eogeo information & overview september 15, 2003 chiang mai, thailand allan doyle
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EOGEO
Information & OverviewInformation & Overview
September 15, 2003September 15, 2003
Chiang Mai, ThailandChiang Mai, ThailandAllan DoyleAllan Doyle
September 15, 2003Overview 2EOGEO
BackgroundBackground
• WGISS 15 - Toulouse– Allan Doyle suggested it might be useful to have a
non-profit organization to handle some of the needs of NGOs like the UN
• Summer 2003– Allan Doyle, Clive Best, & Lorant Czaran discussed
this, then included Mick Wilson & others in the discussion
– Also Dirk-Willem van Gulik & Zac (Zavisa Bjelogrlic)
• August 15, 2003– EOGEO Ltd. formed as a non-profit corporation
September 15, 2003Overview 3EOGEO
MissionMission
EOGEO provides rapid access to Earth observation and geospatial data and provides information technology tools, goods, and services
to public charities, aid agencies, educational institutions and academia, government organizations, Non Governmental Organizations (NGO's), and the general public
via the internet, electronic media, and other means.
September 15, 2003Overview 4EOGEO
ActivitiesActivities
1. Develop and maintain technology to provide access to such data, tools, goods, and services,
2. Perform other related research and experimentation in, and implementation and dissemination of, related technologies in the public interest,
3. Engage in educational activities related to the Corporation's activities, and
4. Coordinate and cooperate with other entities engaged in activities of a similar or complementary nature.
September 15, 2003Overview 5EOGEO
Program areasProgram areas
• Focus on technology and services that foster and empower decentralized interoperating communities, with particular emphasis on developing countries with limited communications bandwidth and small operating budgets.
• Assist in the development and operation of services and technologies needed to carry out our primary mission by collaborating with developers of free and open source software.
• Maintain long-term relationships with our partners, beneficiaries, and supporters to ensure development of relevant tools and services that are appropriate for their missions.
September 15, 2003Overview 6EOGEO
Initial Activities (1)Initial Activities (1)
• Spatial Portal for NGOs– Provide accurate up to date information on all
world countries. An aggregation of sources including maps, background data, news, intelligence, conflict risks, video clips, comments
– Provide links to resources like GCMD– Provide collaboration area - wikis, blogs, etc.
where NGO people can talk about data, services, tools.
(Next few slides are examples of Clive’s EMM system at work)
September 15, 2003Overview 12EOGEO
UN Bomb Baghdad 19th Aug
Bombay Bomb 25th Aug Jerusalem Bomb 12th Aug
Jakarta Bomb 5th Aug
September 15, 2003Overview 13EOGEO
Initial Activities (2)Initial Activities (2)
• Data and Services Hosting– Develop relationships with non-profits that
have spare hosting capacity (BASIC, …) or develop in-house hosting for (initially small) data sets
– The “UN Scenario”
September 15, 2003Overview 14EOGEO
Initial Activities (3)Initial Activities (3)
• Open Society Initiative Grant call– Tools for NGOs (!)
• Response– Adapt existing open source tools to develop
decentralized data & metadata hosting tools.
– Adapt RSS feeds, weblogs (datalogs), peer-to-peer ideas to aggregate metadata, distribute data, provide replication.
– Initial NGO UN/UNEP (under discussion)
September 15, 2003Overview 15EOGEO
EOGEOEOGEOBoard of Directors
(~7)
Staff(~3)
Volunteers(many)
OutsideConsultants(as needed)
Partnernon-profits
(many)
NGO’s, Aid & Relief Agencies, Individuals…
Advisors(10+)