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EARSC promotes the understanding
of our Planet for societal benefits
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EARSC 4 Pillars
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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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EARSC, European EO Services Company Award 2017
Following the great success of previous years, EARSC is pleased to announce the 2017 European EO Services Company Achievement award. The name of the winner will be revealed at the EARSC cocktail in the evening of July 04th in Brussels, the day preceding our General Assembly Meeting. Nominations for the award will be made by
China ready to release massive amount of geographic data to the public
After three years and tireless work by 50,000 professionals, China’s National Geography Census is finally complete. It is the first thorough survey of how China’s natural and man-made geographical features are laid out on the Earth’s surface.
Landmark for Centre for Earth Observation Instrumentation (CEOI)
The CEOI has reached its 10th anniversary, during which time it has funded more than 50 new technologies.
Copernicus goes Local – Copernicus Relays and Copernicus Academy launch event
Join the Copernicus Relays and Copernicus Academy launch event on 6 June 2017. It will be a first-of-its-kind meeting, gathering Earth Observation actors and industry representatives from across Europe.
OECD report on Earth observation for decision making
Earth observation for decision-making is the subject of a new report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development .
Our Economy Depends on Earth Observation and Scientific Research
Since the mid-1970s I have studied and worked as a practitioner in the areas of environmental policy and public management.
Musselburgh firm Astrosat's 'CCTV in the sky' to help fight illegal logging in Guatemala!
by Avril Campbell. ILLEGAL logging in the rainforests of Guatemala could be tackled by ‘CCTV in the sky’ being developed by a Musselburgh-based company.
Satellites map carbon sequestered by forests, with accuracy of up to 10 meters
by Staff Writers
Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Apr 10, 2017
2nd International Conference on GIS and Remote Sensing
The 2nd International Conference on GIS and Remote Sensing will be held on October 2-3, 2017 Vienna, Austria
9th International Conference SATELLITE RUSSIA & CIS
On April, 13-14 COMNEWS holds the 9th International Conference SATELLITE RUSSIA & CIS 2017” in Moscow, Russia.
Special Issue "Earth Observation and In-Situ Sensing for Risk Assessment from Natural Threats"
An increasing awareness is emerging that, although extremely useful in a large pool of applications, space-based sensing, alone, is not sufficient to reach the desired accuracy, reliability, precision, and especially completeness of data requested in some cases.
EOmag!
EOmag! is the EARSC newsletter. This newsletter was produced by EARSC as part of its strategy and initiative focused on communication on the capabilities of Earth Observation Industry. The magazine provide information about events, Stakeholder Interviews and Members Profiles. Please let us know if you want to submit an article. Name: Email:
NISAR satellite
India and US have decided to put their collaborative earth observation satellite NISAR into orbit by 2021, according to ISRO chairman AS Kiran Kumar. Indian Space Research Organisation is collaborating National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the US for the project.
Kenya to Host the First Monitoring for Environment and Security in Africa Forum
The Forum will examine how Earth Observation data through the MESA Project supports policy, planning and decision making at the national, regional and continental level in Africa
Deadline extended until 20 July to enter European Space Imaging High-Res Urban Challenge
The organiser of the Copernicus Masters has just advised us they are extending the deadline on all challenges. This means you have one more week to finish your proposal and a bigger chance of becoming this year’s Master.
Here are the Cloud Heroes 2015
(Munich / New York, 02 July 2015) What ́s really new and hot in cloud computing? Here is the answer from the expert jury of the 2nd Cloud Innovation World Cup. After an intense and exciting evaluation phase, more than 300 nominations were filtered to 24 finalist chosen by jury members.
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