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Service registry Private sector providers … GEOSS Portal GEO Website Discovery and Access Broker (DAB) Japan USA Canada South Africa Australia Brazil Germany Russia Chile France Italy … more than 100 public providers… Satellites Cryosphere Energy Disasters Health Biodiversity International Providers Regional & National Providers Environment Climate/Weather Ocean Geology/Soil Spain New Zealand Norway Water Switzerland China Africa

GCI is doubling in 2016 its n. of queries over last year 2015 GEOSS Assets and GCI Usage over time First half of 2016 More than 3 Million queries First half of 2016 More than 3 Million queries

«Towards GCI User Requirements» document– draft released February 2016 GCI Contributors feedbacks & comments - March 2016 Revision/inclusion of comments in the document - April 2016  Engage the GEO broader community–May 2016 Functionalities: Functionalities:  Gather needs/ideas on functionalities expected and /or needed from the GCI  Include identified functionalities needs in the GCI User Requirements  Convert it into a system requirements document and use it as the tool to monitor progress and evolution of the GCI to best serve the needs of scientists, citizens, decision makers, etc… GCI User Requirements Document & its Road Map

GCI User Requirements Functionalities Overview Functionalities described in the GCI User Requirements DocumentReference to the document Multi-criteria search: Spatial/temporal/thematic Incremental search/filter4.2.2 Informative and efficient search output4.2.3 Storing previous searches4.2.4 RSS Feeds4.2.5 Data accessibility: format of accessible data4.3 Single Sign On:4.4 Data visualization extent bigger4.5 Data visualization - footprint & summary metadata4.5 Data visualization tools: zoom, pan, info4.5 Mash Ups4.6.1 Advanced web applications Data quality & accessibility monitoring tools4.8 User data request interface4.9.1 GCI user experience4.9.2 GCI Statistics requirements Others…your inputs! Working with ESA on a more user friendly effective GEOSS Portal user experience

Content: Identify - Prioritize essential data/resources to be connected (to be registered and brokered by the GCI) that serve the needs of SBAs applications – Flagships and Initiatives. GCI Content Strategy  Engage the GEO broader community

Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture CategoryData type Where can we find them? Meteo - climate NDVI Rainfall Estimates Rainfall Temperature Evapotranspiration Hydrology Waterbodies Physiography Soil map Agroecological zones Drainage network Vegetation Digital Elevation Model Land use / Farming system Land-use / Land-cover Protected areas Forest areas Pasture areas Area under cultivation Farming system Crops distribution Irrigation Yield forecast Agricultural Inputs (Fertilizers) Crop calendar Crop diseases Livestock diseases Livestock statistics Demographic Population density (other than LandScan) Migration information-flux Populated Places GCI Content Strategy: e.g. Food security and sustainable agriculture Continues Minimum Essential datasets DATA CHECK LIST Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture CategoryData type SOURCE & Portal Socio- economic Ethnic Groups Households economics Household livelihood Vulnerable groups Market prices Political / Social stability Health Conflicts HIV/AIDS Epidemics Nutrition Infrastructure Waterbodies Roads & Roads Quality Railways Airports Ports Hospitals and health services Education centers (School type, grade, sex disaggregated, public or private) Markets Drinking water points - Wells Boundaries Level 1(national boundaries) Level 2 Level 3 Emergency IDP locations Refugees Disasters Areas at risk of floods Areas at risk of drought Areas at risk of earthquake..

Establishing pre-authomated harvesting from GEODAB to Community Portal Interface- leveraging the GEODAB APIs and VIEW functionalities to create Thematic or Geographic based Portals Register & Brokering New Data providers of interest to Community (SBA or spatial based) via GEO Secretariat and GEODAB Establishing pre-authomated harvesting from GEODAB to Community Portal Interface- leveraging the GEODAB APIs and VIEW functionalities to create Thematic or Geographic based Portals Register & Brokering New Data providers of interest to Community (SBA or spatial based) via GEO Secretariat and GEODAB GCI & Thematic – Geographic Based Portals Light Approach Strategy Data providers Data providers Data providers GEO & 2030 Agenda Climate Change

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