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21Sep
Online Smart Farming Conference | October 9, 2020
Our e-shape collegues from NOA will participate in the round table at the Online Smart Farming Conference, on October 9th 2020, which is hosted by EARSC and EURISY....
15Sep
Check out the publication of our e-shape pilot 2.1
With a joint effort of e-shape and ERA_PLANET / iGOSP projects a step forward was made on the development of a tool in support of the effectiveness evaluation of the Minamata Convention on Mercury....
01Sep
e-shape: bridging Earth observation communities to change lives
The Innovation News Network Magazine #Issue 3 features the work of our partner "National Observatory of Athens" and their role in the H2020 project, e-shape. Research Directors Evangelos Gerasopoulos and Charalampos (Haris) Kontoes discuss how the institution plan to coordinate earth observation in order to improve upon global sustainability and deliver robust environmental information....
30Aug
e-shape | one of the nine EU-funded Environmental Observations projects
e-shape is one of the nine EU-funded Environmental Observations projects that contribute to upscale Europe’s Environmental Observations capacities and develop solutions meeting specific users’ needs....
27Aug
Symposium: "Space Applications for Sustainable Development Goal 13: Climate Action"
The 2020 UN/Austria Symposium "Space Applications for Sustainable Development Goal 13: Climate Action" takes place from 1-3 September. It discusses how space technologies support climate action....
22Jul
The nextSENSE groundbreaking web service is here!
The nextSENSE service was implemented, after long research, in the framework of the EuroGEO e-shape’s renewable energy showcase ( nextSENSE pilot ) and provides continuous monitoring and short-term forecasting of solar energy in real-time for Europe and North Africa....
21Jul
Check out the publication of our e-shape pilot 6.1
The recent publication on satellite and ground-based observations of volcanic plumes produced during the Etna activity between 24 and 30 December 2018, was carried out in the frame of the e-shape project....
17Jul
Copernicus Relay and Academy monthly teleconference
e-shape participated in the Copernicus Relay and Academy monthly teleconference on the 16th of July....
07Jul
A successful presentation from our e-shape partner | SC-6 (disasters)
EuroGEO Disaster Resilience Action Group Overview...
06Jul
e-shape synergies! our contribution to eLTER
How does e-shape project contributes to eLTER? an article by Ulf Mallast...
05Jul
EuroGEO Action Group | EO for Epidemics of Vector-borne Diseases
Early Warning for Epidemics Virtual Webinar 9&14 July 2020 Earth Observation creates opportunities for Health & Epidemics...
30Jun
Co-design process: a user-centric go-to-market strategy
Athens co-design workshop takes place virtually 1st of July! Co-design is used as a toolbox to support the development of the 27 e-shape services in a user-centric approach....
30Jun
Harvester Seasons | New climate service to help with estimating conditions for harvesting timber
Harvesting machines weigh about 20 tons and require good bearing capacity of the terrain to avoid the machines from getting stuck. Only sufficient soil conditions prevent damaging the topsoil of the forest floor and negatively impacting the biosphere....
21Jun
EARSC virtual EOcafe: Growing your Next Earth Observation Business
Would you like to know how e-shape can support European companies to develop? Join us on June 25, 2020 at 16:00- 16h45 ( CET ) to listen from two e-shape partners why this project is an opportunity and how you can benefit from it....
21Jun
Don't miss our free webinar "First snapshot of the European Infrastructures and platforms for EuroGEO"
During this free webinar you will learn about: European infrastructures and platforms for Earth observations | Different types of platforms | Platforms based on Ellip | Platforms for the industry | the eoMall | How you can strengthen or join the EuroGEO community - in projects and in GEO...
15Jun
Check out the publication of our e-shape pilot 3.1
In the framework of the EuroGEO e-shape's renewable energy showcase, the NOA in collaboration with Indian technological institutes and a renewable energy constructor published a paper dealing with a roof-top photovoltaic energy production management exploiting Earth Observation data and technologies....
11Jun
e-shape Market Trends Observatory launched
e-shape has launched its Market Trends Observatory, an activity aiming at providing knowledge to the e-shape Showcases and Pilots as well as to the wider Earth Observation community about relevant developments and trends in markets and technology....
09Jun
Call for EO-based products 2020 | APPLY NOW!
Are you the next e-shape partner? Do you want to get access to up to 50k in funding, co-design, development, and sustainability booster activities, and a wide EO community? e-shape launched the Call for EO-based products 2020 on June 8 th to onboard further partners in the e-shape consortium and expand the EuroGEO community....
09Jun
A story about agriculture, food security, e-shape, EuroGEO, GEO by Sven Gilliams/VITO
Just past the first anniversary of the e-shape project, you should by now all know our slogan; We e-shape EuroGEO !! But what does it mean? What is e-shape? What is EuroGEO and what does it mean for the agricultural services in Europe?...
27May
e-shape at EuroGEO Webinar | Monday 08 June 10:00 – 16:30 CET
As EuroGEO brings together a large part of the European Earth Observation community, it was essential to maintain the momentum and seize this opportunity to reflect on the initiative and how we can increase its role into GEO and better leverage the benefits GEO can bring to Europe....
18May
Are you the next e-shape partner? Join Us!
Do you deliver Earth Observation-based services or products contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals, Paris Agreement or Sendai Framework and want to join the EuroGEO community? Be ready to become a new e-shape partner, the leading project expanding the EuroGEO initiative....
11May
The EO-tailored water information services success story!
Upscaling water services from national to global scales. We are continuing to work on improving the main infrastructures which are: 1) existing setups of the hydrological model HYPE for different areas of interest, and 2) corresponding operational applications at SMHI for historical and near-realtime analyses and forecasts....
06May
Check out the publication of our e-shape pilots 1.1 & 1.2 in Elsevier
There is a growing realization amongst policy-makers that reliable and accurate soil monitoring information is required at scales ranging from regional to global to support ecosystem functions and services in a sustainable manner under the amplifying climate change enabling countries in target setting of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)....
06May
Check out the publication of our e-shape pilots 1.1 & 1.2
This paper aims to present a novel EO-based soil monitoring approach leveraging open-access Copernicus Sentinel data and Google Earth Engine platform. Building on key results from existing data mining approaches to extract bare soil reflectance values the current study delivers valuable insights on the synergistic use of open access optical and radar images....
04May
Check out the publication of our e-shape pilot 4.1
The publication is part of the Showcase 4 (myEcoSystem) for which it is essential to have reliable data products over various scales to investigate ecosystem status and possible changes over time....
01May
The GEOGLAM success story!
In the Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture showcase, the first pilot is dedicated towards support of the Group on Earth Observations Global Agricultural Monitoring Initiative (GEOGLAM). Read a GEOGLAM success story!...
30Apr
The PARSEC Accelerator Open Call 2 is launched!
Equity-free funding and support for SMEs innovating in food, energy or environment: PARSEC Open Call 2...
27Apr
nextSENSE Southern Asia success story!
The solar energy nowcasting system of the nextSENSE showcase was introduced in southern Asia....
23Apr
10 years from Eyjafjallajökull Eruption!
Τen years have passed since the 2010 eruption in Eyjafjallajökull. On 14 April 2010, the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull erupted explosively, hurling volcanic ash several kilometers into the atmosphere....
22Apr
Earth Day 50th Anniversary
During the COVID-19 lockdown period, atmospheric pollution dramatically reduced in most parts of the world, becoming particularly evident over cities and industrial agglomerations. This observation has been enabled by Copernicus!...
05Apr
Check out the publication of our e-shape pilot 5.1
In a recent investigation by Musuuza et al. (2020), SMHI researchers demonstrate how earth observations (EO) can fill the spatial and temporal gaps in ground-based observations, whilst satellite assimilation produced consistent hydrological model outputs in a mountainous river basin in Sweden....
03Mar
Climate change impacts: Space innovation at the service of the citizen
We are excited to announce that o ur partner BEYOND EO Center introduced Horizon2020-e-shape at the French Institute of Athens, Greece with great success!...
20Feb
Launch of a new Special Issue in Remote Sensing for Smart Renewable Cities
As cities around the world strive to become smart, renewable solar and wind power can play a crucial role in helping them provide reliable, affordable, and environmentally responsible energy and hence, reducing climate change and air pollution....
24Jan
nextSENSE at Southern Asia
We are proud to announce the first completed activity of e-shape first sprint for the energy Showcase!...
10Jan
Announcing the new Help Desk system for e-shape project H2020!
We are excited to announce the launch of our new Help Desk platform for the e-shape project, available immediately to all of our visitors-users....
12Dec
AGU Fall Meeting 2019
e-shape in motion! In the framework of the e-shape project, our pilot on solar energy nowcasting & short-term forecasting system (nextSENSE) is participating in the AGU Fall Meeting 2019 in San Francisco, CA, USA....
12Dec
Tracking mercury to save lives - article in GEO blog
Our pilot for EO-based surveillance of mercury pollution is supporting the GEO Flagship GOS4M....
12Dec
Let your idea take flight with PARSEC
Evenflow is taking part in the Horizon 2020 project Parsec Accelerator . Deadline for applications is the 20th of December 2019 at 17:00 CET....
09Dec
Multiple Purpose Forestry Seminars in Romania
Two invited seminars of 'Improving future ecosystem benefits through Earth Observations - from EO to ecosystem services modelling'....
06Dec
Linking Earth Observation data & Sustainable Development across the Atlantic - Workshop
Our e-shape partner DEIMOS suceessfully participated and introduced e-shape project during the Linking Earth Observation data and Sustainable Development across the Atlantic Workshop, held in Estoril-Portugal, on 3-5th December 2019....
04Dec
Smart solutions for solar energy planning and management from space
A team from the National Observatory of Athens in collaboration with the World Radiation Center in Switzerland have developed an holistic solar energy estimation mechanism which exploits the nowadays Earth Observation data sources and technologies....
02Dec
Tenth meeting of the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership Advisory Group
Our e-shape partner CNR, participated in the 10th meeting of the Global Mercury Partnership Advisory Group which took place on Saturday, 23 November 2019 in Geneva, Switzerland, back to back with the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention and its preceding preparatory meetings, which will be held from 24 to 29 November 2019....
15Nov
Remote Sensing course tutored at CIHEAM
The course of 'Remote Sensing' at the 'Geoinformation in Environmental Management' MSc of the International Centre for Advanced Meditarrenean Agronomic Studies at the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania, GR, is successfully concluded by Dr. I. Manakos....
12Nov
e-shape at GEO WEEK 2019
2019 GEO Week / Ministerial Summit! Another summit of thought-provoking presentations and productive networking was accomplished....
31Oct
FAO - GLOSOLAN | 3rd meeting of the Global soil laboratory network
Our partner IBEC successfully participated in the 3rd meeting of the Global soil laboratory network , held in FAO headquarters Rome-Italy, on the 28-30th of October....
11Oct
e-shape goes Canberra for GEO Week 2019
e-shape is pleased to announce its participation at this year’s GEO Week 2019 / Ministerial Summit held at Canberra, Australia, 4-9th November, that will unite tycoons from different scientific areas....
08Oct
Save the date 18th October 15:00 CEST for a joint e-shape - NextGEOSS webinar
Save the date 18th October 15:00 CEST for a joint e-shape - NextGEOSS webinar on Standards compliance: Benefits, Tools and Return on Experience....
30Sep
e-shape at Researchers Night 2019
e-shape participated in the "Researchers' Night 2019”, held on 27th September! Researchers' Night is an annual event celebrating science and research, which takes place simultaneously in several hundred cities across Europe and beyond....
23Sep
e-shape at OceanObs'19
Our e-shape partner, DTU Wind Energy (SC3), participated in the OceanObs19 conference, in Honolulu, on 16-21/9/2019 and presented pioneering H2020 project e-shape and specifically the main activities of the pilot "Merging offshore wind products"....
19Sep
e-shape @ Side meeting at 15th GEO Program Board
OGCE has enjoyed a F2F meeting in JRC to invite INSPIRE experts to participate in a webinar currently under construction in cooperation with NextGEOSS H2020 Project....
18Sep
InfoDay Space H2020
Our project coordinator ,Thierry Ranchin, participated in the H2020 InfoDay Space, organized by ARMINES & SAFE CLUSTER in Sofia, Antipolis on 17/9/2019. and presented pioneering H2020 project e-shape....
12Sep
STEAM/G-CLASS/Hydroterra Open Science Meeting
Our partner CIMA Research Foundation participated in the open science meeting STEAM/G-CLASS/Hydroterra at ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk the Nederlands on 10th of October....
11Sep
e-shape @ Phi Week 2019
Our partners EARSC & VITO, organized during Phi Week a dedicated side event "Modernising Farming: Earth Observation to Support Crop Growth Cycle", 10/9/2019, Frascati, Italy...
09Sep
e-shape @Coordinators'Day 2019
Our project coordinator ,Thierry Ranchin, participated in the H2020 Coordinators' Day, organized by EASME and presented pioneering H2020 project e-shape providing the opportunity for potential synergies with other newly funded projects....
05Aug
GEO WEEK 2019, 4-9 November 2019, Canberra, Australia
In November 2019, Ministers from GEO’s 105 Member governments, business leaders, heads of international non-profits and passionate experts will meet in Canberra, Australia for GEO Week 2019 and the GEO Ministerial Summit....
05Aug
Industry Track launches at GEO Week 2019
GEO Secretariat launches the Industry Track! Technology and space companies from around the world are invited to participate in GEO Week 2019 as part of the brand new Industry Track....
31Jul
e-shape @FOSS4G Bucharest 2019
The FOSS4G (Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial) 2019, unfolded over 5 days, 26 to 30th of July 2019, in Romania, Bucharest. Evenflow has attended and introduced the e-shape project to a community of highly skilled software developers from all corners of the world who could potentially contribute to user uptake in their respective areas. More info: https://2019.foss4g.org/schedule/full-schedule/...
05Jul
e-shape @ EuroGEOSS 2019, 3-5 July 2019, Lisbon, Portugal
The EuroGEOSS Workshop took place from 3 to 5 July 2019 at the Pavilhão do Conhecimento in Lisbon (Portugal). The event was co-organised by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and the European Commission....
04Jul
e-shape @World Soils 2019 User Consultation Meeting
A user consultation workshop on space-based EO tools for mapping and monitoring soils took place from 02 - 03 July 2019 at ESA ESRIN, Frascati, Italy with the aim to bring together stakeholders from the policy and user domain with remote sensing experts to discuss the necessary steps to develop such a system....
01Jul
e-shape will attend EuroGEOSS Workshop 2019 in Lisbon, from 3-5 of July!
The EuroGEOSS Workshop will take place in Lisbon (Portugal), from 3rd to 5th of July 2019, at the Pavilhão do Conhecimento. The event is co-organised by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and the European Commission....
26Jun
Our first e-shape article in GEO blog!
To strengthen Europe’s contribution to the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS), EuroGEO has launched e-shape. With a user-centric approach to Earth observation (EO) data sharing, the system aims to improve forecasting capabilities for sound decision-making....
25Jun
Our first e-shape result has “erupted” !
Mount Etna, Europe's most active and “youngest” volcano, spewed ash once again, on May 30th, 2019. PollyXT lidar at PANGEA-NOA station of Antikythera Greece (35.86N, 23.31E) was the first to capture the fingerprint of the activity and the dispersion of volcanic emissions is simulated with the FLEXPART-WRF model....
20Jun
e-shape @ EXPANDEO 2019 "A day with EO Conference" 20th of June 2019, Brussels, Belgium
On the 20th and 21st of June EARSC held the first edition of its annual EXPANDEO event, bringing together the Earth Observation market. In total, the event hosted 160 attendees that either work in the EO industry, are institutional stakeholders or others who are affiliated with the Earth Observation Sector. This year was a special edition for EARSC since they also celebrated their 30 years anniversary!...
10Jun
e-shape @ Kerkini Lake Protected Area Authority, 10th of June 2019, Kerkini Lake, Greece
Technical meeting held at the premises of Kerkini Lake Protected Area in Greece....
22May
BEYOND Center of Excellence prominently features at the pioneering e-shape project
Disaster resilience is officially a high priority on the portfolio of the e-shape project and BEYOND Center of Excellence is an important player in this initiative....
15May
e-shape @ ESA Living Planet Symposium, 15th of May 2019, Milan, Italy
This symposium focused on how Earth Observation contributes to science and society, and how disruptive technologies and actors are changing the traditional Earth Observation landscape, which is also creating new opportunities for public and private sector interactions. e-shape participated in this symposium and was introduced the e-shape Food security and sustainable agriculture pilots to the GEOGLAM executive committee....
10May
e-shape General Assembly Meeting, 7-9 May 2019, Cannes, France
e-shape (EuroGEOSS Showcases: Applications Powered by Europe) , a new project coordinated by ARMINES and funded under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Programme was successfully launched in Cannes, France on 9-10 May 2019....
06May
Launch of the new H2020 project e-shape
Launch of the new H2020 project e-shape for strengthening the benefits for Europe of the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) – establishing ‘EuroGEOSS’ e-shape (EuroGEOSS Showcases: Applications Powered by Europe), a new project coordinated by ARMINES and funded under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Programme was successfully launched in Cannes, France on 9-10 May 2019....
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Delve into our pilots

 SC1

agriculture

Pilot 1.1 GEOGLAM
Sven Gilliams 

Pilot 1.2 EU-CAP Support  
Vasileios Sitokonstantinou

Pilot 1.3 VICI - Vegetation-Index Crop-Insurance in Ethiopia
Andy Nelson

Pilot 1.4 Agro industry
Sven Gilliams 

 SC3

energy

Pilot 3.1 nextSENSE: solar energy nowcasting and short-term forecasting system
Stelios Kazadzis
Panagiotis Kosmopoulos

Pilot 3.2 High photovoltaic penetration at urban scale
Philippe Blanc
Lionel Menard

Pilot 3.3 Merging offshore wind products
Ioanna Karagali

 SC5

water

Pilot 5.1 Improved historical water availability and quality information service
Ilias Pechlivanidis

Pilot 5.2 Satellite Earth Observation-derived water bodies and floodwater record over Europe
Patrick Matgen

Pilot 5.3 Dive - Diver Information on Visibility in Europe
Peter Walker

Pilot 5.4 Sargassum detection for seasonal planning
Marion Sutton

Pilot 5.5 Monitoring fishing activity
Aida Campos

 SC7

climate

Pilot 7.1 Global Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Ville Kasurinen

Pilot 7.2 Urban resilience to extreme weather - climate service
Petra Fuchs

Pilot 7.3 Forestry conditions - climate service
Mikko Strahlendorff

Pilot 7.4 Hydropower in snow reservoir – climate service
Jaakko Ikonen

Pilot 7.5 Seasonal preparedness
Andrea Vajda

 SC2

health

Pilot 2.1 EO-based surveillance of mercury pollution
Sergio Cinnirella

Pilot 2.2 EO-based surveillance of POPs pollution
Jana Klanova
Katka Sebkova

Pilot 2. 3 EO-based pollution-health risks profiling in the urban environment
Evangelos Gerasopoulos

 SC4

ecosystem

Pilot 4.1 mySPACE
Blonda Palma

Pilot 4.2 mySITE
Peterseil Johannes

Pilot 4.3 myVARIABLE
Nestor Fernadez

 SC6

disasters

Pilot 6.1 EO4D_ASH - EO Data for Detection, Discrimination and Distribution (4D) of Volcanic ash
Lucia Mona

Pilot 6.2 GEOSS for Disasters in Urban Environment
Antonio Parodi
Martina Lagasio

Pilot 6.3 Assessing Geo-hazard vulnerability of Cities and Critical Infrastructures
Gerardo Herrera García

Pilot 6.4 ReSAgri - Resilient and Sustainable ecosystems including Agriculture and food
Vasileios Sitokonstantinou

Stay in the loop !

21Sep
Online Smart Farming Conference | October 9, 2020
Our e-shape collegues from NOA will participate in the round table at the Online Smart Farming Conference, on October 9th 2020, which is hosted by EARSC and EURISY....
15Sep
Check out the publication of our e-shape pilot 2.1
With a joint effort of e-shape and ERA_PLANET / iGOSP projects a step forward was made on the development of a tool in support of the effectiveness evaluation of the Minamata Convention on Mercury....
01Sep
e-shape: bridging Earth observation communities to change lives
The Innovation News Network Magazine #Issue 3 features the work of our partner "National Observatory of Athens" and their role in the H2020 project, e-shape. Research Directors Evangelos Gerasopoulos and Charalampos (Haris) Kontoes discuss how the institution plan to coordinate earth observation in order to improve upon global sustainability and deliver robust environmental information....
30Aug
e-shape | one of the nine EU-funded Environmental Observations projects
e-shape is one of the nine EU-funded Environmental Observations projects that contribute to upscale Europe’s Environmental Observations capacities and develop solutions meeting specific users’ needs....
27Aug
Symposium: "Space Applications for Sustainable Development Goal 13: Climate Action"
The 2020 UN/Austria Symposium "Space Applications for Sustainable Development Goal 13: Climate Action" takes place from 1-3 September. It discusses how space technologies support climate action....
22Jul
The nextSENSE groundbreaking web service is here!
The nextSENSE service was implemented, after long research, in the framework of the EuroGEO e-shape’s renewable energy showcase ( nextSENSE pilot ) and provides continuous monitoring and short-term forecasting of solar energy in real-time for Europe and North Africa....
21Jul
Check out the publication of our e-shape pilot 6.1
The recent publication on satellite and ground-based observations of volcanic plumes produced during the Etna activity between 24 and 30 December 2018, was carried out in the frame of the e-shape project....
17Jul
Copernicus Relay and Academy monthly teleconference
e-shape participated in the Copernicus Relay and Academy monthly teleconference on the 16th of July....
07Jul
A successful presentation from our e-shape partner | SC-6 (disasters)
EuroGEO Disaster Resilience Action Group Overview...
06Jul
e-shape synergies! our contribution to eLTER
How does e-shape project contributes to eLTER? an article by Ulf Mallast...
05Jul
EuroGEO Action Group | EO for Epidemics of Vector-borne Diseases
Early Warning for Epidemics Virtual Webinar 9&14 July 2020 Earth Observation creates opportunities for Health & Epidemics...
30Jun
Co-design process: a user-centric go-to-market strategy
Athens co-design workshop takes place virtually 1st of July! Co-design is used as a toolbox to support the development of the 27 e-shape services in a user-centric approach....
30Jun
Harvester Seasons | New climate service to help with estimating conditions for harvesting timber
Harvesting machines weigh about 20 tons and require good bearing capacity of the terrain to avoid the machines from getting stuck. Only sufficient soil conditions prevent damaging the topsoil of the forest floor and negatively impacting the biosphere....
21Jun
EARSC virtual EOcafe: Growing your Next Earth Observation Business
Would you like to know how e-shape can support European companies to develop? Join us on June 25, 2020 at 16:00- 16h45 ( CET ) to listen from two e-shape partners why this project is an opportunity and how you can benefit from it....
21Jun
Don't miss our free webinar "First snapshot of the European Infrastructures and platforms for EuroGEO"
During this free webinar you will learn about: European infrastructures and platforms for Earth observations | Different types of platforms | Platforms based on Ellip | Platforms for the industry | the eoMall | How you can strengthen or join the EuroGEO community - in projects and in GEO...
15Jun
Check out the publication of our e-shape pilot 3.1
In the framework of the EuroGEO e-shape's renewable energy showcase, the NOA in collaboration with Indian technological institutes and a renewable energy constructor published a paper dealing with a roof-top photovoltaic energy production management exploiting Earth Observation data and technologies....
11Jun
e-shape Market Trends Observatory launched
e-shape has launched its Market Trends Observatory, an activity aiming at providing knowledge to the e-shape Showcases and Pilots as well as to the wider Earth Observation community about relevant developments and trends in markets and technology....
09Jun
Call for EO-based products 2020 | APPLY NOW!
Are you the next e-shape partner? Do you want to get access to up to 50k in funding, co-design, development, and sustainability booster activities, and a wide EO community? e-shape launched the Call for EO-based products 2020 on June 8 th to onboard further partners in the e-shape consortium and expand the EuroGEO community....
09Jun
A story about agriculture, food security, e-shape, EuroGEO, GEO by Sven Gilliams/VITO
Just past the first anniversary of the e-shape project, you should by now all know our slogan; We e-shape EuroGEO !! But what does it mean? What is e-shape? What is EuroGEO and what does it mean for the agricultural services in Europe?...
27May
e-shape at EuroGEO Webinar | Monday 08 June 10:00 – 16:30 CET
As EuroGEO brings together a large part of the European Earth Observation community, it was essential to maintain the momentum and seize this opportunity to reflect on the initiative and how we can increase its role into GEO and better leverage the benefits GEO can bring to Europe....
18May
Are you the next e-shape partner? Join Us!
Do you deliver Earth Observation-based services or products contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals, Paris Agreement or Sendai Framework and want to join the EuroGEO community? Be ready to become a new e-shape partner, the leading project expanding the EuroGEO initiative....
11May
The EO-tailored water information services success story!
Upscaling water services from national to global scales. We are continuing to work on improving the main infrastructures which are: 1) existing setups of the hydrological model HYPE for different areas of interest, and 2) corresponding operational applications at SMHI for historical and near-realtime analyses and forecasts....
06May
Check out the publication of our e-shape pilots 1.1 & 1.2 in Elsevier
There is a growing realization amongst policy-makers that reliable and accurate soil monitoring information is required at scales ranging from regional to global to support ecosystem functions and services in a sustainable manner under the amplifying climate change enabling countries in target setting of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)....
06May
Check out the publication of our e-shape pilots 1.1 & 1.2
This paper aims to present a novel EO-based soil monitoring approach leveraging open-access Copernicus Sentinel data and Google Earth Engine platform. Building on key results from existing data mining approaches to extract bare soil reflectance values the current study delivers valuable insights on the synergistic use of open access optical and radar images....
04May
Check out the publication of our e-shape pilot 4.1
The publication is part of the Showcase 4 (myEcoSystem) for which it is essential to have reliable data products over various scales to investigate ecosystem status and possible changes over time....
01May
The GEOGLAM success story!
In the Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture showcase, the first pilot is dedicated towards support of the Group on Earth Observations Global Agricultural Monitoring Initiative (GEOGLAM). Read a GEOGLAM success story!...
30Apr
The PARSEC Accelerator Open Call 2 is launched!
Equity-free funding and support for SMEs innovating in food, energy or environment: PARSEC Open Call 2...
27Apr
nextSENSE Southern Asia success story!
The solar energy nowcasting system of the nextSENSE showcase was introduced in southern Asia....
23Apr
10 years from Eyjafjallajökull Eruption!
Τen years have passed since the 2010 eruption in Eyjafjallajökull. On 14 April 2010, the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull erupted explosively, hurling volcanic ash several kilometers into the atmosphere....
22Apr
Earth Day 50th Anniversary
During the COVID-19 lockdown period, atmospheric pollution dramatically reduced in most parts of the world, becoming particularly evident over cities and industrial agglomerations. This observation has been enabled by Copernicus!...
05Apr
Check out the publication of our e-shape pilot 5.1
In a recent investigation by Musuuza et al. (2020), SMHI researchers demonstrate how earth observations (EO) can fill the spatial and temporal gaps in ground-based observations, whilst satellite assimilation produced consistent hydrological model outputs in a mountainous river basin in Sweden....
03Mar
Climate change impacts: Space innovation at the service of the citizen
We are excited to announce that o ur partner BEYOND EO Center introduced Horizon2020-e-shape at the French Institute of Athens, Greece with great success!...
20Feb
Launch of a new Special Issue in Remote Sensing for Smart Renewable Cities
As cities around the world strive to become smart, renewable solar and wind power can play a crucial role in helping them provide reliable, affordable, and environmentally responsible energy and hence, reducing climate change and air pollution....
24Jan
nextSENSE at Southern Asia
We are proud to announce the first completed activity of e-shape first sprint for the energy Showcase!...
10Jan
Announcing the new Help Desk system for e-shape project H2020!
We are excited to announce the launch of our new Help Desk platform for the e-shape project, available immediately to all of our visitors-users....
12Dec
AGU Fall Meeting 2019
e-shape in motion! In the framework of the e-shape project, our pilot on solar energy nowcasting & short-term forecasting system (nextSENSE) is participating in the AGU Fall Meeting 2019 in San Francisco, CA, USA....
12Dec
Tracking mercury to save lives - article in GEO blog
Our pilot for EO-based surveillance of mercury pollution is supporting the GEO Flagship GOS4M....
12Dec
Let your idea take flight with PARSEC
Evenflow is taking part in the Horizon 2020 project Parsec Accelerator . Deadline for applications is the 20th of December 2019 at 17:00 CET....
09Dec
Multiple Purpose Forestry Seminars in Romania
Two invited seminars of 'Improving future ecosystem benefits through Earth Observations - from EO to ecosystem services modelling'....
06Dec
Linking Earth Observation data & Sustainable Development across the Atlantic - Workshop
Our e-shape partner DEIMOS suceessfully participated and introduced e-shape project during the Linking Earth Observation data and Sustainable Development across the Atlantic Workshop, held in Estoril-Portugal, on 3-5th December 2019....
04Dec
Smart solutions for solar energy planning and management from space
A team from the National Observatory of Athens in collaboration with the World Radiation Center in Switzerland have developed an holistic solar energy estimation mechanism which exploits the nowadays Earth Observation data sources and technologies....
02Dec
Tenth meeting of the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership Advisory Group
Our e-shape partner CNR, participated in the 10th meeting of the Global Mercury Partnership Advisory Group which took place on Saturday, 23 November 2019 in Geneva, Switzerland, back to back with the third meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention and its preceding preparatory meetings, which will be held from 24 to 29 November 2019....
15Nov
Remote Sensing course tutored at CIHEAM
The course of 'Remote Sensing' at the 'Geoinformation in Environmental Management' MSc of the International Centre for Advanced Meditarrenean Agronomic Studies at the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania, GR, is successfully concluded by Dr. I. Manakos....
12Nov
e-shape at GEO WEEK 2019
2019 GEO Week / Ministerial Summit! Another summit of thought-provoking presentations and productive networking was accomplished....
31Oct
FAO - GLOSOLAN | 3rd meeting of the Global soil laboratory network
Our partner IBEC successfully participated in the 3rd meeting of the Global soil laboratory network , held in FAO headquarters Rome-Italy, on the 28-30th of October....
11Oct
e-shape goes Canberra for GEO Week 2019
e-shape is pleased to announce its participation at this year’s GEO Week 2019 / Ministerial Summit held at Canberra, Australia, 4-9th November, that will unite tycoons from different scientific areas....
08Oct
Save the date 18th October 15:00 CEST for a joint e-shape - NextGEOSS webinar
Save the date 18th October 15:00 CEST for a joint e-shape - NextGEOSS webinar on Standards compliance: Benefits, Tools and Return on Experience....
30Sep
e-shape at Researchers Night 2019
e-shape participated in the "Researchers' Night 2019”, held on 27th September! Researchers' Night is an annual event celebrating science and research, which takes place simultaneously in several hundred cities across Europe and beyond....
23Sep
e-shape at OceanObs'19
Our e-shape partner, DTU Wind Energy (SC3), participated in the OceanObs19 conference, in Honolulu, on 16-21/9/2019 and presented pioneering H2020 project e-shape and specifically the main activities of the pilot "Merging offshore wind products"....
19Sep
e-shape @ Side meeting at 15th GEO Program Board
OGCE has enjoyed a F2F meeting in JRC to invite INSPIRE experts to participate in a webinar currently under construction in cooperation with NextGEOSS H2020 Project....
18Sep
InfoDay Space H2020
Our project coordinator ,Thierry Ranchin, participated in the H2020 InfoDay Space, organized by ARMINES & SAFE CLUSTER in Sofia, Antipolis on 17/9/2019. and presented pioneering H2020 project e-shape....
12Sep
STEAM/G-CLASS/Hydroterra Open Science Meeting
Our partner CIMA Research Foundation participated in the open science meeting STEAM/G-CLASS/Hydroterra at ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk the Nederlands on 10th of October....
11Sep
e-shape @ Phi Week 2019
Our partners EARSC & VITO, organized during Phi Week a dedicated side event "Modernising Farming: Earth Observation to Support Crop Growth Cycle", 10/9/2019, Frascati, Italy...
09Sep
e-shape @Coordinators'Day 2019
Our project coordinator ,Thierry Ranchin, participated in the H2020 Coordinators' Day, organized by EASME and presented pioneering H2020 project e-shape providing the opportunity for potential synergies with other newly funded projects....
05Aug
GEO WEEK 2019, 4-9 November 2019, Canberra, Australia
In November 2019, Ministers from GEO’s 105 Member governments, business leaders, heads of international non-profits and passionate experts will meet in Canberra, Australia for GEO Week 2019 and the GEO Ministerial Summit....
05Aug
Industry Track launches at GEO Week 2019
GEO Secretariat launches the Industry Track! Technology and space companies from around the world are invited to participate in GEO Week 2019 as part of the brand new Industry Track....
31Jul
e-shape @FOSS4G Bucharest 2019
The FOSS4G (Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial) 2019, unfolded over 5 days, 26 to 30th of July 2019, in Romania, Bucharest. Evenflow has attended and introduced the e-shape project to a community of highly skilled software developers from all corners of the world who could potentially contribute to user uptake in their respective areas. More info: https://2019.foss4g.org/schedule/full-schedule/...
05Jul
e-shape @ EuroGEOSS 2019, 3-5 July 2019, Lisbon, Portugal
The EuroGEOSS Workshop took place from 3 to 5 July 2019 at the Pavilhão do Conhecimento in Lisbon (Portugal). The event was co-organised by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and the European Commission....
04Jul
e-shape @World Soils 2019 User Consultation Meeting
A user consultation workshop on space-based EO tools for mapping and monitoring soils took place from 02 - 03 July 2019 at ESA ESRIN, Frascati, Italy with the aim to bring together stakeholders from the policy and user domain with remote sensing experts to discuss the necessary steps to develop such a system....
01Jul
e-shape will attend EuroGEOSS Workshop 2019 in Lisbon, from 3-5 of July!
The EuroGEOSS Workshop will take place in Lisbon (Portugal), from 3rd to 5th of July 2019, at the Pavilhão do Conhecimento. The event is co-organised by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and the European Commission....
26Jun
Our first e-shape article in GEO blog!
To strengthen Europe’s contribution to the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS), EuroGEO has launched e-shape. With a user-centric approach to Earth observation (EO) data sharing, the system aims to improve forecasting capabilities for sound decision-making....
25Jun
Our first e-shape result has “erupted” !
Mount Etna, Europe's most active and “youngest” volcano, spewed ash once again, on May 30th, 2019. PollyXT lidar at PANGEA-NOA station of Antikythera Greece (35.86N, 23.31E) was the first to capture the fingerprint of the activity and the dispersion of volcanic emissions is simulated with the FLEXPART-WRF model....
20Jun
e-shape @ EXPANDEO 2019 "A day with EO Conference" 20th of June 2019, Brussels, Belgium
On the 20th and 21st of June EARSC held the first edition of its annual EXPANDEO event, bringing together the Earth Observation market. In total, the event hosted 160 attendees that either work in the EO industry, are institutional stakeholders or others who are affiliated with the Earth Observation Sector. This year was a special edition for EARSC since they also celebrated their 30 years anniversary!...
10Jun
e-shape @ Kerkini Lake Protected Area Authority, 10th of June 2019, Kerkini Lake, Greece
Technical meeting held at the premises of Kerkini Lake Protected Area in Greece....
22May
BEYOND Center of Excellence prominently features at the pioneering e-shape project
Disaster resilience is officially a high priority on the portfolio of the e-shape project and BEYOND Center of Excellence is an important player in this initiative....
15May
e-shape @ ESA Living Planet Symposium, 15th of May 2019, Milan, Italy
This symposium focused on how Earth Observation contributes to science and society, and how disruptive technologies and actors are changing the traditional Earth Observation landscape, which is also creating new opportunities for public and private sector interactions. e-shape participated in this symposium and was introduced the e-shape Food security and sustainable agriculture pilots to the GEOGLAM executive committee....
10May
e-shape General Assembly Meeting, 7-9 May 2019, Cannes, France
e-shape (EuroGEOSS Showcases: Applications Powered by Europe) , a new project coordinated by ARMINES and funded under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Programme was successfully launched in Cannes, France on 9-10 May 2019....
06May
Launch of the new H2020 project e-shape
Launch of the new H2020 project e-shape for strengthening the benefits for Europe of the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) – establishing ‘EuroGEOSS’ e-shape (EuroGEOSS Showcases: Applications Powered by Europe), a new project coordinated by ARMINES and funded under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Programme was successfully launched in Cannes, France on 9-10 May 2019....

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