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Japan Marine Science and Technology Center
Computer and Information Service
Table 7 Digital processing of text data (regular publications)
Publication
Deep Sea Research 12–20 11 3,017
SHINKAI 2000 Record of 500 and 1,000 dives 2 330
JAMSTEC Annual Report
FY1972–1988
Primary release
Edition No. of issues Pages
FY1989–2000 32 3,517
(including three reference editions)
Blue Earth Editions 47–61 15 618
Special No.1–No.2 2 94
Newsletter NATSUSHIMA 173–202 30 160
Total 92 7,736
Publication
Secondary release
Edition No. of issues Pages
SHINKAI 2000
Research Symposium 1 142
Special Edition
SHINKAI 2000 2–9 8 2,564
Research Symposium
Deep Sea Research 10–11 2 935
Total 11 3,641
and disseminated international ocean and global environmental
data, and, as a feature of GODAC operations,
we provided open access to GODAC facilities
and equipment as a part of its function of a dissemination
center for oceanographic data that is of great value
not just to researchers, but to residents and schools of
the region, and also to the local tourism industry.
(1) Digital archiving of image and bibliographical
information
We constructed an image database of deep-sea
images captured mainly by SHINKAI and
SHINKAI , and made it available to the general
public over the internet (Table ). We scanned publications
such as "JAMSTEC Journal of Deep Sea
Research" and "Report of Japan Marine Science and
Technology Center", converted them into PDF format,
then split and linked the files according to size. We
placed the information through OCR processing and
proofing, and built up a publicly accessible full-text
search database providing not just bibliographical information,
but whole text information as well (Table ).
(2) Disseminating global environmental data
We collected various forms of global environmental
data online over the internet and offline through
digital media provided by various research institutions,
processed and entered the data into the database,
disseminated various datasets, and operated a publicly
accessible data visualization system. We operated
the global environment portal system, which is the
point of access for these data, and connected to
the JAMSTEC intranet through the JGN (Japan Gigabit
Network) developed and operated by Telecomunication
Advancement Organization of Japan. This enabled us
to provide these data to researchers, and also provide
data visualized through the "Virtual Earth" for general
users over the internet and the Nago local intranet, and
maintain user registration data.
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