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Develop project website home page providing Watershed-Ocean Initiative project description, work objectives, and information on how our community of interested partners can participate with us.
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A promotional website allows interested readers to learn and understand our project without us having to start from scratch each time with each potential participant.
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Watershed-Ocean Initiative home page to be hosted off of theoceanproject.org Web domain initially (eventually growing to its own domain upon reaching demonstrated viability).
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Develop informative taxonomy of Watershed-Ocean Initiative project data types we want to put into our interactive, whole-Earth, drill-down Web application to promote watershed awareness
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Informational web page lets interested readers consider the data they have or want to acquire within a useful taxonomy for discussion across partnerships.
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Additional Watershed-Ocean Initiative Web pages and links to resources that describe terms, provide representative data sets, and discuss data set characteristics such as spatial resolution, temporal resolution, theme, projection, quality, etc.
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Develop technical process and share details on how to put representative data layers into two initial whole-Earth interactive solutions (Google Earth and Java World Wind).
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Examples of technical process necessary to get layer data sets into both Google Earth and Java World Wind as representative of Watershed-Ocean Initiative project goals.
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Demonstration of data layers for our taxonomy with technical tutorials on how those data sets got into our applications. Aim is to make process reproducible by others.
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Develop example prototypes for Narragansett and Chesapeake watersheds, showing the progress we are making and sharing a vision for where we are headed. Demonstrate the combinational power of layered data presentation along with a worldwide, shared geospatial perspective
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Stakes in the ground and a ground-swell of support in the project viability and importance of a trusted coordinator for Watershed-Ocean Initiative as part of the process.
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A most important first demo is the ability to click on any sub-basin within either watershed and follow water flow to the sea! Data layers will include current flow rates and other characteristics that come from on-line resources like the EPA's Surf Your Watershed. This and other demos will be available on-line from the oceanproject.org domain.
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Develop partner relationships and a shared process for managing data set maintenance, obtaining new data sets, and coordinating presentation of data sets in ways preferred by partners.
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An iterated process that is working with partners to provide meaningful data to the Watershed-Ocean Initiative on-line experience. Controls in place to bundle data layers in specific ways and for specified time periods.
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On-line instructions on how to participate with the Watershed-Ocean Initiative project team as well as a feedback cycle to improve the process as existing partners gain experience and new partners express needs.
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Develop resource pages to inform our community of other relevant project efforts and technical platforms. Many other projects exist from which to consider implementation strategy.
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Seeding for partner discussions regarding iterations on our design and implementation strategies. Useful for educating partners in the opportunity for ocean awareness through visual literacy and data investigation.
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Comprehensive resource pages within the Watershed-Ocean Initiative web pages of value similar to existing resource pages provided by The Ocean Project currently on other topics.
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Develop technical infrastructure for a distributed data sharing and prototype distribution initiative.
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Implementation of a technical architecture for Web-based data sharing, data access, data management, and data bundling within Watershed-Ocean Initiative prototype applications.
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Technical architecture plan to manage the back-end services needed to implement Watershed-Ocean Initiative in the long-term. Distributed process to let partners and interested data providers participate.
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