International Workshop on Supporting Future Earth with Global Geo-information
Background and Objective
This joint workshop will present the latest development of global spatial data production and sharing, exchange successful application experiences of global geoinformation, examine up-to-date user requirements and key gaps, and identify major challenges. It aims at promoting the multi-disciplinary collaboration towards providing reliable global geo-information to support Future Earth.
Future Earth is a global research platform aiming to provide knowledge and supporting to accelerate our transformations to a sustainable world. Its implementation and success depend critically on the availability and utilization of reliable geo-information at both local and global scale. Supporting Future Earth with global geo-information is therefore becoming a key challenge for our global communities. This joint workshop aims to discuss the user requirements and identify key gaps, to present the latest development of global geo-information, service applications, and to promote multi-disciplinary collaboration in this field.
Workshop Themes
- Latest progress of Future Earth from national and international perspectives, especially by utilizing geo-information;
- Definition of challenges for and requirements on global geo-information and services concerning Future Earth programs;
- Latest developments of global geo-information (Earth observation data, Digital elevation, Land cover, environmental monitoring, ecological data);
- Representation and visualization of Global geo-spatial information;
- Policy and technology for global geo-information sharing and service;
- Progress of open geo-spatial software and integrated application with open geo-data sets;
- Big data analysis of global spatial and non-spatial information;
- Applications of global geo-information in global understanding, environmental change analysis, dynamic modeling and transformational development;