Stuart Phinn, Kasper Johansen, Peter Scarth, Rebecca Trevithick, and a lot of others…..

UAS, RPAS, Drones…..Data, Meta-data, Protocols, Portals etc……

Objectives:Present options for the UAS environmental research communities in Australia to develop the essential research infrastructure they require for collecting, correcting, storing, analysing, publishing and sharing their data and procedures.

Outline:• Introduction – UAS and EO National Research Infrastructure • Defining: Data, Meta-data, Protocols, Licensing and Publishing• Why Store and Publish Environmental Data• Options for Data, Meta-data and Procedures• Existing UAS EO Research Infrastructure to Build on?• Where to Next? UAS + EO Community Required Infrastructure

Introduction – UAS and EO National Research Infrastructure

Research Infrastructure:

Defining the following in the context of UAS:

DataMeta-data

ProtocolsLicensing

Publishing

Defining:

Data:• Flight planning files• Position, timing and attitudinal files• Associated field data collection files

(radiometric and positional)• Raw image data files and flight logs• Processed data files at a range of levels• Ancillary and QA/QC files from processing

Defining:

Meta-data• Content?

• Flight planning details• Flight log• Position, attitude, sensor operation settings• Standard spatial meta-data descriptors• Discipline and software specific ?• Licencing requirements

• Metadata Standard File Formats and Entry Tools?

Defining:

Protocols and Standards• Flight planning• Image acquisition• Geometric Correction• Radiometric Correction• Output Spatial Data Set Generation• Error assessment and QA/QC

Defining: Licensing

http://www.tern.org.au/TERN-s-Data-Licences-pg22188.html

BY - the original creator must be credited and the source linked to.

SA - allows others to remix, adapt and build on the work, but only if they distribute the derivative works under the same the licence terms that govern the original work

ND - lets others distribute, display and perform only verbatim copies of the work. They may not adapt or change the work in any way.NC- lets others copy, distribute, display and perform the work for non commercial purposes only.

Creative Commons Licence:

TERN Licence:

Conditions:

• Purposes of data publishing:• Requirement of funding or institution• Security, and return from investment• Enable discovery and re-use

• Stages of data publishing:• Collection• Verification and Quality Assurance + Checking• Storage format • Metadata selection and generation• Select and assign licence• Assign unique and citable identifier• Select suitable Publisher-Portal• Publish….

Defining: Publishing

• Why should I publish data?

http://www.tern.org.au/Data-publishing-pg26249.html

• Who is publishing data?

• Why should I publish data?

Options for UAS Meta-data + Data Publishing?

1) Don’t publish…..

2) Individual or compressed files collected and stored to a standard from FTP site

3) Standardised metadata, with multiple data file types – manual download

4) Standardised metadata and data file types with licensing –automatic download and web-services

5) Standardised metadata and data description – automatic download and web-services

How?Existing UAS EO Research Infrastructure to Build on?

• Individuals

How? Existing UAS EO Research Infrastructure to Build on?

• Research Centres?

How:Existing UAS EO Research Infrastructure to Build on?

• On-line publishers

How:Existing UAS EO Research Infrastructure to Build on?

• Various “open-” sites e.g. www.dronecode.org opendronemap.org https://github.com

How:Existing UAS EO Research Infrastructure to Build on?

• Fowlers Gap Site http://fowlersgap.uas4rs.org.au/data-support/

How:Existing UAS EO Research Infrastructure to Build on?• TERN AusCover

http://portal.auscover.org.au

How:Existing UAS EO Research Infrastructure to Build on?• TERN AusCover

How:Existing UAS EO Research Infrastructure to Build on?• TERN AusCover: Creating Standard Metadata ODK entry forms

- Metadata complyingwith ISO 19115 and 19139 international standards; specifically the ANZLIC Profile ofthose standard

- Easy to use- Base template which can

accommodate in depth detailsif needed

- *.xml format

Tool developed by ANZLIC - the Spatial Information Council (ANZLIC)

How:Existing UAS EO Research Infrastructure to Build on?• TERN AusCover: Creating Standard Metadata using ANZMet Lite•

Where to Next: Defining UAS Community Required Infrastructure?

• UAS4RS 2016 Group Discussion Outcomes?

• IJRS 2017 Special Issue on Environmental UAS Applications

• Australian Earth Observation Community Plan-2026

• NCRIS 2017 Environment Symposium and NCRIS Roadmap Process

• UAS4RS 2017 Outcomes?

• AEOCCG (www.aeoccg.org.au) national webinars on research infrastructure

Where to Next: EO Community National Research Infrastructure

5. Outline in summary form, what you consider the three main changes in the next 5-10 years in drone/UAS, optical and active imaging systems - in spatial, spectral or temporal data acquisition capabilities?

Drones will be useful for micro viewing and analysis limited capacity to be utilised in large area high quality

Participate in our national open community forum:• www.aeoccg.org.au and @aeoccg

Participate in our national open community forum:www.aeoccg.org.au and @aeoccg

More details:Stuart Phinn s.phinn@uq.edu.au @rsrsc

UAS, RPAS, Drones…..Data, Meta-data, Protocols, Portals etc……