Kevin Montgomery [CEO, Intelesense Technologies] Abstract: Never before in the history of mankind has our ability to acquire data about our planet and its inhabitants been so prolific. Data from in-situ sensors deployed worldwide, human-generated data (surveys, land use patterns, etc), and satellite imagery and remote sensing data have produced an enormous amount of information totaling in the hundreds of gigabytes per day. This data, coupled with the broad ubiquity of the Internet has led to an unprecedented wealth of information available at every desktop. However, while each group or project may be an expert in their own area of focus and thus develop data and knowledge in their field, the environment is inherently integrated with the climate effecting the soil and oceans, the plants and animals reacting to their ecological context, and all related to a humankind that is both affected by, as well as an agent of change, of their environment. What if it were possible to integrate all the information that has ever been collected and to make it freely and easily available, within an environment that allowed one to browse this information regardless of source or format, integrate it across all fields of study and to visualize it interactively, collaboratively, quickly and easily? Such a tool could allow the climatologist to examine their interrelation with the biologist, ecologist, and other environmental researchers, as well as the epidemiologist and others related to …

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