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About EARSC

Barents bloom, Sentinel-2A - processed by ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO

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Earth Observation Network

Our Members

Lake Balkhash, Kazakhastan, Sentinel 2 - processed by ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO

EARSC promotes the understanding
of our Planet for societal benefits

More about Earth Observation

Brussels, Spot 5 Sqtellite - Airbus Defence and Space

 

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 NEWS

Earth science community wants more Earth Explorers

Following the Call for Ideas for the next Earth Explorer Core missions,
a total of 24 proposals had been submitted by the deadline in August.
This clearly shows that there is massive interest from the scientific
community in ESA's Living Planet Programme and that Earth Explorers are
providing the community with a host of new tools to forward their
scientific agenda. (Credits at ESA)

EU-FP7 programme

The Specific Programmes under the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development. (Credits at Europa)

Virtual tour at ESA-ESRIN

http://www.esa.int/esrin
A new site launched today takes a fresh look at ESRIN, ESA??s centre in
Italy. Learn more about the activities taking place here in Frascati
and enjoy a virtual tour of the site by visiting www.esa.int/esrin.

Reaching out to the New EU Member States:Cooperation on Applied EO/GMES

This Conference, hosted by the German Aerospace Center (DLR), will
provide a forum to discuss the potentials of enhanced cooperation in
applied earth observation (EO) in Germany and the new EU Member States.
(Credits DLR)

To Lisbon…and Beyond:Market Access & External Aspects of Competitiveness

The European Commission's Fifth Market Access Symposium, chaired by Peter Mandelson,
European Commissioner for Trade (Info at Europa)

The Impact of International Standardization

Industry-wide standards play a vital role in our globalizing world. For
example, in order to conform to foreign standards, 84% of German
companies use European and International Standards as part of their
export strategy. (Credits Directions Magazine)

EARSC welcomes sixteen new Members!

Following a Membership Campaign, the EARSC Board is glad to welcome the new Members in our Association:
- Aerodata International Surveys, BE
- Aurensis, SP
- ControlWare, BE
- DNV, NO (Observer)
- GMV S.A., SP
- Kongsberg Spacetec AS, NO
- LATUV-Funge, SP (Observer)
- Noveltis, FR
- RSI Inc, CH
- Spacedat s.r.l., IT
- Spacemetric, SE
- Tele-Rilevamento Europa TRE, IT
- TNO Space, NL (Observer)
- Vega Group PLC, UK
- Vito nv, BE (Observer)
- VTT-IT, FI (Observer)

Interview Summer 2005

Dr. Volker Liebig, Director of ESA’s Earth Observation Programmes and Dr. Michel Verbauwhede, ESAGMES programme Office (Brussels)

Next Generation Large Format Digital Airborne Sensor

Jena-Optronik GmbH announces the new affordable Jena Airborne Scanner
JAS 150, a second generation digital sensor with enhanced flexibility
and reliability. Developed for photogrammetry, mapping and remote
sensing of medium and large areas, the device represents a new
generation of digital aerial cameras. Offering the highest resolution
on the market - up to 5cm from 1000m flight altitude - the JAS 150
satisfies high resolution imaging requirements. Info extracted from
www.spatialnews.com

Emissions credits to be issue at G-8

(Source IHT- The Asahi Shimbun) At this week's Group of Eight summit, Prime
Minister Junichiro Koizumi will propose easing conditions on Kyoto
Protocol projects to make emissions credits easier for Japan and other
nations to get, government sources said.
Preventing global warming is one of the top issues on the
agenda for the G-8 summit from Wednesday to Friday in Gleneagles,
Scotland, along with addressing poverty, especially in Africa.

Governments should use space more effectively to address society's needs

The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has
published a report advising governments to use space technology more
wisely in order to address civil needs.
Cordis-RTD-News©

Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space Concludes 48th Sess in Vienna

Agreement on Contribution to the 2005 World Summit Reached; Space and
Water Discussed VIENNA, 20 June (UN Information Service) -- During its
48th session, which was held in Vienna from 8 to 17 June, the United
Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) agreed
on a text that could be transmitted to the President of the United
Nations General Assembly by Member States of COPUOS for incorporation
into the draft outcome document of the 2005 World Summit, to be held
from 14 to 16 September 2005. Info extracted from Spaceref.

EU-US Summit promotes cooperation using civilian space-based technologies

On 20 June 2005, a summit between the European Union and the United States of America brought together the Prime Minister and current President of the European Council, Jean-Claude Juncker, Commission President Jos?à Manuel Barroso, and US President George W. Bush in Washington D.C. The leaders explored means to eliminate impediments to further economic integration and to develop a forward-looking strategy to enhance the EU-US economic partnership.

Further steps towards a European space policy

The second meeting of the Space Council ?±
concomitant meeting of the ESA Council at ministerial level and of the
European Union Competitiveness Council (Internal
Market/Industry/Research) ?± was held at the Kiem Conference Centre in
Luxembourg today. In consultation with private and public stakeholders,
the Space Council is working on the definition of a coherent space
policy and associated programmes, covering the activities of the EU,
ESA and their Member States. The objective is to endorse, at the third
Space Council meeting planned for November this year, a European space
policy and European space programme for the period to 2013.
Info extracted from ESA PR29-2005- 7 June 2005

Profile of the Seventh Framework Programme

"Building the European Research Area of knowledge for growth?Æ. This central theme is inspired directly by the stated desire to make the ?´Lisbon Strategy?? a success and to set out the ?¨growth triangle?Æ formed by research, education and innovation policy. The Commission??s proposal to establish the Seventh Framework Programme has been before the Council and European Parliament for examination since the beginning of April 2005.

Communication sketching aspects of the forthcoming European Space Policy

For the first time the document reveals the likely components of the
policy, namely: a strategy outlining objectives; a definition of the
roles and responsibilities of the main actors; a European Space
Programme identifying the priorities of the main actors; and a set of
implementing principles.
Info extracted at CORDIS

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

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