| Abstract --- 
              The major objective of this sub-project is to design and develop 
              a seismic database for managing information about buildings damaged 
              during the 921 Chi-Chi earthquake using GIS (Geographical Information 
              System) and database technologies. The focus is on the condominium 
              building groups, school buildings, and public buildings that were 
              damaged during the 921 Chi-Chi earthquake in 1999. Basic architectural 
              and structural information and data related to seismic damages of 
              these buildings are collected as much as possible. They are then 
              stored and organized in the GIS-based seismic database developed 
              in this work. Several information management and analysis functions 
              are provided by the database to facilitate future studies on analyzing 
              the seismic damages of the condominium building groups, school buildings, 
              and public buildings, as well as other related earthquake engineering 
              research.   |