1. March 26-28, 2013 1 GEOSS Future Products Workshop Session 6 - Eye on Earth Steven F. Browdy OMS Tech, Inc. IEEE

2. March 26-28, 2013 2 Session Marching Orders Based on the discussions of previous sessions, what can we do now to get more use out of GEOSS? How can GEOSS be supportive of the broad community? Eye on EarthCOOPEUS

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4. 4 What Is It ? Global summit and initiative –Abu Dhabi, December 12 – 15, 2011 –focuses on the issue of greater access to environmental and societal data by all of those who need it. –facilitated by Abu Dhabi Global Environmental Data Initiative (AGEDI) –hosted by: Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD) United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

5. March 26-28, 2013 5 What Is It ? Global summit and initiative –Other key partners European Environment Agency (EEA) Group on Earth Observations (GEO) International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Bank Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI) UN Food and Agriculture Organization Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) other international organizations …

6. March 26-28, 2013 6 What Is It ? Global summit and initiative –Lead-ups Multi-stakeholder working group process Whitepaper publications from the working groups –Outcomes 2014 global summit (planned) Eye on Earth Declaration on environmental data and information carried forward to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in June 2012 On-going Special Initiative Process Funding for UNEP Live w/West Asian Focus & State of Environment Reporting Live Component

7. March 26-28, 2013 7 What Is It ? Global public information network –a public-private partnership bringing together expertise from industry and public organizations. –Partners include The European Environment Agency (EEA) Esri Microsoft Corporation –The collaboration launched the Eye on Earth Network, the online community for sharing and discovering data about environment.

8. March 26-28, 2013 8 What Is It ? Global public information network –Network content provided by: Abu Dhabi Systems and Information Centre (ADSIC) Afghan Geodesy and Cartography Head Office (AGCHO) Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) European Environment Agency (EEA) Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) Environment Public Authority (EPA) of Kuwait United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) …

9. March 26-28, 2013 9 What Is It ? Global public information network –Data and visualization platform It operates with functionalities provided by ArcGIS Online It supports exploration of interactive maps made by others and discovery of new ways of seeing the environment. It allows you to contribute your environmental observations or data. It allows you to create your own new custom maps and share them within closed groups or with everyone.

10. March 26-28, 2013 10 EoE Working Groups WG1: Policy, Governance, and Institutional Networking WG2: Content and User Needs WG3: Technical Infrastructure –Whitepapers Recommendations for the Technical Design of a Global Interoperable Information Network Environmental Knowledge Networks Crowdsourcing and Environmental Science Information and Telecommunication Technologies for Environmental Challenges WG4: Capacity Building, Education, and Awareness Raising WG5: Applications Showcase

11. March 26-28, 2013 11 EoE Special Initiatives 8 Special Initiatives were announced on the final day of the summit representing the most critical issues relative to the availability of timely, accurate and accessible environmental and societal data by all those who need it. –5 Thematic Special Initiatives announced: Eye on Water, Eye on Oceans: Blue Carbon, Eye on Biodiversity, Eye on Community Sustainability and Resiliency, Eye on Disaster Management. –3 Framework Special Initiatives announced: Eye on Network of Networks, Eye on Access4all, Eye on Environmental Education.

12. March 26-28, 2013 12 Eye on Network of Networks SI Based upon the whitepapers of the Technical Infrastructure WG. Contains many supporting projects currently in the process of securing funding. Some recommendations from WP-1 of WG3: –It is recommended that an open-source cloud service for hosting environmental/spatial data and services be implemented at a global level to support the staging of geoservices by developing countries´agencies that lack appropriate ICT infrastructure. –It is recommended that resources in environmental information infrastructures be made available following the Linked Data approach and technologies. –Initiate a discussion between key environmental agencies and standardization bodies on shape and form of value adding service chains, their catalogues, discovery services, standards, and a market place towards the seamless integration and reuse of integrated modeling and decision support services, i.e. infrastructures of modeling and decision support systems. –it is recommended that the infrastructure of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) and the relevant standardisation organizations establish a peer reviewed, structured registry of best practices in geospatial interoperability.

13. March 26-28, 2013 13 Very Key Links http://www.eyeonearthsummit.org www.eyeonearth.org/

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