Plataformas de datos, centros de datos, datos abiertos

Datorită TimFlow este posibil verificarea dacă lemnul exploatat este legal, dacă companiile furnizoare  îndeplinesc cerințele sistemului de due diligence al companiei;  dacă lemnul provine sau nu din zonele tampon ale parcurilor naționale sau din alte zone în care intervenția nu este permisă. Cea mai importantă calitate a sistemului Timflow este nivelul de transparență fără precedent. Toate datele GPS colectate sunt disponibile publicului pe portal și în limba engleză, ceea ce permite părților interesate locale și internaționale să verifice livrările de jurnal. Utilizatorii pot verifica prin Timflow:
- toate transporturile din țară din ultimele 12 luni care au ajuns la porțile gaterelor HS Timber Productions din România;
- informații despre documentele de transport;
- fotografii ale încărcăturii;
- trasee de camioane;
- în plus, utilizatorii pot solicita copii ale documentelor de transport.
În plus, utilizatorii pot solicita copii ale documentelor de transport. Cu ajutorul Timflow, HS Timber Group se asigură că toate expedierile sunt legale, îndeplinesc cerințele sistemului Due Diligence și că lemnul încărcat nu provine din zonele tampon ale parcurilor naționale . Timflow este o parte importantă a sistemului Due Diligence al HS Timber Group, care susține cu fermitate eforturile grupului de a reduce riscul de cherestea neconformă în lanțul de aprovizionare

Bank Danych o Lasach jest hurtownią danych mającą na celu gromadzenie, przetwarzanie i udostepnianie informacji dotyczących lasów wszystkich typów własności w Polsce. Ponadto, wśród celów BDL znajduje się wspieranie badań naukowych, umożliwienie wykonywania analiz i prognozowania zasobów leśnych oraz promowanie standardów zbierania i przetwarzania danych o zasobach przyrodniczych.

W Banku Danych o Lasach dostepne są zarówno dane w formie opisowej jak i kartograficznej. Zakres dostepnych danych obejmuje dane taksacyjne i prognostyczne oraz dodatkowe dane dotyczące: ochrony lasów, ochrony przeciwpożarowej, ochrony przyrody, monitoringu środowiska, hydrologii, klimatologii, geologii, regionalizacji przyrodniczo–leśnej, leśnych obszarów funkcjonalnych, regionalizacji nasiennej, Państwego Rejestru Granic. Z BDL skorzystać można za pośrednictwem portalu internetowego (na którym znaleźć można także raporty, publikacje i mapy) oraz aplikacji mobilnej (mBDL), która oferuje dostęp do map i nawigacji.

Główną grupą odbiorców są leśnicy, ale Bank Danych o Lasach wykorzystywany jest również do celów planowania przestrzennego, nauki, statystyki publicznej i międzynarodowej, a także turystyki. System dostarcza danych na poziomie centralnym, regionalnym i lokalnym i obejmuje ok. 95% lasów w Polsce (jedno z najbardziej kompletnych zestawień danych o lasach, w porównaniu do innych krajów, które dysponuja podobnymi rozwiązaniami). Każdego miesiąca portal BDL odwiedza ponad 25 tys. użytkowników.

The use of IT tools is increasing in companies in the Forest-Wood sector. This computerisation goes hand in hand with an increased need for digital data. In this context, eMOBOIS offers a framework to facilitate the linking of IT systems belonging to each company, without interfering with their internal management processes. The founding element of the project is the standardisation of data and data exchange. The objective of eMOBOIS is therefore to facilitate the exchange of information between two companies involved in the wood procurement process. The use of a common language when exchanging information is proposed to avoid multiplying the development of computer interfaces. eMOBOIS focuses on the transaction of data from one company to another. There is no interference in companies' IT choices or in the processing of data by companies. The approach is compatible with the diversity of IT solutions encountered. The main benefits are time-efficiency, safety and reliability, a better productivity and communication between the stakeholders, and also a real-time update of the stocks.

The internet portal provides insights into many aspects of North Rhine-Westphalia's forests via interactive, user-friendly maps. Forest ecology and management, forest nature conservation, recreational use, damage events, hazard prevention and other topics can be selected to search for specific information. How does climate change affect individual forest sites and which climate adaptation measures are suitable to preserve the functions of the forest as far as possible? The service provides comprehensive information on forest types, functions, management, and use, as well as climate change impacts on forest management. Climate adaptation measures are recommended to make forests more adaptable and resilient, including recommendation of appropriate tree species and mixed stands for different soil and climate conditions. As a comprehensive forest information system for the timber and forestry sector, the portal is aimed in particular at private forest owners and forest-owning municipalities and supports a wide range of evaluations and forestry planning. It is part of the climate adaptation strategy for forests in NRW and integrates databases of the state enterprise Wald und Holz NRW, the State Agency for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection and the NRW Geological Survey. Relevant climate variables such as soil atmosphere (air temperature, precipitation); land surface (photosynthetic activity, land cover, biomass, forest fire, soil moisture) are integrated.

Forest Data Bank is a data warehouse collecting, processing and sharing information concerning forests of all ownership forms in Poland. It’s aims include also supporting scientific research, enabling analysis and forecasting of forest resources and promoting standards of collecting and processing of forest data.

Data Bank provides both descriptive and geo-referenced spatial data. Available data cover forest stand and statistical unit description, forecasting and additional information such as: forest protection, fire protection, nature conservation, environment monitoring, hydrology, climatology, geology, nature and forest regionalisation, forest functional areas, seed regionalisation and National Register of Boundaries.
Forest Data Bank could be accessed through web portal (which includes also reports, publications and maps) or mobile app (mBDL), which offers access to map resources and navigation. Main target group are foresters but it is also used for the purposes of spatial planning, science, public and international statistics, and tourism. It provides information not only at the central level, but also regional and local ones. Data Bank is covering about 95% of forests in Poland (one of the most comprehensive dataset comparing to other countries that own such systems) and there are more than 25 thou visitors on the BDL portal per month.
 

Cross-Forest está desarrollando una plataforma común de datos forestales abiertos y un modelo de datos transfronterizo (ontología) compartido entre Portugal y España, para la publicación de inventarios forestales, mapas y otras bases de datos forestales en formato Linked Open Data (LOD). Cross-Forest proporcionará un repositorio público (endpoint) de publicación de Datos Forestales según el modelo producido. El objetivo principal se centra en mantener la información forestal siempre disponible y actualizada para facilitar su explotación a todos los agentes implicados en la gestión e investigación forestal.

Se están desarrollando dos casos de uso:
CAMBRIC - orientado a simular la evolución de las masas forestales y la calidad de la madera en distintos escenarios de gestión forestal.
FRAME – enfocado a la predicción del comportamiento y propagación de los incendios forestales a través de información precisa sobre materiales combustibles, mapas forestales y modelos de propagación.

Se emplean recursos de computación de alto rendimiento (HPC) debido a la cantidad de datos generados y gestionados, y a la complejidad de los modelos.

Los resultados obtenidos hasta ahora demuestran la utilidad y versatilidad que proporciona la tecnología LOD, ya que permite a los usuarios acceder y gestionar libremente datos actualizados para desarrollar herramientas adaptadas a sus necesidades y propósitos. La publicación de datos como LOD permite a las Administraciones Públicas cumplir fácilmente con sus requisitos de transparencia y publicidad, optimizar recursos y llevar un control estadístico del uso de los datos públicos.

Cross-Forest is developing a common platform for open forest data, and a cross-border data model (ontology) shared between Portugal and Spain, for the publication of forest inventories, maps and other forest databases in Linked Open Data format (LOD). Cross-Forest will provide a public endpoint exposing Forest Data, according to the produced model. The main goal is focused on keeping forest information always available and updated, to make exploitation easier for all stakeholders involved in forest management and research.
Two use cases are being developed:
CAMBRIC - to estimate the evolution of forests and wood quality, under different management scenarios
FRAME - to predict forest fires behavior and spreading through precise information on combustible materials, forestry maps and propagation models.
High Performance Computing (HPC) resources are employed due to the amount of data generated and managed, and to the complexity of the models.
Results so far show the usefulness and versatility provided by LOD technology, as It allows users to freely access and manage updated data to develop tools adapted to their needs and purposes. Publishing data as LOD allows Public Administrations to easily fulfil their requirements of transparence and publicity, optimize resources and keep a statistic control of the use of public data.

The thematic focus is on the sustainable design of the entire value chain in the field of (tropical) forest and (tropical) wood. A project in Germany is a digital forest monitoring. The main idea is the development of an app that collects decentralized data in the forest and consolidates them on a platform. Based on this information, the app shall automatically offer information and recommend actions. The app enables forest owners to collect data even if they do not possess subject-specific knowledge. This tool facilitates the cultivation of forest and helps to make it more efficient. Furthermore, due to the easy application, more wood can be mobilized.

Accomplishment of several projects