How was GIS used in the MEC project?
The Center for International Earth Science Information Network, (CIESIN) has developed and managed a Geographic Information System (GIS) as a component of its partnership in the Metropolitan East Coast Climate Change Assessment study. GIS was used in the MEC project in three main areas: • Create a visual description of the study region • To assist researchers in mapping the results of their studies • To help communicate the results of the MEC study to the general public through Maps and the creation of an On-Line resource for students and educators who wish to use the MEC data in their classroom studies The Metropolitan East Coast GIS had played a valuable role in assisting research participants in conducting their analysis and visualizing their results. Fundamentally, the GIS gives scientists and the public a detailed description of the physical and social geography of the study region. More importantly, the GIS helped us to map the magnitude and spatial distribution of potential thre
