[Foss4g2009] FW: OGC Integration Showcase - Climate Competition Proposal [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Cameron Shorter]

Greg Buehler,
You wanted an acronym for the Showcase.
Simon Hope and I vote for "Geospatial Integration Challenge" or GIC.
Assuming this acronym is available, can you please set up an OGC project 
for us using this acronym.

Graham de Hoedt,
Please speak up if you feel strongly that another acronym should be used.

Cameron Shorter wrote:
> So what is this project about:
> * OGC Standards
> * Showcase of geospatial technologies
> * Inclusive to all interested participants
> * Showcase of different data
> * A Climate Change scenario (although I'm wondering whether this scope 
> may limit us in future if we find another sponsor who would like to 
> add a different scenario).
>
> It helps if the accronym is pronounceable, ie has a vowel.
>
> So I suggest (in my order of preference)
> 1. Geospatial Integration Showcase Challenge (GISC)
> 2. Geospatial Integration Showcase for Climate Change (GISCC).
>
>
> mapbutcher wrote:
>> Bruce,
>>
>>     >
>>     > We need to find a catchy name and acronym. Suggestions are 
>> welcome.
>>     >
>>     > I'll start with:
>>     >
>>     > Climate Competition - OGC (CC-OGC)
>>
>>
>> "Global Geospatial Climate Challenge" (GGCC)
>> "Open Geospatial Climate Challenge" (OGCC)
>> "Geospatial Technology Together"
>>
>> I'm not too good at this sort of thing..
>>  
>>
>>
>>     >
>>     >
>>     >
>>     > _Proposal_
>>     >
>>     >
>>     > The Bureau of Meteorology is prepared to contribute:
>>     >
>>     > - $30,000 AUD in sponsorship towards this OGC 'Integration
>>     > Showcase' or whatever we end up calling it.
>>     >
>>     >   (Funding would be available next financial year).
>>
>>
>> Bruce would there be any conditions on this funding?
>>  
>>
>>     >
>>     >
>>     > - Climate related data (preparation will be required)
>>     >
>>     >   + Tabular, including point data (Oracle/Postgres)
>>     >
>>     >   + GRID, NetCDF
>>     >
>>     >   + Raster satellite imagery
>>     >
>>     >   - We won't be able to distribute topographic data, however
>>     > other Australian Federal
>>     >     Government Agencies could be approached to allow this to 
>> occur.
>>     >
>>     >
>>     > - Climate related scenario to drive a solution,e.g.:
>>     >
>>     >   + What were the meteorological conditions at a particular
>>     place and
>>     >     time or over a particular period or area?
>>     >
>>     >   + What are the climate characteristics of a particular
>>     > place or region?
>>     >
>>     >   + How have those characteristics varied over time?
>>     >
>>     >   + How are they likely to vary in the future - over a
>>     > season, from year to
>>     >     year or decade to decade?
>>     >
>>     >   These may need to be fine tuned.
>>     >
>>     >
>>     >
>>     > _Other Potential Sponsorship_
>>     >
>>     > Having a Climate Change related scenario, should reduce the
>>     > resistance that we may encounter in encouraging organisations
>>     > to participate.
>>     >
>>
>>
>> I think this is a good idea. This is top of the agenda and many 
>> organisations/vendors/particpants will want to demonstrate how their 
>> solutions can address these topical issues:
>>
>> How can open standards together with GIS functionality help us to:
>>
>> **visualise and understand the effects of climate change
>> **address a particular climate change issue - water resources seem an 
>> obvious and relevant local issue
>>
>> If BOM are stumping up funding perhaps they are well placed to lay 
>> out some of the challenges on their agenda? i.e. what issues are they 
>> wanting to address with geospatial technology?
>>
>>  
>>
>>
>>     >
>>     > - Servers
>>     >
>>     >   + We could approach some of the big vendors and offer them
>>     > the opportunity
>>     >     to demonstrate the capabilities of their hardware to
>>     > handle such an environment.
>>     >     The vendor may even offer systems administration support.
>>     >
>>     > - Virtualisation
>>     >
>>     >   + Similarly, we could approach the large virtualisation
>>     > vendors who would, I'm
>>     >     sure, welcome the chance to showcase their product.
>>     > Similarly, they would also
>>     >     probably provide systems administration support.
>>     >
>>     >
>>     >
>>     > _What do we want to see_
>>     >
>>     >
>>     > - Pilot 'Solutions' to answering climate questions using OGC
>>     Services.
>>     >
>>     > - Working prototype 'Solutions' using supplied data.
>>     >
>>     > - Documentation describing the Technical Architecture and
>>     > approach taken.
>>
>>
>> I think it would be good to specify this further - we don't just want 
>> a load of paper work - I'd like to see some form of 
>> avi/presentation/slideset that talks through the architecture
>>
>>     >
>>     >
>>     >
>>     > _Constraints_
>>     >
>>     >
>>     > - The design of the solution is left to the competitor.
>>     >
>>     > - The Solution may be Open Source, Proprietary, or a mix of
>>     >   Open Source and Proprietary components.
>>     >
>>     > - The Solution must maximise the use of OGC Services and 
>> Standards.
>>     >
>>     > - The Solution must be available for further evaluation by the
>>     OGC and
>>     >   Bureau of Meteorology after the competition ends.
>>     >
>>     > - Judging is to be by a technical panel nominated by the OGC. No
>>     >   correspondence will be entered into.
>>
>>
>>
>> I think we'd need to deliver some criteria - i.e. points will be 
>> allocated on the following:
>>
>> *Demonstration of OGC standards
>> *Interoperability with basic technology *stack*
>> *Innovation
>> *Ability to demonstrate real world relevance
>>  
>> Cheers
>>
>> Simon
>>
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