Knowledge Centre on Earth Observation

The world is becoming increasingly urban. Driven by climate change, inequalities and conflict, urbanisation is a phenomenon seen around the globe. However, it is particularly prominent in Europe and North...

Last October, the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service (CLMS) signed its next framework contract for production of the Urban Atlas product suite. Urban Atlas is CLMS’...

The Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL) project produces global spatial information about the human presence on the planet over time. This in the form of built-up maps, population...

The new European Ground Motion Service provides free and accessible ground motion data to anyone who wishes to use it.

To improve the understanding of current trends in global urbanization, ESA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) are jointly developing the world's most comprehensive dataset on human settlement.

The Department of Energy Planning of the City of Vienna acquired information on urban heat islands, useful to implement mitigating measures, on the basis of information derived from Earth observation.

This workshop aims at discussing the potential uses of EO to achieve and monitor the Sustainable Development Goals in cities.

During this webinar you will discover how Sentinel satellite data and EO services, available in Terrascope, were used to develop an online tool to automatically monitor...

This workshop will focus on the more technical aspects of how to analyze and assess heat islands and green infrastructure using EO and GIS data. After a short introduction...

The benefits of space services and data for sustainability and smart mobility are currently under the spotlight as the Union is investing more on its EU Space Programme for the definition of its...