Mashups: APIs and Web
Services - What Can NASA
Learn from the Public Sector?
NASA Science WebFed Workshop
NASA Ames Research Center
November 14-16, 2007
Celeste Merryman
Knowledge Management & Collaborations Technology Office
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Goals for this session
 Learn from industry examples
 Community building, knowing what talent,
expertise, and potential collaborations are
out there in NASA.
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The Session
 Introduction - who is using what? (10 mins)
 Presentation by eBayʼs Developerʼs Program (20 mins.)
 Experiences and lessons learned from setting up Web services
and APIs.
 Presentation by Google (20 mins.)
 Experiences and existing and potential application of Google APIs
and Gadgets for NASA.
 Group Discussion (15 mins.)
 What are people in NASA planning?
 Ideas for mashups?
 Ideas for working together?
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Who are People Using?
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Types of Tags Being Used
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Examples of Sites Using NASA
Astrolicio.us - http://astrolicio.us/ A continuous mashup for
astronomy and space researchers and hobbiests.
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Examples of Sites Using NASA
Weather Bonk http://
www.weatherbonk.com/
 Description: Rich mashup
with live weather,
forecasts, webcams, and
more on a Google Map.
 APIs: Google AdWords +
Google Maps + hostip.info
+ Microsoft Virtual Earth +
NASA + NOAA Weather
Service + WeatherBug +
Yahoo Geocoding +
Yahoo Maps + Yahoo
Traffic
 NASA APIs are from
http://wms.jpl.nasa.gov/
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National Geographic
www.metalens.org
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Group Discussion
 What are people in NASA doing or planning?
 If someone want to describe take 5 mins
 Ideas for mashups?
 Ideas for working together?
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Description
Detailed information on the October 2007 wildfires in southern California.
Markers have details such as acres burned,
current containment, homes destroyed, time started, and status of evacuations.
APIs - Google Maps
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-firemap,0,6179739.htmlpage?coll=la-home-center
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http://www.programmableweb.com/scorecard
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