The GEOSS Architecture Implementation Pilot (AIP), fostering interoperability arrangements and common practices for GEOSS, develops and deploys new process and infrastructure components for the GCI and the broader GEOSS architecture.  AIP is a core task (GEO Task AR-09-01b) of the GEO Architecture and Data Committee.   Results of the AIP are transitioned to GEO Task AR-09-01a and the GEOSS Common Infrastructure (GCI).    Progress of AIP development is listed below; for access to data go the GEOSS Web Portals.

One of the major outcomes of the GEOSS Architecture Implementation Pilot, Phase 3 (AIP-3) is a set of Engineering Reports (ERs).

Energy Engineering Report

Scope: The AIP-3 Energy scenario intends to provide spatial information on the life cycle environmental impacts of the production of photovoltaic electricity. As the production of energy is a major contributor to Greenhouse Gases (GHG) emissions, decision makers and policy planners need a better knowledge of the impacts on environment induced by the various technologies used for energy production, in order to select the most appropriate technologies. The scenario focuses on the assessment of such impacts for photovoltaic systems by a proper exploitation of data available within GEOSS.

During AIP-3, an extended set of web services related to Energy and Environment Impact Assessment has been made available as OGC Web Services and integrated with the www.webservice-energy.org Community Portal. A new OGC Catalog Service for the Web provided in the framework of the FP7 EnerGEO project has been deployed and registered in the GEOSS Registry. Rich Web Clients for geodata visualization and data retrieval allowing end-users to visualize environmental impacts parameters have also been implemented based on the FP7 GENESIS project solution.

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If you have questions or comments regarding this GEOSS AIP-3 Pilot project, you may contact:Lionel Menard, MINES ParisTech, lionel.menard[at]mines-paristech.fr