1. © 2005, Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. CrisisGrid: Critical Infrastructure and Informatics for Emergency Response 4 May 2005 Mark Reichardt President mreichardt@opengeospatial.org +1 301 840-1361

2. OGC © 2005, Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.2 Some Observations Finding, accessing, integration, fusion and application of diverse sources of information in real time is critical Open standards are a key element in rapidly mobilizing data and services for emergency management planning and response OGC industry, academic and government members are addressing key grid interoperability issues An OGC partnership in CrisisGrid is an opportunity to further assist in standards development, validation and to accelerate transfer of technologies to commercial application

3. OGC © 2005, Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.3 What is OGC? Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) –Not-for-profit, international voluntary consensus standards organization –270+ industry, government, university, and research members –Founded in 1994, with 8 Charter members Mission To lead the global development, promotion and harmonization of open standards and architectures that enable the integration of geospatial data and services into user applications and advance the formation of related market opportunities.

4. OGC © 2005, Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.4 OGC Today 278 members worldwide – 30 countries & 5 continents –103 European members –34 Asia-Pacific members 90+ Academic and Research Members 14 approved, publicly available Implementation Specifications 20+ candidate Implementation Specifications in work Hundreds of products implementing OGC specifications Compliance Certification Program

5. OGC © 2005, Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.5 What Drives Geospatial Standards Development? OGC members are addressing community needs for next- generation real-time distributed data sharing and collaboration…. Developing new specifications for geospatial interoperability and spatially enabling the enterprise OGC Web Services Earth Science Sustainable Development E-Government Emergency / Disaster Management Defense & Intelligence Sensor Webs Location-Based Services Web Mapping Modeling & Simulation Decision Support Multi-Source Operations Critical Infrastructure Protection Mobile Enterprise Insurance/Re-Insurance Research Validation & Transfer Regional & Urban Planning Logistics / Asset Management Digital Rights Management

6. OGC © 2005, Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.6 OGC’s Approach for Advancing Interoperability Interoperability Program (IP ) - a global, innovative, hands-on prototyping and testing program designed to accelerate interface development and validation, and bring interoperability to the market Specification Development Program –Consensus processes similar to other Industry consortia (World Wide Web Consortium, OMG, etc.). Outreach and Community Adoption Program – education and training, encourage take up of OGC specifications, business development, communications programs Rapid Prototyping Standards Setting Market Adoption

7. OGC © 2005, Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.7 OGC Standards Support Publishing and Discovery Support publishing and discovery of distributed geospatial data and associated services at the local, regional, national and international levels OGC Catalog Service 2.0, ISO 19119 Metadata Standard

8. OGC © 2005, Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.8 Web Map Service Web Coverage Service Web Feature Service Web Terrain Service OGC Standards Support Multi-Source Integration

9. OGC © 2005, Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.9 Enterprise Viewpoint Identifying Key Points of Interoperability - Key Points of Interoperability (interfaces with well-known message content and protocols that subscribe to a common Information Architecture & Service Architecture) Basic question one must ask for every distributed system: “What are the key points of interoperability that will enable a unified, coherent system from a user vantage?”

10. OGC © 2005, Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.10 Information Integration for Decision Support Private Sector

11. © 2005, Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. OGC – Addressing Key Net Centric / Grid Interoperability Issues

12. OGC © 2005, Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.12 OGC Member Focus Areas Information Interoperability / Semantics Sensor Web Enablement Web-based Modeling and Simulation CADD / Geospatial / 3D Integration Geospatial Digital Rights Management Multi-source Integration Symbology and Style Management Service Chaining / Decision Support Open Location Services Enterprise Architecture

13. OGC © 2005, Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.13 Sensor Web Enablement Webcam Strain Gauge Environmental Monitor Industrial Process Monitor Stored Sensor Data – Sensors connected to and discoverable on the Web – Sensors have position & generate observations - Sensor descriptions available - Services to task and access sensors - Local, regional, national scalability - Enabling the Enterprise Traffic Monitor Satellite-borne Imaging Device Airborne Imaging Device Health Monitor

14. OGC © 2005, Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.14 OGC Sensor Web Standards - Goals Quickly discover sensors (secure or public) that can meet my needs – and learn about what they can do (location, observables, quality, ability to task) Obtain sensor information in a standard encoding that is understandable by the user and by software Readily access sensor observations in a common manner, and in a form specific to my needs Task sensors, when possible, to meet my specific needs Request and receive alerts / notification when a sensor measures a particular phenomenon, or completes a requested task

15. OGC © 2005, Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.15 Decision Support Tools - vendor neutral - extensive - flexible - adaptable Heterogeneous sensor network In-Situ monitors Bio/Chem/Rad Detectors Surveillance Airborne Satellite - sparse - disparate - mobile/in-situ - extensible Models and Simulations - nested - national, regional, urban - adaptable - data assimilation Source: Dr. Mike Botts -2004 SWE Standards focus: - Discovery - Access - Tasking - Integration - Alert / Notification Based on: (OGC, ISO, OASIS, IEEE) Sensor Web Enablement - Operations Concept

16. OGC © 2005, Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.16 User Environment In Situ Sensor Environment Client Observation Archive & Catalog Sensor Planning Service Sensor Observation Service Sensors WFS,WCS,CPS,WMS Sensor, Alert Service An Example of a SWE Reference Architecture (In-Situ) Local Archive &Catalog M&S Environment Archive & Catalog Model Access Service Sensor Alert Service New Model Access Service for toxic dispersion plumes and zones Simulator Toxic Dispersion Plumes/Zones Alerts Sensor Observation Service Specialized Sensor Observation Service for simulated weather or hydrologic effects Observations Registry

17. OGC © 2005, Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.17 OGC Web Services 2 Testbed: Successful Tasking, Collection, Processing, Dissemination, and Analysis across open industry interfaces Target Emergency Operations Center Detection, Planning, Response, Recovery

18. OGC © 2005, Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.18 “Chaining” Web Services For Decision Support … WCS (NASA Data Pool) WICS (Producer-C,Vendor-3) WCTS (Producer-B, Vendor-2) WFS (Producer-n, Vendor-x) Internet Web Servers OGC Interfaces Service chaining creates Value-added products Decision Support Client Demonstrated in 2004 as part of OGC Web Services Testbed 2 Assess Wildfire Activity

19. OGC © 2005, Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.19 Questions? Mark E. Reichardt mreichardt@opengeospatial.org +1 301 840-1361 Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc www.opengeospatial.org

20. OGC © 2005, Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc.20 References OGC Standards, OGC Reference Model: –www.opengeospatial.org, click on “Documents”www.opengeospatial.org Sensor Web Enablement –http://www.opengeospatial.org/functional/?page=swehttp://www.opengeospatial.org/functional/?page=swe OGC Interoperability Program –www.opengeospatial.org, click on “Initiatives”www.opengeospatial.org OGC Member Listing – http://www.opengeospatial.org/about/?page=members&view=Namehttp://www.opengeospatial.org/about/?page=members&view=Name Products Implementing OGC Standards –http://www.opengeospatial.org/resources/?page=productshttp://www.opengeospatial.org/resources/?page=products