Abstract:
This report describes the 4DGeoBrowser software system. The GeoBrowser is a web-based application developed at the Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institution by Steven Lerner and Andrew Maffei. It has been designed with the goal of creating, accessing, and
analyzing repositories of oceanographic datasets that have been generated by investigators in differing scientific disciplines. Once
the information is loaded onto a Geobrowser server the investigator-user is able to login to the website and use a set of data access
and analysis tools to search, plot, and display this information. GeoBrowser servers are also capable of processing commands that
are submitted remotely via HTTP URLs or email. Scientists are able to use this capability to make calls to the GeoBrowser server
and generate click-able maps, tables of urls, and customized HTML pages. These can then be used to enhance websites associated
with scientific projects. Examples of supporting scientific website functionality that includes time series plotting, data delivery by
email, geo-spatial plotting of interdisciplinary data, map-based search capabilities and other functionality are presented in this
report. The report includes examples of GeoBrowser application websites, a user manual, and a reference guide. In addition, the
concept of Electronic Index Cards (EICs) is presented.
