AUTHORS:
John F. Kennedy, GIS Coordinator, New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute, New Mexico State University
Assisted by:
Mike Cleary, student assistant
Dr. Bobby J. Creel, NMSU Project Manager
Alfredo Granados Olivas, Professor of Hydrology and GIS Coordinator, Centro de Información Geográfica, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez.
Assisted by:
Javier Chavez, Professor
Hugo Rojas, Professor
Nora Reyes, Technical Staff
Victor Vargas, Technical Staff
Fermin Rueda, Technical Staff
Bruno Martinez, Technical Staff
Olaya Aragones, Technical Staff
Angelina Rueda, student assistant
Ramon Valenzuela, student assistant
Raed Aldouri, Software Engineer, Pan-American Center for Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso
Dr. Randy Keller, UTEP Project Manager
May 2002
ABSTRACT
A majority of the maps, both hardcopy and digital based, available for water planning in the Paso del Norte region, whether produced by the United States of America or the United States of Mexico, has the typical 'blank' area on the other side of the International Border. This is also true to a lesser extent for maps of Texas and New Mexico. In most cases, the information is available, but the basic layers are at different spatial scale, resolution, and extent. This at times has precluded their combined use. The purpose of this project was to remove the 'blank' area across the International Border by developing and creating a regional geographic information system (GIS) to support regional water planning in the Paso del Norte area. Prepared for the Paso del Norte Water Task Force.
Keywords: GIS, framework data, maps
Project No. The research on which this report is based was financed in part by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
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