PetDB News/Announcements

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11-2008 PetDB cited more than 206 times in the scientific literature!
See a list of papers here.
Visit our science page for more on articles that cite PetDB link
   
10-2008 Learn about PetDB at the EarthChem/Geoinformatics Booth and short course at the 2008 GSA Meeting
October 5-9, Houston TX
EarthChem, the Geoinformatics Information Portal, and GeoSysStrat will be hosting an exhibition booth during the 2008 Geological Society of America Joint Annual Meeting to be held October 5-9, 2008 in Houston.

A lunchtime short-course "Using Online Databases for Research and Teaching" will be held on Tuesday, October 7th at 12:00 pm in room 329 at the Hilton Americas-Houston.

Email kblock@ldeo.columbia.edu to sign up for the workshop.
   
9-2008 Ridge2000 Lau ISS Integration and Synthesis Workshop, Salt Lake City
September 7-9, 2008
 
   
7-2008 Goldschmidt, 2008 Workshop: "Using Online Geochemical Databases for Research and Teaching" Vancouver, BC
Wednesday 16 July, 2-4:30 pm"(link). The 18th Annual V.M. Goldsmchmidt Conference will be held at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. GfG staff will be conducting a workshop on the use of online geochemical databases in research and teaching applications. Participants will need to bring a laptop computer.
   
5-2008 PetDB featured in Open Geospatial Consortium's (OGC) website of the month link
 
   
5-2008 PetDB cited more than 200 times in the scientific literature!
See a list of papers here.
Visit our science page for more on articles that cite PetDB link
   
5-2008 Map Query now available!
Click on "Set Latitude/Longitude" button in the query interface to begin.
   
3-2008 Development of new PetDB user interface begins
PetDB is currently being migrated to a new system architecture that will provide enhanced stability to the system. An new user interface is being designed to provide improved access to data. Send your comments and suggestions to info@petdb.org.
   
1-2008 PetDB receives NSF funds for continued operation over the next 3 years. Read more...
 
   
1-2008 IFREE/JAMSTEC releases Google Earth tool for converting geochemical data to KML file.
 
   
12-2007 PetDB cited more than 173 times in the scientific literature.
 
   
PetDB featured in MARGINS-sponsored workshop: Data Resources for the Geosciences at the Fall 2007 AGU Meeting.
 
   
9-2007 PetDB cited 168 times in the scientific literature.