1. Delivering Innovative Solutions to the World © Compusult – All rights reserved Compusult’s Participation in GEOSS Contributions and Operations Robert Thomas Compusult rthomas@compusult.net GEO ADC Meeting Boulder, CO Sep. 2008

2. Delivering Innovative Solutions to the World © Compusult – All rights reserved Company Background Head Office in Mount Pearl, NL, Canada. A U.S. subsidiary, Compusult Systems, Inc. in the Washington D.C area. Branch offices in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Ottawa, Ontario. In operation for 23 Years Innovative and Diversified Products and Services A Global Leader in implementing OGC specifications and standards Specialists in: –Geospatial Portal Development and Deployment –Geomatics and Geographic Information Systems –Internet and Web-based Applications and Services –Relational Database Management Systems –Assistive Technology for Persons with Disabilities –Automatic Identification & Data Capture (AIDC) Solutions –Custom Electronics & Integrated Systems

3. Delivering Innovative Solutions to the World © Compusult – All rights reserved Past and Current Contributions Compusult has participated in GEOSS by providing the following: –GEO Portal Candidate –GEO Clearinghouse Candidate –Hosting Services Scenario Participation: –Polar Ecosystems and Biodiversity –Sub-Saharan African Wildfire –Africa Ecosystems and Biodiversity –Oil Spill Response

4. Delivering Innovative Solutions to the World © Compusult – All rights reserved Current Portal and Clearinghouse Searches GEOSS Component & Service Registry Searches Access GEOSS Standards & Special Arrangements Registry References Access Users GEONETCast GEO Main Web Site Requirements Registry Best Practices Wiki Links External Resources Web Sites / Portals Catalogs Services RSS Documents GEOSS Registered Components Web Sites / Portals Catalogs Services RSS Documents Accesses all Registered Community Resources External Resources Access Clearinghouse Links to Other Community Resources All Common Components support external discovery Interfaces

5. Delivering Innovative Solutions to the World © Compusult – All rights reserved Current Portal and Clearinghouse GEO Data Discovery - Search, manage and discover geospatial data from disparate data sources and community portals. Direct access to data pertaining to each of the nine Societal Benefit Areas (SBA) is provided through a dedicated SBA Browser facility. GEOSS Clearinghouse - Publish data and services to the GEOSS Clearinghouse supporting OGC catalogue 2.0.2 specifications. All Components and Services Registered in the GEOSS Registry are harvested into the GEOSS Clearinghouse.

6. Delivering Innovative Solutions to the World © Compusult – All rights reserved Current Portal and Clearinghouse GEO Data Access/Portrayal - Access, preview and retrieve distributed and/or disparate geospatial data and services through a lightweight mapping client not requiring plug-ins or downloads. Google Earth integration and NASA WorldWind can provide alternative client portrayal interoperability. GEO Collaboration Suite GEO Content Management GEO User Management GEO Data Delivery

7. Delivering Innovative Solutions to the World © Compusult – All rights reserved Compusult GEO Portal

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12. Delivering Innovative Solutions to the World © Compusult – All rights reserved Compusult GEO Portal Communities

13. Delivering Innovative Solutions to the World © Compusult – All rights reserved Metrics Total of 20 Registered Users –Must be registered to be able to easily track metrics. –Like to get this up to 100 –Better emphasis on signing up 45 Unique logins since Jan 1, 2008 145 Searches of the GEOSS Clearinghouse Help was accessed 19 times

14. Delivering Innovative Solutions to the World © Compusult – All rights reserved Compusult Commitment Infrastructure Hosting Commitment: –Compusult has committed to host the portal and clearinghouse service until 2010 at a minimum through our hosting facilities. This commitment includes: Provide a multi server load balanced architecture. 99% guaranteed availability through our high availability data centre. Hardware infrastructure is dedicated exclusively to GEO Portal project.

15. Delivering Innovative Solutions to the World © Compusult – All rights reserved Our Perspective: Why are we Participating? Fits with our Corporate Mission –Committed to providing tools and systems to help us make better decisions when dealing with our environment A Contribution to a Global Effort –Enable a better understanding of the 9 primary benefits to society that the GEOSS system can attain Fosters Collaboration –Collaboration between government agencies and commercial entities. Testing and Verification of our Tools –Opportunity to test our tools and applications in a ‘real world’ environment. End User Feedback –Gather end-user feedback that will be relayed back into future product development and enhancement. Getting the Word Out –Networking and Communications Opportunities

16. Delivering Innovative Solutions to the World © Compusult – All rights reserved GEO Portal Future Capabilities Greater Integration with Google Earth, Google Maps, Google Text Search and NASA’s World Wind Catalog upgraded to support CSW 2.0.2 Better presentation of Results especially for Distributed / Federated Search. Usability enhancements from Canadian GeoConnections Discovery Portal implementation Easier Style Management for a faster Customized Look and Feel More flexible Security Metric Tracking - users, searches etc.

17. Delivering Innovative Solutions to the World © Compusult – All rights reserved GEO Portal Future Capabilities Additional Online Computer Based Training Greater Collaboration Capabilities through: –Message Boards –Document Library –Active calendar –Map Annotation –Image Library –Language Translator Improved User Management –Communities of Interest –Dedicated Collaboration Tools A More advanced Content Management System –WIKI Interfaces –Journal Interfaces

18. Delivering Innovative Solutions to the World © Compusult – All rights reserved GEO SensorWeb Integration Recently introduced a Sensor Web module Based on the recently adopted OGC Sensor Web specifications; SOS, SPS, SAS etc. Provides the capability to catalog and bind to Sensor Observation Services. SOSs registered in the GEOSS Registry, will then be harvested and the portal will have the ability to bind directly to the sensor providing live data retrieval.

19. Delivering Innovative Solutions to the World © Compusult – All rights reserved WSM Web Services Architecture

20. Delivering Innovative Solutions to the World © Compusult – All rights reserved Other Comments Better Training / Usability –Built in walk-through videos –Create lines of Communications to GEO ADC/UIC Improved Interoperability –Work with multiple CSW clients –Harvest / Search more community portals Promote Greater Portal Usage through upcoming AIP –Ensure each Use Case / Scenario locate services through portals Need More Registered Services –Promotion through our clients Services need Testing –Test services when published at Registry

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