Provision of land
monitoring capacity
for Copernicus

Focus Copernicus

The European Commission Copernicus Earth Observation programme represents a concerted effort to support public authorities, the private sector and Europe’s citizens with satellite-derived environmental and security-related information. Copernicus provides accurate, timely and easily accessible information to help decision-makers to take appropriate action.

GeoVille is playing a key role in Copernicus services for land applications, related to both land cover data production and emergency management services, as well as value-added downstream applications in the spatial planning domain. We have performed many projects related to Copernicus, covering the full value-adding chain from data production to operational solutions as well as capacity building and promotion.

Our clients:

European Environmental Agency (EEA)
European Commission – Joint Research Centre (JRC)
European Space Agency (ESA)
National and state-level public authorities

We deliver ...

pan-European to national mapping and monitoring of land cover / land use, such as High Resolution Layers (HRL), CORINE Land Cover mapping and National Land-Information Systems
detailed and specific local land monitoring, including change mapping within and around NATURA 2000 sites, monitoring of urban areas following the Urban Atlas nomenclature, mapping of riparian zones
on-demand geospatial information to support emergency management activities for prevention, preparedness, disaster risk reduction or recovery phases (Risk and Recovery Mapping)
environmental studies to support reporting obligations
interactive web-mapping services for the wider public as well as promotion services to decision-makers

Information Products

Worldwide

Presentation of Copernicus applications

ESA publishes a series of "Copernicus Briefs", each presenting a concrete application of the Earth monitoring programme. Together with ESA, GeoVille identified current, late-breaking topics and presented the potential of EO data from dedicated Copernicus missions.

Libya | Benghazi

Damage assessment

Earth observation based land cover mapping and damage assessment following the violent conflict between parties in Libya. Such information are used by local authorities and humanitarian actors to define priorities to better facilitate recovery.

Europe-wide | Istanbul

Imperviousness degree

Earth observation based degree of imperviousness, i.e. the coverage of the earth's surface with impermeable materials.

Success Story

HRL Copernicus
land cover/land use

2015, Europe

The Natura 2000 network of protected sites covers about 18% of the EU’s land area and is the main policy strategy to address biodiversity conservation in Europe.

In 2016, GeoVille was, as part of a consortium, contracted by the European Environment Agency (EEA) to map a selection of Natura 2000 sites in order to assess their development over time for the 2006-2012 period - especially in view of quantitative/qualitative changes of certain natural/semi-natural grassland types, and an analysis of pressures and threats which impact the Natura 2000 sites and habitats. It is to complement and continue the previous mapping and analysis work undertaken by the GIO/Copernicus Initial Operations.

The results enable an assessment of the effectiveness of the Natura 2000 network on a European scale, specifically for investigating its effectiveness in halting the decline of important grassland habitat types across Europe.

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Get in touch

GeoVille Information Systems
and Data Processing GmbH

Sparkassenplatz 2
6020 Innsbruck
Austria

Tel: +43 512 562021-0
Fax: +43 512 562021-22
Email: info(at)geoville.com

Provision of land monitoring capacity for Copernicus