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Ensuring the Citizen is at the heart of the COBWEB - Citizen Observatory web 15/01/14 Jamie Williams jamie.williams@envsys.co.uk
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Project started 01/11/2012 and will run for 4 years; Funded under the European Commission’s Framework Programme 7 (Grant No: 308513). The COBWEB project
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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
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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”.
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Conceptually, what is COBWEB? Sensors in the environment The crowd Validated Quality approved Compliant Data client Authoritative data - Commercial - Government - Community
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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).
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Demonstrators A number of demonstrator applications for mobile devices. Three subject areas : 1.Validating Earth observation; 2.Biological monitoring; 3.Flooding.
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Engagement Reaching the citizen Face to face engagements, co-design and co- production; Using volunteer projects, interest groups, local issues.
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Feedback loop
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Stakeholder engagement drives the user requirements. Validated Quality approved Compliant
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Stakeholder example - Dyfi woodland Coed Tŷ Gwyn EducationWildlifeProducts Health and Well Being Recreation Woodland management plan
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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
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Prototype visualisation
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Stakeholder – Aberystwyth University Geolocation; Dichotomous key; Photo catalogue; Description of observation to be stored.
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Stakeholder – Aberystwyth University
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Co-design Dyfi woodland Ysgol Bro Dyfi (local school) Welsh Government
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Thank you http://cobwebproject.eu/ info@cobwebproject.eu Find out more at Citizens Observatories booth of the European Commission Stand, and at the OGC stand.
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