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SciSys plc (stock code: SSY), the specialist supplier of bespoke software systems, IT based solutions and support services is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a four year framework contract with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Ireland to provide design, development and reporting services in the areas of Regulatory Systems and GIS.

(19/03/2010) The EPA is in a position of embarking on a highly focussed information strategy that will deliver a new end to end Licensing, Enforcement, Monitoring, and Reporting Application (LEMA). This will employ contemporary ICT and GIS technologies to enhance the process for the EPA, its regulatory partners and applicants. SciSys’ extensive technological and domain experience in Environmental Regulatory Systems make SciSys an ideal partner for the EPA.

Chairman Mike Love commented “SciSys is excited to be working on the next phase in the development of the EPA’s web based services. The EPA is an excellent cultural fit with SciSys and increases our coverage in the Environment and Climate sector.”

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MFB-GeoConsulting is pleased to inform and to invite you to the 4th ERDAS User Forum Switzerland, which will take place on 28 April 2010.

Meanwhile the Swiss ERDAS User Forum has turned to be “The annual event for the Swiss ERDAS Software Clients”.

In the framework of this meeting, Software users and other interested participants will get

  • an extended overview on new products and SW-updates,
  • during Live-Demo sessions, useful hints for daily work were given,
  • “hands-on Update-Training 2010 is provided,
  • during the offered lunch you will have the possibility to exchange and discuss your work-experiences with other participants

The meeting location, Palais Besenval in Solothurn, is an outstanding place. Customers can enjoy the wonderful historic environment whereas in the mean time, most recent technological development strategies are presented.

Within the next days we will provide you with further necessary information and the application form will be available for download.

For further questions please contact
Gabriela Apfl

We appreciate your participation and we are looking forward to welcome you in April 2010 at the 4th User Forum Switzerland!

What’s New in ERDAS Software 2010, Version 10.1

Highlighting new features and workflow improvements, this webinar provides an overview of ERDAS Software 2010, Version 10.1. This release includes several new products, including the highly anticipated LPS eATE. In addition, you will learn more about the exciting enhancements to ERDAS IMAGINE, LPS, ERDAS Extensions for ArcGIS, ERDAS APOLLO and ERDAS TITAN Client. You will also have the opportunity to interact with several of the ERDAS product managers during this webinar.

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ERDAS: Earth to Business News 3/10

Next Edition of Earth to Business: The ERDAS E-Newsletter!

To provide you with useful information, including significant ERDAS announcements, customer success stories and feature tips in this monthly e-newsletter.

Increasingly, geospatial information is being used to drive decisions in large organizations. In the past, geospatial technology companies focused on developing and providing solutions to data providers, geospatial service providers, airborne sensing organizations, national mapping agencies, state mapping agencies, DoD/National Programs and the natural resources sector. However, as geospatial technology capabilities have increased, more organizations outside this traditional geospatial customer base are discovering the offerings, with increasing interest in integrating this technology into their organization’s existing enterprise business system.

Yaogan IX successfully in orbit

China has successfully put into orbit another remote-sensing satellite, “Yaogan IX” at 12:55 p.m.(Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern Gansu Province, according to a statement from the center Friday.

The satellite was sent into space aboard a Long March 4C carrier rocket and would be used to conduct scientific experiment, carry out surveys on land resources, forecast grain output and help with natural disaster-reduction and prevention endeavor, it said.

Its predecessor, “Yaogan VIII,” was launched from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province last December.

Credits: Space Mart

Grace Ltd participates in the GMES Operational Capacity Workshop, Sofia, Bulgaria, 25-26 March 2010.

This event, under the aegis of the Bulgarian Prime Minister is an important step into shaping the capacity of Europe and particularly of the EU-12 member states in further exploiting GMES operational opportunities.

Grace representative, Mr Dimitris Matsakis will give a speech on the subject of regional capacity in the first day of the event.

About GRACE

GRACE Ltd is a young and independent technology and consulting services firm established in Athens in July 2008, with the mission to promote and guide space industry development and direct the benefits of Space to the society and the environment in Greece and the Balkan peninsula.

The company is a dynamic partner contributing to local capacity building and progress in the Space industry and its applications.

www.graceapplications.com

e-GEOS at Capalbiofotografia 2010, framework contract with the European Union to supply GeoEye-1 and IKONOS very high resolution satellite data…


(02/04/2010) Telespazio and e-GEOS at Capalbiofotografia 2010

Telespazio and e-GEOS are contributing some satellite images to Capalbiofotografia 2010, a photography festival on the theme of nature in the locality, in Capalbio (Grosseto, Italy) from April 3 to May 2. Details >>

(16/03/2010) e-GEOS (Telespazio/ASI) signs framework contract with the European Union to supply GeoEye-1 and IKONOS very high resolution satellite data

e-GEOS, the company jointly owned by Telespazio and the Italian Space Agency, has signed a framework supply contract with the European Union, through the Joint Research Center (JRC) of the European Commission. Under the up to 4 year contract, which is worth approximately EUR 5.4 million per year, e-GEOS will provide the Union with world-wide Very High Resolution images from the GeoEye-1 and IKONOS satellites Details >>

(10/03/2010) e-GEOS (Telespazio/ASI) supplies satellite imagery and maps to measure the extent of flooding in Queensland, Australia.

e-GEOS, an ASI/Telespazio company, has processed and made available to the University of New South Wales, suppliers of technical support to the Australian Civil Defence, satellite data and evaluation maps of the extent of flooding caused by heavy rains in the towns of Taroom and St. George, Australia. Details >>

(5/03/2010) e-GEOS provides satellite images and maps to assess the damage suffered by the city of Concepcion in Chile, following the earthquake of 27 February

e-GEOS, a joint venture between Telespazio and the Italian Space Agency, has produced an assessment of the damage suffered by the city of Concepcion, Chile, as a result of the earthquake of 27 February 2010, which it has provided to the UN’s Department of Field Support and the Italian foreign affairs ministry.

Details and links to maps and imagery, and press release >>

Processing the increasing volumes of imaging data resulting from today’s aerial mapping technology can prove daunting, but object-based image analysis software can make it manageable.

Since the introduction of photogrammetrical methods in the 20th century for mapping terrain and coastlines, imaging data acquisition for surveying has evolved into more complex and highly precise techniques. As sensor technologies have increased in accuracy, higher resolutions have made aerial imaging technologies applicable to a wider range of surveying and land use analysis. And the development of stereophotogrammetry, orthography, and lidar has made it possible to gather precise estimations of an object’s three-dimensional coordinates over varying scales.

However, as the output data from aerial and satellite remote sensing technologies becomes increasingly precise and detailed, it also becomes more voluminous, and the challenge of managing and interpreting this data grows. High volumes of imaging data have exposed the limitations of traditional manual sorting and analysis methods and have encouraged the increased adoption of software tools that provide automation to image data analysis.

Rapidly improving optical sensor technologies and lidar systems have made it possible to deliver high-quality maps and models of much larger areas of land. But though these technologies are readily available, the volumes of data associated with high-resolution imaging of large areas limits their applicability. Even with the establishment of base stations and the introduction of shapefile formats that have allowed for continuous field operations, completion of the ground component of surveys and the compilation and modelling of post-flight data typically take several weeks.

Until now, the processing of optical and lidar data has not been completely automated, which suggests that cost-intensive manual data manipulation is needed. The subsequent analysis of compiled images is a daunting proposition and requires personnel to use subjective criteria to analyze individual images. This may create inconsistencies when locating and classifying distinct features such as roads, buildings, bodies of water, or forests in a given area. The overall process compares to traditional ground-based mapping methods, which took months to years in the past.

The willingness of regional and federal governments to share digital aerial information has facilitated the development of large-scale mapping projects internationally and has made vast amounts of information available to regional entities at a reduced cost per square kilometer. However, the cost and time associated with assembling and processing detailed image data manually is significant. The feasibility of completing image analysis for projects covering large areas of land depends on implementing more streamlined processes and using automation tools. Automated image analysis software enables large volumes of imaging data to be processed objectively and rapidly. This enables geo-information professionals to contemplate larger-scale projects and tackle novel challenges previously unattainable with manual image analysis.

A Novel Approach

Recent developments in image analysis software alleviate much of the labor and cost associated with processing lidar and optical data. The employment of object-based image analysis (OBIA) software to accomplish tasks on a massive scale is a relatively novel approach in the surveying community but offers great promise. The software automates manually intensive processes, making it feasible for organizations to produce detailed analyses of larger areas of land in a cost-effective and timely manner. Definiens introduced OBIA to the remote sensing community in the early 2000s, and the latest iteration of its software, Definiens eCognition 8, enables the simultaneous, automated classification and segmentation of lidar, GIS, and optical sensor datasets.

OBIA works by either using sample objects to guide the program as it identifies similar objects or by establishing rule sets under which the software can extract objects described by specific characteristics and features. The latter method is usually applied to more demanding image analysis tasks. When using a rule-based approach, logical processes, similar to those humans use to understand images, are applied. Areas within the image are recognized based on their shape, texture, and local context, thereby standardizing OBIA processes.

Context-based principles underlie Definiens OBIA technology, and through segmentation and classification processes it renders knowledge in a semantic network. The software identifies objects rather than examining individual pixels. It then makes inferences about those objects by looking at them in context, iteratively building out an image. The analysis process that ensues can be categorized into segmentation and classification steps.

During the segmentation phase, a tiling and stitching technique is applied. Each scene is broken into pixel tiles, which are processed in parallel. Results are then stitched together and border effects removed, ensuring that images of all possible sizes can be processed. Small objects of interest are merged based on spectral information and elevation data to provide the most accurate approximation of targeted objects. This process accounts for the “fuzziness” associated with the parameters of many real-life objects in high-resolution images, employing “building generalization,” for example, to classify urban objects intuitively.

The image objects generated in the segmentation phase provide the foundation for the subsequent classification, which uses prescribed conditions such as average elevation, shadow index, and normalized differenced vegetation index.

Put to Use in Austria

The Department of Surveying and Geo-Information of the State Government of Lower Austria is currently using Definiens eCognition to develop a land-use and land-cover model of more than 20,000 square km of territory, encompassing bodies of water, forests, and urban and rural areas. Using a beta version of the newly released eCognition 8 software, the State Government developed an application to detect and quantify changes in forests, buildings, and field and water areas from airborne lidar data and orthophotos. The lidar data consist of a 1m grid size and the orthophotos of red, green, blue, and near infrared (nIR) channels and a ground sampling distance of 12.5 cm. Each individual scene has a size of 1.25km x 1km.

The land area is segmented into 2000 × 2000 pixel tiles, which are rapidly processed on eCognition Server. Objects on the tile borders are identified to guide future tessellation of the tiled segments. The rules for segmentation and classification were developed on a representative set of scenes. Within each tile segment, the software automatically classifies elevated objects and distinguishes buildings, trees, and scrub from them.

The objects are classified based on the following logic:
-Vegetation Forest:Average elevation above ground. Normalized differenced vegetation index (NDVI)
-Building:Average elevation above ground. Normalized differenced vegetation index

The initial classification provides a basis with a relatively small number of misclassifications, predominantly in shadowed transition areas between forests and built-up areas. These misclassified areas are corrected using rules leveraging the object area, standard deviation of the normalized surface model, and the local context. Other misclassifications in shadow areas next to buildings are corrected using a shadow index computed from the red, green, and nIR channel combined with the saturation of red, green, and nIR. Building generalization tools then improve the classification of the buildings before the individual tiles are merged and the data exported to create a holistic land-use model.

The application was tested for transferability on an area of 200 square km. An accuracy assessment of the resulting shapefiles showed that the built-up area was correctly classified for 94.3 percent of the area while forested areas were classified correctly for 96.1 percent of the area. The Department of Geo-Information will use the software application for urban planning initiatives and as part of a European Union higher-traffic network project to develop soundwave propagation models of traffic noise. The initiative represents the inaugural project of a planned five-yearly periodic land use analysis. Producing a land-use model of such a large area has been made feasible by minimizing manual image data processing.

As advances in optical sensors and aerial lidar produce ever-increasing volumes of high-quality data describing vast areas of land, software developers must create tools that realize the potential of this data in remote sensing and surveying applications. With image analysis software, companies like Definiens enable organizations to automatically process imaging data from all remote sensing acquisition modalities rapidly and objectively, alleviating the labor and cost barriers associated with large-scale land-use modelling. These developments in automated image analysis technology now allow organizations to engage in novel and ambitious projects, from the development of land-use models for entire regions and countries to the establishment of models for cellular phone network providers to optimally place their reception towers to the creation of maps identifying the most viable rooftop orientations for solar panel installation in towns, cities, and regions.

Gregor Willhauck is product marketing manager in the Earth Science business unit of Definiens.
Christian Weise is a senior consultant at Definiens and has a graduate diploma in geography from Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena.
Michael Pregesbauer is the deputy head of the Geo-Information Department of the State Government of Lower Austria, overseeing photogrammetry, remote sensing data acquisition and processing, and aids in image interpretation.

By Michael Pregesbauer, Christian Weise, and Gregor Wilhauck

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CryoSat-2 is set to measure thickness of the ice caps

(Coimbra, 6th of April, 2010) – CryoSat-2 is a satellite whose mission is to precisely measure alterations in the thickness of ice floating in the oceans and variations in the thickness of ice caps located in Greenland and Antarctica. Critical Software was responsible for the Verification & Validation of the most critical software systems within the satellite, deploying a team of engineers in an effort that resulted in the detection of some anomalies in critical software systems.

“The participation of a team from Critical Software in Friedrichshafen and Munich (Germany) was essential in the effort to complete the different stages of software and integrated system testing. More so, the contribution of Critical Software was broadly praised by members of EADS Astrium”, noted Bruno Carvalho, Business Development Manager for the space market at Critical Software, adding that “recently, Critical Software confirmed that two more functionalities in the satellite’s central system were prepared for flight without any risk of failure. These verifications were made at the request of EADS Astrium and of the European Space Agency (ESA)”.

This earth observation space mission aims to understand the effects of climate change on our planet’s polar regions. The loss of the earth’s ice sheets has an impact in global warming. Given that ice is essential for climate regulation and ocean level, the consequences of any change in terms of ice has an effect all over the planet. Several satellites are already analyzing stretches of ice, namely the Europeans satellites Envisat and ERS and the American IceSat. The data gathered since 1978 show that the average size per year of the stretches of ice in the Arctic diminished 2.7% per decade.

“We need to understand exactly how climate change affects Polar Regions, therefore there is a urgent need to determine how ice thickness, both on land or drifting in the oceans, is changing”, mentions Nuno Silva, Manager for Space Programmes at Critical Software, concluding with the idea that “the data that CrySat-2 will supply will fill the current gaps in our knowledge and will allow for a better understanding of the impact of ice in earth’s ecosystem”.

CryoSat-2 is the successor to Cryosat, which was lost due to a failure during launch in October of 2005. During that time ESA decided to go ahead with a second version of the same satellite, given the quantity of work already developed and the importance and relevance of the data that satellite should gather. And thus was born Cryosat-2. The original objective of the CryoSat mission was to confirm the tendency towards the reduction in the extension of frozen areas. Given that this tendency is now confirmed, CryoSat-2 is meant to illustrate it.

After roughly four years following the decision to go forward with CrySat-2, the satellite was finally ready for launch. CryoSat-2 will survey the ice caps with an extreme precision, orbiting at an altitude of 700Km and reaching latitudes of 88º. “The launch of CryoSat-2 will be a very special moment for Critical Software, as this is one of the company’s first missions the space area, but also for the emotional weight of seeing almost 10 years of work coming to fruition, not only of their elements but also by all the European partners involved in this project”, underlines Nuno Silva.

The launch of CryoSat-2 can be viewed online at http://television.esa.int.

CHRIS-Box 1.5 Add-on for BEAM 4.7 released.

(08.03.2010) The BEAM CHRIS-Box project has been brought into life in order to support users of data of the CHRIS sensor onboard of the ESA Proba platform. The CHRIS-Box comprises the following add-on modules for BEAM:

1. Noise Reduction
2. Cloud Screeening
3. Atmospheric Correction
4. Geometric Correction

For more information, please refer to the CHRIS-Box Wiki

The add-on installer can be downloaded from the BEAM download page or from the CHRIS-Box Wiki

The past three years have been very demanding as well as successful ones for the HUMBOLDT project which has now entered its final phase. Much has been achieved and a very good basis has finally been created for integrated development and application work.

The EC Review in December 2009 was very positive. As a result, the Commission has selected the HUMBODLT project as a representative success story.

This HUMBOLDT Newsletter contains information about the current Open Source releases, HUMBOLDT meetings, User Involvement activities, and the activation of the HUMBOLDT Training Platform, as well as on further ongoing activities and upcoming events.

Enjoy reading and please do not hesitate to give us your feedback. The HUMBOLDT consortium also invites developers and users to test the design and expandability of the framework. Suggestions and contributions are highly welcome.

Dr. Eva Klien, Co-ordinator of the HUMBOLDT Project
Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research, Darmstadt, Germany

Project News

HUMBOLDT Framework for Data Harmonisation

In December 2009 new releases of the HUMBOLDT framework tools and services have been published.

The main novelty is the Workflow Design and Construction Service component. It enables users to register and compose geoprocessing functionality into service chains. These service chains can either be encapsulated as OGC WPS or directly implemented on the platform on which the HUMBOLDT Mediator Service is deployed. Furthermore, it provides the functionality to support automated harmonisation.

Since the first public release of HUMBOLDT tools and services there has been an active interest by developers with various backgrounds. Numerous bug reports, feature requests, and further suggestions and contributions have been conceived. Developers and users with an interest in data harmonisation are invited at any time to further test the design and expandability of the framework. The components as well as full specifications are available for free download on the Community Website, which also provides a forum, wiki and issue tracker.

In addition, an easy to understand introduction to all tools and services has been made available to facilitate the understanding and use of the framework.

HUMBOLDT Winter of Code 2010

To follow up on the success of the first Winter of Code in February 2009, a second Winter of Code event took place in February 2010.

Located in Darmstadt, more than 15 developers representing the HUMBOLDT consortium partners jointly worked on several implementation projects. The major goal was to kick off the developments of Milestone 3 of the HUMBOLDT Framework. To follow the developments made by the technical teams, please visit our Community Website

Annual Report 2009

The Annual Report 2009 is available for download at the HUMBOLDT Project Website. It contains the major activities of the HUMBOLDT consortium as well as the technical and scientific results achieved within the third project year. Furthermore, the representative HUMBOLDT Application Scenarios Atmosphere, European Risk Atlas, and Forest are presented as hands-on examples for the use of HUMBOLDT components. Another topic is the development and promotion of the HUMBOLDT User Community.

User Involvement

HUMBOLDT Training Platform

The HUMBOLDT Training Platform and courses are available for free registration. It embraces different course levels targeted at users with different backgrounds and previous knowledge. Beside an optional entrance test on GIS theory and technical issues there are Level 1 courses on GMES, web services, metadata, concepts and standards as well as on data harmonisation in general. Level 2 courses embrace the HUMBOLDT framework components and data harmonisation in HUMBOLDT.

Please feel free to register, review and test the available courses and the platform itself. Any kind of constructive criticism and suggestions are highly welcome.
Call for Participation

The integration of user requirements from various application areas has been an essential part of the HUMBOLDT development process from the very beginning of the project. User requirements have been identified and integrated. In order to amplify the user involvement the project is launching an official call for participation targeted at developers and potential users of HUMBOLDT tools and services. Please feel free to explore the following areas:

  • HUMBOLDT Tools and Services
  • HUMBOLDT Training Platform and Modules
  • Scenario Demonstrators (available soon)

HUMBOLDT Meetings

HUMBOLDT Review Meeting December 2009

The EC Review in December 2009 was very positive for the project. On this basis the Commission has selected the HUMBODLT project as a success story that will receive special attention in EC journals, events and communications.

HUMBOLDT Consortium Meeting March 2010

From the 3rd to 5th March the first HUMBOLDT consortium meeting of 2010 took place in Gävle, Sweden. The meeting was hosted by the GIS Institute of the University in Gävle.

The focus of this HUMBOLDT meeting was again set on the scenario work since the development of demonstrators as well as the testing and evaluation of the framework components will be of major importance in the upcoming months. Another important emphasis was set on HUMBOLDT training together with dissemination and exploitation activities, especially addressing the long-term sustainability of the HUMBOLDT results.

Upcoming HUMBOLDT Events

INSPIRE Conference 2010

This year’s INSPIRE Conference 2010 will take place from 22nd to 25th June 2010 in Krakow, Poland. The theme is “INSPIRE as a Framework for Cooperation”.

HUMBOLDT Tools and Services as well as their application in different HUMBOLDT scenarios will be presented in a workshop at the INSPIRE conference. Furthermore, the subsequent papers have been submitted and accepted: “Data Harmonisation Put into Practice by the HUMBOLDT Project,” and “Integrating spatial data integration – An Architecture for Complex Transformation Services.”

6th GIScience

Zurich, Switzerland will be the host city of the 6th GIScience conference from September 14th-17th, 2010. Thorsten Reitz (Fraunhofer IGD, Darmstadt, Germany) will present his paper “A Mismatch Description Language for Conceptual Schema Mapping and its Cartographic Representation.”

AGILE 2010

The 13th AGILE International Conference on Geographic Information Science: “Geospatial Thinking” will take place from 10th-14th May 2010 in Guimarães, Portugal. A paper by Thorsten Reitz, Daniel Fitzner (both Fraunhofer IGD, Darmstadt, Germany) and Ulrich Schäffler (Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany) on the execution of conceptual schema mappings was accepted for presentation.

Further Events

Beside the above mentioned conferences HUMBOLDT will be represented by workshops or papers at the following events:

  • IMDIS 2010 – International Conference on Marine Data and Information Systems, March 29th – 31st in Paris, France
  • Kartdagar – Kartografiska Sällskapet, April 14th – 16th in Jönköping, Sweden
  • Digital Earth Summit – June 12th – 14th in Nessebar, Bulgaria
  • SDH 2010 – 14th International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling, May 16th – 28th in Hong Kong, China

The HUMBOLDT Project in brief

The four-year EU project HUMBOLDT contributes to the implementation of a European Spatial Data Infrastructure (ESDI) that integrates the diversity of spatial data available for a multitude of European organisations. It is the aim of this project to manage and advance important parts of the implementation process of this ESDI. The main goal of the HUMBOLDT project is to enable organisations to document, publish and harmonise their spatial information. The software tools and processes created will demonstrate the feasibility and advantages of an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe as planned by the INSPIRE initiative, meeting the goals of Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES).

Learn more about HUMBOLDT by visiting our Website.

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Aratos Technologies S.A. is pleased to announce the kick-off of the European Project SEOCA on 22 April 2010, where Aratos Technologies S.A. participates as the only partner from Greece.

SEOCA is a Coordination and Support Actions Project funded by the European Union within the 7th Framework Programme (FP7). The project duration is 24 months and the level of funding provided by EU is around 700.000 €.

The main objective of the SEOCA project is to take a significant step towards deeper integration of respective organizations from Central Asian countries into activities of GEO. The SEOCA project intends to further strengthen the cooperation between Europe and the countries of Central Asia within GEO. It is envisioned to be accomplished by implementing a set of activities aimed at building GEO-related capacity in the domain of Earth Observation in the target countries.

The project consortium comprises the following partners:

  • Technical University Berlin, Aerospace Institute (Germany), Coordinator
  • Engineering, Consulting and Management Office (Germany)
  • TUBITAK UZAY, Uzay Teknolojileri Arastirma Enstitusu (Turkey)
  • JeoDijital Bilisim Teknoloji Madencilik Insaat Sanayi ve Ticaret Limited Sirketi (Turkey)
  • Aratos Technologies S.A. (Greece)
  • GIRAF PM Consultants (Germany)
  • Hydrometeorological Research Institute of the Centre of
  • Hydrometeorological Servise on Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Uzbekistan)
  • The State enterprise “Center of remote sensing and GIS technologies” (Uzbekistan)
  • Tashkent State Technical University named after Abu Raikhman Beruni (Uzbekistan)
  • Joint-stock company “The National Center of Space Researches and Technologies” (Kazakhstan)
  • L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University (Kazakhstan)
  • Agency of hydrometeorology on the Ministry for Emergency Situation of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyzstan)
  • State Agency of hydrometeorology of the Republic of Tadjikistan (Tadjikistan)
  • National Institute of Deserts, Flora and Fauna of the Ministry of Environment Protection of Turkmenistan (Turkmenistan)

Aratos Technologies S.A. will contribute in SEOCA with its expertise in the provision of solutions for Environmental Protection using satellite-based and in-situ Earth Observation data. Aratos Technologies S.A. will be involved into the activities regarding the stimulation of further introductions of GEOSS technologies in public and private sectors of Central Asian countries. Furthermore, Aratos Technologies S.A. will participate in the activities for the modernization of regional higher education in the field of EO and GIS, as well as in the activities for the facilitation of the direct links between regional and European stakeholders/providers.

For more information about the SEOCA project please visit: http://www.geo-seoca.net/