1. U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Web Services Interest Group WGISS #28 September, 2009 Pretoria, South Africa Lyndon R. Oleson U.S. Geological Survey Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center Sioux Falls, SD, USA

2. 2 Web Services Interest Group Agenda 11:00 – 11:15 Web Services IG Status and Overview Lyn Oleson 11:15 – 11:30 Polar Mapping Update and WMS ExperienceShinobu Kawahito 11:30 – 12:00 Web Services Technologies for GEO Group 12:00 – 12:15 WGISS Findings – Lessons Learned, Group Best Practices, links to relevant files/web sites 12:15 – 12:20 Future meetings and workshops Group 12:20 - 12:30 Recommendations to WGISS Lyn Oleson

3. 3 Web Services Interest Group Web Services Interest Group Status and Overview  Purpose of WSIG: Serve as a forum for exchange of technical information and lessons-learned experience about Web services and other WWW / Internet related software technologies. In order to facilitate construction of interoperable service infrastructures, the Interest Group closely observes and interacts with OGC and ISO standardization activities and OGC testbeds (e.g. WCS, CS-W, and WMS) and makes the results available to WGISS and Projects.  Goal: How can we employ SOA and particularly standard Web Services interfaces (e.g. OGC) to enable or enhance information systems interoperability.  Following topics will explore lessons learned to date and ideas for continuing to move forward toward our goal.

4. 4 Web Services Interest Group What is the goal we are pursuing?  Allow an EO client to search and obtain data from multiple agency information systems via a “standard” Web Service interface.  Allow an agency data provider to have many compliant clients from various user communities (e.g. GEO societal benefit communities, various earth science communities, various emergency disaster communities) search and obtain their EO data via a “standard” Web Service interface. Why employ Web Services?

5. 5 Web Services Interest Group Background:  At WGISS 27 in Toulouse Focused on lessons learned from attempting to employ OGC WCS and CSW specifications. Many found it difficult to accomplish EO satellite data searches and downloads through the existing OGC specifications. Concluded that a better strategy might be to identify our own requirements and possibly pursue our own Web Services specifications modeling after the OGC specs in order to achieve our goal if not also contribute to enhancing OGC.

6. 6 Why Employ Web Services? Data and Information Common Service Interface Client Server

7. 7 Why Employ Web Services? Data and Information Common Service Interface Client Server Data and Information Common Service Interface Data and Information Common Service Interface

8. 8 Why Employ Web Services? Data and Information Common Service Interface Client Server

9. 9 Web Services Interest Group Data and Information EO Client EO Agency Servers Data and Information Common Service Interface Data and Information Can we formulate a technical strategy/proposal? Common Service Interface

10. 10 Vision for EO Clients/Servers Inventory “Standard” Service Interfaces Catalog Searches Typical EO “Client” An Agency Set of EO Servers CWS Browse Images View Browse WMS Online Data Direct Data Download WCS ? Registration, Shopping Basket, On-demand Product Orders, other? Registration, Shopping Basket Services, etc. ISO 19115 based WS interface

11. 11 Vision for an EO Client CWSWMSWCS Earth Observations Client NASA ECHO Servers Other Agency Servers NOAA CLASS Servers ISO 19115 based WS interface

12. 12 Web Services Interest Group Actions from WGISS #27 (27-1):  Web Services Interest Group will prepare a draft Web services requirements document for wider WGISS review and comment. The requirements document will have two parts: (1) the definition of a set of core satellite data query and search refinement parameters that would be needed to support effective cross-satellite, catalogue searching and product selection; and (2) a set of associated scenarios that illustrate how these search parameters might be employed in a standard Web services interface between a client portal and the satellite data servers they are querying and requesting data from.  Draft and present at WGISS-28, and then decide how best to share with others and describe deliverable to CEOS Plenary and GEOSS.

13. 13 Web Services Interest Group Action part (2): Scenarios to illustrate EO search and order requirements  Employing a typical Landsat search and order process on USGS Earth Explorer or GloVis portals  Look at other EO information systems via LSI portal

14. 14 Web Services Interest Group Recommendations to WGISS?  Base search interface requirements on ISO 19115  Create generic scenario that includes the additional requirements for browsing, ordering, and user registration/validation  Generate technical proposal that  Prototype as part of WADC “clearinghouse” effort?

15. 15 Web Services Interest Group Scenarios bring additional requirements beyond catalog searching  Browse images (could employ WMS)  User registration  User profiles and validation where restrictions are involved  Product ordering options Product parameters (e.g. map projections, resolution) Delivery options (e.g. ftp, shipped media) May involve purchase process  Product direct download for online products (WCS?)

16. 16 Web Services Interest Group USGS/EROS Landsat Search/Order Scenario  Possibly initiated by a link to Earth Explorer or GloVis from IDN or LSI Portal  Identify a data set of interest – Landsat ETM+  Specify an area of interest Interactive map Uploading an area of interest file (Shape File, Simple Features File, GML, etc.) Keying in latitude/longitude rectangle or point Specifying a Landsat Path/Row  Specify one or more date and time periods of interest  Possibly specify cloud cover %  Initiate inventory search

17. 17 Web Services Interest Group USGS/EROS Landsat Search/Order Scenario  View results and possibly refine search parameters and submit new search  View footprints of selected images on a map  Request to view one or more reduced resolution browse images to aid in the selection  Select one or more specific scenes for download  Before download, register as new user or provide previous login (users are not validated)  Initiate http download to user’s local storage  Other functions available: Request an “on-demand” product to be made and staged Set up a “standing request” Make arrangements for bulk data delivery

18. 18 Web Services Interest Group Explore LSI links for insight into requirements  http://wgiss.ceos.org/lsip/ http://wgiss.ceos.org/lsip/

19. 19 Web Services Interest Group Conclusions?  OGC too sparse to effectively support EO catalog searches  OGC does not include temporal parameters  CIP still excellent and applicable  ISO 19115 is more current “standard” for CIP  Base our parameter requirements on ISO 19115

20. 20 Web Services Interest Group Presentation by Shinobu Kawahito, JAXA/RESTEC:  Polar Mapping Update and WMS Experience