BALTICSEAWEB: an information system about the Baltic Sea environment

A database has been created containing currently more than 11 000 reference s to published information on environmental aspects of the Baltic Sea withi n the framework of the Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission. The database is accessible on the Internet with two types of user interfaces, a search form and geographic user interfaces. In addition to bibliographic information a number of original documents have been made available in elec tronic form so that the user cannot only retrieve bibliographic records but also original documents. The geographical user interfaces include a dynami c Java applet with a scaleable map and a more static clickable map. Owing t o varying quality of Internet services available to the users both types of geographical user interfaces as well as a simple text-based search form ar e being supported. Further information on the GIS development project with access to the database can be found at http://www.baltic.vtt.fi (C) 2001 El sevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.