European Environment Agency awards first GMES Land Cover Mapping
contract
contract
Built-up areas and soil sealing in Europe to be mapped by 2008
Friedrichshafen, May 24th, 2007 – Starting this month, a European service
provider network led by Infoterra GmbH will map built-up areas and soil
sealing for Europe. By 2008, the consortium will cover 5.8 mio square
kilometres at 20 m resolution for the reference year of 2006.
Friedrichshafen, May 24th, 2007 – Starting this month, a European service
provider network led by Infoterra GmbH will map built-up areas and soil
sealing for Europe. By 2008, the consortium will cover 5.8 mio square
kilometres at 20 m resolution for the reference year of 2006.
This challenging project has recently been awarded by the European
Environment Agency (EEA) as one of the first seamless pan-European geoinformation
services within the GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and
Security) initiative of the European Commission (EC) and the European
Space Agency (ESA).
Environment Agency (EEA) as one of the first seamless pan-European geoinformation
services within the GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and
Security) initiative of the European Commission (EC) and the European
Space Agency (ESA).
The service provider network consists of GeoVille GmbH (Austria), GISAT
s.r.o. (Czech Republic), Metria (Sweden), Planetek Italia srl. (Italy), Tragsatec
SA (Spain), and Infoterra GmbH (Germany), gathering essential expertise
from all over Europe.
s.r.o. (Czech Republic), Metria (Sweden), Planetek Italia srl. (Italy), Tragsatec
SA (Spain), and Infoterra GmbH (Germany), gathering essential expertise
from all over Europe.
About Infoterra GmbH
Infoterra GmbH, Friedrichshafen, has been a leader in development and
validation of GMES services for several years now. The company has
established a strong expertise in geo-information services for land monitoring,
water quality assessment, and spatial planning applications. Within the
European GMES Land Monitoring services, Infoterra GmbH is coordinating
major development and implementation projects.
Infoterra GmbH was founded in 2001 to prepare and conduct the commercial
exploitation of TerraSAR-X. The company is responsible not only for the
commercial distribution of the data, but for the development and marketing of
derived geo-information products and services as well.
Infoterra GmbH employs a workforce of 40 in Friedrichshafen, Germany, and
is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Astrium GmbH.
validation of GMES services for several years now. The company has
established a strong expertise in geo-information services for land monitoring,
water quality assessment, and spatial planning applications. Within the
European GMES Land Monitoring services, Infoterra GmbH is coordinating
major development and implementation projects.
Infoterra GmbH was founded in 2001 to prepare and conduct the commercial
exploitation of TerraSAR-X. The company is responsible not only for the
commercial distribution of the data, but for the development and marketing of
derived geo-information products and services as well.
Infoterra GmbH employs a workforce of 40 in Friedrichshafen, Germany, and
is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Astrium GmbH.
Contact:
Mareike Döpke
T +49 7545 8 3924
M +49 171 793 7253
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mareike.doepke@infoterra-global.com