1. The European GEO Data Hub
Nuno Almeida
Project Manager (EO Data Systems)
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EGI Conference 2017
Catania, 11th May 2017

2. OVERVIEW Context and Background Quick look Objectives of NextGEOSS
Implementation
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3. Context
Earth Observation in Europe and GEO

4. EARTH OBSERVATION Earth Observation:
Earth observation is used to monitor and assess the status of, and changes in Earth environment.
Gathering of information about planet Earth's physical, chemical and biological systems via remote sensing technologies.
wikipedia defintion
File:Global map showing where average sea level in 2011 was above or below the long-term average ( ) (NOAA).jpg
Data Systems:
Satellite and in situ data collection
Value Adding Systems:
Information extraction from data

5. COPERNICUS 6 services use Earth Observation data to deliver …
Contributing Missions
Sentinels
Released 06/02/ :00 am
Copyright Copernicus data/ESA (2014)
Description This image from Sentinel-1A’s radar shows the metropolitan area of Portugal’s capital, Lisbon.
In-situ
…added-value information

6. COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS
Several initiatives are ongoing working on different solutions
EARSC:
Case Studies
Marketplace
MAEOS,
eoMall
eo Store
Exploitation Platforms
Copernicus Data Information Access System
TEPS:
- Geohazards, Coastal, Forestry, Hydrology, Polar, Urban
H2020 Space calls devoted to EO
Call in other themes

7. GEO and GEOSS
Partnership of more than 100 national government organizations with mandate on Earth Observation.
Vision
To realize a future where decisions and actions, for the benefit of humankind, are informed by coordinated, comprehensive and sustained Earth observation information and services
Global Earth Observation System of Systems
A central part of GEO’s Mission
GEOSS is a set of systems that interact and provide access to diverse information based on EO for a broad range of users in both public and private sectors.
Replaced with GEO-EVOLVE

8. Quick Look
NextGEOSS: The European GEO Data Hub

9. QUICK LOOK NextGEOSS Concept:
Next generation centralised hub for Earth Observation data
The European contribution to GEO
Concept:
Provides data and resources to the users communities, together with Cloud resources, seamlessly connected to provide an integrated ecosystem for supporting applications
Strong emphasis put on engaging the communities of providers and users, and bridging the space in between
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10. DataHub harvest and register data, providing links to original sources1
Discovery Enablers empower search on DataHub from users 2 1
Access Enablers allow community hubs to create data buckets for access 3 2 7
Enhanced distributed gateway from research and operational infrastructures 4
Processing Enablers allow community hubs to deploy distributed ICT technologies 5 6 5 3 4
Publishing Appliances deliver to the community hubs processed results 6
Community Portals register selected products and services to GEOSS 7

11. OBJECTIVES
NextGEOSS objectives

12. OBJECTIVES NextGEOSS Objectives 1. Engage communities
promoting innovative GEOSS powered applications from Europe
2. Deliver the next generation data hub
and Earth Observation exploitation for innovation and business
3. Advocate GEOSS as a sustainable European approach
for Earth Observation data distribution and exploitation

13. 1
ENGAGE
Communities, promoting innovative GEOSS powered applications from Europe
Engage the GEO and European communities towards understanding their needs, working together with GEO and Open Data policies
Identify regional champions for innovative pilots and GEOSS powered activities
Collect feedback, expectations and requirements from the public and private communities

14. ENGAGE Innovative Pilots Six R&D focused pilot activities:
Time Series Analysis for Agricultural Monitoring
Scale up Time Series analysis tools to huge amounts of HR EO-data
2. Remote Sensing of Essential Biodiversity
Essential Biodiversity Variables (RS-EBVs) for habitat mapping and monitoring
3. Space and Security
To provide tools and processes for detecting and characterizing changes
4. Cold Regions
To provide a set of remote sensing, in situ and model products for science and education
5. Air Pollution, Urban Growth, and Health Risks in Megacities
Analysis of air pollution trends, urban growth rates and health risk indicators for megacities
6. Disaster Risk Reduction
Enhance a multi-hazard risk assessment based on the statistical analysis of long time series of data
Land Data Connectors
SPOT-VEGETATION: Daily global coverage of land at 1Km of spatial resolution.
PROBA-V: Daily global coverage of land at 300m resolution and every 5 days global coverage at 100m.
Copernicus Global Land Service: offers a global systematic monitoring service providing near real time bio geophysical parameters at global scale on vegetation state and dynamics and on land cover change.
On-demand derived vegetation products from Sentinel-2 or other HR sensors.
STAC database containing in-situ measurements: a wide variety of variables measured on the ground e.g. phenological stages, leaf area index, harvest yields, vegetation parameters, soil characteristics.
Atmosphere Data Connectors
The main data sources for Atmospheric data to be considered are from the Observing System Analysis and Review Tool (OSCAR) and the Global Atmosphere Watch Station Information System (GAWSIS). Both of these systems are operated by MeteoSwiss and they will be evolved to support the implementation of an ISO 19115/19156 compliant API for data access. The data connector will access these systems through an OGC OpenSearch interface to retrieve the metadata in a format compliant with the Catalogue (INSPIRE).
Marine Data Connectors
The main sources of marine data are CMEMS, MANIDA, Emodnet, OPEC and SeaDataNet and they provide INSPIRE compliant data accessible through OGC CSW interfaces. Both of these standards are natively supported by the harvesting engine.
Citizen Observatories
The data harvester will retrieve data from several European citizen observatories that were initiated by several EC funded projects (e.g. CITISENSE, WeSenseIt, Cobweb, CitClops, Omniscientis). The data for these projects are available through OGC WFS, OGC SOS interfaces following SensorML and WaterML formats.
Commercial Providers
The commercial data is organized in the Copernicus Data Warehouse, as part of the Copernicus Space Component Data Access system (CSCDA). Therein, data from the Copernicus contributing missions (mostly licenced by commercial distributors) is purchased by ESA to serve the needs of the Copernicus Core Services and other Copernicus users. The HMA (Heterogeneous Missions Accessibility) standard (partly also standardized by OGC) allows access to the catalogs of most European EO missions, especially those of commercial providers, such as DMI. The data harvester will deploy a mechanisms which implements the HMA standardization for data access supporting not only the current commercial data available in GSCDA but also new coming from negotiations with data providers.

15. ENGAGE Market Oriented Pilots Four market focused pilot activities:
High Resolution Mapping for Territorial Planning
Make available a set of Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) mapping and change detection tools for urban environments using high and very high resolution optical imagery
2. Crop Monitoring supporting Food Security
Use of Sentinel-2 for crop monitoring in collaboration with industry
3. Smart Cities
Smart cities use the ISO and we will see how that maps on the SDG for EO, and how smart city sensors will be integrated in the in-situ EO
4. Energy
Generation of Gridded data for grid operators and High Resolution Solar Mapping at Urban Scale
Land Data Connectors
SPOT-VEGETATION: Daily global coverage of land at 1Km of spatial resolution.
PROBA-V: Daily global coverage of land at 300m resolution and every 5 days global coverage at 100m.
Copernicus Global Land Service: offers a global systematic monitoring service providing near real time bio geophysical parameters at global scale on vegetation state and dynamics and on land cover change.
On-demand derived vegetation products from Sentinel-2 or other HR sensors.
STAC database containing in-situ measurements: a wide variety of variables measured on the ground e.g. phenological stages, leaf area index, harvest yields, vegetation parameters, soil characteristics.
Atmosphere Data Connectors
The main data sources for Atmospheric data to be considered are from the Observing System Analysis and Review Tool (OSCAR) and the Global Atmosphere Watch Station Information System (GAWSIS). Both of these systems are operated by MeteoSwiss and they will be evolved to support the implementation of an ISO 19115/19156 compliant API for data access. The data connector will access these systems through an OGC OpenSearch interface to retrieve the metadata in a format compliant with the Catalogue (INSPIRE).
Marine Data Connectors
The main sources of marine data are CMEMS, MANIDA, Emodnet, OPEC and SeaDataNet and they provide INSPIRE compliant data accessible through OGC CSW interfaces. Both of these standards are natively supported by the harvesting engine.
Citizen Observatories
The data harvester will retrieve data from several European citizen observatories that were initiated by several EC funded projects (e.g. CITISENSE, WeSenseIt, Cobweb, CitClops, Omniscientis). The data for these projects are available through OGC WFS, OGC SOS interfaces following SensorML and WaterML formats.
Commercial Providers
The commercial data is organized in the Copernicus Data Warehouse, as part of the Copernicus Space Component Data Access system (CSCDA). Therein, data from the Copernicus contributing missions (mostly licenced by commercial distributors) is purchased by ESA to serve the needs of the Copernicus Core Services and other Copernicus users. The HMA (Heterogeneous Missions Accessibility) standard (partly also standardized by OGC) allows access to the catalogs of most European EO missions, especially those of commercial providers, such as DMI. The data harvester will deploy a mechanisms which implements the HMA standardization for data access supporting not only the current commercial data available in GSCDA but also new coming from negotiations with data providers.

16. ENGAGE Other Business and Private Sector
Opening up to the Private Sector
Contribute to the implementation of GEO’s new strategic plan
wrt advancing and facilitating cooperation with the private sector
Help to develop links between industry and the public sector
Business Innovation Assessment
Assessment the gap between geospatial services
As available today and expected after NextGEOSS
Stakeholders identification and Consultation
Sustainability Assessment and Recommendations
Assessment of best mechanisms to support long-term usage of NextGEOSS
Land Data Connectors
SPOT-VEGETATION: Daily global coverage of land at 1Km of spatial resolution.
PROBA-V: Daily global coverage of land at 300m resolution and every 5 days global coverage at 100m.
Copernicus Global Land Service: offers a global systematic monitoring service providing near real time bio geophysical parameters at global scale on vegetation state and dynamics and on land cover change.
On-demand derived vegetation products from Sentinel-2 or other HR sensors.
STAC database containing in-situ measurements: a wide variety of variables measured on the ground e.g. phenological stages, leaf area index, harvest yields, vegetation parameters, soil characteristics.
Atmosphere Data Connectors
The main data sources for Atmospheric data to be considered are from the Observing System Analysis and Review Tool (OSCAR) and the Global Atmosphere Watch Station Information System (GAWSIS). Both of these systems are operated by MeteoSwiss and they will be evolved to support the implementation of an ISO 19115/19156 compliant API for data access. The data connector will access these systems through an OGC OpenSearch interface to retrieve the metadata in a format compliant with the Catalogue (INSPIRE).
Marine Data Connectors
The main sources of marine data are CMEMS, MANIDA, Emodnet, OPEC and SeaDataNet and they provide INSPIRE compliant data accessible through OGC CSW interfaces. Both of these standards are natively supported by the harvesting engine.
Citizen Observatories
The data harvester will retrieve data from several European citizen observatories that were initiated by several EC funded projects (e.g. CITISENSE, WeSenseIt, Cobweb, CitClops, Omniscientis). The data for these projects are available through OGC WFS, OGC SOS interfaces following SensorML and WaterML formats.
Commercial Providers
The commercial data is organized in the Copernicus Data Warehouse, as part of the Copernicus Space Component Data Access system (CSCDA). Therein, data from the Copernicus contributing missions (mostly licenced by commercial distributors) is purchased by ESA to serve the needs of the Copernicus Core Services and other Copernicus users. The HMA (Heterogeneous Missions Accessibility) standard (partly also standardized by OGC) allows access to the catalogs of most European EO missions, especially those of commercial providers, such as DMI. The data harvester will deploy a mechanisms which implements the HMA standardization for data access supporting not only the current commercial data available in GSCDA but also new coming from negotiations with data providers.

17. 2
DELIVER
The next generation data hub and Earth Observation exploitation system for innovation and business
Implement a single access point, federated data hub and exploitation system for EO data, using state­-of-the-art data mining and discoverability techniques
Implement QoS and community feedback mechanisms on the data hub
Access to the most relevant data sources for Europe, across all major Earth Observation domains

18. DELIVER Pilot Applications Catalogue and Data Hub
Ten pilot activities to demonstrate the system
Six innovative pilots
Four business-oriented pilots
Using CKAN data management system
relying on open source technologies
Data harvesting, annotation and analytics
Data mining and discovery
Community Feedback Mechanism
Will promote the sharing of users’ feedback on the resources
Land Data Connectors
SPOT-VEGETATION: Daily global coverage of land at 1Km of spatial resolution.
PROBA-V: Daily global coverage of land at 300m resolution and every 5 days global coverage at 100m.
Copernicus Global Land Service: offers a global systematic monitoring service providing near real time bio geophysical parameters at global scale on vegetation state and dynamics and on land cover change.
On-demand derived vegetation products from Sentinel-2 or other HR sensors.
STAC database containing in-situ measurements: a wide variety of variables measured on the ground e.g. phenological stages, leaf area index, harvest yields, vegetation parameters, soil characteristics.
Atmosphere Data Connectors
The main data sources for Atmospheric data to be considered are from the Observing System Analysis and Review Tool (OSCAR) and the Global Atmosphere Watch Station Information System (GAWSIS). Both of these systems are operated by MeteoSwiss and they will be evolved to support the implementation of an ISO 19115/19156 compliant API for data access. The data connector will access these systems through an OGC OpenSearch interface to retrieve the metadata in a format compliant with the Catalogue (INSPIRE).
Marine Data Connectors
The main sources of marine data are CMEMS, MANIDA, Emodnet, OPEC and SeaDataNet and they provide INSPIRE compliant data accessible through OGC CSW interfaces. Both of these standards are natively supported by the harvesting engine.
Citizen Observatories
The data harvester will retrieve data from several European citizen observatories that were initiated by several EC funded projects (e.g. CITISENSE, WeSenseIt, Cobweb, CitClops, Omniscientis). The data for these projects are available through OGC WFS, OGC SOS interfaces following SensorML and WaterML formats.
Commercial Providers
The commercial data is organized in the Copernicus Data Warehouse, as part of the Copernicus Space Component Data Access system (CSCDA). Therein, data from the Copernicus contributing missions (mostly licenced by commercial distributors) is purchased by ESA to serve the needs of the Copernicus Core Services and other Copernicus users. The HMA (Heterogeneous Missions Accessibility) standard (partly also standardized by OGC) allows access to the catalogs of most European EO missions, especially those of commercial providers, such as DMI. The data harvester will deploy a mechanisms which implements the HMA standardization for data access supporting not only the current commercial data available in GSCDA but also new coming from negotiations with data providers.
Quality of Service
Continuous assessment of QoS on randomly selected products

19. DELIVER Data Federation and Uptake
Sentinel Collaborative Ground Segments (DLR, NOA)
Land (VITO), Atmosphere (WMO, MeteoSwiss, NILU) and Marine (CLS) data sources
Citizen Observatories
Commercial Providers
Federation of additional data sources
Dedicated CKAN-based harvesting tools for major data providers
relying on OpenSearch and OGC standards
Will incorporate previous initiatives on data harmonisation
Land Data Connectors
SPOT-VEGETATION: Daily global coverage of land at 1Km of spatial resolution.
PROBA-V: Daily global coverage of land at 300m resolution and every 5 days global coverage at 100m.
Copernicus Global Land Service: offers a global systematic monitoring service providing near real time bio geophysical parameters at global scale on vegetation state and dynamics and on land cover change.
On-demand derived vegetation products from Sentinel-2 or other HR sensors.
STAC database containing in-situ measurements: a wide variety of variables measured on the ground e.g. phenological stages, leaf area index, harvest yields, vegetation parameters, soil characteristics.
Atmosphere Data Connectors
The main data sources for Atmospheric data to be considered are from the Observing System Analysis and Review Tool (OSCAR) and the Global Atmosphere Watch Station Information System (GAWSIS). Both of these systems are operated by MeteoSwiss and they will be evolved to support the implementation of an ISO 19115/19156 compliant API for data access. The data connector will access these systems through an OGC OpenSearch interface to retrieve the metadata in a format compliant with the Catalogue (INSPIRE).
Marine Data Connectors
The main sources of marine data are CMEMS, MANIDA, Emodnet, OPEC and SeaDataNet and they provide INSPIRE compliant data accessible through OGC CSW interfaces. Both of these standards are natively supported by the harvesting engine.
Citizen Observatories
The data harvester will retrieve data from several European citizen observatories that were initiated by several EC funded projects (e.g. CITISENSE, WeSenseIt, Cobweb, CitClops, Omniscientis). The data for these projects are available through OGC WFS, OGC SOS interfaces following SensorML and WaterML formats.
Commercial Providers
The commercial data is organized in the Copernicus Data Warehouse, as part of the Copernicus Space Component Data Access system (CSCDA). Therein, data from the Copernicus contributing missions (mostly licenced by commercial distributors) is purchased by ESA to serve the needs of the Copernicus Core Services and other Copernicus users. The HMA (Heterogeneous Missions Accessibility) standard (partly also standardized by OGC) allows access to the catalogs of most European EO missions, especially those of commercial providers, such as DMI. The data harvester will deploy a mechanisms which implements the HMA standardization for data access supporting not only the current commercial data available in GSCDA but also new coming from negotiations with data providers.

20. DELIVER Cloud Computing Resources Hybrid Cloud Model
Configurable VMs on Cloud Infrastructures
For accessing and processing the data
Used in deployment of the pilot applications
To run the monitoring and analytics engines
Computing requirements are currently being collected
to be presented in EP-1 (June 2017)
EGI will provide all the Cloud resources needed for the project.
In close cooperation with DEIMOS and Terradue
Ensure the connectivity with GEANT
Support to service integration
Advice and technical consultancy to identify the best solution for each pilot.
Research or commercial
Based on more than 10 years of experience managing e-infrastructures and supporting scientific communities

21. DELIVER Cloud Computing Resources Processing and Storage Intensive
Services to be deployed in a cluster More than 10 TB of storage Operational or NRT constraints
Disaster Risk Reduction
Crop Monitoring Supporting Food Security Energy
Processing Intensive and Moderate Storage
Services to be deployed in a cluster Less than 10 TB of Storage Research oriented pilots
Time Series Analysis for Agricultural Monitoring
Biodiversity
Space and Security
Air Pollution, Urban Growth and Health Risks in Megacities
Moderate Processing and Low Storage
No need for a cluster deployment Less than 1 TB of Storage Smaller Region of Interest
High Resolution Mapping for Territorial Planning Smart Cities Cold Regions

22. 3
ADVOCATE
GEOSS as a sustainable European approach for Earth Observation data distribution and exploitation
Disseminate the GEOSS approach to the European and wider communities
Generate capacity building events and material to sustain the future of NextGEOSS

23. ADVOCATE Dissemination Communication infrastructure Project Website
nextgeoss.eu
Social Media
Webinars and Training
Three online training events, one per year
Face2face and online segment plus interactive webinars
Summits
Four project events, to be setup as satellites of GEO symposia*, focusing on:
Engagement of communities;
Report on the status of the project’s activities and collaborations;
Assess and report publicly on the project developments, with showcases;
Final NextGEOSS showcase.
* not this year

24. GETTING INVOLVED Main Project Events 1st Summit: 22 Jun, Helsinki
together with
GEO European Project Workshop
Summits:
An annual event in the second quarter of each year (4 in total)
Training:
One online training event per year (3 in total)
+ presence in other events
Baltic from Space Workshop, 30th March
2nd GEO Data Providers Workshop, Florence, 20th & 21st April
GEO-CRADLE Industry Engagement Workshop, 26 April
ISRSE-37, South Africa: NextGEOSS session, 11 May
1st Training: 20th Sep (TBC),
Univ. Reading & Online
Focus on Engagement

25. NUMBERS and TIMELINE Total Budget: 10M€ Number of Partners: 27
Total Duration: 3.5 years
Alpha Release
14 June
Ongoing:
Initial deployment of catalogue & definition of metadata
Interfaces & harvesting of datasets
Sentinels, Copernicus Marine, Land & Atmosphere, Citizen Observatories & Commercial Data
Setting up KPIs
Preparing for integration of NextGEOSS pilots
Starting engagement of communities, datasets & future pilots
Setting up the Advisory Board

26. Thank you! Nuno Almeida nuno.almeida@deimos.com.pt
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