© GEO Secretariat

Building a Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS)

Trusted Data Services to Support Climate Change Research

Barbara J. RyanDirector GEO Secretariat

UNESCO, Paris6 July 2015

To realize a future wherein decisions and actions,

for the benefit of humankind, are informed by

coordinated, comprehensive and sustained

Earth observations and information.

GEO Vision

A Global System of Systems

• Improve and coordinate observation systems globally

• Provide access to data & information

• Advance broad open data policies/practices

• Build capacity

GEO Objectives

GEO Member States

© GEO Secretariat

87 Participating Organizations

GEOSS Implementation Requires:Data Sharing Principles

• Full and Open Exchange of Data

• Data and Products at Minimum Time Delay and at Minimum Cost

• Free of Charge or Cost of Reproduction

Introduction of the

Brokering approach

GEOSS Resources

About 45 brokered data providers .. .

More than 50 Million accessible resources (mix of data collections and datasets)

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More than 174 Million assets (mix of satellite scenes, raingage, streamgage records, etc.)

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Change in data policy

Policy Change for Landsat Data

Before Open-Data Policy: 53 scenes per day

After Open-Data Policy: 5,700 scenes per day

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Annual Economic Benefit

USA $1.70 BInternational $400 M

Global Total $2.1 B

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Canada’s Experience

Forest Change -- Angola

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Forest Change -- Angola

Advancing Understanding

• Three Strategic Objectives for GEO through 2025• Advocate• Engage• Deliver

• Encompass GEO Achievements• Data Sharing Principles• Data Management Principles• Global Earth Observation System of Systems

(GEOSS)

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Mexico Ministerial and GEO-XII

GEO Week9-13 November 2015Mexico City

Barbara Ryanbryan@geosec.org

Andre Obregonaobregon@geosec.org

www.earthobservations.org