A few applications for MERLIN Online!

• I jog every morning and I would like to look for alternate routes. I also want to measure how far I jog each day. I can use MERLIN Online.
• I want to relocate my business to a mid-Atlantic state. My real estate division needs to quickly screen areas to see if there are any "red flags." They can use MERLIN Online.
• I'm an environmental consultant. My client wants advice on the permits required for a particular site. I can use MERLIN Online and give the client a quick review in less than an hour.
• I'm a project engineer at the Maryland Environmental Service. I need to do a quick reconnaissance of a DNR park for an upcoming wastewater treatment plant project. I can use MERLIN Online.
• I go to Holy Trinity middle school. I have to find the length of the Baltimore Beltway for a class project. I can use MERLIN Online to measure it.
• I'm a member of the Severn River Association. We review proposed construction projects to evaluate their impacts on the watershed. We can use MERLIN Online.
• I'm a commercial forester. I write forest management plans and I need to measure the customer's forest stand and include a photograph of the site in the plan. I can use MERLIN Online.
• I'm the webmaster at DNR. I need a better way to integrate detailed maps with the information that we already provide on our facilities and recreational opportunities. I can use MERLIN Online.
• I'm the emergency services coordinator in Somerset County. Now that Hurricane Floyd is gone, we want to do a better job of planing for the next response. We can use MERLIN Online.
• We run the IT shop for an eight billion dollar international mining corporation. We have used and evaluated many types of GIS systems to provide our field geologists (around the world) with the data they need. We can use MERLIN Online and adapt it to our needs.
• I work at the Center for International Environmental Law. We think lawyers should have access to GIS systems that can link directly with the Global Legal Information Network at the Library of Congress. We will adapt the MERLIN Online System and want to host the new system at your site.
• I manage a "smart growth" project at a regional planning council. We want to obtain citizen feedback to help model future growth scenarios and then provide the planning information back to the public. We can use MERLIN Online to aide this process.
• I'm a computer geek that likes to stay up all night looking at maps on the Internet. I can use MERLIN Online.
• We are trying to match the locations of various nurseries in the State and identify which MD tributary they fall within. We really need to find small scale maps (1:24000 if possible) that not only give the topographical information but also overlays the tributaries.
• I volunteer with my daughters high school marching band. I use MERLIN Online to display & print the aerial photographic maps of each facility where the band competitions will be held. This helps by providing advance knowledge of the layout of the facility and the local topography, and providing the ability to measure distances. Then, I can calculate the amount of time needed to choreograph the movements of the band prior to the performance.
• [from a 4th grader . . .] What is the largest island in Maryland? I used MERLIN Online to examine the state's satellite imagery taken in 1994, then planimeter & measure several islands to find the largest.
• My friends want to hunt on my large wooded lot but it's difficult for them to know where my property boundaries are. I can use MERLIN Online to display the aerial photography with the property maps on top that show the boundaries of my lot and my neighbors.