Earth observation customer segment studies
Final reports of the customer segment studies carried out within the framework of the Centre for Earth Observation programme (CEO) of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre are now available. The CEO programme seeks to build relationships between customers and service providers to encourage the wider use of earth observation information generated by satellites. To this end the CEO programme undertook projects in five customer segments in order to identify the customer requirements of these segments, to evaluate the market possibilities and to match earth observation products to specific professional tasks and requirements. Final reports of these studies are available for the following: - Water companies; - Shipping industry; - Land navigation and the digital mapping industry; - Agribusiness; - Insurance companies; - The travel and tourism industry; - Environmental protection organisations for land resources; - Town and city local government departments; - Civil engineering companies.