Delivering Innovative Solutions to the World © Compusult – All rights reserved Compusult’s Participation in GEOSS Contributions and Operations Robert Thomas.

Delivering Innovative Solutions to the World

© Compusult – All rights reserved

Compusult’s Participation in GEOSSCompusult’s Participation in GEOSS

Contributions and OperationsContributions and Operations

Robert Thomas

Compusult

[email protected]

GEO ADC Meeting

Boulder, CO

Sep. 2008



Company BackgroundCompany Background

• Head Office in Mount Pearl, NL, Canada.

• A U.S. subsidiary, Compusult Systems, Inc. in the Washington D.C area.

• Branch offices in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Ottawa, Ontario.

• In operation for 23 Years

• Innovative and Diversified Products and Services

• A Global Leader in implementing OGC specifications and standards

• Specialists in:– Geospatial Portal Development and Deployment– Geomatics and Geographic Information Systems– Internet and Web-based Applications and Services– Relational Database Management Systems– Assistive Technology for Persons with Disabilities– Automatic Identification & Data Capture (AIDC)

Solutions– Custom Electronics & Integrated Systems



Past and Current ContributionsPast and Current Contributions

• Compusult has participated in GEOSS by providing the following:– GEO Portal Candidate – GEO Clearinghouse Candidate – Hosting Services

• Scenario Participation:– Polar Ecosystems and Biodiversity – Sub-Saharan African Wildfire – Africa Ecosystems and Biodiversity– Oil Spill Response



Current Portal and ClearinghouseCurrent Portal and Clearinghouse

Searches

GEOSS Component &

Service Registry

Searches

Access

GEOSS Standards & Special

Arrangements Registry

References

Access

Users

GEONETCastGEO Main Web Site

Requirements Registry

Best Practices Wiki

Links

Links

External Resources

Web Sites / Portals

Catalogs

Services

RSS

Documents

GEOSS Registered Components

Web Sites / Portals

Catalogs

Services

RSS

Documents

Accesses all Registered Community Resources

External Resources

Access Clearinghouse

Links to Other Community Resources

All Common Components support external discovery

Interfaces




• GEO Data Discovery - Search, manage and discover geospatial data from disparate data sources and community portals. Direct access to data pertaining to each of the nine Societal Benefit Areas (SBA) is provided through a dedicated SBA Browser facility.

• GEOSS Clearinghouse - Publish data and services to the GEOSS Clearinghouse supporting OGC catalogue 2.0.2 specifications. All Components and Services Registered in the GEOSS Registry are harvested into the GEOSS Clearinghouse.




• GEO Data Access/Portrayal - Access, preview and retrieve distributed and/or disparate geospatial data and services through a lightweight mapping client not requiring plug-ins or downloads. Google Earth integration and NASA WorldWind can provide alternative client portrayal interoperability.

• GEO Collaboration Suite• GEO Content Management• GEO User Management • GEO Data Delivery



Compusult GEO PortalCompusult GEO Portal











Compusult GEO Portal CommunitiesCompusult GEO Portal Communities



MetricsMetrics

• Total of 20 Registered Users– Must be registered to be able to easily track metrics.– Like to get this up to 100– Better emphasis on signing up

• 45 Unique logins since Jan 1, 2008

• 145 Searches of the GEOSS Clearinghouse

• Help was accessed 19 times



Compusult CommitmentCompusult Commitment

• Infrastructure Hosting Commitment:– Compusult has committed to host the portal and clearinghouse

service until 2010 at a minimum through our hosting facilities. This commitment includes:

• Provide a multi server load balanced architecture.

• 99% guaranteed availability through our high availability data centre.

• Hardware infrastructure is dedicated exclusively to GEO Portal project.



Our Perspective: Why are we Participating?Our Perspective: Why are we Participating?

• Fits with our Corporate Mission– Committed to providing tools and systems to help us make better decisions when dealing

with our environment

• A Contribution to a Global Effort – Enable a better understanding of the 9 primary benefits to society that the GEOSS system

can attain

• Fosters Collaboration– Collaboration between government agencies and commercial entities.

• Testing and Verification of our Tools– Opportunity to test our tools and applications in a ‘real world’ environment.

• End User Feedback– Gather end-user feedback that will be relayed back into future product development and

enhancement.

• Getting the Word Out– Networking and Communications Opportunities



GEO Portal Future CapabilitiesGEO Portal Future Capabilities• Greater Integration with Google Earth, Google Maps, Google Text

Search and NASA’s World Wind

• Catalog upgraded to support CSW 2.0.2

• Better presentation of Results especially for Distributed / Federated Search.

• Usability enhancements from Canadian GeoConnections Discovery Portal implementation

• Easier Style Management for a faster Customized Look and Feel

• More flexible Security

• Metric Tracking - users, searches etc.



GEO Portal Future CapabilitiesGEO Portal Future Capabilities• Additional Online Computer Based Training• Greater Collaboration Capabilities through:

– Message Boards – Document Library– Active calendar– Map Annotation– Image Library– Language Translator

• Improved User Management– Communities of Interest– Dedicated Collaboration Tools

• A More advanced Content Management System– WIKI Interfaces– Journal Interfaces



GEO SensorWeb IntegrationGEO SensorWeb Integration

• Recently introduced a Sensor Web module

• Based on the recently adopted OGC Sensor Web specifications; SOS, SPS, SAS etc.

• Provides the capability to catalog and bind to Sensor Observation Services.

• SOSs registered in the GEOSS Registry, will then be harvested and the portal will have the ability to bind directly to the sensor providing live data retrieval.



WSM Web Services ArchitectureWSM Web Services Architecture



Other CommentsOther Comments• Better Training / Usability

– Built in walk-through videos– Create lines of Communications to GEO ADC/UIC

• Improved Interoperability– Work with multiple CSW clients– Harvest / Search more community portals

• Promote Greater Portal Usage through upcoming AIP– Ensure each Use Case / Scenario locate services through portals

• Need More Registered Services– Promotion through our clients

• Services need Testing– Test services when published at Registry



Feedback and QuestionsFeedback and Questions

• Please Provide Your Questions, Feedback and Ideas• URL: http://www.geowebportal.org