Digital Earth  Alpha Versions

Digital Earth Alpha Versions

Mark E. Reichardtmreichardt@usgs.gov Digital Earth Community MeetingOracle Corporation2-3 May 2000

Digital Earth  Alpha Versions

Goals
        - Get a manageable first version of DE running and in the public view
        - Help to articulate the value of DE and place-based applications to the local / global community
        - Help us identify future needs (gaps) and map out the DE Strategic Plan

Digital Earth  Alpha Versions

Scope
        - A subset of the full DE vision that can be rapidly deployed
        - Limited number of use cases--implementations that appeal directly to specific user communities
        - Embrace existing infrastructure, projects, applications and data where possible

Digital Earth  Alpha Versions

Characteristics
        - Global, national, regional, and local views
        - Content of value to citizens, industry, government, other NGO’s
        - Accessible to widest possible audience
        - World Wide Web
        - Fixed, high-performance sites 
        - DERM as the common reference environment for standards &  practices

Digital Earth  Alpha Versions

Current Status
        - Themes
        - Global Climate		
        - Weather
        - Scenarios:
        - Journalist		Web portal for severe storms 					and disasters
        - Museum			Drecho – Science Museum of 				Minnesota							Earth Wall – American 					Museum of Natural History	
        - Education		Student assessment of storm 					impacts
        - Government		Emergency warning and 					response

Digital Earth  Alpha Versions

Progress
        - Alpha Version Draft 0.2 released 1 May 2000 (www.digitalearth.gov/alpha/)
        - Initial listing of Data, Tools, and Infrastructure developed and keyed to scenarios
        - Federal Alpha Version Contacts being identified
        - NOAA 	All
        - an Eustis
        - USGS 	David Govoni
        - NASA	(TBR)
        - EPA	Dave Wolf
        - USDA	Christine Clark
        - FEMA	Paul Bryant

Digital Earth  Alpha Versions

DE Alpha Version Workshop
        - Date & Location
        - 15 – 16 June in Washington, DC area
        - Details on www.digitalearth.gov next week
        - Objectives: 
        - Determine specific data, tool, infrastructure needs for scenarios
        - Solidify commitments for assistance from all sectors
        - Implementation plan
        - Identify remaining issues

Digital Earth  Alpha Versions

Proposed Schedule
        - Scenario Development Completed		          May 2000
        - DE Alpha Version Workshop			15-16 June 2000
        - Data and Application Requirements Identified	     30 June 2000
        - Data and Applications Selected			           July 2000
        - Integration of Components		August – December 2000
        - Devel.  DE Alpha Version Portal	August – December 2000
        - Public Awareness Program Developed	    May – December 2000
        - First DE Alpha Versions on-line		               December 2000		

Digital Earth  Alpha Versions

Example– American Museum of Natural History Earth Wall

Digital Earth  Alpha Versions

Digital Earth  Alpha Versions

Digital Earth  Alpha Versions

Digital Earth  Alpha Versions

Digital Earth  Alpha Versions

Digital Earth  Alpha Versions

Digital Earth  Alpha Versions

Digital Earth  Alpha Versions

Digital Earth  Alpha Versions

Digital Earth  Alpha Versions

Digital Earth  Alpha Versions

Digital Earth  Alpha Versions

AMNH Summary
        - What tools would best support production of the Earth Wall story?
        - What data sources are available to support dynamic earth, recent events, and earth feature, image of the week stories?
        - How does AMNH get access to the data?
        - What continuing professional relationships need to be established?