Pakorn Apaphant, Ph.D. May 18, 2010 WGISS 29, Bonn, Germany Data Democracy
Feb 23, 2016
Pakorn Apaphant, Ph.D.
May 18, 2010WGISS 29, Bonn, Germany
Data Democracy
Objectives
To discuss and ask for advise from WGISS’ Issues
• Data Management (USGS Perspective)• Data Access (Data Democracy Portal)
To Update the meeting on current activities
Background
o Data Democracy was initiated in 2008o End to End process, aiming to strengthen the EO data
utilization cycle by o broadening data in-and situ data/information accesso increasing data dissemination capabilitieso sharing software tools, and o transferring the technologies
o To end users, especially in developing countrieso CEOS continues to support this project (2008-present)o Under purview of CEOS Troikao In 2009, approved as a GEO task in 2009-2010 GEO Work Plan
o CB-09-05e: Infrastructure Development and Technology Transfer for Information Access -Data Democracy, led by CEOS
o Part of GEO Ministerial CBC Showcase
Data Management
o USGS Perspectives on the CEOS Data Democracy Initiative
o Which technology should we apply such that o the utility of common storageo hosting facilities, and o super computing facilities can be possible
o Mirror site are not applied in this project
a bunch of products from different providers
Software B(send request to
provider)
Software A(downloadabl
e)
Software D(send request to
provider)
Software C(downloadabl
e)
Software E(downloadable
)
Software F(send request to
provider)
Course B
Course A
Course C
Course D
Dataset G(20
images)
Dataset H(10
images)
Dataset A
(catalog)
Dataset B
(catalog)
Dataset C(10
images)Dataset D
(200 images) Dataset
E(catalog)
Dataset F
(catalog)
Products are available out there but hard to find !
Data Democracy Portal
o Need one place where users can easily access to those products given by CEOS community
o Put all accumulated products in one placeo By using a search engine which can initially extract
product’ s keywords, thus, users could find data/ documents/ software that they really look for
o No actual images contain in a server but the linkage which guides users to the actual product location
o CEOS members could update the list of products at anytime when they have a new product comes to the program
o Troika closely works with SEO
Portal Structure
Data Accesso Upload tool for product providers
o keywords shall be requested from products’ providers
o use as inputs for search engineo Standard but simple
o Search Engineo The more keywords provided, the better results
o Suggestion and Recommendations from WGISS
Current activities
o Preparation for Showcase at the GEO Ministerial o Training and Workshop on “EO Technology for
Climate change”o June 7-10, 2010, Bangkok Thailando To introduce users in SE Asia on how to
o Access and make use of Satellite data for Climate change applications
o Lecturers from CEOS (USGS, INPE, JAXA, GISTDA), CMA, and AIT