Objectives

• To develop a package of EO-services (4) to be embedded in Indra platform OnEO for government agencies to capitalize available satellite information
• To apply AI techniques in fields where the use of these techniques are not widespread and hence differential
• To develop services so they can be easily tailored for the specific needs of the users

Background and justification:

• Government agencies in developing countries sometimes do not take advantage of their own investments in satellites and the Copernicus data flow
• Illicit activities are usually located in remote areas with limited possibilities of ground-monitoring; country-wide land use change monitoring and frequent or even continuous monitoring of assets potentially affected by hazards can efficiently be tackled with satellite information
• OnEO is a tool for governments to take decisions in three different topics with the help of EO-based geospatial services

Achievements and status:

• Key users have been identified and have participated in the definition of high level requirements, improving OnEO’s market penetration
• Potential market has been re-analyzed and there are at least six customers potentially interested
• All low level requirements are already defined
• The four EO-based services have been already designed and prototyped for ensuring performance required by users
• Deep learning models have been prototyped and proved for ensuring success in the development phase

Benefits:

• Illicit crop awareness will help users to prioritize field-based or drone campaigns thanks to the identification on zones prone to having illicit crops; illegal mining monitoring to identify new open pit mining or assess their environmental impact; land use change monitoring will provide bespoke land use country wide assessments in a short time period; and critical assets monitoring aims to support the management of assets against wildfires