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 searchSpecific 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 providersWorking towards a network for exchange of dataNetwork 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 SimpsonAlycia Crawl

ITJim Graham – DevelopmentGreg Newman – IT managementTesting & Technical Support?

Helping outCatherine JarnevichMiles FalckChuck

Web Portal

www.gisin.orgAbout: 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 serviceToo complicated for development and support resources ($)

NIS BaseDifficult to scale to many providers

GISIN Protocol based web servicesToo 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

Federated:Distributed

Too hard to filter

Leaves out most providers

Cached:Requires IT staff

Flexible filters

Web Browser

Database

Providers

Internet

DatabaseDatabase

Web Browser

Database

ProvidersInternet

DatabaseDatabase

Cache

Vision

ESA 2009

GISIN

Web Portal Structure

GISIN ListOver 250 registered URLs with data on invasive species

Data ProvidersData

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

OccurrencesLocation at fine resolution (e.g., latitude, longitude)

Where we saw something• Coordinates• Present here

Requires a species and location

Millions of records

Species statusLocation at coarser resolution (e.g., county or country)

How do we classify something• Nativity• Harm

Requires species, non-coordinate location, Harmful, Presence, and Origin

Thousands of records