A cloud-based, open, web platform that aggregates and federates water and environmental data and makes that data accessible through an API A non-profit project funded by Western Economic Diversification Canada, Natural Resources Canada GeoConnections program, Cybera and the University of Lethbridge Alex Joseph - Executive Director – [email protected]www.waterenvironmentalhub.ca by
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A cloud-based, open, web platform that aggregates and federates water and environmental data and makes that data accessible through an API
A non-profit project funded by Western Economic Diversification Canada, Natural Resources Canada GeoConnections program, Cybera and the University of Lethbridge
UN, World Bank, USGS, Aus, NZ, EU Inspire • Industry: Google, Open Layers, Pachube• Academia: Canada Research Data Summit, US NSF*>
DataOne, DataConservancy, UK > IEDRO, Aus > TERN
*US NSF mandates data management for funding
RecognitionApril, 2012 – “Report on Water Forum”, National Roundtable on Energy and Environment March 2012 – “Summary of Water Info Resources”, BC Ministry of EnvironmentFebruary 7, 2012 - "Evaluating the Water Hackathon: What’s Your Problem?", World Bank Water HackathonFebruary 2, 2012 - "App Savy", Water Canada MagazineJanuary 10, 2012 - "Democratizing Data", Water’s Next (an annual publication from Water Canada magazine), p24January 6, 2012 - "Join Cybera and WEHUB at Metropolis", Cybera NewsJanuary 5, 2012 - "WEHUB Flowchart App", GeogNews, Canadian Association of GeographersDecember 15, 2011 - "Website serves water data for public consumption", The Western ProducerOctober 26, 2011 - Liberating Water Data - Guest Post by Alex Joseph - WEHUB", DataLibre.caOctober 24, 2011 - The Water and Environmental Hub - Making Water and Environmental Data More Accessible", H2O: Ideas & Actions for Canada’s Water - A blog about the Lake Winnipeg WatershedSeptember 2011 - A Flood of APIs Just Waiting to Happen", API EvangelistSeptember 2011 - "IP3 Data Archive", IP3 Network, University of SaskatchewanJanuary/February 2011 - Water Canada Magazine, "Tools for the Trade"March 22, 2010 - "U of L pegged as Water Hub", The Legend, University of Lethbridge
• Organization– Explorus, Phase 2 funding, New partners
• Platform– Additional API capability, visualization features, processing capability,
file conversion on the fly, sensors
• Data– Federal: Env Can, Parks Canada– Provincial: BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, NS– Other sectors: eBird
• Apps– Scalable applications (i.e. State of the…)
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Hard to find water data
Expensive to publish water data
Difficult to distribute water data
Costly to use water data
Easy to search and discover water data
Lower cost to publish water data including real time
~$0 distribution of water data
Easy to mashup and integrate water data into applications
A cloud-based, open, web platform that aggregates and federates water and environmental data and makes that data accessible through an API
A non-profit project funded by Western Economic Diversification Canada, Natural Resources Canada GeoConnections program, Cybera and the University of Lethbridge