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Global Earth Observation System of Systems
Author(s) -
McGovern Lawrence E.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
insight
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2156-4868
pISSN - 2156-485X
DOI - 10.1002/inst.201013134
Subject(s) - citation , computer science , library science , information retrieval , feature (linguistics) , world wide web , operations research , data science , engineering , linguistics , philosophy
The Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) promises to revolutionize our ability to understand and manage the planet. This emerging global public infrastructure will allow managers and decision makers to respond more effectively to the many environmental challenges facing modern civilization. It is already starting to generate a variety of comprehensive, cross-cutting and near-real-time environmental data sets and information services. GEOSS is being constructed on the basis of a 10-Year Implementation Plan for the period 2005 – 2015 by the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), which currently boasts 77 member governments (plus the European Commission) and 56 international organizations.