Blog
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EU Space Governance Overhaul Urged
- June 13, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
No Comments(June 13). A dedicated space budget line and a separate space directorate are among a growing chorus of recommendations aimed at changing the way the European Union (EU) manages its space activities.
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Supporting the implementation of an operational GMES service in the field of emergency management
- June 10, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
The European Commission has published a call for tender to support the implementation of an operational GMES service in the field of emergency management.
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Africa: Satellite Images Tell Striking Story of Change
- June 10, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
“Africa: Atlas of our Changing Environment,” a publication which reveals stories of how environmental change is affecting more than 100 locations in every country in the continent, was launched in Johannesburg on June 10.
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Earth Observation Data: an essential asset to be preserved
- June 10, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
The demand for historical Earth Observation (EO) data series has strongly increased in the last ten years, mainly for long term science and environmental monitoring applications.
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Google, Microsoft and the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)
- June 10, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
The introduction of geospatial technologies such as Google Earth™, Microsoft® Virtual Earth™, ESRI’s ArcGIS™ Explorer and other Earth visualization systems has greatly increased the number of computer users who think about geography and Earth Observations (EO).
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Disaster Response Imagery Ample, but Distribution Still Tough
- June 9, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
By Peter B. De Selding, Berlin, Space News Staff Writer (June 9, 2008)
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Speech by NASA Administrator Michael Griffin before the Parliamentary Group on Space, French National Assembly
- June 5, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Categories: EARSC News, Internationalization
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The Open Geospatial Consortium: Fostering a Climate for Collaboration
- June 3, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
The mission of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is “to serve as a global forum for the collaboration of developers and users of spatial data products and services, and to advance the development of international standards for geospatial interoperability.”
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Earth observation highlighted at UN biological diversity conference
- June 3, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
Addressing the global issue of biodiversity loss, participants from all over the world recently gathered in Germany to attend the UN’s Convention of Biological Diversity Conference of Parties.
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The French Connection to GEOSS
- June 3, 2008
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: EARSC News
Whether for surface imagery, altimetry, studies of aerosols and clouds or recording the Earth’s magnetic field, satellites permit a global view of our Earth and in combination with more precise local in situ measurements offer enormous potential in understanding how the Earth ’system’ works from the planet’s core out to the stratosphere, helping us to manage our Earth.