Author(s): Toshiyuki Moriyama; Masahiro Takagi; Kyotaro Kon; Akiko Ogawa; Makoto Hikida
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Keywords: Eco System Database; Water quality of Spring; Population of Firefly
Abstract: Although there are extensive amounts of long-term ecological observation records in Japan, most of these archived data have not been disclosed or shared due to technical difficulties. Long Term Forest Hydrological Research (LTFHR) project agreed to set up automatic observation systems that collect meteorological data in Japan through either on-line or off-line data transfer. We are developing a database system to store the data collected at LTFHR sites and make them available through the web for further analyses. The observation systems are set up in three experimental forests. The observation system sends the data to a remote server in comma-separated text (CSV) format via e-mail every day through a cellular phone. All the data sent to the remote server are archived on a XML database and are published automatically through the web. The client-side interface is generated to Adobe Flash plug-in on the web browser by using Flex2. The server has a combination of the Servlet on Jetty web container and the “exist” XML database, which are both open source programs. This system is called “gi Sight light”. Gi Sight light is serving data observed at three LTFHR weather data sites and off-line water quality data observed springs around Mt. Kinpo in Kumamoto, Japan. The firefly database is implemented the population of Japanese fireflies along Jodoji River at Kumamoto-city, Japan. To protect the rare species, it is developed giS ight, which needs invitation and needs to log in the system. The strength of this system is that it can make it easy to collect a large amount of data in various formats and publish them online automatically. It is also applicable to other types of observational data.
Year: 2010