Government and public safety
Alerting integration with the Common Alerting Protocol and cell broadcast
Software-heavy: sensor triggers feed an alert origination tool; the alert authority keeps every decision.
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Use casesGovernment: where it is deployed.
Deployment scenarios from the sector research and the use-case library, each with the kit, the data products and the proof a buyer asks for. 24 in all.
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Government · Use cases
National observing infrastructure, delivered as one programme
Programmes that build a country’s observing capability: national station networks, connectivity for remote sites, data platforms every ministry can read, and the qualification and training that keep it running long after commissioning. Needs: gaps in national network coverage, data exchange across agencies, station uptime and data completeness, skills to operate and maintain and evidence for funders and auditors.
Use case
GBON gap-filler station
A WMO-grade surface station, optional upper-air ground station and a WIS 2.0 node, built to report reliably where the global basic observing network has gaps. For national meteorological and hydrological services, through their implementing entities. Data products: hourly and sub-hourly BUFR observations to WIS 2.0, national open data and verification feeds and reporting-uptime evidence.
- Standards
- WMO-No. 8 (CIMO Guide) · WMO-No. 1160 (Manual on WIGOS, GBON) · WMO WIS 2.0 · WMO-No. 306 (BUFR)
Use case
Northern civil observatory
Weather, geodetic and space-weather instruments with communications and power at a remote northern site, built for civil use that infrastructure programmes may share. For natural-resource and environment departments, northern communities. Data products: weather and space-weather observations and search-and-rescue support data.
- Standards
- WMO-No. 8 · IGS RINEX · INTERMAGNET
Use case
Citizen seismology node
A compact seismograph on a network connection, registered in an open seismic data network. For schools, hobbyists, agencies. Data products: FDSN-compatible waveform streams. Drawn against FDSN station metadata and data formats. Changes are versioned, tested and reversible. Service levels are written as numbers you can measure.
- Standards
- FDSN station metadata and data formats
Use case
Low-cost stream gauge network
Radar or pressure level sensors with low-power radio and solar power, as a cheaper tier beside a national gauge network. For provinces and states, watershed boards. Data products: stage and flow time series and flood-warning inputs, labelled supplementary. Drawn against WMO hydrological observing practices and National gauge standards.
- Standards
- WMO hydrological observing practices · National gauge standards
Use case
Research-infrastructure gap node
A standardised observation package with a FAIR data pipeline, built to extend a research infrastructure’s coverage. For research infrastructures and universities. Data products: FAIR datasets delivered to research-infrastructure portals. Drawn against ICOS and eLTER quality levels, netCDF/CF and OGC SensorThings API.
- Standards
- ICOS and eLTER quality levels · netCDF/CF · OGC SensorThings API
Use case
State or provincial mesonet site
A full weather station on a solar-powered tower with soil sensors, one of a dense network run by a university. For universities, provinces and states. Data products: hyperlocal observations for forecasters and emergency managers. Drawn against National mesonet programme standards and WMO-No.
- Standards
- National mesonet programme standards · WMO-No. 8
Use case
Street flood observatory
Ultrasonic depth sensors on poles report street-level water depth as open data and alerts. For cities, emergency management agencies and universities. Data products: street-level water depth time series and open data feed and alerts to emergency management and 311. Drawn against OGC SensorThings API 1.1 and Municipal open-data terms.
- Standards
- OGC SensorThings API 1.1 · Municipal open-data terms
Trust
Every node proves what it is
A node joins only after its hardware root of trust answers an attestation challenge. Keys stay in secure hardware, software arrives signed, and every reading carries a signature, so its origin can be checked by anyone downstream without asking us.
Time and place
Every reading carries when and where
Readings are stamped against a disciplined clock, from satellite time or a PTP grandmaster, together with the station position and its siting record. When time or position is degraded, the record says so instead of hiding it, and every analyst downstream sees the same warning.
How it scales
One base unit, repeated
A programme starts with one base node and the instruments it reads. A station adds power and radio, a site adds a relay, a fleet repeats the proven site across many places, and a network federates fleets through edge and core. Capacity grows by adding units, never by replacing what works.
What you get
National observing network programmes
Build-operate-transfer of national observing infrastructure as digital public infrastructure, with transfer of skills and records. Delivered as build-operate-transfer and professional services, for governments, development lenders financing them. Scale: National. Service levels are written as numbers you can measure on your own dashboard.
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01Specialized fields
Each field has its own setup.
The measurements, radio, power and crew work differ from one field to the next. Open a field for its full stack, from order to operation.
Specialized fieldNational weather and hydrology networks
Automatic weather stations, rain gauges and river gauges run as one national network, sited, calibrated and reported to WMO rules so every ministry and neighbour can use the data.The full field →Specialized fieldUpper-air soundings
Radiosonde stations that launch soundings on schedule, with ground receivers, gas handling and data checks run as part of the national observing programme.The full field →Specialized fieldGeodetic reference and national timing
Continuously operating GNSS reference stations and time references that hold a country’s coordinates and clocks to the global frames every map, survey and network depends on.The full field →Specialized fieldEnvironmental radiation monitoring
Gamma dose-rate stations across the country, reporting continuously to the national authority and its neighbours so that a release anywhere is seen at once.The full field →Specialized fieldSpace weather monitoring
Magnetometers and ionospheric receivers that measure geomagnetic storms and their effects on power grids, satellite navigation and radio, feeding national space weather services.The full field →02Use-case library
Worked use cases, kit to data product.
Each names who deploys it, the kit by device class, the data products it publishes and the standards it is drawn against. Open one for its full page.
Use case · low complexityStreet flood observatory
Ultrasonic depth sensors on poles report street-level water depth as open data and alerts.- Who
- Cities, emergency management agencies and universities.
- Data
- Street-level water depth time series; Open data feed and alerts to emergency management and 311
GBON gap-filler station
A WMO-grade surface station, optional upper-air ground station and a WIS 2.0 node, built to report reliably where the global basic observing network has gaps.- Who
- National meteorological and hydrological services, through their implementing entities.
- Data
- Hourly and sub-hourly BUFR observations to WIS 2.0; National open data and verification feeds; Reporting-uptime evidence
Wildfire camera and fire-weather node
Pan-tilt and thermal cameras with edge inference on a ridgeline tower, co-located with a fire-weather station.- Who
- Electric utilities, provinces and states, counties.
- Data
- Smoke-detection alerts to dispatch, labelled supplementary; Public camera feeds; Fire-weather indices
Utility grid-edge private LTE and wildfire weather
Private LTE on substations and poles for distribution automation, with weather nodes that inform public-safety power shutoff decisions.- Who
- Electric utilities.
- Data
- Fault location, isolation and service restoration telemetry; Distributed-energy control and islanding events; Wildfire-risk weather observations
Citizen seismology node
A compact seismograph on a network connection, registered in an open seismic data network.- Who
- Schools, hobbyists, agencies.
- Data
- FDSN-compatible waveform streams
Wave buoy coastal array
Low-cost moored wave buoys with satellite telemetry, deployed as an array along a coast or port approach.- Who
- Ports, coastal agencies, surf and fishing communities.
- Data
- Wave spectra and sea-state time series; Inputs to coastal forecasts
Bioacoustic biodiversity observatory
Open-hardware acoustic recorders on solar power with low-power radio or satellite uplink, for species baselines.- Who
- Conservation organisations, parks, credit developers.
- Data
- Species occupancy and acoustic baselines
Low-cost stream gauge network
Radar or pressure level sensors with low-power radio and solar power, as a cheaper tier beside a national gauge network.- Who
- Provinces and states, watershed boards.
- Data
- Stage and flow time series; Flood-warning inputs, labelled supplementary
Deployable incident observatory
A trailer or vehicle with a cell on wheels, satellite backhaul, a mesh kit, a drone and weather and air-quality nodes for an incident base.- Who
- Emergency management agencies, event organisers, utilities.
- Data
- Incident-base connectivity and situational observations
Research-infrastructure gap node
A standardised observation package with a FAIR data pipeline, built to extend a research infrastructure’s coverage.- Who
- Research infrastructures and universities.
- Data
- FAIR datasets delivered to research-infrastructure portals
State or provincial mesonet site
A full weather station on a solar-powered tower with soil sensors, one of a dense network run by a university.- Who
- Universities, provinces and states.
- Data
- Hyperlocal observations for forecasters and emergency managers
Avalanche detection site
Doppler radar, infrasound and geophones with a snow and wind station, feeding a road or resort control room.- Who
- Resorts and road authorities.
- Data
- Release confirmation and road-closure inputs
Highway corridor coverage and safety sensing
Small cells with satellite backhaul along an unserved highway, with road-weather and camera nodes.- Who
- Provinces and states, carriers.
- Data
- Coverage maps and road-condition observations
Northern civil observatory
Weather, geodetic and space-weather instruments with communications and power at a remote northern site, built for civil use that infrastructure programmes may share.- Who
- Natural-resource and environment departments, northern communities.
- Data
- Weather and space-weather observations; Search-and-rescue support data
03Government and public safety
Government and public safety: deployment scenarios.
Emergency management, wildfire, flood and early-warning delivery. The demand signal is data gaps and sustained operation, not hardware.
Government and public safetyNational GBON surface and upper-air network
WMO-grade stations reporting through WIS 2.0, funded through the systematic-observations financing pathway.The full use case →Government and public safetyWildfire camera network and fire-weather stations
Camera towers with edge inference and co-located fire-weather stations, utility- or agency-funded.The full use case →Government and public safetyUrban street-flood sensor network
Open-hardware depth sensors with open data and alerts to emergency management.The full use case →Deployable communications and sensing for incident command
A cell on wheels with satellite backhaul, mesh telemetry and environment nodes at the incident base.The full use case →04Scientific
Scientific: deployment scenarios.
Field campaigns, seismology, hydrology, ocean, ecology, polar and research-infrastructure gap filling.
ScientificResearch-infrastructure gap-filling nodes
Observatory-as-a-service for research infrastructures that must extend coverage under their own quality rules.The full use case →ScientificCitizen seismology and school seismographs
Compact seismographs feeding open data networks.The full use case →ScientificStream gauges
A low-cost tier beside national gauge networks.The full use case →ScientificOcean and coastal low-cost buoy arrays
Satellite-backhauled wave buoys accepted in a national programme trial.The full use case →ScientificBioacoustics and biodiversity
Open acoustic recorders for species baselines.The full use case →05Across the industry
Across the classification.
Use cases mapped to the UN ISIC Rev. 4 sections this site covers.
- National observing networks as digital public infrastructure
- Northern and coastal infrastructure awareness (civil, lawful)
- Incident-base connectivity and sensing
06Proof
What buyers ask to see.
- Reporting uptime, data-format conformance, independently evaluated false-alarm rates, time to repair, references from a meteorological service or an emergency agency, bilingual alerting where required.
- Calibration traceability, data-format conformance (netCDF/CF, FDSN, OGC SensorThings, WIS2), datasets with persistent identifiers, uptime in harsh environments, cost per data-year.
- Reporting uptime, format conformance, references from public agencies; decisions stay with the authority
The line we hold
Warnings, alerts and official acts stay with the competent authority. We supply the observing systems, the data and the evidence behind them.
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