The International Charter ‘Space and Major Disasters’ is an international agreement among space agencies to support the immediate disaster response phase with satellite data and information. This is organized with Charter activations that are triggered by Authorized Users. Since its inception in 2000, it has supported 723 activations in 129 countries worldwide. In support …
While noting down your personal agenda at the upcoming Living Planet Symposium in Bonn – register by May 9 if you have not done it yet – don’t miss out on the chance to enjoy live demos and classroom training on the latest EO enabling technology: platforms, APIs, datacubes, machine learning, and apps. Look for …
You might have recently experienced the advantages of ordering a fresh meal-kit, composed out of your prerequisites, delivered at home: no search for ingredients effort, no raw leftovers, time and fuel savings. All you need to do is prepare and cook. This can be seen as a tasty analogy for the service developed within the …
Precise geocoding/orthorectification/co-registration of EO images are pre-requisites for most further data use and applications. These operations require precise, high-quality Ground Control Points (GCPs). The Sentinel for 3D Ground Control Point (Sen3GCP) project, funded via the EO science for society Permanently Open Call mechanism, has been developing a GCPs hub, a dedicated service with several functionalities. …
Cloud-based digital platforms are increasingly becoming central for users to exploit the enormous amounts of Earth Observation (EO) data freely available today. A new initiative is now entering the EO platform landscape: the ESA funded openEO platform which was just released as the initial service offering to the public during the 2021 Phi Week. Earth …
In September 2021, Sinergise and Polar View started a collaboration to expand the capabilities of the Polar Thematic Exploitation Platform (Polar TEP). ESA has sponsored a series of seven TEPs on different subjects to provide insight into how our oceans, atmosphere, land and ice operate and interact as part of an interconnected earth system by …
In April 2019 ESA awarded the Euro Data Cube (EDC) contract to a consortium of partners led by Sinergise. Rather than funding the development of a completely new service, the project was based on the integration of existing operational capabilities run by the project team, up to the creation of an EO Information Factory. Such …
The pandemic stroke particularly hard on cultural heritage, with the collapse in tourism revenues, increased vulnerability of sites to looting, suspension of rehabilitation, conservation and archaeological exploration works. Geo-hazards, extreme events and expected climate change consequences are pending threats to be taken into account. This led organisations to rethinking their models for protecting heritage sites …
This special edition of the Sentinel Hub Custom Script Contest started on 3rd May 2021 and will end at midnight on 5th September 2021. The contest focuses on Africa and aims to demonstrate the power of a deep multi-temporal and multi-resolution data cube combined from Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2 and Landsat. Additionally, the area of Dakar, Senegal, …
While waiting for the upcoming news on the next RACE challenge, expected on 1 August, let’s take a look at the March challenge winner story. Challenge #1 question was: How does the pandemic affect shipping traffic and related air and water quality? Alessandro Cimbelli, the selected winner, a technologist at ISTAT (Italian institute of statistics), …
