The launch version of the WISE public website and viewer The access limitations etc. Is handled in the WISE portal user administration. The resulting flash application(s) made available at the client PC will be dependent on the user credentials.

Entry page to the WISE public web site

The WISE public web site – what it is: Public interface to water related information Single gateway to European datasets (spatial and non-spatial) with water related content In future providing a gateway to related reports and information, link to national systems Target Group Experts (EU, Member countries) Informed Public WISE map viewer is key part of the service You should explain some basics about the user and find some feedback for items of discussion, such as; ‘What will be the final Target Group’ The system as we see it now will allow for the Informed Public, but also caters for more advanced users

Prototype WISE public viewer Advantages of a WISE map viewer Visualisation of reported data and EU-level assessments improving communication with MS Combining disparate datasets including the spatial dimension gives a new perspective E.g. looking at nitrate levels in River Basin Districts rather than at country level In future gateway links from map based visualisation Here you can cover some initial advantages of such a viewer. There are advantages in combining disparate data sets, also if the viewer allows the user to find links to more information on datasets this is very useful. There are many more points you can discuss here, such as the linking to analytical servers

Functions behind the WISE public viewer Using and displaying physically stored data Tabular data Map services (spatial data) Exchanging distributed stored data through Data synchronisation/mirroring (XML files, Shape files) Web mapping services (spatial data) Here you can cover some initial advantages of such a viewer. There are advantages in combining disparate data sets, also if the viewer allows the user to find links to more information on datasets this is very useful. There are many more points you can discuss here, such as the linking to analytical servers

Common Data in the WISE public viewer I Europe-wide background maps and datasets CORINE Landcover IMAGE 2000 Digital elevation model CCM 1 / 2 TELEATLAS water layers (for reference only) Europe-wide SoE data EIONET Rivers, Lakes, Groundwater Here you can cover some initial advantages of such a viewer. There are advantages in combining disparate data sets, also if the viewer allows the user to find links to more information on datasets this is very useful. There are many more points you can discuss here, such as the linking to analytical servers

Data in the WISE public viewer II WfD related data Art3 data Intercalibration data Selected/available Art5 data Water data from other directives Selected data from the UWWT database Selected data on bathing water quality Here you can cover some initial advantages of such a viewer. There are advantages in combining disparate data sets, also if the viewer allows the user to find links to more information on datasets this is very useful. There are many more points you can discuss here, such as the linking to analytical servers

Functions for users of the WISE public viewer Map based Dynamic viewing, zooming, selection of thematic layers Dataset based Pre-defined expert queries combining datasets and showing tabular and mapping results Factual/textual information Displayed for selected thematic layers PLUS General information and portal functions related to WfD and WISE Here you can cover some initial advantages of such a viewer. There are advantages in combining disparate data sets, also if the viewer allows the user to find links to more information on datasets this is very useful. There are many more points you can discuss here, such as the linking to analytical servers

Development phases First prototype Second prototype Third prototype Basic mapping fucntions December 2005 Second prototype More advanced mapping fuctions Integrating e.g. 20 expert queries June 2006 Third prototype Adtitonal data display functions Integrating more expert queries and more quality assured data WD November 2006 Fourth prototype Integrating full initial functionality Early 2007 Launch March 22nd 2007 Here you can cover some initial advantages of such a viewer. There are advantages in combining disparate data sets, also if the viewer allows the user to find links to more information on datasets this is very useful. There are many more points you can discuss here, such as the linking to analytical servers

Access under http://dataservice.eea.eu.int/wise Viewer options Explain that more than one viewer can be hooked up here

Searching for Copenhagen and showing EIONET water stations and classified land use Search information. The WISE viewer might give you several different ways of searching information and jump to that location.

CCM, WfD and EIONET water information mapped on Sicily You should note that it is simply a viewer with limited analytical functionality. If queries were to be made between different servers on big datasets, this will slow the service down and probably frustrate the user. Also the Viewer is totally dependent on the quality of the data supplied by the members of state. Expertise is needed on these datasets to pull the maximum value from them. Therefore close collaboration will be needed between the different parties involved.

UWWTD data in the north of England You should note that it is simply a viewer with limited analytical functionality. If queries were to be made between different servers on big datasets, this will slow the service down and probably frustrate the user. Also the Viewer is totally dependent on the quality of the data supplied by the members of state. Expertise is needed on these datasets to pull the maximum value from them. Therefore close collaboration will be needed between the different parties involved.

Selecting and querying of EIONET water station data around Hull (Northern England) You should note that it is simply a viewer with limited analytical functionality. If queries were to be made between different servers on big datasets, this will slow the service down and probably frustrate the user. Also the Viewer is totally dependent on the quality of the data supplied by the members of state. Expertise is needed on these datasets to pull the maximum value from them. Therefore close collaboration will be needed between the different parties involved.

Future ‘Gateway’ functionality – semantic links Here you can see the functionality where the EEA ALISS server will be integrated into the viewer to provide the user the option to discover more information on layers and topics he / she browse. In this example the user switched on the Intercalibration layer, the viewer then picks up on the keyword ‘Intercalibration’ and searches for relevant topics on that keyword. Links to these are then provided in a popup window

The WISE web site acts as a portal to other mapping services Services Page Explain that the viewer is based on background services – these being BOTH ESRI AXL and WMS which allows anybody to connect to it with any technology of their choice. Thus the JRC could connect to the WISE data easily without a viewer and more importantly experts can connect with a bespoke GIS platform such as ArcInfo to do expert queries.