2005, Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. CrisisGrid: Critical Infrastructure and Informatics for Emergency Response 4 May 2005 Mark Reichardt President

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CrisisGrid: Critical Infrastructure CrisisGrid: Critical Infrastructure and Informatics for Emergency and Informatics for Emergency

ResponseResponse4 May 2005

Mark ReichardtPresident

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Some ObservationsSome 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


What is OGC?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

MissionMission

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.


OGC TodayOGC 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


What Drives Geospatial Standards Development?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

OGCWeb

Services

Earth Science

Sustainable Development

E-Government

Emergency / Disaster Management

Defense & Intelligence

Sensor Webs

Location-BasedServices

Web Mapping

Modeling &Simulation

Decision Support

Multi-SourceOperations

Critical Infrastructure Protection

Mobile Enterprise

Insurance/Re-Insurance

Research Validation & Transfer

Regional & Urban Planning

Logistics / Asset Management

Digital Rights Management


OGC’s Approach for Advancing InteroperabilityOGC’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

RapidPrototyping

StandardsSetting

MarketAdoption


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


Web MapService

Web CoverageService

Web FeatureService

Web TerrainService

OGC Standards Support Multi-Source OGC Standards Support Multi-Source IntegrationIntegration


Enterprise ViewpointEnterprise ViewpointIdentifying Key Points of InteroperabilityIdentifying Key Points of Interoperability

- Key Points of Interoperability - Key Points of Interoperability (interfaces with well-known message content and (interfaces with well-known message content and protocols that subscribe to a common protocols that subscribe to a common Information Architecture & Service ArchitectureInformation 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?”


Information Integration for Decision Support

PrivateSector

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OGC – Addressing Key Net Centric / OGC – Addressing Key Net Centric / Grid Interoperability IssuesGrid Interoperability Issues


OGC Member Focus AreasOGC 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


OGC Sensor Web Standards - GoalsOGC 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


Decision Support Tools

- vendor neutral- extensive

- flexible- adaptable

Heterogeneous sensor network

In-Situ monitors

Bio/Chem/RadDetectorsSurveillance

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 ConceptSensor Web Enablement - Operations Concept


User Environment In Situ Sensor

Environment

Client Observation Archive& Catalog

SensorPlanningService

SensorObservation

ServiceSensors

WFS,WCS,CPS,WMS

Sensor, Alert

Service

An Example of a SWE Reference Architecture (In-Situ)An Example of a SWE Reference Architecture (In-Situ)

Local Archive&Catalog

M&S Environment Archive& Catalog

Model AccessService

Sensor Alert

Service

New Model Access Service for toxic

dispersion plumes and zones

SimulatorToxic

DispersionPlumes/Zones

Alerts

SensorObservation

Service

Specialized Sensor Observation Service for

simulated weather or hydrologic

effects

Observations

Registry

Registry


OGC Web Services 2OGC Web Services 2Testbed:Testbed:

Successful Tasking, Successful Tasking, Collection, Processing, Collection, Processing,

Dissemination, and Dissemination, and Analysis across open Analysis across open

industry interfacesindustry interfaces

Target

Emergency Operations CenterDetection, Planning, Response, Recovery


““Chaining” Web Services For Decision SupportChaining” 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


Questions?Questions?

Mark E. [email protected]

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ReferencesReferences

• OGC Standards, OGC Reference Model:– www.opengeospatial.org, click on “Documents”

• Sensor Web Enablement– http://www.opengeospatial.org/functional/?page=swe

• OGC Interoperability Program– www.opengeospatial.org, click on “Initiatives”

• OGC Member Listing– http://www.opengeospatial.org/about/?page=members&view=Name

• Products Implementing OGC Standards– http://www.opengeospatial.org/resources/?page=products


http://www.opengeospatial.org/functional/?page=swe


http://www.opengeospatial.org/about/?page=members&view=Name

http://www.opengeospatial.org/resources/?page=products