National Open Data Cubes and Their Contribution to Country-Level Development Policies and Practices

The emerging global trend of satellite operators producing analysis-ready data combined with open source tools for managing and exploiting these data are leading to more and more countries using Earth observation data to drive progress against key national and international development agendas. This...

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Main Authors: Trevor Dhu, Gregory Guiliani, Jimena Juárez, Argyro Kavvada, Brian Killough, Paloma Merodio, Stuart Minchin, Steven Ramage
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-11-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5729/4/4/144
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spelling doaj-2bef1400c5d646bbbd8c309d615b9e812020-11-25T02:28:16ZengMDPI AGData2306-57292019-11-014414410.3390/data4040144data4040144National Open Data Cubes and Their Contribution to Country-Level Development Policies and PracticesTrevor Dhu0Gregory Guiliani1Jimena Juárez2Argyro Kavvada3Brian Killough4Paloma Merodio5Stuart Minchin6Steven Ramage7Geoscience Australia, Canberra GPO Box 378, AustraliaInstitute for Environmental Sciences/GRID-Geneva, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, SwitzerlandInstituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI), 20276 Aguascalientes, MexicoNational Aeronautics and Space Administration, Earth Science Division, 300 E St. SW, Washington, DC 20546, USANational Aeronautics and Space Administration, Hampton, VA 23666, USAInstituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI), 20276 Aguascalientes, MexicoGeoscience Australia, Canberra GPO Box 378, AustraliaGEO Secretariat, 2300 CH-1211 Geneva, SwitzerlandThe emerging global trend of satellite operators producing analysis-ready data combined with open source tools for managing and exploiting these data are leading to more and more countries using Earth observation data to drive progress against key national and international development agendas. This paper provides examples from Australia, Mexico, Switzerland, and Tanzania on how the Open Data Cube technology has been combined with analysis-ready data to provide new insights and support better policy making across issues as diverse as water resource management through to urbanization and environmental–economic accounting.https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5729/4/4/144open data cubeun 2030 agenda for sustainable developmentun system of environmental economic accountingearth observation data
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Gregory Guiliani
Jimena Juárez
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Brian Killough
Paloma Merodio
Stuart Minchin
Steven Ramage
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Gregory Guiliani
Jimena Juárez
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Brian Killough
Paloma Merodio
Stuart Minchin
Steven Ramage
National Open Data Cubes and Their Contribution to Country-Level Development Policies and Practices
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open data cube
un 2030 agenda for sustainable development
un system of environmental economic accounting
earth observation data
author_facet Trevor Dhu
Gregory Guiliani
Jimena Juárez
Argyro Kavvada
Brian Killough
Paloma Merodio
Stuart Minchin
Steven Ramage
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title National Open Data Cubes and Their Contribution to Country-Level Development Policies and Practices
title_short National Open Data Cubes and Their Contribution to Country-Level Development Policies and Practices
title_full National Open Data Cubes and Their Contribution to Country-Level Development Policies and Practices
title_fullStr National Open Data Cubes and Their Contribution to Country-Level Development Policies and Practices
title_full_unstemmed National Open Data Cubes and Their Contribution to Country-Level Development Policies and Practices
title_sort national open data cubes and their contribution to country-level development policies and practices
publisher MDPI AG
series Data
issn 2306-5729
publishDate 2019-11-01
description The emerging global trend of satellite operators producing analysis-ready data combined with open source tools for managing and exploiting these data are leading to more and more countries using Earth observation data to drive progress against key national and international development agendas. This paper provides examples from Australia, Mexico, Switzerland, and Tanzania on how the Open Data Cube technology has been combined with analysis-ready data to provide new insights and support better policy making across issues as diverse as water resource management through to urbanization and environmental–economic accounting.
topic open data cube
un 2030 agenda for sustainable development
un system of environmental economic accounting
earth observation data
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