DBCells: An Open and Global Multi-Scale Linked Cells

Presentation of the DBCells architecture for publishing global cellular spaces as Linked Data.

Event: Presentation of the paper at Revista Brasileira de Cartografia

Date: May 15, 2017

Location: Brazil

Slides (PDF)

Abstract

This presentation introduces DBCells, an architecture for the publication of a global cellular space where each cell has a URI. Land change models require large amounts of data and are often difficult to reproduce or reuse. By leveraging Linked Data principles and Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs), DBCells enables the comparison, reproduction, and reuse of geospatial models and data across different scales.

Key Concepts

  • Global Cellular Space: A unified framework for representing the earth’s surface as discrete cells.
  • Linked Data Integration: Using URIs to identify cells, making them part of the Semantic Web.
  • Multi-Scale Support: Architecture designed to handle data at various spatial resolutions.
  • Reproducibility: Facilitating the sharing of exact data subsets used in scientific experiments.

Presented by Sérgio Souza Costa.