cobweb - chris higgins, edina
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COBWEB
Thurs 4th Dec, 2014
CITIZENS OBSERVATORIES:
EMPOWERING EUROPEAN SOCIETY
OPEN CONFERENCE,
Management Centre Europe, Brussels
Chris Higgins
COBWEB Project Coordinator
EDINA, University of Edinburgh.
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Citizen Observatory Web
• Generic crowdsourcing infrastructure
• Data which supports policy
• Address data quality issues
• Open standards
A toolkit which can be
downloaded and used
in multiple scenarios
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Project Partners
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UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves
Sites of excellence to foster
harmonious integration of people and
nature for sustainable development
through participation, knowledge
sharing, poverty reduction and human
well-being improvements, cultural
values and society's ability to cope
with change, thus contributing to the
Millennium Development Goals
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COBWEB Biosphere Reserves
Biosffer Dyfi Biosphere
Mount Olympus
Gorge of Samaria
Wadden See & Hallig islands
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Overall Project Status
• Halfway through
• Month 24: major
milestone:
• First demonstrator completed and ready for
testing in the field
• COBWEB Platform Release - Intermediate
Version
• First public demonstration today!
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First two years…
Can be characterised by:
• Lots of stakeholder engagement
• Requirements gathering driving …
– Architecture development
• Rapid prototyping
• Last few months characterised by integrating
various components and deploying the initial
platform
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COBWEB Framework
OGC Web Services: • WPS: Web Processing Service • WFS: Web Feature Service • WMS: Web Map Service • SOS: Sensor Observation
Service
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Next 2 years…7 Co-design sub-projects
Ysgol Bro Hyddgen
Penparcau Community
Forum
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Next 2 years…emphasis shifting
• Rolling out software
• Getting greater buy-in
• Sustainability
• More focus on research agenda
• Moving onto Greece, Germany
• Additional Biosphere Reserves
– Europe
– Global