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Explore the importance of GeoRSS in scientific communication with insights from the Fifth International Symposium on Digital Earth. Learn about the new GeoRSS feed at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) and its impact on sharing scientific information effectively. Discover how GeoRSS integrates with virtual globes for 3D charting and geographical context. Keep updated on various topics like Arctic sea-ice cover, potential locations in Google Earth, and more. Stay informed through GeoRSS aggregators and RSS readers. For more details, visit the NSIDC website.
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Communicating Scientific Buzz with GeoRSS Lisa Ballagh and Florence Fetterer
Introduction • RSS overview • Importance of GeoRSS • New GeoRSS feed at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) • GeoRSS and Virtual Globes • Summary Fifth International Symposium on Digital Earth
Headline News from Various Sources Will Warming Lead to a Rise in Hurricanes? -New York Times June 2007: Nordic Seas ice edge data set released, 1750-2002 -NOAA@NSIDC GeoRSS feed 3D charting: Google Earth or Second Life? -Ogle Earth Perspectives on the Arctic's Shrinking Sea-Ice Cover -Science Magazine Possible “LOST” Island Locations in Google Earth -Google Earth Blog Fifth International Symposium on Digital Earth
Really Simple Syndication (RSS) overview RSS Feeds Organize Content NOAA at NSIDC feed Science Magazine RSS Reader Google Reader New York Times Ogle Earth blog Google Earth blog Fifth International Symposium on Digital Earth
Introduction to GeoRSS GeoRSS: • Geographically Encoded Objects for RSS feeds (GeoRSS) • Extension of RSS • Adds a geographical component • View content in 2-D via a GeoRSS aggregator • GeoRSS home page: http://www.georss.org Fifth International Symposium on Digital Earth
Introduction to GeoRSS Same structure as RSS: GeoRSS feed and GeoRSS aggregator Fifth International Symposium on Digital Earth
NOAA@NSIDC overview • Manage over 60 data sets • Publish data sets each year with an emphasis on in situ data, data rescue, and data sets from operational communities such as the U.S. Navy • Help develop educational pages and contribute to larger NSIDC projects • Web site: http://nsidc.org/noaa/ Sea Ice Index for April 2007 Fifth International Symposium on Digital Earth
NOAA@NSIDC GeoRSS Feed • New GeoRSS feed as of June of 2007 • Content available via our GeoRSS feed • New data sets • Major updates to data sets • NOAA@NSIDC participation in conferences Fifth International Symposium on Digital Earth
NOAA@NSIDC GeoRSS Feed March through August Ice Edge Positions in the Nordic Seas, 1750-2002 http://nsidc.org/data/g02169.html New data set (June 2007) Temporal coverage: 1750-2002 Parameter: sea ice edge Geographic area: Nordic Seas Fifth International Symposium on Digital Earth
NOAA@NSIDC GeoRSS Feed Film released (April 2007) Good Days on the Trail, 1938-1942: Film Footage of the Rocky Mountains, Colorado http://nsidc.org/data/g02175.html Fifth International Symposium on Digital Earth
NOAA@NSIDC Updates Coming Soon… • Updates to the Online Glacier Photograph Database • +1,200 photographs of Greenland glaciers from the 1960s and 1970s • Photograph collection by Brad Washburn • Since the online collection was introduced in 2002, the database has had over 50,000 unique viewers. Photograph by Brad Washburn, 1938 (Barnard Glacier, AK) Fifth International Symposium on Digital Earth
NOAA@NSIDC GeoRSS Feed Fifth International Symposium on Digital Earth
NOAA@NSIDC GeoRSS Feed Fifth International Symposium on Digital Earth
NOAA@NSIDC GeoRSS Feed Fifth International Symposium on Digital Earth
NOAA@NSIDC GeoRSS Feed • NOAA@NSIDC home page: • http://nsidc.org/noaa/ • GeoRSS Web site at NSIDC: • http://nsidc.org/news/nsidc_rss.html • NOAA@NSIDC GeoRSS Feed: • http://nsidc.org/noaa/nsidc_georss.xml Fifth International Symposium on Digital Earth
GeoRSS and virtual globes • Select the scientific news sources of interest • eg. The IPY home page has GeoRSS feeds: http://classic.ipy.org/start/index.php/site/news-rss/ • View information via GeoRSS aggregators, RSS readers or a virtual globe • Use virtual globes to review news content Fifth International Symposium on Digital Earth
Summary • New GeoRSS feed for NOAA@NSIDC program • Disseminate news items in an efficient manner • Add geographic context to news items • Please send us your feedback • Lisa Ballagh: vtlisa@nsidc.org • NSIDC User Services: nsidc@nsidc.org Image courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard, Kjaer Glacier, Greenland (soon to be part of the Online Glacier Photograph Database) Fifth International Symposium on Digital Earth