ensuring the citizen is at the heart of the cobweb - citizen observatory web 15/01/14 jamie williams...
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Ensuring the Citizen is at the heart of the COBWEB - Citizen
Observatory web
15/01/14Jamie Williams
• Project started 01/11/2012 and will run for 4 years;
• Funded under the European Commission’s Framework Programme 7 (Grant No: 308513).
The COBWEB project
• Crowd sourced environmental data• Introduce quality measures and reduce uncertainty• Fusion of crowd sourced data with reference data…• Spatial Data Infrastructure - like initiatives
The COBWEB project
The COBWEB project
COBWEB’s Obligations
• COBWEB is obliged to work within GEOSS framework;
• common methodologies and standards for data archiving, discovery and access.
• “Data collected should be made available through the GEOSS without any restrictions”.
Conceptually, what is COBWEB?
Sensors in the environment
The crowd
Validated Quality approved Compliant Data client
Authoritative data
- Commercial- Government- Community
Study areas
COBWEB is creating a platform to enable citizens within UNESCO Biosphere Reserves to collect environmental data using mobile devices.
These UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves including those in Dyfi (Wales); Samaria, Mount Olympus (Greece); and Wadden Sea and Islands of Schleswig-Holstein (Germany).
Demonstrators
• A number of demonstrator applications for mobile devices.•Three subject areas:
1. Validating Earth observation;
2. Biological monitoring;
3. Flooding.
Engagement
Reaching the citizen• Face to face engagements, co-design and co-production;
• Using volunteer projects, interest groups, local issues.
Feedback loop
• Stakeholder engagement drives the user requirements.
Validated Quality approved Compliant
Stakeholder example - Dyfi woodland
Coed Tŷ Gwyn
Education
Wildlife
ProductsHealth and Well Being
Recreation
Woodland management plan
Dyfi woodland requirements examples
• Pictures to aid identification of species;
• Time stamped information;
• Description of observation to be stored;
• Visualise data entries on web based map
Prototype visualisation
Prototype visualisation
Stakeholder – Aberystwyth University
• Geolocation;
• Dichotomous key;
• Photo catalogue;
• Description of observation to be stored.
Stakeholder – Aberystwyth University
Co-design
• Dyfi woodland• Ysgol Bro Dyfi (local
school)• Welsh Government
Thank you
http://cobwebproject.eu/
Find out more at Citizens Observatories booth of the European Commission Stand, and at the OGC stand.