Observatory Protocol

  • Observing a mountain valley: a reference design

    In a mountain valley, snow, slope and weather change faster than any one observer can follow. This reference design shows how a valley observing site watches them together, works around the terrain, and keeps deciding when…

  • Observing the planet as one network

    No single owner can observe a planet. Weather services, utilities, ports, researchers and communities each run instruments, and observation works best when they act as one network of many owners.

  • An open protocol for observation

    An open observation protocol is a shared contract for instruments and computers: how they join a network, prove what they are, keep time, publish with context and retire cleanly, with no single vendor in the middle.