Open Data, Open Knowledge and Infrastructure - GEO

Open Data, Open Knowledge and Infrastructure - GEO
Open Data, Open Knowledge and Infrastructure
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Open Data, Open Knowledge and Infrastructure
Open data, Knowledge and Infrastructure is central to GEO’s mission, with its Open Data Sharing Principles and Open Knowledge framework supporting the vision of "Earth Intelligence for All". Ensuring open access to data, tools, and applications is a cross-cutting priority across the GEO Work Programme.
GEO advances this by facilitating open data and scalable infrastructure, such as the
GEO Knowledge Hub
, to deliver actionable information to users, stakeholders, and decision-makers.
Advancing Open Data and Knowledge Management
GEO's Data and Knowledge Working Group collaborates with the GEO community and external stakeholders to address critical issues related to data policy, ethics, and governance. These efforts enable:
AI-powered tools to enhance data accessibility, integration, and analysis.
Scalable infrastructure solutions that improve data storage, sharing, and usability.
Innovative approaches to linking in-situ and remote sensing data for richer insights.
Strengthening interoperability frameworks to facilitate seamless data exchange across platforms.
Advancing open knowledge practices through collaboration, capacity-building, and technology transfer.
Key GEO Activities
Artificial Intelligence for Earth Observations
AI4EO
Enabling Mechanism
The proposed Artificial Intelligence for Earth Observations Convener (AI4EO) within GEO aims to integrate AI into Earth Intelligence by establishing a network of AI experts across the GEO community.
Data and Knowledge Working Group
DK-WG
Enabling Mechanism
The Data and Knowledge Working Group (DK-WG) focuses on enhancing the use of Earth observation (EO) data by addressing and sharing data management principles, data policy, and governance issues within the GEO community.
Data Integration and Analysis System
DIAS
Enabling Mechanism
Offers integrated data services to enable Earth observation applications.
Digital Earth Africa
DE AFRICA
Enabling Mechanism
Provides accessible Earth observation data to support sustainable development in Africa.
Digital Earth Approaches for GEO
GEO-DECOP
Enabling Mechanism
Advancing and operationalizing Digital Earth, at an initial stage, through the Earth Observation (EO) Data Cubes efforts, with a focus on implementing global principles in local contexts
Digital Earth Pacific
DE PACIFIC
Enabling Mechanism
Provides tailored Earth observation solutions for Pacific Island nations.
Europe-Africa EO Data Sharing for EW/Climate/DRR
EO-NREN
Enabling Mechanism
This proposed GEO activity aims to integrate ongoing initiatives between Africa and Europe to facilitate seamless access, sharing, and use of EO data, in alignment with the “EO Intelligence for All” strategy.
GEO Connected Community: Advancing Communication Infrastructure and Services
GEO-CONNECTIONS
Enabling Mechanism
Support the GEO infrastructure’s goal of making Earth observation data more accessible, secure, and integrated across diverse user groups.
Global UAV Observation Network
GEO-UAV
Enabling Mechanism
This activity aims to establish the GEO UAV Observation Network, integrate it into the GEO infrastructure, collaborate with various GWP working groups, and apply it across multiple fields and countries worldwide.
Supporting Global Priorities
This work aligns with international frameworks by promoting transparency, accessibility, and ethical use of data, supporting evidence-based policies and solutions.
Looking Ahead
GEO’s Post-2025 Strategy
prioritises machine-actionable data management plans, emerging technologies for streamlining processes, and fostering global collaboration to enhance the usability of open data.
Related GEO Activities
GEO Global Water Sustainability
GEOGLOWS
Flagship
Addresses global water sustainability through Earth observation-based solutions.
Earth Observations for Disaster Risk Management
EO4DRM
Initiative
Enhances disaster resilience through Earth observations.
Global Network for Observations and Information in Mountain Environments
GEO-MOUNTAINS
Initiative
Advances Earth observations for monitoring mountain ecosystems.
Global Ecosystems and Environment Observation Analysis Research Cooperation
GEOARC
Pilot
Promotes Earth observation collaboration for environmental monitoring.
In Situ Observations and Modeling for Weather, Water, Environment, and Climate Services in Africa
TEMBO
Pilot
Hydrometeorological data in Africa should be publicly available, open, and free, but there is a lack of resources to realize this.
AquaWatch
AQUAWATCH
Convener
Focuses on global water quality monitoring and management.
Arctic GEOSS
ARCTIC-GEOSS
Convener
Addresses environmental challenges unique to the Arctic.
GEO Blue Planet
GEO-BLUE-PLANET
Convener
Focuses on ocean and coastal observations to support sustainable use.
GEO Capacity Building in the Balkans, Black Sea, Middle East, Africa, and Pacific Asia Regions
GEO-CRADLE
Enabling Mechanism
Strengthens Earth observation capacities across the region.
GEO Indigenous Alliance
GEO-IA
Enabling Mechanism
GEO-IA contributes to a more inclusive, equitable, and sustainable approach to Earth observation initiatives that benefit Indigenous communities, the scientific community, and global efforts to harmoniously coexist with our planet.
GEO Youth Community of Practice
GEO-YOUTH
Enabling Mechanism
A step toward realizing the massive untapped potential for GEO and GEO Youth to mutually benefit from critical, deliberate engagement with one another.
Linking and Connecting Women in Earth Observation and Earth Intelligence
GEO-WOMEN
Enabling Mechanism
Fostering collaboration and strengthening the networks of women’s participation in marginalized communities within these fields is essential for building a collaborative, accessible Earth data ecosystem
Understanding the Impacts and Value of Earth Observations
GEOVALUE
Enabling Mechanism
An international community focused on the value and socioeconomic impacts of geospatial information for decision-making