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The document describes BlogMyData, a virtual research environment that combines a web-based data visualization tool called Godiva2 with a blog engine called LabTrove. This creates a platform for scientists to collaboratively explore, interpret, and discuss environmental data. Key features include interactively exploring geospatial datasets on the web, using blogs to ask questions about features of interest and receive explanatory comments, and automatically capturing metadata to filter blog posts and regenerate original visualizations. The system was developed as a proof of concept and future work is aimed at improving functionality and security controls.

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BlogMyDataA Virtual Research Environment for collaborative visualization of environmental dataAndrew Milsted, Jeremy FreyDepartment of Chemistry, University of SouthamptonJon Blower, Adit SantokheeReading e-Science Centre, University of Reading
How do scientists collaborateday-to-day?Scholarly literatureFace-to-face meetingsInformal email discussionsArtefacts very basic:PDFsStatic imagesLowest common denominator approachContext is lostPreservation is ad-hoc
http://www. .org+ =www.rdg.ac.uk/godiva2blogs.chem.soton.ac.ukCombines web-based visualizationWith a blog engineTo create a VRE for collaborative interpretation of data@Keith: What do you think is going on here?@Tom: Looks like a bug in the model. @Harry: Could be a bad observation. Ill overlay the obs database.
4Godiva2Interactively explore 4D geospatial raster datasets on the web~40 datasetsResearch data, operational forecasts, satellite productsImages generated dynamically for maximum flexibilityHides technical complexity of the data from the usershttp://www.reading.ac.uk/godiva2http://ncwms.sf.net
The blog (LabTrove)Web-based blogging tool specifically designed for the practising scientistOriginally designed for lab chemistCollaboration tool for enabling discussionsBlogs can be private or publicColleagues add comments and link blog posts togetherVersion-controlledNothing can be deleted, but can be updatedSophisticated metadata frameworkWe added geo-tagging
Godiva2 sitesRSSLabTroveGeodatabaseGeoRSS
Illustrative use casesPostdoc/PhD student:Discover an interesting feature in a datasetPost a blog entry asking a questionColleague at a different instituteDiscovers others working on same dataset and/or same geographic areaDiscovers blog entry, posts explanatory commentPI/Manager:Views hot topics feed (most active discussions)
Feature summaryCreate blog entries about different kinds of visualizationsChiefly map plots and animations so farDoesnt store any data: just metadata and linksCan highlight a point of interestWhats going on at this location?Lots of metadata automatically capturedUser dataset, variable, plot typeGeospatial and temporal contextPosts can be filtered on this metadataOriginal visualization can be regeneratedProof of concept! (for now)
BlogMyData overview presentation
Demo video: see http://blogs.blogmydata.org/projectblog/398/New_demonstration_video.html
Metadata captured automatically and used in filteringClick on screenshot to load data in Godiva2
User feedback guided developmentPrivacy controls essentialWe could give even more control in futureContent is kingPrototype system needs to contain interesting data!Animations difficult to handle but big attraction for users
13Future workPrototype was developed quickly: needs hardeningIncrease the number of plot typesVertical profiles, timeseriesImprove playback of animations in browsersHTML5???Improve use of filteringE.g. Who else is working on density anomalies in the North Atlantic?What are the hot topics of the last week?KML and GeoRSS output for all types of visualizationE.g. for Google Earth overlaysFiner-grained security?

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BlogMyData overview presentation

  • 1. BlogMyDataA Virtual Research Environment for collaborative visualization of environmental dataAndrew Milsted, Jeremy FreyDepartment of Chemistry, University of SouthamptonJon Blower, Adit SantokheeReading e-Science Centre, University of Reading
  • 2. How do scientists collaborateday-to-day?Scholarly literatureFace-to-face meetingsInformal email discussionsArtefacts very basic:PDFsStatic imagesLowest common denominator approachContext is lostPreservation is ad-hoc
  • 3. http://www. .org+ =www.rdg.ac.uk/godiva2blogs.chem.soton.ac.ukCombines web-based visualizationWith a blog engineTo create a VRE for collaborative interpretation of data@Keith: What do you think is going on here?@Tom: Looks like a bug in the model. @Harry: Could be a bad observation. Ill overlay the obs database.
  • 4. 4Godiva2Interactively explore 4D geospatial raster datasets on the web~40 datasetsResearch data, operational forecasts, satellite productsImages generated dynamically for maximum flexibilityHides technical complexity of the data from the usershttp://www.reading.ac.uk/godiva2http://ncwms.sf.net
  • 5. The blog (LabTrove)Web-based blogging tool specifically designed for the practising scientistOriginally designed for lab chemistCollaboration tool for enabling discussionsBlogs can be private or publicColleagues add comments and link blog posts togetherVersion-controlledNothing can be deleted, but can be updatedSophisticated metadata frameworkWe added geo-tagging
  • 7. Illustrative use casesPostdoc/PhD student:Discover an interesting feature in a datasetPost a blog entry asking a questionColleague at a different instituteDiscovers others working on same dataset and/or same geographic areaDiscovers blog entry, posts explanatory commentPI/Manager:Views hot topics feed (most active discussions)
  • 8. Feature summaryCreate blog entries about different kinds of visualizationsChiefly map plots and animations so farDoesnt store any data: just metadata and linksCan highlight a point of interestWhats going on at this location?Lots of metadata automatically capturedUser dataset, variable, plot typeGeospatial and temporal contextPosts can be filtered on this metadataOriginal visualization can be regeneratedProof of concept! (for now)
  • 10. Demo video: see http://blogs.blogmydata.org/projectblog/398/New_demonstration_video.html
  • 11. Metadata captured automatically and used in filteringClick on screenshot to load data in Godiva2
  • 12. User feedback guided developmentPrivacy controls essentialWe could give even more control in futureContent is kingPrototype system needs to contain interesting data!Animations difficult to handle but big attraction for users
  • 13. 13Future workPrototype was developed quickly: needs hardeningIncrease the number of plot typesVertical profiles, timeseriesImprove playback of animations in browsersHTML5???Improve use of filteringE.g. Who else is working on density anomalies in the North Atlantic?What are the hot topics of the last week?KML and GeoRSS output for all types of visualizationE.g. for Google Earth overlaysFiner-grained security?

Editor's Notes

  • #12: Metadata captured automatically and used to filter blog posts and create custom GeoRSS feeds.