Global Cyberinfrastructure Inventory System

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Global Cyberinfrastructure Inventory System

• (GLOCIS)

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GLOCIS

• A web-accessible database of cyberinfrastructure
  resources
• network circuits
• measurement infrastructure
• major scientific facilities/instrumentation
• computing facilities, etc.
• A GIS mapping system to assist in visualization
  of state of global resources

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GLOCIS Access

• Project/Resource Editing System
• http//www.gloriad.org/cgi-bin/gloci/updates/editr
  esource
• (need username of irnc and password of 5tops)
• GIS/Mapping System
• http//www.gloriad.org/cgi-bin/gloci/maps/gen.mapi
  t.cgi

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Project/Resource Editing System

• All editing via web-based forms
• Applications exist for adding/editing
• Projects (ex TransLight, GLORIAD, AMP, LHC,
  GEANT, NLR, Abilene, etc.)
• Resources (ex network circuits, measurement
  boxes, science facilities, instrumentation,
  computational facilities, etc.)
• Supplemental files for user authentication,
  carriers, locations/facilities, mapping regions,
  resource owners, etc.
• All information is date-stamped enabling
  reporting/mapping for different time periods

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Project Listing
Add new project
Edit existing resource
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Project Edit
Password required for editing irnc/5tops
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New Project Add
Password required for editing irnc/5tops
Select Color for default mapping (for example,
for network circuits)
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Resource Listing for a Selected Project
Add new resource
Edit existing resource
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Resource Edit - Page 1
Password required for editing irnc/5tops
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Resource Edit - Page 2
Password required for editing irnc/5tops
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GLOCIS Mapping System
Choose Projects from which to map resources
(circuits, etc.)
Date resources are operational
Center of Map
Size of Map (8 - 30 inches)
Map Projection - select one
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GLOCIS Mapping System
Color Scheme
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GLOCIS Mapping System
Choose region of Map - example entire world,
US, North America, Europe, US-Asia, Russia, etc.
It is very simple to set up new regions in
regions database (for ex Korea, California, US
East Coast, Netherlands, etc.)
Select to draw national and state boundaries.
Select to draw rivers
Detail shown on maps
Select to draw lat/long lines on map
Click to generate map
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IRNC Circuit Map, Orthographic Hemisphere
Projection
Date
List of Projects Mapped
Region Mapped
Map Center
Color Legend
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IRNC Circuit Map, Orthographic Hemisphere
Projection
Project Name
Description of Circuits Operational as of Date
Requested
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Project Name
Description of Circuits Operational as of Date
Requested
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Other Maps, Projections, Color Schemes
Robinson Projection Entire World Hong Kong
as Center
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Other Maps, Projections, Color Schemes
Mercator Projection US-Asia Hong Kong as
Center Map US States Intermed detail
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Other Maps, Projections, Color Schemes
Mercator Projection Asia Map Hong Kong as
Center Blue-Gray Color Intermed detail
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Other Maps, Projections, Color Schemes
January 1, 2006 Mercator Projection North
America Map US States Intermed detail
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Other Maps, Projections, Color Schemes
Included report from last slide January 1,
2006
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Other Maps, Projections, Color Schemes
Mercator Projection Europe Amsterdam as
Center Black-Gray Color Intermed detail
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Other Maps, Projections, Color Schemes
Mercator Projection Russia Map Novosibirsk
as Center Green-Blue Colors Intermediate
detail May 1, 2005 (will be useful to plot
entire Russian RE network infrastructure)
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Other Maps, Projections, Color Schemes
Lambert Hemisphere Projection Novosibirsk
as Center Hong Kong as Center Low detail
January 1, 2006
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Other Maps, Projections, Color Schemes
Mercator Projection US-Europe Amsterdam as
Center Map US States Low detail
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Other Maps, Projections, Color Schemes
WHREN Only Miller Cylindrical Projection
Latin America Map Miami as Center Map
American States Low detail
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Other Maps, Projections, Color Schemes
Mercator Projection US Map Chicago as
Center Map US States Low detail 2005 - May
1
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Other Maps, Projections, Color Schemes
Mercator Projection US Map Chicago as
Center Map US States Low detail 2006 - May
1
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Technology Used

• All Public Domain Tools
• Running on Apple XServer G5, running Mac OSX 10.3
• Mapping Tools from NSF-Supported Generic Mapping
  Tools (GMT)
• Other tools MySQL, Perl, DBI/mysql,
  ImageMagick, other FP-developed software

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Summary

• Prototype system available for testing, further
  development
• It is a rough prototype - potentially useful for
  motivating discussion on a shared, globally
  accessible, useful inventory and GIS tool for
  tracking and planning cyberinfrastructure
  deployment
• Effort planned during summer 2005 to migrate to
  Java/Flash-based application

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Summary

• Need to add map legend and circuit/arc labels
• Working on incorporating living earth data so
  that images are better colored (with real
  satellite imagery data)
• Need better method of adjusting arc angles
  (currently, can add intermediate plot points to
  change arc paths)

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Summary

• Need to get other people, projects, organizations
  involved in testing, supplying data (for example,
  all GLORIAD domestic RE networks, NLR, GEANT,
  etc.), improving data model
• Need to adequately represent broader
  cyberinfrastructure components (not just
  networks) currently working, for example, to
  add all AMP measurement boxes deployed across the
  globe

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For More Information

• contact Greg Cole, Natasha Bulashova
• of US-Russia Friends Partners Program
• gcole_at_friends-partners.org
• natasha_at_friends-partners.org