The EarthServer-2 project plans for the third milestone (M3) have been reached, initially implemented procedures for smooth, effective collaboration continue; the overall workplan is summarized on
http://earthserver.eu/workplan(opens in new window). Management structure and procedures, including internal communication and reporting are put in place and being applied throughout the period leading to the project's third milestone.
The EarthServer-2 Consortium held project meetings regularly, in the premises of all partners.
The communities linked to the various service partners (Ocean, Climate, Weather, Earth and Planetary Science) have been kept involved and engaged throughout the developent of the project throughout the milestones, addressing each of them at topical or general scientific venues, such as INSPIRE (upcoming workshop) and EGU dedicated Splinter Sessions, dediated topical workshops which received excellent attendance and substantially raised interest on both the technology and the services already available from EarthServer-2.
The workflow across software development and adoption into Service operations has progressed steadily and at the third milestone, marked as Full, server and client instances allow to access, visualise and analyse a large - growing - amount of data, following the Description of Action.
More information on the technology powering EarthServer-2 is available on:
http://earthserver.eu/technologies(opens in new window).
More information on the Services empowering EarthServer-2 is available on:
http://earthserver.eu/services(opens in new window)More information on Publications derived from EarthServew-2 is available on:
http://earthserver.eu/pub(opens in new window)You can join the EarthServer-2 community thorough its Social Media channels (e.g.
https://twitter.com/earthserver_eu(opens in new window)) , or address the discussion list:
forum@earthserver.euWith due consideration of these requirements as well as the contracted tasks as per the project's Description of Action, work items are progressing. A feedback loop between Service developers and operators, as well as their reference communities, exist, and needs are flowing back onto the underlying softare. Immersive 3-D visualisation technology from Open Source NASA/ESA World Wind also provides feedback to the needs of EarthServer-2 user and scientific users, in order to develop a seamless experience.
All partners have installed the latest released versions of service platform technology, rasdaman, and have proven operation based on operationally exploited datasets. Tutorials have been developed both from technology partners and service providers. They are reachable both from the project main page (
http://earthserver.eu/webinars(opens in new window)) and the project's window to the outside community on GitHub (
https://github.com/earthserver-eu(opens in new window)). What is developed by services is made available to the communities and cross-service querying empowers new trans-disciplinary ways to formulate - and get answers - scientific questions.
The final release of Rasdaman 9.5 both community and enterprise edition is upcoming, and Services already test release candidates, in addition to the stable production environments of the new stable version (9.4).
Immersive 3d visualization powered by NASA World Wind is now the standard web client delivery method for all partners, with a streamelined, consistent User Interface across the project, yet allowing for discipline-specific features (such as analytical tools, plotting and overall maps and data served, e.g. Solar System bodies for the Planetary Service -
http://planetserver.eu/(opens in new window)).
Visibility of EarthServer-2 in the Earth Science domains and communities has been achieved, with an outreach to currently altogether several thoudsand recipients across all social media. This activity will be sustained and expanded throughout and beyond the project.
Also, scientific talks as well as standardization continues intensely.
