European approach to GEOSS

Objective

EuroGEOSS demonstrates the added value to the scientific community and society of making existing systems and applications interoperable and used within the GEOSS and INSPIRE frameworks. The project will build an initial operating capacity for a European Environment Earth Observation System in the three strategic areas of Drought, Forestry and Biodiversity. It will then undertakes the research necessary to develop this further into and advanced operating capacity that provides access not just to data but also to analytical models made understandable and useable by scientists from different disciplinary domains. This concept of inter-disciplinary interoperability requires research in advanced modelling from multi-scale heterogeneous data sources, expressing models as workflows of geo-processing components reusable by other communities, and ability to use natural language to interface with the models. The extension of INSPIRE and GEOSS components with concepts emerging in the Web 2.0 communities in respect to user interactions and resource discovery, also supports the wider engagement of the scientific community with GEOSS as a powerful means to improve the scientific understanding of the complex mechanisms driving the changes that affect our planet.

Field of science

• /natural sciences/earth and related environmental sciences/environmental sciences

Programme(s)

• FP7-ENVIRONMENT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Environment (including Climate Change)

Topic(s)

• ENV.2008.4.1.1.1. - European Environment Earth Observation system supporting INSPIRE and compatible with the GEOSS (Global Earth Observation System of Systems)

Call for proposal

FP7-ENV-2008-1
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Funding Scheme

CP-IP - Large-scale integrating project

Coordinator

BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GEOLOGIQUES ET MINIERES

Address

3 Av Claude Guillemin
45060 Orleans
France

Activity type

Research Organisations

EU contribution

€ 674 098

Administrative Contact

Alain Beauce (Mr.)

Participants (22)

JRC -JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Belgium

EU contribution

€ 1 586 000

Address

Rue De La Loi 200
1049 Brussels

Activity type

Research Organisations

Administrative Contact

David Walker (Dr.)

CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE

Italy

EU contribution

€ 560 428

Address

Piazzale Aldo Moro 7
00185 Roma

Activity type

Research Organisations

Administrative Contact

Paolo Mazzetti (Mr.)

INTERNATIONALES INSTITUT FUER ANGEWANDTE SYSTEMANALYSE

Austria

EU contribution

€ 442 525

Address

Schlossplatz 1
2361 Laxenburg

Activity type

Research Organisations

Administrative Contact

Susan Riley (Ms.)

UNIVERSITAT JAUME I DE CASTELLON

Spain

EU contribution

€ 291 200

Address

Avenida Vicent Sos Baynat S/n
12006 Castellon De La Plana

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Ismael Rodrigo Martinez (Prof.)

THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM

United Kingdom

EU contribution

€ 464 400

Address

University Park
NG7 2RD Nottingham

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Jill Harris (Mr.)

CENTRO NACIONAL DE INFORMACION GEOGRAFICA

Spain

EU contribution

€ 23 760

Address

General Ibanez De Ibero 3
28003 Madrid

Activity type

Research Organisations

Administrative Contact

Agustin Cabria Ramos (Mr.)

IEEE FRANCE SECTION

France

EU contribution

€ 215 000

Address

Rue De La Tour 14
75016 Paris

Activity type

Other

Administrative Contact

Christine Nora (Prof.)

EDISOFT-EMPRESA DE SERVICOS E DESENVOLVIMENTO DE SOFTWARE SA

Portugal

EU contribution

€ 172 960

Address

Rua Calvet Magalhaes 245
2770 153 Paco De Arcos

Activity type

Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Luís Manuel Martínez Mateus (Mr.)

THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Italy

EU contribution

€ 110 760

Address

Viale Delle Terme Di Caracalla
00153 Roma

Activity type

Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Bart Van Ommen (Mr.)

FUNDACION GENERAL DE LA UNIVERSIDAD DE ALCALA

Spain

EU contribution

€ 79 140

Address

Imagen 1-3
28801 Alcala De Henares

Activity type

Research Organisations

Administrative Contact

Francisco Lopez Ferreras (Mr.)

UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI

Slovenia

EU contribution

€ 184 800

Address

Kongresni Trg 12
1000 Ljubljana

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Staska Mrak Jamnik (Ms.)

Global Biodiversity Information Facility

Denmark

EU contribution

€ 150 000

Address

Universitetsparken 15
2100 Copenhagen

Activity type

Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Hugo Von Linstow (Mr.)

UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME

Kenya

EU contribution

€ 129 000

Address

United Nations Avenue Gigiri
00100 Nairobi

Activity type

Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Lynn Kisielowski (Ms.)

ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OFBIRDS

United Kingdom

EU contribution

€ 142 839

Address

Potton Road (The Lodge)
SG19 2DL Sandy

Activity type

Research Organisations

Administrative Contact

Adrian Laurence Oates (Mr.)

BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL

United Kingdom

EU contribution

€ 143 586

Address

The David Attenborough Building Pembroke Street
CB2 3QZ Cambridge

Activity type

Other

Administrative Contact

Tracy Spraggon (Mr.)

UNIVERSITAET HAMBURG

Germany

EU contribution

€ 165 600

Address

Mittelweg 177
20148 Hamburg

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Martina Gericke (Ms.)

UNIVERSITAET FUER BODENKULTUR WIEN

Austria

EU contribution

€ 165 600

Address

Gregor Mendel Strasse 33
1180 Wien

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Elisabeth Denk (Dr.)

ALBERT-LUDWIGS-UNIVERSITAET FREIBURG

Germany

EU contribution

€ 94 200

Address

Fahnenbergplatz
79098 Freiburg

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Klaus-Dieter Düformantel (Prof.)

UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA

Spain

EU contribution

€ 87 120

Address

Calle Pedro Cerbuna 12
50009 Zaragoza

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Oscar Lopez Lorente (Mr.)

CONFEDERACION HIDROGRAFICA DEL EBRO

Spain

EU contribution

€ 93 300

Address

Sagasta 24-26
50071 Zaragoza

Activity type

Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments)

Administrative Contact

Rogelio Galvan Plaza (Mr.)

AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DEINVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS

Spain

EU contribution

€ 59 250

Address

Calle Serrano 117
28006 Madrid

Activity type

Research Organisations

Administrative Contact

María Requejo Malagon (Mr.)

UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA

United States

Address

Holdrege Street 3835
68583 Lincoln

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

Administrative Contact

Jeanne Wicks (Ms.)