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The current global economic crisis forces nations to pinch and scrape on all their expenses. At the same time the demand for more and better information on the state of environment is increasing, together with more obligations to report on development and to estimate the impacts of environmental and spatial planning policies. Both needs may motivate a much stronger use of remote sensing, as so-called “free data” covering large regions or even continents become more and more important.
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On a proposal from the Commission in 27 June 1985 the European Council adopted a decision on the CORINE programme (Coordination of information on the environment) to compile information on the state of the environment; to coordinate the compilation of data and the organization of information within the Member States or at international level; and to ensure that information is consistent and that data are compatible.
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i.e. mainly ESA GMES Service Element projects (2003–2007) and the FP 6 projects geoland (2004–2006) and BOSS4GMES (2006–2008) together with national initiatives.
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All data can be accessed free of charge under the following link: http://www.geoland2.eu/portal/
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Strategic Implementation Plan of GMES Fast Track Land Monitoring Core Service, final Version, 24/04/2007; DG ENTR/IG Land.
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Leaf Area Index.
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Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation.
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Eionet Action Group on Land monitoring in Europe (EAGLE).
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Open call for tender No. EEA/SES/11/004.
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Kuntz, S., Schmeer, E., Jochum, M., Smith, G. (2014). Towards an European Land Cover Monitoring Service and High-Resolution Layers. In: Manakos, I., Braun, M. (eds) Land Use and Land Cover Mapping in Europe. Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing, vol 18. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7969-3_4
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