water and environmental hub - u of l
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Water and Environmental Hubsince 26.04.2010
Alex JosephExecutive Director
University of LethbridgeSeptember 2, 2010
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Problem or Opportunity?
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32000 YRS5000 YRS20 YRS19942008
STORE
MOVE
AMASS
DISTRIBUTE
PRODUCE
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32000 YRS5000 YRS20 YRS199420082010
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If there’s all this data out there...
Why do I and my students spend 50-75% of time trying to find it?
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The Problem Until Now
• Data is exploding
• Data sets are large
• Data has been hard to move around
• Data is precious
• Ironically data is our first and last thought...
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"Access to and sharing of water and land use information and knowledge remains one of the
most significant challenges to the development of responsible management policies and plans"
- University of Lethbridge President and Vice-chancellor Dr. Bill Cade
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UNGEMS
AB Env
IP3/WC2N
Google Apps
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Vision
To become the open source, web platform that connects water and environmental data with the tools and people needed to advance water research, integrated management, innovation,
and economic diversification.
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We will try to do to
water data and information
What Google has done to text, images, video...
volume – accessibility – mashups - customization
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if <this>
data explosion
web 2.0 + open data
high speed networks
cloud computing
</this> IS TRUE for WATER
then {benefit} =
> data open and accessible online
< time and $ spent in acquisition
> eresearch, innovation, economic diversification
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UNGEMS GINIP3/WC2N ...
Apps
WEHUB
Mediators
Data
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Approach
• Distributed: data stays with owners
• Scalable: exists in the cloud
• Seamless: acts as one virtual database
• Multi-access: multiple portals, tools
• Standards-based: use nat’l & int’l standardse.g. Groundwater ML (GWML)
WaterML
GeoSciML
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Users
Industry
Government
AcademiaNGOs
General Public
Integrated Management
AgricultureEnergy Integrated Policy
EnvironmentEconomic
eResearch
RepositoryFlood/Drought
WPACs
EnvironmentEconomic
Apps
Civic Innovation
Citizen Science
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Who
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• Q2 2010Scanning
• Q3 2010Development
• Q3 2011 Public Launch
• Q3 2011Feedback & Refinement
INITIAL FUNDING
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Alex Joseph
Executive Director - Water and Environmental Hub
Cybera Inc.
Direct: (403) 826-3915
Email: [email protected]
http://www.cybera.ca/project/water-and-environmental-hub