OPEN GEOSCIENCE DATABASE
Anton V. Bashev*, Denis M. Zhilin**,School #192, Moscow, [email protected] Institute for Open Education; [email protected]
maps.sch192.ru
WHAT FOR?mapping scientific parameters linked to a position on a space image or geographical map
value of a parameter color
A RESULT ISA value of a parameter in certain positionof a certain object type (river, soil, air …)obtained by a certain contributorin a certain time
Requirements to uploading dataFilters for viewing data
PARAMETERS AND COLOUR SCALES
What can be a parameter?Anything (number or name)
Discrete colour scaleOne interval or value – one colour
Smooth colour scale (for metric parameters)
The colour is interpolated within the range of border colous
Personal scales
DIFFERENTSCALES
EC 0-100 mkS EC 0-400 mkS
INTERFACE
Add – only for
registeredusers
View – for guests also
Upload data amounts in *.csvName;Lat;Long;Source type; Parameter type;Value;Date11-001;56.19292;Swamp;29.67995;EC;18;2010-12-3111-002;56.19373;Stream;29.67281;EC;116;2010-12-3111-003;56.19462;River;29.67041;EC;93;2010-12-31
COPYRIGHTSOnly open standarts and formats (*.kml)Public maps and space images (Google)
All the results send to the database go to the public domain
Allowed to copy, use and distribute not charging money and with the reference to the database
TOOLS EMPLOYEDPHP as the program language, MySQL as database management systemJavaScript for interaction with GoogleMaps
Should be automated• The reputation of a contributor
(peer estimated???) • Cross-checking (basing on statistically
based patterns) – needs correct procedures• ???
TECHNICAL PROBLEMS
ESTIMATION OF RELIABILITY
Rights to add new source and parameter types (not to get different name to one thing
Strong input format mundane job + source of errors
GIS and EDUCATIONPowerful tool for development
geoscience models and patterns (compressing information in mind)
education needs GIS, adapted to this task and patterns got from them
Decision making systems, applicable for general public life are based on GIS
General public should understand how they works to trust them decision making should be transparent and “playable”
THE MAIN PROBLEM
One should effectively compress data to under-stand the ideas of GIS
Experts do. Others do not.Bases obvious for experts
are vague for othersWhat, the devil, ontology is?
<10 bit/s
GIS
1010 bit/s
Experts
Others
DEVELOPING COMPLEXITY
MAP
+ VALUE
+ HEIGH OR DEPTH
+ TEMPORAL VARIATIONS
5D
WE NEED A REASONABLE WAY TO DEVELOP COPMLEXITY OF GISALONG WITH STUDYING!
4D
3D
2D
WHO CANIMAGINE 5D?
ZONEOF PROXIMAL DEVELOPMENT
A person can understand an answer if it can ask the corresponding question
Zone of proximal development (ZPD) a set of problems that a student can raise but still can not solve (after Vygotsky,1934)
All the studies are effective only in ZPD
ACTUAL ZONE
ZPD
PROSPECTIVEZONE
EVOLUTION OF ZPD IN RELATION TO GIS
Look! It works!It is important
for you!
GIS
How? Let me play with it
I am sick and tied to do it manually. How to automate?
What to dowith all thatfigures?
EXPERT
We need an opportunity!
LINKS AND CONTACTSDenis Zhilin [email protected] database maps.sch192.ruSome results fenevo.narod.ru
Thank you for attention
Poster presentation “Neogeoscience and Scientific Education” Tue 17:30-18:30 XL179