Pakorn Apaphant, Ph.D. May 18, 2010 WGISS 29, Bonn, Germany Data Democracy
Objectives To discuss and ask for advise from WGISS’ Issues Data Management (USGS Perspective) Data Access (Data Democracy Portal) To Update the meeting on current activities
Background o Data Democracy was initiated in 2008 o End to End process, aiming to strengthen the EO data utilization cycle by o broadening data in-and situ data/information access o increasing data dissemination capabilities o sharing software tools, and o transferring the technologies o To end users, especially in developing countries o CEOS continues to support this project (2008-present) o Under purview of CEOS Troika o In 2009, approved as a GEO task in GEO Work Plan o CB-09-05e: Infrastructure Development and Technology Transfer for Information Access -Data Democracy, led by CEOS o Part of GEO Ministerial CBC Showcase
Data Management o USGS Perspectives on the CEOS Data Democracy Initiative USGS Perspectives on the CEOS Data Democracy Initiative o Which technology should we apply such that o the utility of common storage o hosting facilities, and o super computing facilities can be possible o Mirror site are not applied in this project
a bunch of products from different providers Software B (send request to provider) Software A (downloadable) Software D (send request to provider) Software C (downloadable ) Software E (downloadable) Software F (send request to provider) Course B Course A Course C Course D Dataset G (20 images) Dataset H (10 images) Dataset A (catalog) Dataset B (catalog) Dataset C (10 images) Dataset D (200 images) Dataset E (catalog) Dataset F (catalog) Products are available out there but hard to find !
Data Democracy Portal o Need one place where users can easily access to those products given by CEOS community o Put all accumulated products in one place o By using a search engine which can initially extract product’ s keywords, thus, users could find data/ documents/ software that they really look for o No actual images contain in a server but the linkage which guides users to the actual product location o CEOS members could update the list of products at anytime when they have a new product comes to the program o Troika closely works with SEO
Portal Structure
Data Access o Upload tool for product providers o keywords shall be requested from products’ providers o use as inputs for search engine o Standard but simple o Search Engine o The more keywords provided, the better results o Suggestion and Recommendations from WGISS
Current activities o Preparation for Showcase at the GEO Ministerial o Training and Workshop on “EO Technology for Climate change” o June 7-10, 2010, Bangkok Thailand o To introduce users in SE Asia on how to o Access and make use of Satellite data for Climate change applications o Lecturers from CEOS (USGS, INPE, JAXA, GISTDA), CMA, and AIT