Mosquito Information Management Project (MIMP): Application of a Computerized Genral Purpose Information Management System (Selgem) to Medically Important Arthropods (Diptera: Culicidae).
Abstract
The Mosquito Information Management Project (MIMP) is a collaborative venture between the Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (WRBU), Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR), and the Department of Entomology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. The project was established to develop a computer-based systematic and ecological computer file for the approximately one million mosquito specimens in the National Museum of Natural History collection. This collection is the largest and most complete mosquito collection in the world and represents a national treasure. The data management system, SELGEM (SElf-GEnerating Master), was selected as the primary storage/management system. Data recorded on collection forms are submitted to a Honeywell Series 60 Leval 66/80 compute via a Nixdorf 600/55 minicomputer. Development continued for the seven separate geographic files, incorporating data for Mexico, Central America, South America, the Caribbean Region and Eastern Africa. MIMP expanded its communications capabilities with the WRBU NBI Word Processor and expanded its map-making capabilities with the incorporation of the computer program World Data Bank II and the use of the state-of-the-art Calcomp Plotter. Keywords: Mosquitoes, Culicidae, Malaria, Arbovirus, Systematics, Distribution, Vectors.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1983
- Accession Number
- ADA166977
Entities
People
- Terry L. Erwin
Organizations
- Smithsonian Institution