1. 2nd Data Providers Workshop Joost van Bemmelen Guido Colangeli
ESA/ESRIN

2. Global Earth Observation System of Systems
Societal Benefit Areas
GUI
M2M
Societal Benefit Areas are ‘implemented’ via GEO-Community Activities, GEO Initiatives and GEO Flagships (in order or becoming more ‘mature services’)
SBAs need access to data/other EO-resources from data/resource providers
GEO is implementing this via a GEOSS Common Infrastructure (GCI) – and the GEOSS portal is the main Graphical User Interface for the Users, while the GEO-DAB (Discovery and Access Broker) is the middleware. Machine to Machine access to the DAB is as well possible via different API’s.

3. Enhanced GEOSS Portal - Overview
Enhanced during 2016 (online since the GEO-XIII Plenary)
Accessible from
Coordinated with ESA, CNR-IIA and GeoSec
Focus on engagement, delivery and advocating
Structured in 3 phases
1st phase – 2016: interface restyling
2nd phase – 2017/18: deployment of major upgrades
3rd phase – 2019 onwards – operations and evolutions
Engagement of users, delivery of what users need, advocating available functionality and data

4. GEO Web-site  GEOSS Portal

5. Enhancements: first phase status
Restyling of the Graphical User Interface
Aligned with new GEO Web-site and Brand
Simpler / More Intuitive
Improvements include: page structures, search & discovery, results display & access
Inclusion of smart filters for imagery (Landsat, Sentinel 2) and SAR-type (Sentinel 1) satellite data and Earthquake events
My WorkSpace initial set-up (Personalisation/Profiling, Save and reuse searches, Bookmark results)
Geo-localisation services: API,
Base maps selection (CartoDB, ESRI, MapBox, OpenStreetMap)
Proprietary ESRI data (e.g. regarding active hurricanes, tropical storms)

6. Current focus User-centric, considering various user communities:
GEO Flagships and Global initiatives
ESA Thematic Exploitation Platforms
Copernicus Core Services: Atmosphere (CAMS), Marine (CMEMS), Land (CLMS), Climate (C3S), Emergency (EMS), Security
Additional enhancements considered include:
My workspace evolution;
Multi-modality and responsive web-design;
Statistics;
GEOSS Portal Reuse: Widgets and Mirroring;
Visualisation services (e.g. layers, legend, …);
GEO Like and social collaboration;
Processing services
Upcoming
(Online) Workshops: User-oriented ones, Data Provider Oriented ones, Developer oriented ones

7. GEOSS Portal Enhancements
Completeness
Openness
Usefulness
Do we offer everything the user needs for their purpose?
Are access and use restrictions kept to a minimum?
Is this really what the users want?
Usability
Integrity
Desirability
Is it easy and intuitive enough for the user
Are we providing appropriate, verifiable information?
and appealing enough for users?
Is it pleasant
Findability
Social Inter-connection
User Involvement
Can the portal be found easily (e.g., through search engines(?
Can the users get to know each other and share ideas?
Do we make users feel considered?
Accessibility
Customizability
Adaptability
Is access well supported in diverse conditions
Can the portal be easily customized for different communities
Is the portal adaptable to different devices?
1. User Central to Enhancements
Improve User Experience
Better Respond to User Needs
2. GCI Enhancements Objectives are user focused
Serve Comprehensive Community of
Users
Raise User
Interest and
Awareness
3. Enhancements Areas identified to achieve the objectives
Enhancements are based on overall objectives (4 visualised at the left). For each of these 4 objectives – focal improvement/enhancement areas have been identified (outer circle on the left) – the figure at th right shows the actual proposed (already identified) enhancements that will be/are addressed in the enhanced GEOSS Portal / GEO DAB [colours correspond with the objectives/enhancement areas on the left]

8. Dissemination Activities and Planned Releases

9. 2017 in one go …

10. URL:
Survey:
Contact:
Joost van Bemmelen –
Guido Colangeli –