Real-Time Data Transfer and Management for the RV Belgica Using FROST OGC SensorThings API

A fully automated near-real time vessel-to-client data transfer has been implemented for the en-route data of the new RV Belgica. It includes the transfer itself, metadata enrichment, data standardization, quality checks and data dissemination. The infrastructure uses existing open-source solutions, altought some small components have been developed internally (data normalization and quality control). The FROST OGC SensorThings API proves to be a simple and reliable standard for the management and dissemination of sensor data, including various metadata (quality flags, geo-referencing, sensor information, etc.).