GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security)

Infoterra has taken a leading role in the GMES (global monitoring for Environment and Security)

Infoterra France strongly supports the European GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security) initiative of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Commission (EC). The company has especially taken a leading role in the GMES risk management services through two complementary projects, under the EURORISK bann

Infoterra France is the prime contractor of the RISK-EOS Stage 2 project, supported by ESA, in which a European consortium advances and implements the flood risk and fire risk related applications and geoinformation GMES (global monitoring for Environment and Security) developed during the first stage of this project. The RISK-EOS services combine the use of satellite observation data with exogenous data and modelling techniques to serve the needs of all risk management actors at the European, National and regional levels.

Infoterra France’s teams are involved in GMES (global monitoring for Environment and Security) projects, with significant contribution to: The EC’s FP6-IP GEOLAND project, which develops and demonstrates a range of reliable, affordable and cost efficient European geo-information services utilising available Earth Observation resources in combination with in-situ measurements, and integrating them with existing models into pre-operational geo-information services. GEOLAND particularly addresses environmentally relevant issues such as water quality, nature protection, and the Kyoteo-process or food security issues

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