This GTIF kickstarter is a demonstration project funded by the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop tools and capabilities and a rich web-based geospatial information system (webGIS) for the land part of the geographical region defined by the UK, Ireland and France.
The stakeholders of such a webGIS include urban planners to identify temperature hot-spots and sources of atmospheric pollution (Particulate Matter of 2.5µm or smaller, PM2.5), green transition planning for large solar rural farms avoiding encroachment into areas of environmental concern both for local, regional and national planning for landowners (e.g. farmers), NGO’s and local citizens and similar groups for the long-term (1-3 month) prediction of drought in croplands.
Finally, large-scale natural and unplanned emissions of methane are also mapped worldwide.
This project is part of the ESA “Green Transition Information Factories” (GTIF) initiative https://gtif.esa.int/.
The intention is to use Earth Observation (EO) data, geospatial and digital platform technologies, and advanced analytics to generate actionable knowledge and decision support for climate change impact reduction and adaptation.
