1. © GEO Secretariat GEOSS Information Access for Disaster Management José Achache, GEO Secretariat

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3.  Coordinate and Sustain Observation Systems  Provide Easier & More Open Data Access  Foster Use (Science, Applications, Capacity Bldg) … to answer Society’s need for informed decision making

4. © GEO Secretariat IKONOS QuickBird SPIN-2 SPOT 4, 5 EROS A1 Envisat Aura/Aqua/Terra Grace QuikScat Sage SeaWinds TRMM Toms-EP UARS Landsat 7 SORCE ACRIMSAT CBERS SeaWiFS ERBS Jason Orbview 2, 3 RadarsatALOS DMC Space Observation Systems

5. © GEO Secretariat Need for Standard Interoperable Formats to Benefit Fully from Earth Observation Systems The Tower of Babel

6. © GEO Secretariat GEOSS Implementation Requires Interoperability of Systems Technical Specifications for Collecting, Processing, Storing, and Disseminating Data and Products Based on Non-proprietary Standards Defining What Systems Should Comply With to be Contributed to GEOSS

7. © GEO Secretariat We welcome the resolution of the World Radio Conference-07 on radio communication use for Earth observation applications and the support it provides for the international protection and long term availability of frequencies for terrestrial, oceanic, air-borne, and space-based observations, including passive measurements; The Cape Town Declaration

8. © GEO Secretariat Improved climate models Upper panel: The global cloud distribution in a present-day 320-km resolution climate simulation experiment. Lower panel: Same, but for a 20-km resolution simulation with the same model. (Courtesy of Takeshi Enomoto, Earth Simulator Center/JAMTEC).

9. © GEO Secretariat  Coordinate and Sustain Observation Systems  Provide Easier & More Open Data Access  Foster Use (Science, Applications, Capacity Bldg) … to answer Society’s need for informed decision making

10. © GEO Secretariat Data and Products at Minimum Time delay and Minimum Cost Free of Charge or Cost of Reproduction for Research and Education GEO Data Sharing Principles Full and Open Exchange of Data…Recognizing Relevant International Instruments and National Policies and Legislation

11. © GEO Secretariat *China Brazil Earth Resources Satellite CBERS Data for Africa and the Caribbean

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13. Agriculture and Forestry Water resources Managers Land Use Planners Disasters (Floods, Spills) Geological Mapping Fisheries Image source CBERS/INPE Applications and End-users

14. © GEO Secretariat GEONETCast To Disseminate Space-based, Airborne and In Situ Data and Products to Users Addressing all Nine Societal Benefit Areas ROSHYDROMET Contributors EUMETSAT CMA Global Coverage NOAA

15. © GEO Secretariat Affordable Receiving Stations - Dedicated personal computer (~ $1000) Data analysis and processing should be done on separate computer(s) - Satellite antenna dish (1-3 m) (~ $300-1200) - DTH receiver card or box (~ $200)

16. © GEO Secretariat  Coordinate and Sustain Observation Systems  Provide Easier & More Open Data Access  Foster Use (Science, Applications, Capacity Bldg) … to answer Society’s need for informed decision making

17. © GEO Secretariat Cavallerizzo di Cerzeto: Landslide 7 march 2005 SAR.net

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19. Cavallerizzo di Cerzeto Initial landslide map (PAI)

20. © GEO Secretariat Cavallerizzo di Cerzeto after photo- interpretation

21. © GEO Secretariat Cavallerizzo di Cerzeto after radar- interpretation of RADARSAT data

22. © GEO Secretariat cumulated cost (Euro) Cost-benefit analysis Information added value (No. landslides) PAI MAP PS-ERS PS- RADARSAT IKONOS-QUICKBIRD PHOTOINTERPRETATION

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24. Recognizing the important contribution GEO can make through collaboration with the International Telecommunication Union to promote, by the appropriate alerting authorities, the implementation of the international standard for all- media public warning across all disaster and emergency situations; The Cape Town Declaration

25. © GEO Secretariat Organization of joint events and execution of joint studies… …improvement of telecommunications/ICT infrastructures and capabilities… MOU between ITU and GEO …to establish collaborative linkages between the Parties, in the area of Earth Observations…