Digitalization of Coastal Management and Decision Making Supported by Multi-dimensional Geospatial Information and Analysis: An NSF Digital Government Project A long paper accompanied by a demonstration entitled “Demonstration: Digitalization of Coastal Management and Decision Making”

This paper presents the status and outcomes of the first year of an NSF-funded Digital Government project to investigate and develop technologies to enhance the operational capabilities of federal, state, and local agencies responsible for coastal management and decision making. The objectives of the project are to significantly enhance capabilities for handling spatio-temporal coastal databases, build a fundamental basis of coastal geospatial information for inter-governmental agency operations, and provide innovative tools for all levels of governmental agencies to increase efficiency and reduce operating costs.