Transcript 2. Introduction to the web site

GISIN Web Portal
Enabling Invasive Species Data Interchange
GISIN technical team
Today
Learning about GISIN data network
Tour of the GISIN web portal
Registering on the TEST server
Introduction to the GISIN Protocol
Uploading Files to the TEST server
Introduction to GISIN Web Services
When you return home:
Upload real data to GISIN.org (LIVE)
Decide on periodic file upload or web services
Data Sources
Publications
GPS
PDA
Excel Spreadsheets
Databases
Web Sites
Individuals
Academic
NGO
Government
International
Databases Just in the US
Crall AW, Meyerson LA, Stohlgren TJ, Jarnevich CS, Newman GJ, Graham J.
2006. Show me the numbers: what data currently exist for non-native species in the
USA? Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 4: 414-418
Top Desires
Cross-database search
Specific to invasive species
Aggregate data for research & management:
Multiple scales
Any region
Any species
Share information on
managing species
Actionable
information!
GISIN
Global Invasive Species Information
Network
International organization of invasive species
data providers
Working towards a network for exchange of
data
Network is designed and prototyped
• www.gisin.org - live
• Ibis-test.nrel.colostate.edu/gisin - test
Working with TDWG, GBIF, others
GISIN 3
Participants
Technical Contacts
Coordination, Goals, Funding:
Annie Simpson
Alycia Crawl
IT
Jim Graham – Development
Greg Newman – IT management
Testing & Technical Support?
Helping out
Catherine Jarnevich
Miles Falck
Chuck
Web Portal
www.gisin.org
About: History, News, Publications…
Directory:
• GISIN List: Registered URLs
• Data Providers:
Browse: Top Invasive, Country, Species
Get Data: Search, Download (future)
Share Data: Provide Data, Technical
Technical History
IAS Specification for web service
Too complicated for development and
support resources ($)
NIS Base
Difficult to scale to many providers
GISIN Protocol based web services
Too complex for most providers
File upload
Just right?
2007 Survey Results
1 hour to “as long as it takes” for
commitment
Minimal web service expertise
Various installation scenarios
Existing solutions did not meet all needs
Architecture
Cached:
Federated:
Distributed
Too hard to filter
Leaves out most
providers
Requires IT staff
Flexible filters
Web Browser
Web Browser
Cache
Internet
Internet
Providers
Providers
Database
Database
Database
Database
Database
Database
Vision
GISIN
ESA 2009
Web Portal Structure
GISIN List
Over 250 registered URLs with data on
invasive species
Data Providers
Data
File upload
Web services
Web Portal Tour
Data Models
Occurrences:
The location of a specimen on the earth on a specific
date
Species Status:
The status of a species in an area:
• Harmful
• Present
• Exotic
Species Resource URL:
Links to URLs with information on a species
More in the future…
Data model distinction
Occurrences
Location at fine
resolution (e.g.,
latitude, longitude)
Where we saw
something
• Coordinates
• Present here
Requires a species
and location
Millions of records
Species status
Location at coarser resolution
(e.g., county or country)
How do we classify
something
• Nativity
• Harm
Requires species, noncoordinate location, Harmful,
Presence, and Origin
Thousands of records