The GEOportal provides an entry point to access Earth Observation information and services. It connects to a system of existing portals, addressing the GEO Societal Benefit Areas globally while also providing national and regional information to enhance understanding.

Derived from ESA's Earth Observation Community Portal www.eoportal.org, this contribution to GEO will put the accent on remote sensing, geospatial-static and in-situ data, information and services.

Maps, forecasts and other decision support tools, derived from satellite imagery and in situ observations, play an increasingly important role in the work of decision makers, sustainable development planners, and humanitarian and emergency managers in need of quick, reliable and up-to-date user-friendly cartographic products as a basis for planning and monitoring their activities.

The GEOportal: an emphasis on GEO's societal benefit areas (SBA's)

The GEOportal allows all users to reap the benefits of the GEOSS by accessing the comprehensive, coordinated and sustained observations of the Earth system, in order to increase understanding of the state of the Earth and enhance prediction of the behaviour of the Earth system.

To that extent the GEOportal provides access to information, data and services to aid understanding, monitoring, conservation, prediction, or simply improve the management of:

• Natural or human-induced disasters e.g. earthquake, flood disaster.
• Health and well-being issues e.g. air or water pollution, food security.
• Energy resources e.g. renewable energy, energy exploitation.
• Climate changes and variability e.g. impact on vegetation.
• Water resources e.g. safe water, soil moisture.
• Weather forecasting and warning.
• Ecosystems e.g. impact on terrestrial, coastal and marine resources.
• Agriculture e.g. impact on poverty, land use, farm system, and desertification.
• Biodiversity e.g. conditions of ecosystems, evolution of species.

What you will find in the GEOportal?

The GEOportal allows users to:

• Discover data, information and services available in the GEOSS
• Access the GEO Clearinghouse to search data catalogues and datasets
• Visualize geographical information, maps and imagery from various sources, e.g. from different GEO Societal Benefit Areas through WMS services
• Browse through a comprehensive directory of services providers e.g.related to GEO Members and Participating Organisations
• Retrieve Earth observation education, training and capacity building resources and services of many types e.g. tutorials on Earth observation techniques, data analysis, interpretation, or use
• Access information from GEONetcast

For more information please download the GEOportal brochure.