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Barents bloom, Sentinel-2A - processed by ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
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Lake Balkhash, Kazakhastan, Sentinel 2 - processed by ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
EARSC promotes the understanding
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EARSC 4 Pillars
Representing the Members
The core pillar of our activities is to support and promote our members. We achieve this goal mainly through projects which we undertake (see projects). Members’ views are gathered through a series of ad-hoc working groups dedicated to important topics. We inform our members through a monthly report and a dedicated portal about important news and information, as announced bid opportunities – and dedicated e-mails for key items.
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Market development & Internationalization
EARSC is engaged in a wide range of activities to develop new markets and business opportunities for our members. Our strategy is to engage users, identify needs and stimulate demand for European EO services both in Europe and abroad with complementary commercial and geographical approaches.
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Promoting the industry
EARSC employs a range of sophisticated digital tools to promote the European EO sector. EARSC has three main digital tools which cover creating a shared vocabulary (EARSC TAXONOMY) , providing a common space to find EO companies, and a common space to discover ‘online’ EO services.
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Showing the value of Earth Observation
The Earth observation sector delivers a wide range of social and environmental and economic benefits to citizens of Europe and the world. To properly and consistently value these impacts, EARSC leads the Sentinel Benefits Study (SeBS) project in which we measure the total societal impact of products and services coming from Sentinel satellite data.
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EO4GEO Workshop in Castellón, May 30th
The project, which is now in its first steps (Preparing the space/geospatial sectors skills strategy), intends to identify gaps and shortages between GI and EO training offer.
EARSC Surveys on EO/GI supply on Training and Education and demand of skills
We are pleased to inform you about the start of the project EO4GEO (www.eo4geo.eu), an innovative strategy for skills development and capacity building in the Earth observation (EO) and Geoinformatics (GI) field, supporting Copernicus user uptake.
Farm Management Support in Denmark
This is the 4th case study carried out by EARSC and the first in a series in the frame of the study “Assessing the detailed benefits derived from Copernicus Earth Observation (EO) data within selected value chains”, under an assignment from the European Space Agency (ESA), funded through the EU Copernicus programme.
EARSC participated to the Matchmaking Event at FIDAE 2018 – Business Beyond Borders
The matchmaking event took place in Santiago (Chile) at the International Air and Space Fair (FIDAE) during the 3-5 April 2018. FIDAE is the leading aerospace, defense and security exhibition in Latin America and a prime business platform in the region. The aim of the event is to create a quick and easy way for
EARSC Position Paper on Usage of Open Street Map versus National Data for CORINE Land Cover plus (CLC+) – “CLC Backbone
20 March 2018. EARSC publish today its position paper on Usage of Open Street Map versus National Data for CORINE Land Cover plus (CLC+) – “CLC Backbone.
ELSEVIER call for papers for a special issue on 'Earth Observation for the Sustainable Development Goals'
Worldwide, countries are setting their national targets and determining indicators for monitoring advances towards the newly adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which account for differing national realities, capacities and levels of development. Earth Observation (EO) systems have a definitive and preponderant role to play in supporting and tracking progress of the SDGs.
SAVE THE DATE! IDEEO Workshop in Matera "Smart is the new Green"
On April 26, 2018 in Matera, IDEEO is organising a workshop “SMART IS THE NEW GREEN” – Digital Technologies for a profitable and sustainable agriculture and matching event.
FrontierSI
FrontierSI (formerly the CRC for Spatial Information) brings the best people together to solve the most complex spatial problems. They are committed to asking how spatial information can be better used to understand the world around us. They have been doing this for over 15 years. Why? Because they believe in a future where collaborative
EARSC and CRCSI sign MoU
Brussels, 7th March 2018: The European Association of Remote Sensing Companies (EARSC) and the Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information (CRCSI) through Spatial Information Systems Research Ltd (SISR), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). Representatives from the EARSC member companies AIRBUS, e-geos, Earth-i, Geospatial Enabling Technologies, GMV, Planet, and Sinergise attended the ceremony.
EARSC organised a Trade Mission to Australia – 5th to 9th March 2018
EARSC is organising a Trade Mission to Australia, traveling with seven European companies.
3DEO and Ghalam in partnership to supply innovative ground processing solutions to the global Earth observation small satellite industry
Under the agreement, 3DEO will sell the innovative software defined receiving and transmitting
ground solutions for Earth observation satellites, developed by Ghalam for the KazSTSAT satellite
to be launched later this year.
International Peat Mapping Team Wins $1 Million Indonesian Peat Prize
On World’s Wetlands Day, Feb. 2, 2018, Indonesia’s Geospatial Information Agency (BIG) announced that the International Peat Mapping Team, which is comprised of scientists from Remote Sensing Solutions GmbH (RSS), the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) and Sriwijaya University, is the winner of the USD $1 million Indonesian Peat Prize.
UK satellites to help monitor ASEAN forest fires
This project will use satellite data and mapping to monitor peat conditions in Indonesia and Malaysia.
MEMBERS NEWS
New Job Opportunity at GAF AG Munich – “Project Manager Earth Observation & Copernicus LCLU downstream Services”
GAF AG is an internationally successfully operating company for cross-platform EO-based geoinformation solutions and for the development of innovative GIS and database applications. In addition to the reception and distribution of geodata, GAF holds a leading position in the areas of data refinement and geoconsulting due to its many years of expertise. With an international and
EARSC Board of Directors Election – Apply to Become One of the EARSC Directors 2024!
According to the Article 11 of the EARSC Statutes, the Board of Directors shall be renewed during the Annual General Meeting scheduled to be held in Brussels on June 13, 2024, during EXPANDEO 2024. The 9 Directors will be elected this year for a term of 2 years. The election is an opportunity for EARSC Full members to be involved in the
European cooperation on satellite mapping: The Danish Geodata Agency and EOMAP join efforts in mapping the shallow waters of Denmark.
Nørresundby (DK) / Seefeld (D) – By using Satellite-Derived Bathymetry (SDB), the Danish Geodata Agency and EOMAP are joining forces to contribute to the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet) Bathymetry partnership, and to integrate the SDB data into the Danish Depth Model (DDM) “Finding new ways to map shallow waters, where we only have very