Wiki source code of Austrian Data Cube
Version 2.1 by Barbara Debre on 2018/07/30 12:37
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1 | **An EODC service for the Austrian EO user community** | ||
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3 | **Earth Observation** (EO) gathers information from our planet from a distance using satellite or airborne data, such as unmanned aerial vehicles. These techniques can be used **for a large number of applications**, to name a few: | ||
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6 | * environmental and nature protection (e.g. habitat mapping or oil spill detection); | ||
7 | * agriculture (e.g. crop condition monitoring and yield predictions); | ||
8 | * forestry (e.g. tree species classification and timber stock estimations); | ||
9 | * climate change (i.e. detecting sea ice and water levels); and | ||
10 | * urban development (e.g. urban planning and urban sprawl monitoring). |