14. Review of 2008 Tasks – issue-based reports 14.1 Terence Van Zyl presented the status of DA-07-04, Sensor Web. Highlights of 2008 include holding a Sensor Web workshop in Geneva and the IRMA FP7 funded project will form a Use Case contribution. Noted problems include: no use cases contributions from the outside; lack of communication and teleconferences; lack of funding for most of the year and; not meshing sufficiently with other GEO tasks.
Plans for 2009 include continuing CEOS use cases, a Sensor Web Workshop in Japan and engaging in the AIP more effectively. Possible Use Cases (from the FP7 project) include Wildfire - Alert and monitoring (Senegal), Floods - Early warning (FEWS), alert & monitoring (Mozambique) and Air quality (Cameroon). Sensor Web is look for external collaborators on use cases for allocation/sharing and finding/accessing data sources.
Question: who are the users for your alert and monitoring system? T. Van Zyl: we’re investigating that now, it includes a political aspect, to find the right group.
