Services

Data Management and Communications (DMAC)

ASA, as an industry partner, participates regularly in groups developing standards and protocols for data management and communication. ASA employees are members of the IOOS Data Management and Communications (DMAC) working group, the Data Integration Framework (DIF) Web Services and Data Encodings (WSDE) working group, the IOOS Observation Registry Technical Advisory Committee, the IOOS Modeling and Analysis Steering Team (MAST), and also serve as Principal Investigator for the Mid-Atlantic Regional Coastal Ocean Observing System (MARCOOS) DMAC team.

As a result, ASA has focused on the development of software that maximizes interoperability. ASA’s tools allow for the efficient management of a wide variety of data types, including formats stored in databases (eg., Oracle, MSSQL, or through ArcSDE), XML/HTTP protocols, or file format data storage (ASCII, NetCDF, GRIB).

Data outputs from the ASA systems meet standardized protocols and are able to be ingested in industry standard desktop GIS software ( i.e., ESRI) as well as widely accepted web based GIS tools (i.e., Google Maps through KML). ASA also delivers data in standards that conform to the Open Geospatial Consortium’s specifications for Web Mapping Services, Web Feature Services, and Web Coverage Services.

SAROPS, the U.S. Coast Guard's search and rescue planning tool, is connected to HF Radar current data and wind observations from Weatherflow.