COSMOS Geotechnical Virtual Data Center (GVDC)

The GVDC Home Page



• Pilot Project Final Report (pdf)


• Overview of The COSMOS/PEER-LL Geotechnical Virtual Data Center (GVDC) and Data Provider Perspectives; Stepp. C. et al. [pdf]
• Establishing Connectivity between the COSMOS Strong Motion VDC and Geotechnical VDC;Swift, J. et al. [pdf]
• Workshop on the Implementation of the COSMOS/PEER-LL GVDC, Memphis, Tennessee, October 5-6, 2005 [pdf]
• Invited Workshop on the Expansion of the COSMOS Data Dictionary Standard, San Francisco, California, July 27-28, 2005 [pdf]


• Invited Workshop on Archiving and Web Dissemination of Geotechnical Data, 2004
• Submitted Papers:
  • Data Dictionary and Formatting Standard for Dissemination of GeotechnicalL Data, Benoît, J. et al.
  • Virginia Department of Transportation Management of Geotechnical Data, Hite, Stanley L.
  • The Alaska Engineering Desing Informations System: A GIS-Based, Web Delivered Resource for Engineering Data and Tools, Johnson, J.B., Tucker, W.B.
  • Geotechnical Database and ArcIMS Development Project, Person, G.
  • Geotechnical Data Dissemination in the NEESGRID, Ratzesberger, H.
  • Overview of the National Geotechnical Experimentation Sites Database, Satyanarayana, R., Benoît, J.
  • Establishing Baseline Practices and Identifying User Needs for Electronic Archiving and Web Dissemination of Geotechnical Data, Turner, L.L. et al.
  • The History, Development and Future of the AGS Data Format (AGS XML format developments; British Geological Survey GeoData management and dissemination system; and Borholes.com: a GIS-based geotechnical data recovery system), Walthall, S.