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Dear All,
The EARSC competition "European EO product of the year" will encourage
the use of open data from GEOSS (Global Earth Observation System of Systems)
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European Earth observation companies understand how important it is to
be creative, innovative, and inventive in order to react to the rapid
evolution in the sector. The exponential increase in data available from
all sources promises radical change and the EARSC industry competition
will recognize this. For the first year, under the umbrella of the
ConnectinGEO project, it will reward a company which has developed the
most innovative product integrating an element of open data ideally
discoverable through the GEOSS broker services.
Companies are invited to show their interest before 27th November 2015
to secretar...@earsc.org. During the 1^st week of December a first WEBEX
will be organized where companies may be briefed on which types of data
are available through the GEOSS – GCI Factsheet (Recipe) and making use
of the GEOSS Discover Access Broker (Search & Discovery API). Partners
in the ConnectinGEO H2020 project will inform via WEBEX to potential
entrants on the possibilities which are presented.
The competition will run over a 6 month period (December 2015-May 2016)
during which time they may adapt an existing product, develop a new
product or simply promote one they have already in their catalogue.
Companies will be asked to provide a short summary of the results
(Report should not exceed 2 pages) which will be used as statement for
the jury.
This year's award will be announced during the EARSC annual cocktail
where the winner of the EARSC "European Earth Observation company of the
year" is also revealed.
*Criteria: eligibility requirements & metrics*
·Any commercial product integrating an element of open data resources
(ideally data discoverable by GEOSS Discover Access Broker).
·Note: Copernicus data is eligible.
·Report on the findings (not exceed 2 pages)
oExplain what type of innovation product the company offers using open
data and the degree to which the product depends on the open data
oDescribe the challenge: What problem this product will solve/what
solution will this provide? Companies should explain the circumstances
surrounding the development of this new product
oExpected impact and clients to address
*Timing*
·Interest: 27th November 2015
·1st WEBEX: 1st week December 2015
·Intermediate WEBEX: guiding the companies in February 2016
·Dead-line entries: 15th May 2016
·Selection: the files will be judged by the jury to select the overall
product winner (Period May15th-May 31st)
·Announcement: EARSC cocktail late June 2016 in Brussels
"EARSC is a non-profit-making organisation created in 1989 with the
mission to foster the development of European Geo-Information Service
Industry. Their main objective is to stimulate a sustainable market for
geo-information services using EO data."
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Ann Hitchcock
52°North GmbH
Martin-Luther-King-Weg 24
48155 Muenster, Germany
tel. +49 (0)251 396371 -21
fax: +49 (0)251 396371 -11
http://52north.org
http://twitter.com/fivetwon
General Managers:
Dr. Albert Remke, Dr. Andreas Wytzisk
Local Court Muenster HRB 10849
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