Descrizione del progetto
Strumenti innovativi per sfruttare i dati di osservazione della Terra
I dati europei Copernicus e Sentinel sull’osservazione della Terra (OT) dispongono di significative potenzialità per soddisfare le esigenze degli utenti. Il progetto BETTER, finanziato dall’UE, mira a sfruttare questo potenziale creando un livello di servizio intermedio per i megadati dell’OT. Questo livello faciliterà l’uso dei dati europei di Copernicus e Sentinel sull’OT offrendo soluzioni personalizzate note come pipeline di dati. Queste pipeline consentiranno l’accesso, il recupero, l’elaborazione, l’analisi e la visualizzazione di grandi volumi di insiemi di dati relativi o meno all’osservazione della Terra. L’obiettivo finale è quello di attirare un maggior numero di utenti a valle nel mercato dell’OT e di massimizzare l’utilizzo dei dati e dei servizi informativi Copernicus esistenti e futuri. Il progetto affronterà diverse sfide legate ai big data associate a questioni sociali di importanza critica, come la sicurezza alimentare, la sicurezza delle società e i rischi geografici.
Obiettivo
The main objective of BETTER is to implement an EO Big Data intermediate service layer devoted to harnessing the potential of the Copernicus and Sentinel European EO data directly from the needs of the users.
BETTER aims to go beyond the implementation of generic Big Data tools and incorporate those tools with user experience, expertise and resources to deliver an integrated Big Data intermediate service layer. This layer will deliver customized solutions denominated Data Pipelines for large volume EO and non-EO datasets access, retrieval, processing, analysis and visualisation. The BETTER solutions will focus in addressing the full data lifecycle needs associated with EO Big Data to bring more downstream users to the EO market and maximise exploitation of the current and future Copernicus data and information services.
BETTER developments will be driven by a large number of Big Data Challenges to be set forward by the users deeply involved in addressing the Key Societal Challenges.
The World Food Programme, the European Union Satellite Centre and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology - Zurich working in the areas of Food Security, Secure Societies and GeoHazards will be the challenge promoters. During the project each promoter will introduce 9 challenges, 3 in each project year, with an additional nine brought by the “Extending the market” task, in a total of 36 challenges. The Data Pipelines will be deployed on top of a mature EO data and service support ecosystem which has been under consolidation from previous R&D activities. The ecosystem and its further development in the scope of BETTER rely on the experience and versatility of the consortium team responsible for service/tool development from DEIMOS and Terradue. This is complemented by Fraunhofer Institute’s experience in Big Data systems, which brings to the consortium transversal knowledge extraction technologies and tools that will help bridge the current gap between the EO and ICT sectors.
Campo scientifico
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringsatellite technology
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdata sciencebig data
- medical and health scienceshealth sciencesnutrition
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesforestry
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Meccanismo di finanziamento
RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinatore
28760 Tres Cantos (Madrid)
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