Spatio-Temporal Analysis in GIS Environments (STAGE)

Architecture Technology Corporation (ATC) will build the Spatio-Temporal Analysis in GIS Environments (STAGE) system, a GIS-integrated toolbox providing state-of-the-art spatio-temporal statistical methods within ArcGIS. The DoD has outlined three major requirements for the GIS-integrated spatio-temporal statistical analysis toolbox 1. It must work seamlessly with the GIS software; 2. It must be implemented in Python or Visual Basic to enable an efficient analytical process 3. It must incorporate innovative statistical methods to deal with spatio-temporal data sets with missing or messy data. The Phase II STAGE SBIR effort will build add-on software modules for ArcGIS that will imbue it with powerful capabilities for sophisticated exploratory and inferential analysis of spatio-temporal data sets without leaving the ArcGIS environment. It will also provide software tools and functionality that allow sophisticated users to expand analysis functionality into STAGE.