Success Stories
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Earth observation (EO) technologies are exceptionally useful in monitoring polar regions
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Metria City Modeler uses VHR satellite data to map buildings and to produce Digital surface and elevation models. It produces 3D citymodels.
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Alpine Safety, Security, International Service and Technology. Advanced Service Centre for Risk Prevention and Disaster Management in Mountainous Areas.
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ENFORMA is a software tool using ortho-rectified HR optical EO data to map and monitor forest changes such as forest cuttings and forest damage. It is used togehter with ESRI software and very userfriendly - do not require EO experts. To be implemented in operational forest monitoring.
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For correct agricultural and food security decisions, there is a need for accurate information throughout the growing season. In several countries there is a large contribution of EO data in this decision process. Two examples of a good integration of EO data in this process are provided in Senegal and Brazil.
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Success Stories Archive
By Thematic area
- Agricultural monitoring (5)
- General Mapping (2)
- Cartography & Topographic mapping (including DEMs) (4)
- Land Use/Land Cover & Change Mapping (5)
- Land motion monitoring (subsidence, landslides) (1)
- Rapid Surface Cover Change Detection (1)
- Agriculture (crop types, extent, growth, health) (5)
- Forest (forest types, extent, biomass, health) (3)
- Ecosystem monitoring (3)
- Water quality monitoring (In-Land Water Coastal Zone, Monitoring) (1)
- Ocean Monitoring (1)
- Marine and Coastal Surveillance (ice, oil spill, vessels, bathymetry) (3)
- Metocean monitoring and forecasting (winds, waves, currents, temp) (2)
- Geological exploration & mapping (offshore & onshore) (1)
- Asset & Infrastructure mapping (3)
- Crisis/Damage Mapping (fire detection, flood monitoring, other hazards) (2)
- Risk/vulnerability mapping (4)
- Atmospheric monitoring (air quality, pollution, GHGs, irradiance) (1)
- Climate change monitoring (2)
- Other (2)
By Continent
- Africa (5)
- Americas (4)
- Asia (2)
- Europe (9)
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- Earth observation of international financial institutions (eofi): service trial 2 - development planning
- New Solutions for Shell Canada
- Image support for land tenure mapping
- Satellite Based Oceanography
- Habitat monitoring in the egnatia (greece) motorway project
- Monitoring of crop acreage
- ENFORMA - GIS-tool to map and monitor forest changes
- ASSIST
- Metria City Modeler
- Other (2)
By Company
- Vexcel Corporation Inc. (1)
- C-CORE (1)
- DMC International Imaging Ltd. (1)
- Metria AB (2)
- GAF AG (1)
- SCISYS Deutschland GmbH (2)
- Flyby s.r.l. (1)
- EOMAP GmbH & Co.KG (1)
- Vito nv (1)
- GeoVille Information Systems GmbH (2)
- EUROSENSE (1)
By date
- 2011 (12)
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- Earth observation of international financial institutions (eofi): service trial 2 - development planning
- Image support for land tenure mapping
- Satellite Based Oceanography
- Habitat monitoring in the egnatia (greece) motorway project
- Earth Observation to support solar energy investments and production optimization
- EO Service for mapping of long term trends in deforestation in tropical regions
- Monitoring of crop acreage
- Supporting agricultural and food security decisions
- Monitoring Dredging Plumes and Water Quality
- ENFORMA - GIS-tool to map and monitor forest changes
- ASSIST
- Metria City Modeler
- 2010 (1)
- 2012 (1)