Workshop “Observing Europe: Networking the Earth
Observation Networks in Europe”
Paris 21 - 22 Sep 2015
GEOSS Common Infrastructure
(GCI) for Earth Observation
Networks
STEFANO NATIVI
Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research,
National Research Council of Italy
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GEOSS Discovery and Access Infrastructure
Unified, Simplified, Flexible
Discovery and Access
services interface
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GEOSS
Users
GEOSS Applications
GEOSS
Applications
Applications
GEOSS
Applications
GEOSS
GEOSS
Application
Developers
GEOSS Common Governance
GEOSS Common Infrast.
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Domain A
GEOSS
Providers
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System 3
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System
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Domain K
System i
Domain B
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GEOSS Information System
GEO
Home Page
GEOSS
Apps
GEOSS
Portal
Brokering
Framework
Registry
(CSR)
Semantic
engines
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Ongoing Brokering tests:
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IGN
DigitalGlobe
GBIF
Geoscience Australia
FP7 GeoCarbon DBs
UK.gov
FAO
RapidEye
EO MAP
Arctic Data archive System
(ADS)
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GCI Providers Evolution and statistics
Introduction of the
Brokering approach
CSR
brokering
Introduction of the
Brokering approach
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Big Data challenges for the GCI
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Volume:
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Variety: Different product types (data, services, models, documents); Data
Millions of discoverable (small & medium) products; Long EO
time/space series, … .
models; Protocols; Semantics; Granularity levels; Organizations; Maturity
level, … .
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Veracity/Validity/Value: Evaluation support, Essential Variables,
Discovery Ranking, User Feedbacks, … .
o Velocity:
serve Countries with limited Internet access, Fast Discovery
& Access, Data Transformation and Analytics
o Visualization: Preview, Tiling services, visual exploration, … .
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Applications, Mobile Apps, Community Portals, Clients
WIS
(KMA
node)
ArcGIS
online
CEOS
Water
Portal
GEOSS App Developers
GEOSS
Portal
APIs
ChinaGEOSS
Portal
Software
My-GEOSS
Discovery
Brokering
Services
Evaluation
Access
Processing
(simple) Visualization
AIP-8 pilots
Mediation
Tiling
Monitoring
Tagging
Workflow mangmt
QoS
control
Platform
.. and more ...
Infrastructure
Vast
Data Supply System
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Cloud IaaS and PaaS
Computing
Storage
Monitoring
Auto Scaling
Load Balancing
Routing
NoSQL Database Clustering
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GEO DAB in the Cloud
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GCI (GEO DAB) Usage Statistics
Monitor and assess the GCI/GEO DAB Usage*
• 2014: more than
410User’s
thousands
* Only
requests contribute to the statistics
• First 4 months 2015: more than 150 thousands
• Last two weeks: around 12 thousand per day
All Time
Yearly
Monthly
Daily
1. PANGAEA
• Number of Discovery Queries
2. GRDC GEOWOW
1. Temperature
finalized
3. CEOS WGISS
2.
River
4.1.Discharge
FedEO
• Most Searched Keywords
Keyword
3. Precipitation
5.2. EEA
SDI Data-CORE
GEOSS
• Most Searched Data
Sources
4. Land
Cover
6.3. ….
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BBOX
…. .
• Most Used Query 5.
Constraints:
4. … .
• Simple constraint
• Complex constraint
http://statistics.geodab.eu/gi-stat/stats
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GCI APIs
High level open APIs to develop GEOSS applications
APIs = Application Program Interfaces
Developers
JavaScript APIs for GEOSS
resources
• Discovery
• Semantic enriched discovery
• Access
• Visualization
http://api.eurogeoss-broker.eu/docs/index.html
GCI
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Authentication
Support existing and well-used users’
credentials (e.g. Google, Twitter, etc.)
GCI
Authentication service
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Ranking and paging
Configurable and flexible
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Search refinement
To refine search
• Filter matching results by:
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Sources
Keywords
Bbox
Service type/Data format
• Two-steps query
– Time series discovery
– Time slots selection
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Quality check
Read CSR
Metadata
Records
Test Link
Reachability
Q1
Content
Classification
Test
Accessibility
Q2
Q3
Harvest
Metadata
Q4
Update
GCI
Configuration
Knowledge
Base
Data Base
GEOSS CSR
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THE NEXT FUTURE
Personal Vision
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The Architectural Evolutions
2005
2011
2013
2016
1st Evolution
[Service
driven]
Catalog of
catalogs
2nd Evolution
[Brokering
pattern]
Brokering
framework
3rd Evolution
[Big Data]
Cloudbased
EcoSystem
4th Evolution
[VRE]
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Discovery
Access
(re-)Use
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From Data to
Knowledge
Strategic Targets
What if .. .
GEOSS Users
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Models
SocioEconomic
Data
Earth
Observation
2005 GEOSS Implementation Plan Reference
© GEO Secretariat
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Data Document
Socioeconomic
Fossil Fuel Use Model
Data
Global Climate
Model
[Source: GEO Sec]
Climatology
Regional
Climate Model
Data
Data
Deforestation/
Disturbance Model
Observational Data
(environment &
vector distribution)
Data
Health
Vector Niche
Model
Biodiversity
Infection
Rate Model
Data
Human Population Density
and Distribution Model
Infection Rates
What if…
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GEO Model Web
A dynamic web of models, integrated with
databases and websites, to form a consultative
infrastructure where researchers, managers,
policy makers, and the general public can go to
gain insight into “what if” questions
[Coordinators: Stefano Nativi (CNR) and Gary Geller (GEO sec)]
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2015
next
decade
2025
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Data Volume
EO Data Experts
(IT experts)
Environmental Experts
(Practitioners)
Policy Makers
(Citizens)
Access
Re-use
Non-IT Experts
Observations
Essential Variables
Indicators
(Sustainability) Indexes
Inter
Discover
Interoperability Level
IT Experts
Global Change Experts
(Educators)
Users
Semantic content (From Data to Knowledge
)
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Thank you !
Questions?
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364815215000481
Useful links
http://api.eurogeoss-broker.eu/docs/index.html
http://statistics.geodab.eu/gi-stat/stats
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• launched in response to calls for action by the 2002
World Summit on Sustainable Development, Earth
Observation Summits, and by the G8 (Group of
Eight) leading industrialized countries
• voluntary partnership of 99 governments and 87
international organizations
• 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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