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MyMobileBristol and Nature Locator @ osjmob11
1. Nature Locator
Mike Jones
mike.a.jones@bristol.ac.uk
@MrJ1971
#MyMobileBristol #NatureLocator
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2. Institute for Learning and Research
Technology (ILRT)
Established in 1996
~50 staff working in R&D,
consultancy, support and
services
Expertise in web application development, semantic
web, linked data, mobile technologies, social software
and data visualisation
Provide an R&D role for IT Services at the University
of Bristol
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3. Mobile Campus Assistant
Started as a JISC funded ‘Rapid Innovation’ project
6 Month project with 1.1 FTEs, August to
November, 2009
Further developed in the JISC funded
MyMobileBristol project - collaboration with Bristol
City Council (July 2010 to August 2011)
Software available under a BSD-style license
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4. Rationale
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonivc/2283676770 http://www.flickr.com/photos/nullalux/2261949240
What issues are there in providing a time
and location sensitive application for
students?
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5. Use Cases
Where is the nearest open library?
Where is the nearest available PC
or wireless hotspot?
What time is the next bus?
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6. Website or Native App?
(not forgetting PhoneGap, Titanium etc.)
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9. RSS XML HTML
Harvest
Harvester(s)
Update
RDF Store
Harvesting data sources
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10. RSS XML HTML
Harvest
JSON
HTML RDF
Harvester(s)
Restful Interface
Update
Query
RDF Store
Querying the data store
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11. RSS XML HTML
Harvest
JSON
HTML RDF
Proxy
Harvester(s)
Restful Interface Proxy
Update
Query
RDF Store
If all else fails ... screen scrape
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12. RSS XML HTML
Harvest
JSON
HTML RDF KML Proxy
Harvester(s)
SPARQL
Restful Interface Endpoint Proxy
Update
Query
RDF Store
SPARQL Endpoint and Geo support
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13. RSS XML HTML
Harvest
JSON
HTML RDF KML Proxy
Harvester(s)
SPARQL
Restful Interface Endpoint Proxy
Update
Query Query
Library
LDAP System ? RDF Store
Extensible RESTful interface
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14. Technology Stack
H2 Database Engine
Jena Semantic Web Framework
Jersey (JAX-RS Reference Imp
lementation)
Free Marker Template Language
Apache Maven JEE Servlet Cont
ainer
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16. Issues about data
Data is in silos
Incomplete data
Copyright and IPR issues
Copy might not be
appropriate for mobile http://www.flickr.com/photos/ian-s/2152798588
context
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17. Some Feedback
Love this
thanks for
application.
the work
Really good ... Great work!
Much needed.
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19. Shameless Plug
Transferability Workshop
27 July 2011, Bristol
Sessions on ‘Student Engagement’,
‘The Cultural Experience’, ‘Local
Authority Engagement’ and other
project outputs.
http://bit.ly/kM48xP
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20. Further Information
Project Website:
http://mymobilebristol.com
Demonstrator:
http://m.bristol.ac.uk
Source code:
https://github.com/ilrt/mca
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21. Nature Locator
10 Month Project (ends
October 2011)
JISC-funded - geospatial strand
Supporting the Conker Tree
Science project - Universities
of Bristol and Hull
Tracking the spread of an alien species -
the leaf miner moth
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22. Citizen Science
Members of the public help
locate damage caused by an
alien species - leaf miner
moth
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cannongod/
In 2010 ... (i) Observe evidence
of infestation and complete an
online form (ii) place a leaf in a
plastic wallet and identify insects
emerge ... moths and predators
Photo by Dave Kilby
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23. 2010 Results
2700 people submitted results
Improbable results in survey
data: other diseases mis-
identified
Photographic evidence needed
to verify those results.
How do we obtain, store and
manage submitted data?
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24. Technical Solution ...
HTML 5, CSS3, JavaScript +
access to native APIs
Need to access the phone’s
camera
Targeted iPhone and
Android first - option to add
support for others devices
http://www.phonegap.com/
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25. Photos + Geo-Location
Image + metadata Google App
Engine
High Replication
Datastore
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26. On the App Store + Market
Search for: ‘Leaf Watch’
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27. Feedback ...
‘Easy to use, quite ‘Just used app. Seems
self explanatory’ very easy to use’
‘It is workable, and usable; functional.
But it doesn't leave me with a sense of
elegance, and grace of delight and
pleasure. Which is what Apple keep
banging on about, and everyone else
gives a resigned sigh.’
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28. Next Stage
Look at approaches to crowd
source the data verification ...
mobile game?
Visualisation tools? Illustrate
the spread of the moth.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/37539972@N06/3913505623/
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29. Further Information
http://www.ourweboflife.org.uk/
http://naturelocator.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/
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