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This site is used for recording progress of the GeoChronos project, funded as part of the CANARIE Network Enabled Platform (NEP) program.
Project Documents
Newsletters
Publications
- R. Curry, C. Kiddle and R. Simmonds. Social Networking and Scientific Gateways. In Proceedings of the Grid Computing Environments Workshop, Portland, OR, November 20, 2009.
- N. Markatchev, R. Curry, C. Kiddle, A. Mirtchovski, R. Simmonds and T. Tan. A Cloud-based Interactive Application Service. In Proceedings of the 5th IEEE International Conference on e-Science, Oxford, UK, December 9-11, 2009.
- J. Gamon, C. Kiddle, R. Curry, N. Markatchev, G. Pastorello Jr, B. Rivard, A. Sanchez-Azofeifa, R. Simmonds and T. Tan. GeoChronos: An On-line Collaborative Platform for Earth Observation Scientists. In Proceedings of the AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 14-18, 2009. (Abstract)
- R. Curry, C. Kiddle, R. Simmonds and G. Z. Pastorello Jr. An On-line Collaborative Data Management System. In Proceedings of the Gateway Computing Environments Workshop, New Orleans, LA, November 14, 2010.
- J.A. Gamon, C. Coburn, L.B. Flanagan, K.F. Huemmrich, C. Kiddle, G.A. Sanchez-Azofeifa, D.R. Thayer, L. Vescovo, D. Gianelle, D.A. Sims, A.F. Rahman and G.Z. Pastorello. SpecNet Revisited: Bridging Flux and Remote Sensing Communities. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 36(S2):S376-S390, 2010.
Presentations/Demonstrations
- 2009.04.21 - GeoChronos: An On-line Collaborative Platform for Earth Observation Scientists - Presentation given by Cameron Kiddle at the CANARIE NEP-1 Synergy Workshop in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- 2009.06.22 - GeoChronos: An On-line Collaborative Platform for Earth Observation Scientists - Presentation given by Cameron Kiddle at the 2009 SpecNet Workshop (Part of the 30th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada)
- 2009.06.24-26 - Presentation on GeoChronos given by Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa at the Meeting of the Collaborative Research Network II (CRN2) and Small Grant Program for the Human Dimensions (SGP-HD) Principal Investigators. Montevideo, Uruguay.
- 2009.07.06 - Cyberinfrastructure and its Role in Science - Presentation given by Cameron Kiddle at the IAI International Summer School on Wireless Sensing Networks at the University of Alberta
- 2009.07.09 - Introduction to the GeoChronos Portal - Tutorial/Workshop given by Gilberto Zonta Pastorello Jr at the IAI International Wireless Sensor Networking Summer School at University of Alberta
- 2009.08.15 - GeoChronos: An Elgg-based Collaborative Platform for Earth Observation Science - Presentation given by Roger Curry at Elgg Camp Boston held at Harvard University
- 2009.08.26 - GeoChronos: Progress, Status and Future Plans - Presentation given by Cameron Kiddle at CANARIE site visit at the University of Calgary
- 2009.10.14 - Integration and Management of Diverse Environmental Data Sets - Presentation given by Cameron Kiddle as part of the New Frontiers in Data Integration session at Summit 09 in Banff.
- 2009.10.14 - GeoChronos NEP Showcase Slides - Slides given as part of demonstration at the CANARIE NEP Showcase Reception at Summit 09 in Banff. A GeoChronos Poster was also prepared and displayed at the NEP Showcase.
- 2009.11.17,18 - GeoChronos SC09 Demo Slides - Presentation shown as part of the GeoChronos Demonstration at SC09 in Portland.
- 2009.11.20 - Social Networking and Scientific Gateways - Presentation given by Cameron Kiddle of paper published at the Grid Computing Environments (GCE 2009) Workshop at SC09 in Portland.
- 2009.12.09 - A Cloud-based Interactive Application Service - Presentation given by Nayden Markatchev of paper published at e-Science 2009 in Oxford, UK.
- 2009.12.14 - GeoChronos: An On-line Collaborative Platform for Earth Observation Scientists - Presentation given by John Gamon at the AGU Fall Meeting 2009 in San Franciso.
- 2010.03.04 - Presentation given by Gilberto Zonta Pastorello Jr at Earth Observation Science Day in Edmonton.
- 2010.03.15 - GeoChronos: Challenges and Achievements - Presentation given by Cameron Kiddle at OGF 28 in Munich, Germany.
- 2010.04.29 - GeoChronos Demonstration/Presentations given by John Gamon for European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) meeting in Italy
- 2010.05.05 - Enabling Collaboration Among Earth Observation Scientists with the GeoChronos Portal - Presentation given by Cameron Kiddle at BCNET/CANARIE Conference 2010 in Vancouver.
- 2010.08.14 - MODIS Workflow - Demonstration given by Nayden Markatchev and Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa at IAI Collaborative Research Network meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- 2010.08.19 - Cyberinfrastructure Projects at CEOS - Presentation/Demonstration given by Gilberto Zonta Pastorello Jr at meeting with ATIC in Lethbridge.
- 2010.09.22 - Collaborative Science: Technologies and Examples - Presentation/Demonstration given by Cameron Kiddle at Cybera Summit 2010 in Banff.
- 2010.10.21 - GeoChronos NEP Showcase 2010 Slides - Slides given as part of demonstration at the CANARIE NEP Showcase / Canadian Science Policy Conference in Montreal. Posters displayed at showcase: English Poster - PDF, French Poster - PDF
- 2010.11.14 - An On-line Collaborative Data Management System - Presentation given by Rob Simmonds at Gateway Computing Environments Workshop (GCE 2010) in New Orleans.
- 2010.12.13-17 - Demonstrations of GeoChronos by Gilberto Zonta Pastorello Jr at the Cybera booth at the Fall AGU Meeting in San Francisco
- 2011.02.24 - GeoChronos in Review - Presentation by Cameron Kiddle at Final CANARIE Site Visit for GeoChronos.
Milestones and Deliverables
User Documents
Technical Documents
- Collaboration/Portal - See publication: R. Curry, C. Kiddle and R. Simmonds. Social Networking and Scientific Gateways. In Proceedings of the Grid Computing Environments Workshop, Portland, OR, November 20, 2009.
- Interactive Application Service - See publication: N. Markatchev, R. Curry, C. Kiddle, A. Mirtchovski, R. Simmonds and T. Tan. A Cloud-based Interactive Application Service. In Proceedings of the 5th IEEE International Conference on e-Science, Oxford, UK, December 9-11, 2009.
- Spectral Library - See publication: R. Curry, C. Kiddle, R. Simmonds and G. Z. Pastorello Jr. An On-line Collaborative Data Management System. In Proceedings of the Gateway Computing Environments Workshop, New Orleans, LA, November 14, 2010.
- MODIS Workflow - Technical Documentation
Collaboration Services
- GeoChronos Portal
- June 30, 2008 - GeoChronos Portal v0.2.0
- Facebook-based portal developed as part of the Cybera pilot project
- part of an existing social network - not customizable
- September 9, 2008 - GeoChronos Portal v0.4.0
- January 29, 2009 - GeoChronos Portal v0.6.0
- April 3, 2009 - GeoChronos Portal v0.6.1
- new domain name http://geochronos.org
- new look and feel (new logo and color scheme)
- About Page(s) expanded - added contact, participants and media centre pages
- Home page created
- Login moved to a separate page
- Help pages added
- simplified management of groups
- May 5, 2009 - GeoChronos Portal v0.8.0
- Upgraded portal to Elgg 1.5 which includes new features such as
- media embedding in pages and blogs
- blog drafts
- improved activity feed
- improved notification abilities
- Improved page editing features
- added locks to prevent two users from editing the same page at the same time
- added a cancel button when editing to cancel changes and remove the lock
- May 15, 2009 - GeoChronos Portal v0.8.1
- now have a mail server running for the portal
- notifications/invitations from the portal are sent from admin@geochronos.org
- also have two other e-mail addresses that users can send to:
- support@geochronos.org for technical support issues
- info@geochronos.org for media related inquiries
- enhanced calendar plugin
- have the ability to select events by year, and all events
- enhanced pages module
- a timer indicating the time left on a lock has been added to the top of a page being edited. A prompt will appear on the screen when there is less than one minute left.
- added diff capability. When in page history there is a "diff" link that allows one to see the difference between that revision and the latest (i.e. current) revision
- enhanced TinyMCE editor (applies to blogs, discussions and comment fields also).
- added ability to select font, font size and font color
- added ability to justify text
- added ability to indent and outdent bullets
- added ability to create tables
- enhanced files module
- can search for files based on tag when on "group files" and "all site files" pages
- increased max upload size from 5MB to 25MB
- June 23, 2009 - GeoChronos Portal v0.8.2
- login redirection - when a user selects a portal link and is not logged in, they will first be directed to the login page, login, and then automatically be redirected to the link they initially selected)
- login failure - user stays on the login page if they fail to login
- reduced time float up status messages stay on the screen
- browsing of files by tags
- improved identification of portal e-mails
- bug fixes to calendar and pages modules
- January 18, 2010 - GeoChronos Portal v0.8.5
- upgraded portal to Elgg v1.6.1
- enabled Twitter plugins
- gave home page a new face lift - created/added GeoChronos At a Glance plugin highlighting different functionality of the portal, featuring different users, groups, applications, etc. and integrating GeoChronos videos/presentations
- February 26, 2010 - GeoChronos Portal v0.8.6
- May 7, 2010 - GeoChronos Portal v0.8.7
- help forum plugin, publication plugin added
- updated event calendar plugin
- abuse reporting turned on
- June 14, 2010 - GeoChronos Portal v0.8.8
- bug fixes
- upgrade to Elgg v1.7.1 (now supports full text search)
- full width theme
- member map / geolocation plugin
- file folders
- July 12, 2010 - GeoChronos Portal v0.8.9
- bug fixes
- publication plugin upgrade (now supports group publications)
- August 12, 2010 - GeoChronos Portal v1.0.0
- bug fixes
- customizable group dashboard and widgets
- sitewide messages for admin user
- September 24, 2010 - GeoChronos Portal v1.0.1
- bug fixes
- upgrade to Elgg v1.7.3
- improved registration approval process
- October 13, 2010 - GeoChronos Portal v1.0.2
- bug fixes
- added presentation plugin
- February 10, 2011 - GeoChronos Portal v1.0.3
- enhanced publication plugin - support for import and exporting bibtex files
- upgraded to file tree plugin - now supports hierarchical directory structure for files
- enhanced registration process - user gets notification mail indicating that registration received; site approvers get e-mail notification indicating that there is a new registration
- bug fixes
- February 28, 2011 - GeoChronos Portal v1.0.4
- bug fixes
- Tools->Files accessible again for non-logged in users
- A couple bug fixes to file tree plugin - files now showing correct parent folder, permission list for folders matches the permission list for all other resources
Data Services
- MODIS
- June 30, 2008 - MODIS Workflow Service v0.4.0
- standalone/Facebook-based prototype developed as part of the Cybera pilot project
- subscriptions for MODIS data products from several regions of interest set up
- allows browsing and viewing of subscribed MODIS data/metadata
- no workflow support
- August 5, 2010 - MODIS Workflow Service v0.6.0
- Initial prototype in the Elgg-based portal
- creation/execution/monitoring of workflows
- can select from a couple of existing data sets to establish workflow (uploading new data or setting up new subscriptions not supported)
- support for shapefiles to define a specific region of interest
- workflow carries out mosaicing, reprojecting and subsetting data to specified region of interest for user specified data products and also supports extraction of quality control information if requested
- thumbnail generation for output files for viewing/verification of data
- browsing of MODIS and workflow output data/metadata from workflows via same data management system developed for Spectral Library
- October 13, 2010 - MODIS Workflow Service v0.8.0
- handle UTM projections for shapefiles
- manage shapefiles in collections
- verify date range and data associated with that range and region of interest
- improved thumbnail generation
- a couple more Tropi-Dry sites and sample data have been added
- support for kml files
- Condor pool used for back end process now dynamic (number of nodes in pool adapted based on user demand)
- bug fixes
- February 2, 2011 - MODIS Workflow Service v1.0.0
- integrated with new distributed data management system (based on iRODS) - makes use of local data store and WestGrid data store
- kml files automatically generated for shapefiles that are uploaded
- MODIS data for all Tropi-Dry sites has now been ingested
- 3 years worth of MODIS data from the following sites: (1*) Chamela, Mexico, (2*) Santa Rosa, Costa Rica, (3) Parque Natural Metropolitano, Panama, (4) Barro Colorado Island, Panama, (5) Hato Pinero, Venezuela (6*) Mate Seca, Brazil, (7) Serra do Cipo, Brazil, (8) Reserva Ducke, Brazil, (9) SEST, Brazil
- shapefiles and workflows processing currently available for those sites marked with an asterix
- MODIS tutorial documentation added to the GeoChronos site
- bug fixes
- February 28, 2011 - MODIS Workflow Service v1.0.1
- correction of FILL value used when masking data to region of interest (shapefile) - the FILL value as formally defined for the particular MODIS product and band is now used
- fixed a bug relating to spaces in shapefile file names - spaces are now supported.
- technical documentation
- Spectral Library
- September 17, 2009 - Spectral Library v0.6.0
- Elgg-based prototype (uses Elgg objects/metadata)
- create and share libraries and data files
- upload data files (single file, multiple files, zip files)
- automatically parse spectra/metadata for following file types - ENVI, UniSpec (spu), various ASCII formats
- online metadata editing functionality (for both libraries and data files)
- browse libraries (virtual directory structure based on metadata)
- view spectra (graphs with zoom functionality), metadata (per namespace/schema), ancillary files (i.e., images), google maps (location of data)
- download data
- create and edit metadata namespaces/schemas
- November 25, 2009 - Spectral Library v0.6.5
- Library level metadata managed/viewed the same way as record level metadata. Can minimize box displaying library level metadata
- "New" tab has been added to metadata view to more easily add metadata for different schemas
- "Comments" tab has been added at library level and record level to allow users to leave comments and have discussions on libraries and records
- Both physcial and virtual directory structures are treated in the same way (i.e., same actions can be performed)
- New helper tool to enable easier creation of virtual directory paths for browsing spectral data
- Context menu now accessible via right-click of mouse
- December 11, 2009 - Spectral Library v0.6.6
- bug fixes
- improved functionality for copying/pasting of ancillary data and metadata
- added progress and page refresh icons
- search results for libraries and records now link properly to the library/record view
- April 5, 2010 - Spectral Library v0.8.0
- parsing support for new data formats (asd, csv)
- export of data to csv format
- more plotting features - turn plot lines on/off for an individual file, add lables to axes
- additional schema editing functionality - field descriptions, specify whether field is required/optional
- May 4, 2010 - Spectral Library v0.8.1
- bug fixes
- documentation for a basic tutorial added to site
- Jun 2, 2010 - Spectral Library v0.8.2
- bug fixes
- simplified access control (library level only)
- improved plotting functionality (legend outside of plot, select all/none)
- improved plotting performance
- documentation for an advanced tutorial added to site
- Jul 12, 2010 - Spectral Library v0.8.3
- bug fixes
- documentation for schema tutorial added to site
- added support for .lib ENVI files
- Aug 12, 2010 - Spectral Library v1.0.0
- bug fixes
- resizable panes in Spectral Library view (i.e., can adjust width of virtual directory structure)
- ASTER and USGS Spectral Libraries are now available to public (in addition to VSL library which was already available to public)
- ingestion of data/metadata now an off-line process done in virtualized Condor pool
- September 24, 2010 - Spectral Library v1.0.1
- bug fixes
- write permissions for both libraries and schemas (allow groups to contribute/collaborate)
- February 2, 2011 - Spectral Library v1.2.0
- Spectral Library integrated with new distributed data management system (iRODS based) - makes use of local data store and WestGrid data store
- parser for FLUXNET data added - generates timeseries plots from data
- Spectral Library overview documentation and FAQ added to the site
- February 10, 2011 - Spectral Library v1.2.1
- added some streamlining to the Spectral Library to prompt user with useful information when carrying out certain tasks (i.e., when trying to view unsupported data formats or trying to add metadata)
- added a link to Spectral Library documentation in the side bar menu for easier access
Application Services
- Interactive Application Service
- November 28, 2008 - Interactive Application Service (IAS) v0.4.0
- static version of the IAS in the Ning portal
- January 29, 2009 - Interactive Application Service (IAS) v0.6.0
- support for Linux applications (desktop, Open Office, MRT)
- launch/connect/terminate sessions (VMs booted when request made)
- a session can have a single writer and multiple readers/viewers
- can share sessions publically, with logged in users, with members of a particular group, and with contact lists
- flat storage space (public, private and session directories)
- http based file manager
- Jun 16, 2009 - Interactive Application Service (IAS) v0.8.0
- support for Windows applications (MultiSpec, Reflectance)
- for demonstration purposes only until licensing issues are worked out
- support for TIMESAT application (has been supported for quite a while now)
- support for hot spares (i.e., application server VMs ready to run the next request)
- improved security
- static application registry
- Oct 30, 2009 - Interactive Application Service (IAS) v1.0.0
- session suspension/resume functionality (more efficient use of resources)
- support for some new applications (Unidata IDV, GeoMapApp)
- improved user interface
- basic usage policy
- monitoring tool for admins
- Dec 3, 2009 - Interactive Application Service (IAS) v1.0.1
- bug fixes
- support for a new application (QGIS)
- support for some of the Window's based applications on Linux using WINE (MultiSpec, Reflectance) - avoid's Window's licensing issues
- February 10, 2011 - Interactive Application Service (IAS) v1.0.2
- optimizations to improve query performance for active application sessions
- better clean up of sessions and empty directories
- February 28, 2011 - Interactive Application Service (IAS) v1.0.3
- bug fixes relating to clean up of sessions and directories
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