Objective
Currently within the EU’s Earth Observation (EO) monitoring framework, there is a need for low-cost methods for acquiring high quality in-situ data to create accurate and well-validated environmental monitoring products. The aim of the LandSense project is to build a far reaching citizen observatory for Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) monitoring that will also function as a technology innovation marketplace. LandSense will deploy advanced tools, services and resources to mobilize and engage citizens to collect in-situ observations (i.e. ground-based data and visual interpretations of EO imagery). Integrating these citizen-driven in-situ data collections with established authoritative and open access data sources will help reduce costs, extend GEOSS and Copernicus capacities, and support comprehensive environmental monitoring systems. New LandSense services (LandSense Campaigner, FarmLand Support, Change Detector and Quality Assurance & Control) will be deployed in three demonstration cases that will address critical LULC issues in the areas of urbanization, agricultural land use and forest/habitat monitoring. Policy-relevant campaigns will be implemented in close collaboration with multiple stakeholders to ensure that citizen observations contribute to EU-wide environmental governance and decision-making. There will be numerous pathways to citizen empowerment via the LandSense Engagement Platform, i.e. tools for discussion, online voting collaborative mapping, as well as events linked to various campaigns involving public consultation. Simultaneously, to improve Europe’s role in the business of in-situ monitoring, LandSense will create sustainable business models to support market uptake and innovation of its novel added-value products and services.
Fields of science
- social sciencessociologygovernance
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencessoil sciencesland-based treatment
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementbusiness models
- social sciencespolitical sciencespolitical policiescivil society
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy
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IA - Innovation actionCoordinator
2361 Laxenburg
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Participants (19)
CB2 3QZ Cambridge
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28053 Madrid
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16161 Bogor
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1000 Ljubljana
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NG7 2RD Nottingham
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21000 Novi Sad
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6020 Innsbruck
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
1090 Wien
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94160 Saint Mande
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10115 Berlin
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70599 Stuttgart
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69117 Heidelberg
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6708 PB Wageningen
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1081 HV Amsterdam
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1049 Brussels
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81377 Munchen
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
1070 Wien
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1000 Bruxelles
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HP217QG Aylesbury
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