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SSN-XG Face-2-Face
Oct. 24, 2009
Kno.e.sis Center
http://knoesis.org/projects/sensorweb
Observations Dataset
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RDF descriptions of hurricane and blizzard observations in the United States.
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The data originated at MesoWest (University of Utah)
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Observation types: temperature, visibility, precipitation, pressure, wind speed,
humidity, etc.
Name
Storm Type
Date
Bill
Hurricane
August 17 - August 22, 2009
Ike
Hurricane
September 1 – September 13, 2008
Gustav
Hurricane
August 25 – August 31, 2008
Bertha
Hurricane
July 6 – July 17, 2008
Wilma
Hurricane
October 17 – October 23, 2005
Katrina
Hurricane
August 23 – August 30, 2005
Charley
Hurricane
August 9 – August 15, 2004
Blizzard
April 1 – April 6, 2003
Sensors Dataset
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RDF descriptions of ~20,000 weather stations in the United States.
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Observation dataset linked to sensors descriptions.
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Sensors link to locations in Geonames (in LOD) that are nearby.
weather station
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SPARQL Endpoint:
knoesis1.wright.edu/
openrdf-sesame/
repositories/
LinkedSensorDataset
Linked Datasets
Observation
KB
location
procedure
Sensor KB
Location KB
(Geonames)
Example
720F
procedure
Thermometer
location
Dayton Airport
• Very Large
• 20,000+ systems
• 230,000+ locations
• MesoWest
• MesoWest
• Geonames
• Dynamic
• ~Static
• ~Static
Sensor Discovery Demo
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Discover sensors from queries on named location.
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SOS access to sensor descriptions on LOD.
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For example: Find all weather stations near Dayton Airport
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First, search Geonames
for URI of Dayton Airport
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Then, search dataset for
sensors near location
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Demo:
knoesis1.wright.edu/
SSW_NEW_BETA
Thank You
Oct. 24, 2009
Kno.e.sis Center
http://knoesis.org/projects/sensorweb