STOQS - Reasons to Use (Presented at the AGU Annual Conference 2017 Data Help Desk)

STOQS (Spatial Temporal Oceanographic Query System) is a geospatial database software package designed for providing efficient access to in situ oceanographic measurement data. This efficient data access capability enables development of advanced visualization and analysis tools. One of them in wide use is a web-based user interface that follows Ben Shneiderman’s mantra (Overview first, zoom and filter, then details-on-demand) for exploring collections of observational data.

STOQS（空间时间海洋观测查询系统）是一款旨在提供高效访问现场海洋观测数据的地理空间数据库软件包。此高效的数据访问能力促进了高级可视化与分析工具的开发。其中广泛使用的一种工具是基于Web的用户界面，该界面遵循本·施奈德曼的口号（先览全局，再行缩放与筛选，最后按需查看详情），用于探索观测数据集。