EuroGEOSS — A European Approach to GEOSS

Overview

EuroGEOSS is building an operating capacity for a European Environment Earth Observation System that makes existing Earth observation systems and applications interoperable within the frameworks of two other projects, GEOSS and INSPIRE.

GEOSS is a 10-year program to build a world-wide observation system of interlinked Earth observation systems—a system of systems— that will contribute enormous amounts of data in nine “societal benefit areas”: disasters, health, energy, climate, water, weather, ecosystems, agriculture and biodiversity.

INSPIRE is a European Union program to develop a Spatial Data Infrastructure that will enable governments and other organizations to seamlessly share environmental observation data from many sources.

In support of the GEOSS and INSPIRE programs, EuroGEOSS is linking information about drought, forestry, and biodiversity into the system and then will conduct research for the development of an advanced operating capacity that provides access to data and to analytical models.

IIASA Research

IIASA researchers are developing the tools needed to assess the societal benefits of GEOSS and INSPIRE for the three thematic areas of EuroGeoss —forestry, drought, and biodiversity. They are analyzing the social and scientific benefits expected from the international Earth observation work and will then do a cost-benefit analysis to determine the overall value of the work.

Institute researchers have created a public bibliography database of all EuroGEOSS-related research and will be using Geo-Wiki to aid in both the validation of existing spatial information and the collection of new information. 

Last edited: 22 June 2012