A global trend towards open data, i.e. data that anyone can access, use and share without restriction is steadily replacing a previous tendency by governments to charge for Earth observations, especially satellite imagery. The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) was…
Open Data Aha!
Signposting to open data being used in 'real life'
Category: Satellite
Climate Smart Agriculture and Open Data at COP21
Partners of the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN) initiative call for political leaders at COP21 to make the most obvious data open; “farmers need weather data in order to adapt to climate change”. Climate Change and Agriculture…
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Open data & Climate change – Agriculture trends for COP21
Partners of the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN) initiative call for political leaders at COP21 to make the most obvious data open; “farmers need weather data in order to adapt to climate change.” What is the…
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Jeanne Holm Keynote on Open Data, Open Government; their relationship to You.
Gov 2.0 L.A. is very fortunate to have been able to get Jeanne Holm, from both NASA and US.DATA.GOV to speak at consecutive events. At the 2012 event she led a brilliant discussion about uses of Open …
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Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Commits to unleash the power of open data to address global challenges
Mexico City, 13 November, 2015 – GEO Commits to unleash the power of open data to address global challenges The intergovernmental Group on Earth Observations (GEO) concluded its twelfth Plenary session and fourth Ministerial Summit in Mexico City with commitments to share…
How Satellites Can Help Us Understand Global Poverty
Algorithms identify farm land in Sri Lanka (in red) to analyze the agricultural productivity in the region—a possible indicator of economic development. (Orbital Insight) Citizen surveys are the most comprehensive means available to track poverty, but they aren’t perfect. They…
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Satellites for development, what is in it for you?
In the past few years there have been a growing array of development projects using satellite images. Some recent examples from our blogs are poverty measurement in Guatemala, overview of the ESA satellites partnership with the Bank, monitoring oil flaring,…
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An Open Data Service From NASA
NASA’s Earth Observing System is one of the largest “open data” systems in the world, at least by volume. The science is similar to Mars and other Solar System observations, but it is so much closer a…
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