SANY Sensors Anywhere

Most of the analysis of the Earth Observation (EO) service industry done in the last years shows that the Value Added Companies produce the final deliverable with an enormous effort and have to deal with many data providers.

To overcome this problem and be ready to face new challenges - in particular set by the GMES perspective - ESA is currently running projects aimed at integrating new EO services, from multiple sources and providers, into the Service Support Environment (SSE), a neutrally managed, open and distributed platform that streamlines the definition and prototyping of EO and Geospatial Information Services.

This is a second public demonstration with aim to show currently available results of the prototype applications developed within SANY Project in the contest of air quality monitoring sub-project (SP4).

The intention of this meeting is to show how SANY software can be used in air monitoring and discuss the direction of the SANY project with potential users and operators of the environmental monitoring systems. In particular, we shall address following questions:

• What is SensorSA; why do I need it; how does it fit into GEOSS/GMES/INSPIRE/etc..; how does it relate to OGC? (introduction)
  

This is a first public demonstration with aim to show currently available results of the prototype applications developed within SANY Project in the contest of air quality monitoring sub-project (SP4). The intention of this meeting is to show how SANY software can be used in air monitoring and discuss the direction of the SANY project with potential users and operators of the environmental monitoring systems.

Note: The event will be organised in German. The invitation is below.

Das Team Umweltinformationssysteme des Bereichs "smart systems" lädt ein

Am 20. Mai 2008 findet der Workshop "Umweltdaten im Kontext Europäischer Informationssysteme" statt. In Vorträgen und an Hand von Fallbeispielen werden neue, in EU-Forschungsprojekten entwickelte Methoden für die standardisierte Integration von Umweltdaten in Europäische Informationssysteme präsentiert.

GEOSS has the objective to continuously monitor the state of the earth in order to increase knowledge and understanding of our planet and its processes. Being a system of system, GEOSS has to master the challenge of integrating heterogeneous systems across institutional and political boundaries. Timely delivery of earth observation data is a key aspect in identifying potential natural and human threats, such as tornados, tsunamis, wild fires, or algae blooms.

Data from in-situ or remote sensing devices forms the basis for analyzing gradual processes, such as increasing drought, water shortages, or rising sea levels. The Sensor Web presents a paradigm in which the Internet is evolving into an active sensing macro instrument. Based on internationally adopted standards, the Sensor Web accomplishes the necessary requirements to ensure interoperability among its various components. Sensor Web software components and services work interactively in arbitrary application domains.