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Global Datasets (GEOSS task DA-09-03)

3rd GEO European Project Workshop8-9 October 2009Istanbul

Douglas Cripe, GEO Secretariat

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U.S. Department of State, Washington DCJuly 31, 2003

GEO, the Group on Earth ObservationsAn Intergovernmental group with 80 Members and

57 Participating Organizations

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What is GEO?

• launched in response to calls for action by the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development and by the G8 (Group of Eight) leading industrialized countries

• voluntary partnership of governments and international organizations– 79 member governments + EC– 57 Participating Organizations (PO)

• provides a framework within which these partners can develop new projects and coordinate their strategies and investments

• charged with developing GEOSS

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What is GEOSS?

• Global Earth Observation System of Systems

• an integrating infrastructure for Earth observing and information systems to support informed decision making for society

• 10-year implementation plan• 2015: Global, Coordinated,

Comprehensive and Sustained System of Observing Systems

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• Technical Specifications for Collecting, Processing, Storing, and Disseminating Data and Products

• Based on Non-proprietary Standards• Defining System Compliance for

Contribution to GEOSS

GEOSS Implementation Requires:Interoperability of Systems

Need for an Interoperable Architecture and Standard Formats to benefit fully from Earth Observation Systems

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GEOSS Implementation requires:Data Sharing Principles

• Full and Open Exchange of Data…– Recognizing Relevant

International Instruments and National Policies and Legislation

• Data and Products at Minimum Time delay and Minimum Cost

• Free of Charge or Cost of Reproduction for Research and Education

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Improve and Facilitate Coordinate Observation Systems (avoid duplications)

Provide Easier & More Open Data Access Foster Use (Science, Applications) Building Capacity Identify gaps in observations (based on user

requirements)

…Earth Observation Systems should be

coordinated and shared internationally

… to answer Society’s need for informed decision making

GEOSS: main objectives

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Data Management in 10-Year Plan• In the implementation of

GEOSS, harmonization of observations, real- or near real-time monitoring, integration of information from in situ, airborne and space-based observations through data assimilation and models.

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Strategic Target for Data ManagementBefore 2015, GEO aims to:

“provide a shared, easily accessible, timely, sustained stream of comprehensive data of documented quality, as well as metadata and information products, for informed decision making.”

This will be achieved through:•Preparation of and access to […] global and regional information encompassing:

–geographic information such as basic global geodetic reference frames;–cross-cutting data sets such as land cover and land use information;–essential socio-economic information;

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Global Datasets in the Work Plan

DA-09-03: Global Data Sets

• Provide a suite of global datasets based on improved and validated data sources• Facilitate interoperability among data sets•Register the global data sets in the GEOSS registries

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Helping to build GEOSS

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GEOSS Common InfrastructureStandards and InteroperabilityData Sharing GuidelinesTransverse activities

Global Data Sets

HarmonisationCollaboration

Leverage

•Voluntary•Consensus-based

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GEO 2009-2011 Work Plan• GEOSS Global Data Sets:

– Most Global Datasets generated and managed through SBA-specific tasks

– 5 Global + 1 SBA Datasets that each serve multiple SBA’s are coordinated as transverse tasks

• DA-09-03a Global Land Cover• DA-09-03b Global Meteorological and Environmental Data• DA-09-03c Digital Geological Map Data (OneGeology)• DA-09-03d Global Digital Elevation Map

• US-09-03: Cross-Cutting Products and Services– Global Soil Moisture

• WA-06-02: Droughts, Floods and Water Resource Management– GMES: projects related to land management (GEOLAND)

• Architecture and Data Committee (Melbourne Sept. 2009): New action to define criteria for addition of further global datasets

under DA-09-03 (Built-up area map?)

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Data Management

• Before 2015, GEO aims to provide a shared, easily accessible, timely, sustained stream of comprehensive data of documented quality, as well as metadata and information products, for informed

decision making.

Data Management in the Strategic Targets Document

Coming back to:

Task DA-09-01a:

Quality AssuranceFor

Earth Observation

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A global DEM at 30 meter resolution from ASTER data freely accessible online online since release on 29 June 2009since release on 29 June 2009

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Free and Open Access to the LANDSAT Archive (USGS - USA)

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Thank you!

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