Mashups: APIs and Web Services - What Can NASA

Learn from the Public Sector?

NASA Science WebFed Workshop NASA Ames Research Center November 14-16, 2007

Celeste Merryman Knowledge Management & Collaborations Technology Office NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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Goals for this session

  Learn from industry examples  Community building, knowing what talent,

expertise, and potential collaborations are out there in NASA.

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The Session   Introduction - who is using what? (10 mins)   Presentation by eBayʼs Developerʼs Program (20 mins.)

  Experiences and lessons learned from setting up Web services and APIs.

  Presentation by Google (20 mins.)   Experiences and existing and potential application of Google APIs

and Gadgets for NASA.   Group Discussion (15 mins.)

  What are people in NASA planning?   Ideas for mashups?   Ideas for working together?

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Who are People Using?

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Types of Tags Being Used

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Examples of Sites Using NASA Astrolicio.us - http://astrolicio.us/ A continuous mashup for

astronomy and space researchers and hobbiests.

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Examples of Sites Using NASA Weather Bonk http://

www.weatherbonk.com/   Description: Rich mashup

with live weather, forecasts, webcams, and more on a Google Map.

  APIs: Google AdWords + Google Maps + hostip.info + Microsoft Virtual Earth + NASA + NOAA Weather Service + WeatherBug + Yahoo Geocoding + Yahoo Maps + Yahoo Traffic

  NASA APIs are from http://wms.jpl.nasa.gov/

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National Geographic

www.metalens.org

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Group Discussion   What are people in NASA doing or planning?

  If someone want to describe take 5 mins   Ideas for mashups?   Ideas for working together?

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http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-firemap,0,6179739.htmlpage?coll=la-home-center

Description Detailed information on the October 2007 wildfires in southern California. Markers have details such as acres burned, current containment, homes destroyed, time started, and status of evacuations. APIs - Google Maps

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