Submissions:2023/100 ans de données météorologiques d’Environnement et Changement climatique Canada dans Commons
This submission has been accepted for WikiConference North America 2023.
Title:
- 100 ans de données météorologiques d’Environnement et Changement climatique Canada dans Commons
Theme:
- Open Data, Research / Science / Medicine
Type of session:
- Keynote
Abstract:
In 2019, Wikimedia Canada (WMCA) undertook an ambitious project in partnership with the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change: importing a century's worth of weather data into Wikimedia Commons. Until now, the data had only been available upon request to the Ministry. This massive dataset was collected by more than 8,700 weather stations across Canada over a 100-year period. This is the first time that such a large dataset has been uploaded to Commons. A wide range of information has been collected: maximum and minimum temperatures, rainfall, snowfall on the ground in centimeters... More than 28 types of data total. The project has multiple goals: to make the data accessible to all, to encourage the reuse of this data in wiki templates, to offer a joint dataset for people from different organizations, and, who knows, perhaps to encourage other governments to do similar projects. This project was led by Ha-Loan Phan (Wikimedia Canada), Pierre Choffet (Wikimedia Canada), Miguel Tremblay (Environment and Climate Change Canada).
Article on the WMCA website: https://www.wikimedia.ca/2021/05/31/100-years-of-environment-and-climate-change-canada-weather-data-in-commons/ Meta-Wiki page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Projet_ECCC,_100_ans_de_donn%C3%A9es_m%C3%A9t%C3%A9orologiques_en_acc%C3%A8s_libre/en
Author name:
E-mail address:
- svalade
gmail.com
Wikimedia username:
- SophieWMCA
Affiliated organization(s):
- Wikimedia Canada
Estimated time:
- Up to an hour
Special requests:
- Can present 2 sessions: in English and French
Have you presented on this topic previously? If yes, where/when?:
- Might be presented at the WikiConvention Francophone in Abidjan -- September 2023 // présentation scientifique au 55e congrès de la Société canadienne de météorologie et d’océanographie, le 1er juin 2021
Okay to livestream?
- Livestreaming is okay
If your submission is not accepted, would you be open to presenting your topic in another part of the program? (e.g. lightning talk or unconference session)
- yes