EO Ground Segment Evolution Reflections by EOX IT Services GmbH, - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

EO Ground Segment Evolution Reflections by EOX IT Services GmbH, Stephan Meißl & Gerhard Triebnig Workshop 2015, 24 th September 2015 ESA/ESRIN Frascati

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Expertise and activities relevant for future EO Ground Segments and Services • ESA VirES – Virtual Workspaces for EO Scientists (technology, evolution & ops) • ESA ngEO – fully-fletched EO data discovery and download Web interface (multi-mission) for Sentinel era (evolution & ops) • ESA Sx-Cat – “simple” efficient catalogue software for multi - mission PDGS (evolution) • ESA DREAM – data logistics and online access for real-time decision makers (technology) • EOX::Maps – world-wide cartography layer Web services (commercial) • mapalupa – self-service geospatial publishing Web tool (commercial) • CryoLand – portal of daily pan-European snow maps from satellite and long-time series retrieval (technology & pre-ops)

Ref eflecti lection on on on Grou ound nd Seg egme ment nt Ev Evol olution ution Ref efere erence nce Pa Pape per Top 5 Trends in EO data usage • This presentation shall be read together with blog post at https://eox.at/2015/09/top5/ – simple apps for single use cases are popular – apps are browser based and even run on mobile devices – more and more EO data is released as Open Data – the map becomes the central user interface element – there are more and growing commercial opportunities also for smaller companies

Ex Expe pectations ctations an and R d Rec ecommenda ommendations tions • Consider simple apps for single-purpose use cases to directly address questions from non-expert users (also experts tend to like them) • Ensure reliable availability of Open Data for everyone without access hurdles • Foster principles of modular technology (FOSS) for interoperable infrastructure services (OGC) • Invest in map-based visual analytics Web solutions • Cultivate SLA-based landscape in support of commercial uses