Sensors and Systems
-->
Breaking News
BlackSky wins contract to deliver Gen-3 and Gen-2 monitoring services to Latin American defense and intelligence customers
Rating12345Agreement provides immediate On-Demand subscription-based access to BlackSky Spectra®...
Preliminary Agenda Released for 2025 UAS Summit & Expo
Rating12345Produced by UAS Magazine, and Organized by BBI International...
APEX Technologies, a Division of McCoy Construction & Forestry, Named Newest Trimble Technology Outlet
Rating12345Leading John Deere dealer now providing Trimble technology to customers...

October 12th, 2011
Faster Satellite Data for More GMES Users

  • Rating12345

Broader and improved access to satellite data is boosting the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security programme. The aim of the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) programme is to provide accurate, timely and easily accessible information. This will improve the management of the environment, understand and mitigate the effects of climate change and support decision-making in emergency and crisis situations.To achieve these goals, the EU-led initiative relies on a wide range of satellite data from over 40 European and international space missions, along with other environmental datasets, provided through the Data Access system of the GMES Space Component. With this GMES Space Component Data Access scheme, Earth observation data are made available in a unified manner to European service providers on Earth’s land, oceans and atmosphere, climate, security and emergency response management.  Read More