The Vespucci 2020 Vision for Digital Earth Social

The Vespucci 2020 Vision for Digital Earth: Social and Institutional Issues

WHAT IS PARADISE? “Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita mi ritrovai per una selva oscura ché la diritta via era smarrita. Ahi quanto a dir qual era è cosa dura esta selvaggia e aspra e forte che nel pensier rinova la paura! Tant'è amara che poco è più morte; ma per trattar del ben ch'i' vi trovai, dirò de l'altre cose ch'i' v'ho scorte. ”

Virtual Globe = (def) digital collection of data and services contextualized within a global (spatial? ) view of a world Virtual Collaborative Globe = virtual globe that allows collaborative participation

TODAY´S VIRTUAL GLOBES Virtual Globes Open. Street. Map Wikimapia

Today´s Virtual Globe limitations 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. No current state of the earth (time is missing and data comes from diverse sources) No exploration inside the building Data is not generally accessible No indication of data provenance No interaction between people (including sharing of data) No indication of trust and quality

GISCIENCE PROVIDES CRUCIAL LINKS BETWEEN NATURE AND SOCIETY Nature: Physical equations Describe processes Society: Decisions on how to Use Earth´s resources

THE 2020 VISION FOR DIGITAL EARTH: SOCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES 1. Maximize open access and participative infrastructures 2. Produce information to address digital divides 3. Enable multiple connected globes/infrastructures 4. Deliver data, services and models tailored to communities of practice. 5. Emphasize societal benefit areas (e. g. , ecosystems, health) 6. Be based on environmental-friendly technologies 7. Use Digital Earth as a laboratory for multi-disciplinary science

OPEN ACCESS AND PARTICIPATIVE INFRASTRUCTURES Ideal: spatial data available as open access and shared between communities Practice: Need to overcome institutional barriers

OPEN ACCESS AND PARTICIPATIVE INFRASTRUCTURES What did we learn from our fathers? A penny saved is a penny earned

OPEN ACCESS AND PARTICIPATIVE INFRASTRUCTURES LANDSAT data archive (USGS) The Anti-Uncle Scrooge Principle A pixel unused is a penny wasted

OPEN ACCESS AND PARTICIPATIVE INFRASTRUCTURES The cost of data distribution in the Web is zero Uncle Scrooge and the Web: value comes from use!

WHAT IS A PUBLIC GOOD? Non-rival. . . [goods] which all enjoy in common in the sense that each individual's consumption of such a good leads to no subtractions from any other individual's consumption of that good. . . (Samuelson) Non-excludable it is impossible to exclude any individuals from consuming the good

Almost all spatial data are public goods

OPEN ACCESS AND PARTICIPATIVE INFRASTRUCTURES STRM 90 x 90 m ASTER-DEM 30 x 30 m

“Scientists have models for estimating the amount of carbon released into the atmosphere when a given plot of land is razed. This information can now be extracted fairly accurately from satellite images. Access to information will be critical. A few satellites can cover the entire globe, but there needs to be a system in place to ensure their images are readily available to everyone who needs them. Brazil has set an important precedent by making its Earth-observation data available, and the rest of the world should follow suit. ”

OPEN ACCESS AND PARTICIPATIVE INFRASTRUCTURES: SOME PREDICTIONS FOR 2020 Global satellite data in 5 meter+ will be open Geodemographics analysis widely available Official spatial data will be mostly open Citizens and global forces are drivers of change

INFORMATION TO ADDRESS DIGITAL DIVIDES Ideal: communities know what affects them, promote positive changes and react to negative prospects Practice: communities have limited knowledge about their territory and its potential futures

INFORMATION TO ADDRESS DIGITAL DIVIDES The goal of development is the promotion and expansion of valuable capabilities. Capability is the freedom to achieve valuable beings and doings. (Amartya Sen)

Impacts of global environmental change By 2020 in Africa, agriculture yields could be cut by up to 50% sources: IPCC and WMO

INFORMATION TO ADDRESS DIGITAL DIVIDES How to promote and expand valuable capabilities in Digital Earth? Practice: Open source and open access promote capacity building Caveat: OS and OA are not substitutes for sound research

ENABLE MULTIPLE CONNECTED GLOBES The Earth is a system of systems

ENABLE MULTIPLE CONNECTED GLOBES Institutional portals (e. g. , GEOportal) Contribution-based portals (e. g. , Google)

11, 000 land stations (3000 automated) 900 radiosondes, 3000 aircraft 6000 ships, 1300 buoys 5 polar, 6 geostationary satellites WEATHER AND CLIMATE source: WMO

EMPHASIZE SOCIETAL BENEFIT AREAS (E. G. , ECOSYSTEMS, HEALTH)

EMPHASIZE SOCIETAL BENEFIT AREAS High Risk of Re-emergence of Infectious Diseases Some in connection with El Niño/La Niña events Choléra • • • World Population at risk: 2 to 3 billions Dengu Human Mortality per yr: 3. 5 to 4. 5 millions e with ½ under 5 yrs (~ 5 millions due to AIDS) Meningitus Animal Mortality per yr: 10 to 15 millions World Population at risk: 2 to 3 billions Human Mortality per yr: 3. 5 to 4. 5 millions with ½ under 5 yrs (~ 5 millions due to AIDS) Animal Mortality per yr: 10 to 15 millions

DATA, SERVICES AND MODELS TAILORED TO COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE

DATA, SERVICES AND MODELS TAILORED TO COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE Network of sensors that observe, record and disseminate geographically referenced information

ARGOS Data Collection System (16000 plats) 650, 000 messages processed daily

Data collection services Tracking Monitoring Positions collected over a fixed period of time Data from remote stations, fixed or mobile

ARGO BOUY NETWORK

DATA, SERVICES AND MODELS TAILORED TO COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE Athmosphere, ocean, chemistry climate model (resolution 200 x 200 km) Atmosphere only climate model (resolution 50 x 50 km) Regional climate model Resolution e. g 10 x 10 km Hydrology, Vegetation Soil Topography (e. g, 1 x 1 km) Regional land use change Socio-economic changes Adaptative responses (e. g. , 10 x 10 m) Models: From Global to Local

GREENING OF TECHNOLOGY

DIGITAL EARTH AS A LABORATORY FOR MULTI-DISCIPLINARY SCIENCE Improve existing models Create new models Increase model interoperability Model Web

DIGITAL EARTH AS A LABORATORY FOR MULTI-DISCIPLINARY SCIENCE “Google Earth will not be the next Arc. GIS” (Ed Parsons) Will the new generation of GIS be more like Google Earth?

Open Globe (def) collection of trusted spatial data and services, available operationally and reliably on a open access policy

Open Globes Virtual Globes Open. Street. Map Wikimapia

Open Globes Virtual Globes Data + services (can only be provided reliably by organizations that are trusted) ? visibility, communication, acessibility Scientists as policy-makers (peer-reviewed results) Citizens as sensors (perception, individual actions)

SHALL WE PERISH IN THE HELL OF DISCORD? Siena Cathedral (pulpito de Luca Pisano) Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate!

OR SHALL WE BE SAVED BY OUR ACTIONS? Siena Cathedral (pulpito de Luca Pisano

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