® ® Data flow from space to earth: The role of OGC Web Service (OWS) standards in EO market growth Steven Ramage Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) 22 nd March, Venice, Italy

OGC ® OGC overview Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) –Not-for-profit, international, voluntary, consensus standards organization –Founded 1994, Incorporated in US, UK and Australia –415 industry, government, research and university members OGC Mission To lead in the development, promotion and harmonization of open geospatial standards … © 2011 Open Geospatial Consortium

OGC ® OGC Web Services Copyright © 2010, Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.3 Catalogue Services –CS Core –CS-W ebRIM –CS-W 19115/19119 –CS-W ebRIM for EO Processing Services –OpenLS Core Services –Sensor Planning Service (SPS) –Web Processing Service (WPS) –Coordinate Transformation Service (CTS) –WCS Processing (with WCS) Encodings –Geography Markup Language (GML) CityGML GML Simple Features –Filter Encoding (FE) –GML in JPEG 2000 –KML –Observations & Measurements (O&M) –Sensor Model Language (SensorML) –Symbology Encoding (SE) –Styled Layer Descriptor (SLD) –SWE Common –Web Map Context (WMC) –Transducer Markup Language (TML)

OGC ® OGC Web Services, (cont’d) © 2011 Open Geospatial Consortium4 Data Services –Grid Coverages (Retired) –Simple Features –Web Coverage Service (WCS) WCS Transactional –Sensor Observation Service (SOS) –Table Join Service (TJS) –Web Feature Service (WFS) Portrayal Service –Web Map Service (WMS) –Web Map Tiling Service Others –GeoXACML –Geospatial Objects –OWS Common

Standards challenges worldwide OGC is addressing critical issues: Climate change Disaster management Environmental monitoring Growth in urban centers and coastal areas Public safety and security Water resource availability and quality © 2011 Open Geospatial Consortium

OGC ® “We can't share maps on the Web.” ”We can't deliver data to different systems.” "We don't have a common language to speak about our geospatial data or our services.” "We can't find and pull together data from our automated sensors.” “We have security issues relating to geospatial data exchange.” © 2011 Open Geospatial Consortium OGC and interoperability: information integration

OGC ® Cross-boundary issues: interoperability Overcoming boundaries between: Industry, government, academia and the public Disciplines, professions and industries Levels of government, local jurisdictions Nations, languages and regions Different technologies/different vendor products Legacy systems and new components/solutions © 2011 Open Geospatial Consortium

® ® Benefits of OGC Standards Some Community Examples -Save Money -Save Time -Share Broadly -Mobilize Quickly - Meet Mission Needs © 2010 Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.. 8

OGC ® State of Play of OWS across the Web How many OWS services are on the web in Europe? –Study by Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain, Sources used to discover services – Search engines, Geoportals, OGC catalogues 6,544 deployed servers in Europe –With CI 95%: (6,684 – 5,757) –Layers/types per server: 17 median, 83 mean Types of services –WMS 57% –WFS 23% –WCS 18%

OGC ® HMA ESA effort to ensure interoperability among ~ 40 different Earth Observation satellite missions. Framework for coordinated data discovery and access Set up in collaboration with the European and Canadian Space Agencies of the GSCB. Copyright © 2010, Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.10

HMA-FO ODA, July 2010 HMA and OGC Profiles HMA provides harmonised and standardised access to ESA mission data and to other mission ground segments HMA supports GMES operational scenarios needed to provide the GMES Services with the required data. OGC is the forum to discuss HMA proposed standards OGC GML Application Schema for EO Products OGC Cataloguing of ISO Metadata using ebRIM profile of CSW OGC Catalogue ebRIM Profile: Earth Observation Products OGC Ordering Services for Earth Observation Products OGC Sensor Planning Service Application Profile for EO Sensors OGC WMS EO Extension OGC User Management Interfaces for Earth Observation Services. Slide 32

OGC ® © 2011 Open Geospatial Consortium12 Global

The Global Framework Global Earth Observing System Of Systems A distributed system of systems –Improves coordination of strategies and observation systems –Links all platforms: in situ, aircraft, and satellite networks –Identifies gaps in our global capacity –Facilitates exchange of data and information –Improves decision-makers’ abilities to address pressing policy issues Source: Greg Withee, NOAA, OGC TC January 18, 2005

GEOSS connects Observations to Decisions

OGC ® GEOSS and the OGC The Global Earth Observing Systems of Systems (GEOSS) is using a GEOSS Web Portal and a GEOSS Clearinghouse search facility to access services through GEOSS Interoperability Arrangements in support of the GEOSS Societal Benefit Areas. The GEOSS Architecture Implementation Pilot (AIP) is achieving design milestones for scenarios and use cases. AIP is a Task in the GEO Work Plan (GEO Task AR ). OGC leads the AIP using the OGC Interoperability Program policy and procedures. Copyright © 2010, Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.15

GEOSS Clearinghouses GEO Web Portals GEOSS Common Infrastructure Components & Services Standards and Interoperability Best Practices Wiki User Requirements Registries Main GEO Web Site CSWWMS CSW Registered Community Resources Community Portals Client Applications Client Tier Business Process Tier Community Catalogues Alert Servers Workflow Management Processing Servers Access Tier GEONETCast Product Access Servers Sensor Web Servers Model Access Servers Test Facility Mediation Servers CSWWMSCSWW*S WMSWFS SOSSASSPSW*S CSW WPS GEOSS AIP Components

OGC ® From portal select desired theme and area of interest Wizard picks appropriate workflow for desired result Wizard Mozambique Disaster Management Information System (DMIS) Workflows Estimated rainfall accumulation and flood prediction model Flood Model Selected workflow automatically activates needed assets and models Baseline water level, flood waters and predicted flooding GEOSS AIP-2 flood prediction and response Led by NASA, Spot Image, Northrop Grumman, ERDAS

OGC ® EuroGEOSS in GEOSS AIP - Biodiversity © 2011 Open Geospatial Consortium18

OGC ® Mine Paris Tech in GEOSS AIP – Solar Energy © 2011 Open Geospatial Consortium19

OGC ® –Primary alliances for standards coordination COMCARE Digital Geospatial Information Working Group (DGIWG) Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) OASIS International Organization for Standards (ISO) Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) National Emergency Number Association (NENA) IEEE Technical Committee 9 (Sensor Web) –Secondary alliances Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association (GSDI) Web3D World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization International Alliance for Interoperability (IAI) IEEE GRSS and ICEO Taxonomic Data Working Group (TDWG) –Others © 2011 Open Geospatial Consortium OGC and Alliance Partners

OGC ® Summary EO market growth depends on increased ease of discovery, access and use of EO data. The Internet/Web infrastructure and OGC Web Services enable the transition from delivery of files to delivery of information. With the increasing number of sensors and applications, interoperability is a key requirement. The OGC’s open standards, developed in an inclusive international consensus process, provide the necessary interoperability. The OGC’s consensus process is a central hub of activity for EO market development. Copyright © 2010, Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.21

OGC ® OGC Standards and OGC Reference Model – Products compliant with OGC Standards – OGC Domain Working Groups – Active OGC Testbeds, Pilots and Experiments – Copyright © 2010, Open Geospatial Consortium OGC reference material

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