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Forgot your password? Get help. Password recovery. Science Nigeria. By Alex Apeh. May 6, Alex Apeh. Like this: Like Loading Comment: Please enter your comment! Latest News. Load more. Related Articles. Nkechi Isaac - January 12, Alex Apeh - January 12, All Rights Reserved. The sky really is the limit when it comes to how data from satellites can help drive sustainable development.

While satellite data is not new, it has traditionally been difficult to access and use, limiting its potential to help governments meet key development challenges.

This new tool will help governments, farmers, and consumers manage the complex challenges they face in trying to navigate the economic, social, and environmental systems on which they depend.

Vast quantities of freely available satellite data offer real opportunity to improve agricultural production, food security, and access to water. Government ministries, national statistical agencies, geographic institutes, research scientists, and civil society all stand to benefit from this new technology and training and capacity building will soon commence across countries to help national representatives utilize, contribute to, and ultimately benefit from the data cube.

Hilda Wangari Media Coordinator hw. The ODC allows analysis-ready satellite data e. Landsat, Sentinel to be spatially and temporally aligned in "cubes" of pixels. These data cubes, hosted in the cloud, allow efficient time series analyses e.

In addition, the ODC community allows engagement of other global users to develop new core code, share algorithms, and provide support for the resolution of problems.

A training session from May is focused on getting representatives of the five participating countries Kenya, Ghana, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania up to speed on using satellite and earth observation data to address their in-country sustainable development needs. About the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data: The Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data GPSDD is a growing network of more than organizations that act as data champions working around the world, harnessing the data revolution for sustainable development.

Among these champions are governments, charities, businesses, and UN agencies. These satellite observations are critical for environmental monitoring, meteorology, disaster response, agriculture and many other applications that can improve life on Earth and save lives.

CEOS organizations currently operate Earth observation satellites. Strathmore University is a leading non-profit private university in Kenya. Thank you for subscribing! If you have any questions feel free to call us at ZING or email us at vipaccounts benzinga. Contribute Login Join. Market Overview. Tickers, Articles and Keywords:. May 10, am Comments.