kinds of data (such as hydrographical
and biological data, model result data, images etc.) DHI has set out to create a suite of
information systems for the presentation of environmental data. This suite of products
has been called MIKE INFO, and it is the intention to develop MIKE INFO products
for various areas of data management. One of these areas is the management of coastal
data, and the corresponding product is MIKE INFO Coast.
What is MIKE INFO Coast?
MIKE INFO Coast is a tool for managing coastal data. This covers specifically:
Data Management: All coastal data are stored and maintained within one system
Data Manipulation: The coastal data can be edited and modified
Data Presentation: The data can easily be presented in various ways
Report Generation: Reports can be generated and saved for later use
So far MIKE INFO Coast has been used in-house in two projects. One in the
United Arab Emirates and the other in Malaysia. In both projects a stretch of around
30 km shoreline is to be maintained. Hydrographical data, images, maps and surveyed
points were covered in both projects. The MIKE 21 modelling system was also applied
in both cases. Having developed and tested MIKE INFO Coast for about two years inhouse, DHI has now released the first version in the public domain.
MIKE INFO Coast has been constructed as an extension to the GIS ArcView
3.0 from ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute). This means MIKE INFO
Coast and ArcView are completely integrated, and that all the built-in functionalities
in ArcView are available in MIKE INFO Coast. As an example you can use ArcView’s
standard facility for digitising maps, and then later on have them presented within
MIKE INFO Coast.
In ArcView/MIKE INFO Coast the user interface depends on the current
active document, i.e. the user interface changes as the active document changes.
ArcView contains several types of documents, which all have their individual user
interface (Fig. 1). When loading the MIKE INFO Coast extension, you actually load a
new type of document into ArcView. This type of document is called “coast”, and has
its own tailor-made user interface especially suited to work with coastal zone data. For
instance the user interface covers options such as “calculate differences between
surveys”, “import sediment size data” and other functions specific to coastal zone data.
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model-related data. Thus, several modules have been developed as add-ons to the DHI
model, e.g. MIKE 11 GIS for MIKE 11, MOUSE GIS for MOUSE. Common to the
above-mentioned GI-modules is that they require a model to supply data.
Inspired by the recent EAGLE-project where a GIS-based system was
developed for the presentation of many different kinds of data (such as hydrographical
and biological data, model result data, images etc.) DHI has set out to create a suite of
information systems for the presentation of environmental data. This suite of products
has been called MIKE INFO, and it is the intention to develop MIKE INFO products
for various areas of data management. One of these areas is the management of coastal
data, and the corresponding product is MIKE INFO Coast.
What is MIKE INFO Coast?
MIKE INFO Coast is a tool for managing coastal data. This covers specifically:
Data Management: All coastal data are stored and maintained within one system
Data Manipulation: The coastal data can be edited and modified
Data Presentation: The data can easily be presented in various ways
Report Generation: Reports can be generated and saved for later use
So far MIKE INFO Coast has been used in-house in two projects. One in the
United Arab Emirates and the other in Malaysia. In both projects a stretch of around
30 km shoreline is to be maintained. Hydrographical data, images, maps and surveyed
points were covered in both projects. The MIKE 21 modelling system was also applied
in both cases. Having developed and tested MIKE INFO Coast for about two years inhouse, DHI has now released the first version in the public domain.
MIKE INFO Coast has been constructed as an extension to the GIS ArcView
3.0 from ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute). This means MIKE INFO
Coast and ArcView are completely integrated, and that all the built-in functionalities
in ArcView are available in MIKE INFO Coast. As an example you can use ArcView’s
standard facility for digitising maps, and then later on have them presented within
MIKE INFO Coast.
In ArcView/MIKE INFO Coast the user interface depends on the current
active document, i.e. the user interface changes as the active document changes.
ArcView contains several types of documents, which all have their individual user
interface (Fig. 1). When loading the MIKE INFO Coast extension, you actually load a
new type of document into ArcView. This type of document is called “coast”, and has
its own tailor-made user interface especially suited to work with coastal zone data. For
instance the user interface covers options such as “calculate differences between
surveys”, “import sediment size data” and other functions specific to coastal zone data.
R. Anderson