Event

The EVENT table includes all sampling locations (synonyms are site or station). Double click on an event label will open the event window showing its metadata fields and the list of data series available. Analytical data mostly are georeferenced and related to an event. In case an event does not have a position, it could be imported with values -999.999 in the fields latitude and longitude. In this case, position will not be shown in the metaheader.

When ever the related data are georeferenced, the event label and latitude/longitude are mandatory. Event labels must be unique and do not contain blanks. This can be ensured by combining the station numbers with the campaign label, using an underline to join (e.g. Taymyr97_3). Several events can be group through a Site.

A single event can be defined directly without import list by starting from the campaign level. Otherwise use the import form and import via Menue File/Import, choose Sites/Events.

Retrieval example in ART for event metadata (Looking for gravity cores in the Mediterranean Sea)

This example explains the way how to define a retrieval with the tool ART (Advanced Retrieval Tool) in principle. Any retrival in one of the table of ART works in a similar way.

start at the home page of PANGAEA (www.pangaea.de)
 * click on Data
 * click on ART (the data mining tool of PANGAEA is a Java applet which is now loaded to the local computer; if using ART for the first time, accept requester for the certificate)
 * click on Event (the Event table includes all samples/observations with its metadata)
 * click on the List config card
 * configure your table in Columns to display. You can select the searched criterions by double clicking on an item; sort with the up and down options. (e.g. include elevation and recovery from the "Meta Information" menu, exclude gear type).
 * click on the Map card.
 * select Geographical retrieval mode in the tool bar; select the derived area by dragging the cursor in the global map keeping the mouse button pressed (e.g. Mediterranean Sea). The coordinates of the selected area are shown in the status line below the map.
 * click on Retrieval card (the search area is now defined)
 * click on new line
 * click on and
 * click on gear type in Criteria and on is equal to in the Operator list
 * Choices... gives you a list of all gear types defined in the system.
 * select Gravity corer and click ok
 * click on Fetch - the job is beeing processed.
 * the List card shows the results
 * the Map card shows the sites; use the Zoom mode to zoom in
 * select the Detail info mode i and click on one of the dots to get detailed information.

You may save the list from the List card to your harddisk by clicking on the disk symbol in the tool bar or open the results in a new browser window which can also be saved to disc.

You can import the results into the program PanMap to draw your individual map. This implies that you have Latitude and Longitude in the first two columns of the list.