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COBWEB Citizens living within Biospheres to collect environmental data

COBWEB Citizens living within Biospheres to collect environmental data. FLAGIS Studiedag 'Crowdsourcing - laat het volk het werk doen !'. Bart De Lathouwer Open Geospatial Consortium bdelathouwer@opengeospatial.org. Essential context - WNBR.

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COBWEB Citizens living within Biospheres to collect environmental data

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  1. COBWEBCitizens living within Biospheres to collect environmental data FLAGIS Studiedag 'Crowdsourcing - laat het volk het werkdoen!' Bart De Lathouwer Open Geospatial Consortium bdelathouwer@opengeospatial.org

  2. Essential context - WNBR • UNESCO Man and Biosphere Programmes (MAB) World Network of Biosphere Reserves • Sites of excellence to foster harmonious integration of people and nature for sustainable development through participation, knowledge sharing, poverty reduction and human well-being improvements, cultural values and society's ability to cope with change, thus contributing to the Millennium Development Goals • 610 reserves in 117 countries

  3. The bare bones… Research project started Nov 2012 for 4 yrs Funded under the EC FP7 Crowdsourced environmental datato aid decision making Introduce quality measures and reduce uncertainty Fusion of crowdsourced data with reference data… Security Spatial Data Infrastructure - like initiatives National SDI’s in UK, Greece and Germany INSPIRE GEOSS

  4. Essential context - GEOSS • COBWEB is obliged to work within GEOSS framework • common methodologies and standards for data archiving, discovery and access • Section on collaboration with GEOSS and FP7-ENV-2012 cluster projects added to project description • “Data collected should be made available through the GEOSS without any restrictions” • http://www.earthobservations.org/geoss.shtml

  5. GEOSS http://www.earthobservations.org/geoss.shtml

  6. COBWEB - Project Partners

  7. FP7-ENV-2012 observatories

  8. Take away: • Crowdsourcing • Quality measures and reduce uncertainty • Fusion of crowdsourced data with reference data • Sensor Web / IoT / WoT • Security • Use of Open Standards • SDI, INSPIRE & GEOSS • Economically sustainable • Society's ability to cope with change

  9. Vragen? bart.de.lathouwer@opengeospatial.org chris.higgins@ed.ac.uk

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