The User and the GEOSS Architecture III - Beijing

The User and the GEOSS Architecture III 

- Applications in Wind Energy, Water Resources, Climate and Agriculture

 
22nd and 23rd May 2006
Xijiao Hotel, Beijing, China

This one and half day scientific workshop focused on the Global Earth Observation System of Systems architecture and how it can meet user needs.  The workshop provided a forum for addressing the benefits and challenges of advanced global information system implementation for societal benefits with specific emphasis on wind energy, water resources, climate and agriculture.  Agenda for Workshop

OGC presentation preceding GWS Demonstration

Prof. Mike Jackson, Centre for Geospatial Science (CGS) at the University of Nottingham, UK and OGC Board of Directors - “Overview of Open Geospatial Consortium”

GWS Demonstration Scenario - "Global Winds"

Dr. Jinsoo You and Dr. Konstantin Nurutdinov of the Centre for Geospatial Science, University of Nottingham, UK organized the demonstration, which showed the role of the OGC’s standards in the open architecture that underpins the GEOSS “system of systems.” Eighteen organizations from six countries participated in the demonstration.

The demonstration scenario answered this question: Where are the suitable wind farm sites?  Through collaboration with the GEOSS Wind Energy Community of Practice and other wind energy experts, the scenario focused on prospecting for potential locations and subsequent micrositing of a wind farm.  The collaboration was important in considering the  variety of relevant data, services, and models

Before the demonstration, a presentation was made to introduce the wind energy demo.

The demonstration was recorded and is available on-line as a Flash stream.

If the server connection is too slow to view the movie online, then please download the entire movie (about 70 Mb) to your computer.

A summary of the workshop is available as an OGC User article: "Global Winds" GEOSS Demo