GeoChronos - SpecNet Workshop 2009 Presentation

An On-line Collaborative Platform for Earth

Observation Scientists

Presented by Cameron Kiddle

Research Fellow, Grid Research Centre

Outline Challenges GeoChronos Demonstration Status Project Participants

SpecNet Workshop June 22, 2009

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Collaboration Challenges Familiarity with new tools for collaboration Keeping all interested parties in the loop Finding related work and researchers Keeping up to date with current research Collaboration while working in the field


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Data Challenges Acquisition of data

Many different data sources Different regulations/mechanisms for accessing data Lack of automation Finding the right data

Managing data Scattered and unorganized data Inadequate tools for recording/maintaining metadata

Data without metadata is meaningless Lack of suitable metadata standards Validation of metadata

Tracking provenance of data Pre-processing of data

Raw data typically cannot be directly analyzed Significant amount of time spent preparing data for analysis Lack of automation


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Application Challenges Access to software available in research lab

while in field or other locations Installing, configuring and updating software System dependencies of software Awareness and suitability of available software Sharing applications Getting help in using applications Sharing results and getting feedback Co-location of data and applications


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An on-line platform For:

Earth Observation Scientists Facilitating:

Collaboration between scientists Data access, management and sharing Application access, management and sharing

Leveraging: Web 2.0 and social networking technologies Semantic Web technologies Cloud computing technologies


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Collaboration Solutions

Social networking portal Elgg-based (elgg.org)

Social networking services Blogs Tags Media/document sharing Wikis Friends/contacts Groups Discussions Message boards Calendars Status News Feeds


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http://geochronos.org/

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Data Solutions Data Acquisition

Automated acquisition of data from sensors (ground, airborne, satellite) or third party

Data Storage Store, share, browse and

search data i.e., spectral library

Data Processing Automated data workflows

i.e., mosaic, reproject and subset MODIS data


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Application Solutions Interactive Application

Service (IAS) On-line, on-demand access to

scientific applications Share application sessions and

data with other users Access control to applications

Batch Processing Service Batch processing environment

for longer running data processing tasks or simulations

For use directly by individual users or as part of automated data workflows


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Demonstration


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Collaboration - Dashboard


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Collaboration - Activity Feed


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Collaboration - Groups


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IAS - Application Catalogue


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IAS - Storage Space


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IAS - MultiSpec


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Spectral Library - Browse


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Spectral Library - Spectra


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Spectral Library - MetaData


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Spectral Library - Add Metadata


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Spectral Library - File Contents


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Spectral Library - Ancillary Data


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Status Currently in development phase Opened up to a small number of test users

Currently over 50 users from Europe, South America and North America

Test usage of portal at IAI-UofA International Summer School in July 2009

Slowly open up to different communities of users as development progresses

Production portal: mid-late 2010


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Project Team


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Dr. Arturo Sanchez-AzofeifaUniversity of Alberta

Dr. John GamonUniversity of Alberta

Dr. Benoit RivardUniversity of Victoria

Dr. Rob SimmondsUniversity of Calgary

Prinicipal Investigators

Project Coordination Platform Development Domain Scientists

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Virtual Organization


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Contact Information


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Cameron [email protected]://pages.cspc.ucalgary.ca/~kiddlec/

http://geochronos.org/

http://grid.ucalgary.ca/ http://ceos.ualberta.ca/ http://www.cybera.ca/

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Technology

GeoChronos - SpecNet Workshop 2009 Presentation