Digital earth observation infrastructures and initiatives: a review framework based on open principles

Digital Earth Observation (EO) infrastructures have emerged as easily accessible environments with the essential data and processing tools required for analysing EO data in a highly automated and scalable way. However, the current EO infrastructure and initiatives landscape is fragmented, with different levels of user onboarding and uptake success. In this context, we present a unique user-centric framework, which is the most extensive review of existing digital infrastructures and initiatives for EO available in the current scientific literature. The proposed review framework takes a user-driven perspective, mapping user requirements to existing infrastructure and service offerings, with the ultimate goal of identifying overlaps and gaps in the current ecosystem. By applying this review framework to over 50 digital EO infrastructures and initiatives, the findings have highlighted a set of initial limitations, identified from a user-driven perspective, that are commonly observed across many platforms. While the list is not exhaustive, it offers a preliminary view of the landscape.

DI LEO Margherita;  MINGHINI Marco;  KONA Albana;  SPADARO Nicholas;  KOTSEV Alexander;  DUSART Jean;  LUMNITZ Stefanie;  ILIE Codrina Maria;  KILSEDAR Candan;  TZOTSOS Angelos; 

2023-07-21

Copernicus GmbH

JRC133652

2194-9050 (online),    2194-9042 (print),   

https://isprs-archives.copernicus.org/articles/XLVIII-4-W7-2023/33/2023/isprs-archives-XLVIII-4-W7-2023-33-2023.html,    https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC133652,   

10.5194/isprs-archives-XLVIII-4-W7-2023-33-2023 (online),