Web-based Permanent Networking Facility

Roko Andričević, Snježana Knezić, Petra ŠimundićUniversity of Split, Croatia

Partner of B.GN Consortium, WP6 leader

BalkanGEONet

Balkan GEO Network – Towards Inclusion of Balkan Countries into Global Earth Observation Initiatives •ENV.2010.4.1.4-1 Identification and Networking of EO activities in the Balkan area Expected impact: •Comprehensive review and gap analysis of the needs, potential and prospective contribution of the Southeast European region to GEO. •Contribution to relevant GEO 2009-2011 Work Plan tasks including CB-09-03 b (Building institutional capacity to use EO - Establishing regional CB networks)

Permanent Networking Facility

• Main deliverable of B.GN Project

• New facility related to GEOSS

• The idea for creating PNF– Who– Where– When– At what cost

• Balkan EO Directory – partner search – expertise search– EO activities search

• Has a role in a long-term process of strengthening collaboration among stakeholders

• Connecting stakeholders beyond the lifetime of the project

Permanent Networking Facility

Assessing EO communities

278 identified stakeholders

SRB: 37SRB: 37

ROM: 7ROM: 7

GRE: 17GRE: 17

SLO: 46SLO: 46

CRO: 32CRO: 32

BiH: 25BiH: 25

TUR: 28TUR: 28ALB: 23ALB: 23

CYP: 1CYP: 1

BLG: 27BLG: 27

FYRM: 7FYRM: 7MNE: 28MNE: 28

BalkanGEONet

OBSERVEPartner project

Integrating outcomes of previously funded EO activities

235 identified activities

SRB: 36SRB: 36ROM: 18ROM: 18

GRE: 34GRE: 34

SLO: 40SLO: 40

CRO: 34CRO: 34

B&H: 14

B&H: 14

ALB: 37

ALB: 37

BLG: 39BLG: 39

FYRM: 11FYRM: 11MNE: 34MNE: 34

BalkanGEONet

Data integration

Stakeholders(government,

SMEs, scientific community)

EO activities(projects,

programmes, initiatives…)

Permanent Networking

Facility (PNF)

What PNF isn’t!

• Not a GEOSS portal

• No EO data– But links to those could be provided

• Not a closed structure. Updates and renewal of data will be possible

Features

• Searchable– Geographical (country, region, city)– SBAs – stakeholder type (user, provider…)– activity type and topic– data format, standards, accessibility

• Updateable– new entries– correction and editing of existing data on request

• Centralized management – no user accounts

Data structure

Location

Structure of the PNF website

http://www.balkangeo.net

http://balkangeonet.unist.hr

Search criteria for exploring data related to EO players

Search criteria for exploring data related to EO activities

Search criteria for exploring data related to GEOSS components

Entering new data

• No registration or password are required • No fee is charged• User is guided through a serious of wizard

screens which contain forms with input fields and drop down menus

• The inputs will be later checked by the administration and maintenance personnel of the PNF

Forthcoming activities

• Updating and validating existing PNF data & information.

• Training for stakeholders, users...

• Preparation for self-sustainable networking facility beyond Project lifetime.

Thank you and enjoy PNF search!

The PNF is a common property of two project partners who have participated in its development – University of Novi Sad, Serbia and University of Split, Croatia. The ownership is restricted only to the exploitation of the visual identity, the PHP source code and the database structure. There is however, no ownership of the data contained and it is available for the entire GEO community free of charge and without registration.