Integrated Data Handling and Visualization

Module of Remote Sensing and GIS Integration Course 2017

Lammert Kooistra, Ron van Lammeren, John Stuiver

Environmental Resource Management in the Anthropocene Era

Climate change

Land use change

Invasive species

disasters: flooding, hurricanes, …

Need for spatial-temporal monitoring

Not only WHAT and WHERE but also WHEN

& real-time !?

GRS research focus

Aims to realize the Digital Earth of locations

Five research themes:

Sensing and Measuring

Modelling and Visualization

Integrated Land Monitoring

Human-space interaction

Empowering & engaging communities

Founding the concept Digital Earth

development of innovative concepts for integrated systems which make it possible to find, visualise and make sense of vast amounts of geo-referenced information on physical and social environments

Digital Earth (Craglia et al. 2012):

development of systems which would allow users to navigate through space and time, accessing historical data as well as future predictions, and would support its use by scientists, policy-makers and laymen alike.

RGIC general set-up

Academic Consultancy Training (ACT) project (20 d) Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3

Project proposal Analysis Report & Presentation

+ excursions: 2 days

Management skills

Project management

Communication (2 d)

Geo-skills GSNS LBS

Field Spectroscopy

(4 d)

Integrated Handling and Visualization (IDV: 8 d)

Learning objectives for IDV

Understand the role of geo-information science in integrated

monitoring of the system Earth;

Explain which concepts and techniques for integrated

monitoring systems are currently applied and for which earth

system processes;

Prepare and implement a Digital Earth application for a

selected use case taking into account state-of-the-art

developments in the field of geo-information science;

Develop and implement a fieldwork and validation plan to

supply missing data layers and/or assess the quality of main

data layers;

Demonstrate the use of proper visualization techniques for

effective communication of the information in the Digital Earth

application.

Your Digital Earth application

Step 2: Identify

monitoring approach

Step 1: Select use case and describe human-space

interaction

Step 3: Ensure

reproducibility of data

modelling

Step 4: Define usability and visualization

approach

Step 5: Demonstrate Digital Earth

application on location

Program introduction lectures IDV module

Time Title Presenter

8:30 – 9:15 Integrated Monitoring Systems: concepts and

approaches

Lammert Kooistra

9:15 – 9:30 Break

9:30 – 10:15 Introduction to the Assignment Integrated Data

Handling and Visualization

Lammert Kooistra

10:15 – 15:30 Brainstorm on selection of case study and Digital

Earth application

Project teams

15:30 – 16:30 Feedback session: introduction pitch (5 minutes)

per team on selected Digital Earth application

Project teams

Thursday

May 18

13:15 – 15:15

(Forum C525)

Quality of workflow management in spatial

studies

Communication and visualization

John Stuiver and

Ron van

Lammeren

Integrated Monitoring Systems:

Concepts and Approaches

Lammert Kooistra and Martin Herold

Laboratory of Geo-Information Science and Remote Sensing

Wageningen University

DIMS Module of Remote Sensing and GIS Integration Course 2013

Some definitions

Measurement: direct observation of a phenomenon (measuring length in m)

Monitoring: to be aware of the state of a system, repeated measurements to analyze changes

Need to measure and monitor a phenomenon to properly manage it

Often not a direct relationship between what can be efficiently and cost-effectively measured and monitored and the phenomenon and its societal benefits (e.g., biodiversity)

Monitoring for a reason

Monitoring happens for a reason -> societal benefit

Clearly defined objectives, users and uses are essential for efficient monitoring

“the perfect is the enemy of the good”

User requirements for earth system monitoring Tim

e

hour –

day –

week –

month –

quarter –

year –

decade –

Space

–

–

–

–

–

– local regional state/country continental global

Up-/Down- Scaling

Agricultural parcel: precision agriculture (farmer) Nature reserve: nature management (nature service)

River catchments: flood protection (river & water board) Nature reserves: fire protection (forest service)

Climate change: carbon accounting (national government) Invasive species

Drought monitoring Biodiversity

Climate change Land use

Structural monitoring service

Event monitoring service

Developments in Remote Sensing

Long term time-series

Range of sensor types

Range of products and services

Global organization and cooperation

Improved (web-based) accessibility

Also for non-experts

Standards and quality control

Near-real time availability

Development of early warning systems

Developments in Geo-Sensor Networks

Traditional:

● Broad range of sensor networks

● Stable and well organized

● Often not real-time (manual or data-logger)

Trends:

● Miniaturization of microelectronics

● Wireless communication

● Developments of new materials & sensors

Consequences:

● Embedding devices into almost any man-made and some natural devices, and

● connecting the device to an infinite network of other devices, to perform tasks, without human intervention.

● Information technology becomes omnipresent.

Crossbow Mica Mote

Source: Nittel, Sensors, 2009

Developments in Mobile Sensing

All kind of platforms combined with different sensor types

● Difficult accessible areas

● Disaster monitoring (flexibility)

● Mobile processes: traffic jams or animal tracking

Increasing autonomy of sensor network

Adaptive learning

Developments in human sensing:

● Use of mobile phones

● Citizen observatories

● Crowd sourcing

Opportunities for Integrated Sensing Tim

e

hour –

day –

week –

month –

quarter –

year –

decade –

Space

–

–

–

–

–

– local regional state/country continental global

Up-/Down- Scaling

Agricultural parcel: precision agriculture (farmer) Nature reserve: nature management (nature service)

River catchments: flood protection (river & water board) Nature reserves: fire protection (forest service)

Climate change: carbon accounting (national government) Invasive species

Drought monitoring Biodiversity

Climate change Land use

Structural monitoring service

Event monitoring service

Opportunities for Integrated Sensing Tim

e

hour –

day –

week –

month –

quarter –

year –

decade –

Space

–

–

–

–

–

– local regional state/country continental global

Up-/Down- Scaling

Agricultural parcel: precision agriculture (farmer) Nature reserve: nature management (nature service)

River catchments: flood protection (river & water board) Nature reserves: fire protection (forest service)

Climate change: carbon accounting (national government) Invasive species

Drought monitoring Biodiversity

Climate change Land use

Structural monitoring service

Event monitoring service

Concepts for spatio-temporal data organisation

Digital Earth (Craglia et al., 2012):

● ‘a multi-resolution, three-dimensional representation of the planet that

would make it possible to find, visualise and make sense of vast amounts

of geo-referenced information on physical and social environments’

Sensor Webs (Teillet, 2010):

● ‘a system of autonomous, wireless, intra-communicating, spatially-

distributed sensor pods that can be deployed to monitor and explore new

environments, a smart macro instrument for coordinated sensing’

Global Earth Observation System of Systems (Lautenbacher, 2006):

● ‘The focus of GEOSS is to produce societal benefits through more

coordinated observations, better data management, increased data

sharing, and application to societal needs.’

Global Earth Observation System of Systems: GEOSS

A Global, Coordinated, Comprehensive and Sustained System of Earth Observing Systems

GEO is a voluntary partnership of 72 governments and the European Commission, 52 intergovernmental organizations (Feb 2008)

source: www.earthobservations.org

User driven approach Interoperability

arrangements Web portal and

clearing house Support new

observation methods Dissemination

knowledge

Time, Stakeholder group dominating effort

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Pioneer watchdogs

Action groups

Policy Makers

Mitigation groups

Monitoring groups

Science

Policy

Who will have to pay?

How much and where? Is it a problem?

Is there a problem?

What causes the problem?

Who did it?

Will everybody tackle the problem?

What does it cost?

What are the mitigation options?

Is the problem properly address?

What are cheap, replicable

indicators?

Who is not complying to the mitigation?

Issue life cycle

Societal benefits from land monitoring

Living Lab The Reirinck

Management of historic objects:

buildings, trees

Forest management

Tourist streams and recreation

Changing land-use patterns

Sustainable energy

Nature

conservation

Protecting national

landscapes

Impressions of the Reirinck

Assignment Integrated Data Handling and

Visualization

Module of Remote Sensing and GIS Integration Course 2017

Lammert Kooistra, Ron van Lammeren, John Stuiver

Assignment description

Develop a reproducible Digital Earth application for a specific Use Case present in the Living Lab the Reirinck

Combine open geo-data sources with own measured geo-data;

Make use of 3D visualization elements and data sources;

Publish newly acquired data-sets as open data sources and document data quality;

Prepare and present a visualization demonstrator based on a specified usability strategy.

Your Digital Earth application

Step 2: Identify

monitoring approach

Step 1: Select use case and describe human-space

interaction

Step 3: Ensure

reproducibility of data

modelling

Step 4: Define usability and visualization

approach

Step 5: Demonstrate Digital Earth

application on location

Digital Earth Application Portfolio

Specification of use case (wk1)

Data management plan (wk1)

Fieldwork plan (wk2)

Publication of geo-data and acceptance test (wk4)

Usability strategy (wk4)

Final implementation and visualization in presentation (wk5)

Several formats described, actual graphical design free

Submit complete portfolio Tuesday June 13

Planning of activities

Specification of use case

Management of historic objects:

buildings, trees

Forest management

Tourist streams and recreation

Changing land-use patterns

Sustainable energy

Nature

conservation

Protecting national

landscapes

Data management plan

Combination of broad range of (geo-)datasets

Organize and manage these data-sources

Description in Data Management Plan:

● The types of data, software and other materials produced;

● The standards to be used for data and metadata format and

content;

● Policies for access, sharing and ownership of data and products;

● Plans for archiving data, software and other research products,

and for preservation of access to them.

Common approach for both science and industry projects

Format will be provided

Fieldwork plan

An important component of the Digital Earth concept is the availability of real-time and actual data.

Based on availability of (open) geo-datasets, a selection of new geo-data sets will be acquired

Prepare fieldwork plan based on case study

Execute fieldwork plan and prepare datasets for publication

Separate presentation

Publication of geo-data and acceptance test

A Digital Earth application should enable open access to geo-data (key element 5 and 7)

publish a selection of 3-4 key datasets from the fieldwork collected data through a Web Mapping Service (WMS) -> ArcGIS Online (or alternative)

acceptance test needs to be followed in order to ensure the quality of the dataset according to specific geo-data standards.

More background in presentation John Stuiver

Usability strategy

Evaluate user needs and requirements in relation to visualization approach

More Background in presentation of Ron van Lammeren

Final implementation and visualization in

presentation (1)

Presentation of the Digital Earth application:

● The relevance of case study for the Living Lab the Reirinck;

● The intended users and their profile;

● Selection of newly acquired data-sets;

● Usability strategy;

● Developed demonstrator

Including a demonstrator of the visualization approach:

● focus on the user-interface and an overview of the functionality

where especially the combination of existing (open) geo-data

sources and the newly acquired data should be presented.

Final implementation and visualization in

presentation (2)

The presentation should fulfil the following requirements:

● Presentation 20 minutes

● Discussion 10 minutes

● Audience: potential users specified for the Digital Earth

application

Presentations be at the Reirinck on Monday June 12

You could use the actual surroundings in your presentation and present the demonstrator in a field situation making use of for example a mobile platform.

First phase of assignment

Specification of Use Case for Digital Earth application

Every team, prepare short presentation (max. 4 slides, max. 5 minutes):

● What are current developments around the Living Lab the Reirinck (see description in Appendix 1)?

● Who are the stake-holders in these processes?

● What are the (geo)data requirements?

● What would be possible ways to present/visualize this to end-users?

● And of course, very important what is the personal interest and motivation for the team?

Present during feedback session, start 15:30 this afternoon (lecture room C0093)

Brainstorming assignment: sunbeams

Societal relevant Topics for Monitoring

e.g., climate change

Write down as many topics as possible In 120 seconds Who has most?

Evaluate topics in teams: e.g., overlapping topics, unique topics, 1+1=3 -> combine topics

SUCCES in presenting: the stick factors

Simple

Unexpected

Concrete

Credible

Emotional

Story

Source: http://heathbrothers.com/books/made-to-stick/

Movie: Deadlines! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgvx9OfZKJw&feature=player_e

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