Meeting April 11, 2019

Attendees

• Boyan Brodaric (NRCan)
• Héryk Julien (NRCan)
• James Kreft (USGS)
• Joost van Ulden (NRCan)[Chair]
• Marie-Eve Martin (NRCan)
• Mark Laguë (NRCan)
• Mark Sondheim (NRCan)
• Mary Bucknell (USGS)

Agenda

1. Overview of project goals and objectives (Boyan)
2. Current status of deliverables (All)
3. Clarification of roles for this FY (All)
4. Discussion topics (All) – send to me prior to the meeting
5. Scheduling of regular meetings (every two weeks?)

Meeting Notes

Project Goals & Objectives

High-level Goals

• Link water data (i.e. hydrometric stations, wells, aquifers)
• Platform for "Internet of Water" prototype
• Cross border linkages (US & Canada)
  • Linking hydrologic features (defined in CHyF) to the hydrometric stations etc.
  • Linking all features across the border

2019 Objectives

• Expansion of geographic area outside of the Richelieu (Great Lakes for example or BC)
• Tools (improve landing page for features, application prototype, etc.)
  • maintaining linkages (automated ingest/harvest cross border repositories)
  • user-centred design for landing pages
  • common ontology/vocabulary (e.g. HY_Features)
• Establish a dialogue with other communities (e.g. fisheries)
• Develop additional use cases

Deliverables Status

• Develop working prototype cross-border this year (March 31st, 2020)

Roles

• Yves Michaud: Manager, Groundwater Program
• Boyan Brodaric: Project Manager

Topics Discussed

• USGS Internet of Water (James Kreft)

Meeting Schedule

• Tech meeting every 2 weeks
• USGS/NRCan coordination (???)

Actions

• create an issue about the granularity of features issue (Mark S.)
• provide a link to GSIP prototype (Joost) Done (link in repository readme)
• provide access to project Wiki (Joost) Done
• schedule follow-up planning meeting in 2 weeks via Doodle