Difference between revisions of "IMarine Species App"

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Product

The iMarine Species App is an Android / iPhone application that uses data from iMarine partners to display summary fact sheets for selected marine species. it is a follow-up to AppliFish, extended with more info, additional interactive infrastructure features, and some design revision.

The app is a mash-up of FAO - Fishbase - OBIS - WoRMS data, and uses the ICIS VREVirtual Research Environment. for data preparation, and reads from an iMarine geoserver to display AquaMaps.

Final product release

AppliFish was released as an android / iPhone app in January 2013.

Feed-back comments are collected here

Feed-back and requirements for an even better integrated AppliFish (working title FishFacts) are collected here. The expected product is described here.

The feedback will be incorporated in a release planned for ??? 2013.

Final product design

The fact sheets have the following fields:

• Atlantic cod (the FAO species name in English. The app is english only, no need for a language)

• Gadus morhua Linnaeus 1758 (Gadidae) (Scientific name in italics, 2 spaces, Author, 3 spaces, Family on same line as species, between brackets)

• Species image

• Click for other pictures [FishBase/SeaLifeBase]

• IUCN status: Critically Endangered , Endangered , Vulnerable , Near Threatened , Least Concern , Data Deficient

• Common names Morue de l’Atlantique (Fr) | Bacalao del Atlántico (Es) | … [FAO]

• Click for more common names [FishBase/SeaLifeBase]

• Sizes Max size: 2 m (male); Max weight: 96 kg (female); Size at maturity: 31 cm. [FishBase/SeaLifeBase]

• Distribution and maps

• Thumbnail AquaMaps Native

• Other maps: FAO | Other AquaMaps

• Production

• Catch statistics Click for chart view. [FAO]

• Data aggregated by iMarine from the following providers ICIS | FAO | FishBase/SeaLifeBase | OBIS

A list of suggested improvements is available in the AppliFish2 page

Priority to CoPCommunity of Practice.

List proposed solution priority following the iMarine Board priority setting criteria:

• The app is intended as a demonstration o iMarine data and potential. It is a communication tool
• The planned users are contacts of iMarine partners that may be interested to learn more about the project in general, and marine species in particular;
• The app is funded through the project, but was quick to draw attention. It may be considered to attract co-funding;
• There has not been a Structural allocation of resources;
• The app is not Referred in DoW;
• The app was not devised with Business Cases in mind, but rather as a communication tool;
• The action attracts attention and increases visibility of the project. It thus indirectly supports sustainability aspects;
• There are no consistent EC regulations/strategies to comply with;
• The revision of the applifish app specifically aims at:
  • Re-usability of the existing code base for the, re-use of infrastructure data and resources, and EA-CoPCommunity of Practice. datasets
  • – benefits – compatibility;

Parentage

The app data are loaded with CoPCommunity of Practice. Software; using FAO web-services, WoRMS web services, Fishbase database extractions;

The ICIS VREVirtual Research Environment. is used to prepare data to load, and a D4S geoserver is used to store the maps.

Productivity

The production of the App was scheduled for 2 Months, with 3 PM in total effort. This was largely met, although minor adjustments were required after release, and not counting management of product development and outreach activities.

Presentation

The reviewed app will be nearly identical with the previous version, but will have several new features.

Policy

Are there any policies available that describe data access and sharing?

Have the Copyright / attribution / metadata / legal aspects been addressed from a user and technology perspective?

The [AppliFish] access and sharing page contains a detailed overview of the policies, including the publication aspects.