Ensuring the Citizen is at the heart of the COBWEB - Citizen Observatory web 15/01/14 Jamie Williams

Project started 01/11/2012 and will run for 4 years; Funded under the European Commission’s Framework Programme 7 (Grant No: ). The COBWEB project

Crowd sourced environmental data Introduce quality measures and reduce uncertainty Fusion of crowd sourced data with reference data… Spatial Data Infrastructure - like initiatives The COBWEB project

COBWEB’s Obligations COBWEB is obliged to work within GEOSS framework; common methodologies and standards for data archiving, discovery and access. “Data collected should be made available through the GEOSS without any restrictions”.

Conceptually, what is COBWEB? Sensors in the environment The crowd  Validated  Quality approved  Compliant Data client Authoritative data - Commercial - Government - Community

Study areas COBWEB is creating a platform to enable citizens within UNESCO Biosphere Reserves to collect environmental data using mobile devices. These UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves including those in Dyfi (Wales); Samaria, Mount Olympus (Greece); and Wadden Sea and Islands of Schleswig-Holstein (Germany).

Demonstrators A number of demonstrator applications for mobile devices. Three subject areas : 1.Validating Earth observation; 2.Biological monitoring; 3.Flooding.

Engagement Reaching the citizen Face to face engagements, co-design and co- production; Using volunteer projects, interest groups, local issues.

Feedback loop

Stakeholder engagement drives the user requirements.  Validated  Quality approved  Compliant

Stakeholder example - Dyfi woodland Coed Tŷ Gwyn EducationWildlifeProducts Health and Well Being Recreation Woodland management plan

Dyfi woodland requirements examples Pictures to aid identification of species; Time stamped information; Description of observation to be stored; Visualise data entries on web based map

Prototype visualisation

Stakeholder – Aberystwyth University Geolocation; Dichotomous key; Photo catalogue; Description of observation to be stored.

Stakeholder – Aberystwyth University

Co-design Dyfi woodland Ysgol Bro Dyfi (local school) Welsh Government

Thank you Find out more at Citizens Observatories booth of the European Commission Stand, and at the OGC stand.