Global Earth Observations

Devising new approaches to collect, harmonize, verify and share spatial information

Much of the spatial data used to data to support research efforts is conflicting, difficult to combine, or has received only limited validation. ESM research on Earth observations, in collaboration with GEO and national space agencies, will therefore devise new approaches and technologies to collect, harmonize, and verify spatial information, eventually feeding into the ESM integrated model cluster. To this end, new efforts will be explored in the areas of volunteer geography, opening up the vast potential of citizen science (e.g. through development of the Geo-Wiki). Furthermore, ESM has spent considerable efforts quantifying the benefits of earth observation and GEOSS, helping to form a community of practice.



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Last edited: 02 September 2014

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