We’ve introduced a new section on the Outreach page called the ‘Dialogue Series’.  This initiative features short discussions with NoR providers, offering insights into their services and how they support the Earth Observation community. Through just three key questions, providers share their experiences, innovations, and unique contributions. If you’re looking to better understand NoR’s offerings and their real-world impact, the ‘Dialogue Series’ is the place to start!
On the Outreach page, you can also find webinar replays, past newsletters, and other resources to stay informed about the latest developments in NoR.

Ellipsis Drive has joined the Network of Resources starting from February 2025!

Ellipsis Drive offers a fully interoperable spatial data management solution that transforms raw geographic data into live, interactive maps. By automating data ingestion, management and integration, it ensures quick and secure access from any workflow.

Use Ellipsis Drive to seamlessly integrate spatial data into any application, query or tool, making analysis and visualization easier.

This service can be accessed by visiting the NoR Portfolio.
Find out more about how to  join the NoR.

A new Provider has joined the Network of Resources starting from November 2024.

With its service named color33, Spatial Services offers the possibility to automatically transform raw Sentinel-2 imagery into actionable categories of semantic information.

Leverage color33‘s insights for various Earth observation applications, including agriculture, forestry, and urban planning. Identify patterns and trends hidden within your Sentinel-2 imagery with color33‘s automated workflow.

This service can be accessed by visiting the NoR Portfolio.
Find out more about how to  join the NoR.

The Network of Resources has updated and improved the services offered by openEO Platform.
First, a company neutral presentation of openEO Platform services has been adopted by using only the Platform service logos, largely independent of the backend operators (currently VITO Terrascope, EODC and SentinelHub), thereby better representing the platform federation.

Second, new DPaaS offerings have been included including sen2like, fuseTS/MOGPR or the Windturbine mapping algorithm.

These on-demand algorithms are offered by openEO platform backend operators but also independent algorithm providers from the larger EO ecosystem such as DHI Grass. This DPaaS offering will be greatly diversified in the near future.

This service can be now accessed by visiting the NoR Portfolio.

The Network of Resources has increased the number of service providers with adwäisEO.
In the NoR portfolio, adwäisEO will provide its IaaS services to perform efficient solutions in cloud and/or HPC for EO data.
Various functions such as virtual machines, data storage, bare metal servers will be made available to users.
Each service can be configured via the self-service portal. This service can be accessed by visiting the NoR Portfolio.
Find out more about how to join the NoR.

The Network of Resources has increased the number of service providers with Petabite.
In the NoR portfolio, Petabite will provide its DPaaS services to create products containing all the AIS data and discernible ships from Sentinel 1 and Sentinel 2 products.
Petabite operates a data and index services for search and access of earth-observation and other in-situ and IoT science data.
Different types of accounts to run users alghoritms and perform processing are provided, with the possibility of additional data storage. This service can be accessed by visiting the NoR Portfolio.
Find out more about how to join the NoR.

The Network of Resources (NoR) project has reached a significant milestone with the approval of its 1000th sponsorship request. Over the past five years, NoR has sponsored diverse projects from more than 90 countries worldwide, showcasing its global impact and engagement. The continuous expansion of its Portfolio has played a crucial role, highlighting the project’s growing influence.

Beyond its sponsorship role, NoR serves as more than just a funding mechanism. It offers users a unique platform to explore and compare services available in its Member States.

Additionally, NoR contributes to knowledge enhancement through free webinars, providing users with valuable insights into various Platform Services. This multifaceted approach positions NoR as a dynamic and collaborative resource hub within the global space community.

We are pleased to announce that the Network of Resources Project will be presented at the European Geosciences Union (EGU) 2024 in Vienna (https://www.egu24.eu/). The General Assembly 2024 of EGU is held at the Austria Center Vienna, in Vienna, and online, from 14–19 April 2024.
A presentation and a demo of NoR Portal and Sponsorship procedure will be hosted on the 17th at 15.45 and the 18th at 10.30, in the ESA Booth.

Are you ready to contribute to ESA’s Earth Observation Envelope Programme? Here’s your chance to join the NoR platform and be part of a global network.

Open Call Details: We are seeking providers for EO data hosting services. ESA oversees the selection process to ensure transparency and fairness.

Your Role? Offer operational resources or platform services.

How to Apply:

1. Register on ESA-STAR and the tender platform to access the open call.

2. Download the tender documents and submit any queries through the platform.

3. Finalize your application and send it to:

    nor-opencall-proposals@rheagroup.com

Evaluation Process: Your application will be reviewed by ESA’s board, ensuring thorough assessment. Following a successful review, a clarification and negotiation meeting may be arranged digitally. The onboarding process typically takes no longer than 30 days post-clarification.

You can find more details about the process here.

Ready to contribute? Apply here now!

In November 2023 RHEA Systems S.p.A responding to the ESA Invitation to Tender O/1-11738/23/I-EF issued earlier in the year, has been nominated as new prime contract for the Network of Resources (NoR) initiate. The smooth handover from Cloudeo GmbH who were prime for the previous 5 years was completed in December 2023 and has ensured uninterrupted services to users.
RHEA Group, known for space-related expertise, is set to bring fresh perspectives to the project. The change marks a new chapter, with expectations of continued success and innovation.
ESA is confident in RHEA’s ability to lead NoR to new heights based on a solid foundation made over the last 5 years. NoR remains a symbol of collaboration and progress in the space industry. This shift signifies a dynamic move towards even greater achievements.

Our next training session from the NoR Webinar Series is dedicated to the EDC EOxHub operated by EOX IT Services. EDC EOxHub is an execution environment providing ready-made workspaces tailored to the individual needs of different projects to run EO workloads in the cloud. It provides managed JupyterLab instances with specific tooling and customizable environments for a wide community of users for commercial and non-commercial application domains.

After having presented an overview of the platform during our previous NoR Webinar session dedicated to EOxHub, the focus of this session is on supporting the reproducible science life cycle. We will cover the following:

1. Reproducible Open Science Benefits & Life Cycle

2. EDC EOxHub Support for Reproducible Science at each stage of the life cycle
a. Interactive algorithm development
b. Algorithm testing and verification via headless execution
c. Algorithm onboarding as Bring Your Own Algorithm (BYOA) to be available as Insights On Demand
d. Troubleshooting
e. Allowing users to reproduce results
f. Disseminate results

3. Outlook upcoming features

At the end of the session, we will walk you through the ESA NoR Portal and the Sponsoring process that allows you to try out the different services presented.

Secure your spot today by registering here and join us on Friday, September 29th, 2023, at 1:00 p.m. The duration of the webinar is of 1 hour. We look forward to your participation in this informative event!

Our next training session in the NoR Webinar Series dives into the flexible service development capabilities of Forestry TEP (f-tep.com).

The one-hour webinar starts with a brief platform overview, before heading into the development topics:
• Introduction to service development
• Service set-up and input parameters
• Building, testing and logs
• Data catalogue access within processing services
• Accessing the platform features and the services via API
• Sharing and publishing processing services

Throughout the webinar, we provide hands-on demonstration on the actual development steps. Basic understanding of Linux, Docker and Python will be helpful but not necessary.

At the end of the session, we will walk you through the ESA NoR Portal and the Sponsoring process that allows you to try out the different services presented.

Secure your spot today by registering here and join us on Friday, September 22nd, 2023, at 1:00 p.m. The duration of the webinar is of 1 hour. We look forward to your participation in this informative event!

Our next training session from the NoR Webinar Series (eo4society news) will present the OneAtlas Platform operated by Airbus.
With proprietary access to the world’s leading commercial satellite constellation Airbus delivers sustainable satellite imagery and geospatial data solutions that span the entire value chain and are unrivalled in the marketplace. The applications are manifold and include maritime surveillance, precision agriculture, emergency response and environmental monitoring.
OneAtlas is the Airbus platform that enables easy and flexible access to a Living Library of constantly updated premium and archive satellite imagery, value-added global layers, industry-specific insights, and innovative analytics.
This training session will give an overview of the Analytics services offered by OneAtlas platform, and will specifically introduce :
– OneAtlas Living Library, content and available analytics
– Presentation of several use-cases : analytics in action
– How to run analytics in OneAtlas platform
– API access and documentation channel
At the end of the session, we will walk you through the ESA NoR Portal and the Sponsoring process that allows you to try out the different services presented.
Secure your spot today by registering here and join us on Friday, September 15th, 2023, at 1:00 p.m. The duration of the webinar is 1 hour.
We look forward to your participation in this informative event!

Our upcoming training session from the NoR Webinar Series (eo4society news) will focus on the Geohazards Exploitation Platform (GEP) by Terradue. The GEP aims to support the exploitation of EO data for geohazards with a primary focus on mapping hazard prone land surfaces and monitoring terrain deformation. GEP gives access to distributed EO data repositories powered by dedicated ICT resources and storage. It also provides data processing services and support for the community to integrate their own algorithms on the platform by leveraging a dedicated Cloud application integration environment. This introductory session will give you an overview of the GEP Portal tools and data processing services and show you how they can be used to address geohazard-related challenges. You will also learn the possibilities available to integrate the different services and tools into your workflows. At the end of the session, we will walk you through the ESA NoR Portal and the Sponsoring process that allows you to try out the different services presented.
Secure your spot today by registering here and join us on Friday, September 8th, 2023, at 1:00 p.m. The duration of the webinar is of 1 hour. We look forward to your participation in this informative event!

Our next training session from the NoR Webinar Series is dedicated to the Polar Thematic Exploitation Platform (Polar TEP). After presenting an overview of the platform during our previous session dedicated to polar TEP, the focus of this session is on supporting the reproducible science life cycle. We will cover the following:

1. Reproducible Science Benefits
2. Reproducible Science Life Cycle
3. Polar TEP Support for Reproducible Science at each stage of the life cycle
a. Data (addressed in the previous webinar)
b. Analysis (addressed in the previous webinar)
c. Results (demonstration)
d. Dissemination (demonstration)
e. Collaboration (demonstration)

At the end of the session, we will walk you through the ESA NoR Portal and the Sponsoring process that allows you to try out the different services presented.

Secure your spot today by registering here and join us on Friday, September 1st, 2023, at 1:00 p.m. The duration of the webinar is of 1 hour. We look forward to your participation in this informative event!

Our next training session from the NoR Webinar Series will continue the exploration of the Sentinel Hub Platform operated by Sinergise.
Sentinel Hub is a cloud-based service offering access to global archives of analysis-ready EO data. At present, their services include many APIs, each offering a range of functionalities to empower users in searching, processing, analyzing, and visualizing satellite data. Additionally, these APIs facilitate seamless integration of the data into users’ own applications.
The second online dedicated training course will dive into the technical details of each of the most commonly used Sentinel Hub APIs – Catalog API, Process API and Statistical API.
After a very brief summary of the Sentinel Hub APIs (basic knowledge of the platform is recommended to attend this session), we will go through several examples of how to use these APIs to visualise data and to make an analysis of the data.
The webinar will guide participants through the Jupyter Notebook with Python-based examples.
At the end of the session, we will walk you through the ESA NoR Portal and the Sponsoring process that allows you to try out the different services presented.
Secure your spot today by registering here and join us on Friday, August 25th, 2023, at 1:00 p.m. The duration of the webinar is of 1 hour.
We look forward to your participation in this informative event!

Our next training session from the NoR Webinar Series will present the xcube ecosystem developed by Brockmann Consult GmbH.
xcube is an open-source xarray-based Python package and toolkit that has been developed to provide Earth observation (EO) data in an analysis-ready form to users. xcube achieves this by carefully converting EO data sources into self-contained data cubes that can be published in the cloud.
The online dedicated training course provides an introduction to the xcube ecosystem and enables the user to make the first steps with xcube tools and services. This includes simple data analytics and processing as well as exploitation with xcube viewer.
At the end of the session, we will walk you through the ESA NoR Portal and the Sponsoring process that allows you to try out the different services presented.
Secure your spot today by registering here and join us on Friday, August 18th, 2023, at 1:00 p.m. The duration of the webinar is of 1 hour.
We look forward to your participation in this informative event!

Our next training session from the NoR Webinar Series will present EDC EOxHub operated by EOX IT Services.
EDC EOxHub is a cloud management and setup service that powers ready-made cloud workspaces to run EO workloads in the cloud, tailored to the individual needs of different projects. It provides managed JupyterLab instances with specific tooling and customizable environments for a wide community of users for commercial and non-commercial application domains.
In this training session, we will provide an introduction to the three EDC EOxHub service types (interactive development environment, algorithm hosting, and data processing as a service), including their interdependencies. We will walk you through the following:

1. Overview of Euro Data Cube and EDC EOxHub: EDC Marketplace including Data Products, Platform Services , API Services , and Apps , Notebook Catalog, Documentation, and FAQs

2. Interactive Development Environment: Interactive JupyterLab environment and Machine Learning environment and collaborative development, Data access and storage, Data processing, Results visualization, publishing, and story telling.

3. Algorithm Hosting: Notebook sharing and headless execution of algorithms.

4. Data Processing as a Service: Bring Your Own Algorithm (BYOA) or Insights On Demand.

At the end of the session, we will walk you through the ESA NoR Portal and the Sponsoring process that allows you to try out the different services presented.
Secure your spot today by registering here and join us on Friday, August 04th, 2023, at 1:00 p.m. The duration of the webinar is of 1 hour.
We look forward to your participation in this informative event!

Our next training session from the NoR Webinar Series will present the the Polar Thematic Exploitation Platform (Polar TEP).
Polar TEP provides a complete working environment to access data and algorithms remotely, and the computing resources and analytical tools to allow exploitation of the data by a wide range of users in the polar community (research scientists, industry, operational service providers, regional authorities and in support of policy development).

Our webinar session will provide an introduction to Polar TEP’s capabilities. We will walk you through the following:

1. Data Discovery and Manipulation: Analysis Ready Data, Bring Your Own Data, Near-Real-Time data, data visualization, basic data analytics, and storytelling.

2. Interactive Development Environment: Jupyter Lab environment, Machine Learning environment, data access, storage and processing, and publishing to the public Polar TEP algorithm catalogue.

3. Algorithm Execution: Interactively, through headless execution APIs, using Docker containers, or through the public “On Demand Data” capability of Polar TEP.

At the end of the session, we will walk you through the ESA NoR Portal and the Sponsoring process that allows you to try out the different services presented.
Secure your spot today by registering here and join us on Friday, July 28th, 2023, at 1:00 p.m. The duration of the webinar is of 1 hour.
We look forward to your participation in this informative event!

Our next training session from the NoR Webinar Series will present the WASDI Platform.

WASDI is a multi-cloud platform giving access to various commercial and non-commercial data collections. It implements an intuitive interface to foster and facilitate the exploitation of EO data and products, allowing the users to display images, run algorithms, visualise and evaluate the results, and share projects among different users. It also provides the tools to easily deploy developed applications and utilize various ready-to-use ones.
This training session will give you an overview of the services offered by WASDI. We will walk you through the following:

• Exploration of the WASDI platform sections: SpaceMarket, Workspaces, Search, Plan, Edit, Documentation, Feedback and User Profile.
• Searching and running EO applications on the platform using the available filters and accessing all the options available for each app.
• Presentation of the editor section to inspect the ongoing or past processing, browse and view the application results.
• Analysis of the search functionalities and fetching of EO images.
• Running existing workflows on the imported images.
• Documentation and feedback channel.
• Analysis of the user Profile.

At the end of the session, we will walk you through the ESA NoR Portal and the Sponsoring process that allows you to try out the different services presented.
Secure your spot today by registering here and join us on Friday, July 21st, 2023, at 1:00 p.m. The duration of the webinar is of 1 hour.

We look forward to your participation in this informative event!

Our next training session from the NoR Webinar Series presents the Forestry Thematic Exploitation Platform operated (F-TEP) by VTT.

The F-TEP serves commercial, governmental and research users in the forestry sector. It offers easy access to satellite data and on-line processing services and tools to generate value-added forest information products. Via the Platform, the users can also create and share their own processing services, tools and products.

This Webinar session will give you an overview introduction on the following topics:
• Registration, access, subscription and support
• User Interface views and elements
• Processing services and data catalogue
• Data search, service execution and output data
• Visualizing data, accessing QGIS and SNAP
• Databaskets and data upload
• Groups and sharing
• Basics of service development and algorithm hosting
• Basics of accessing the platform and the services via API

At the end of the session, we will walk you through the ESA NoR Portal and the Sponsoring process that allows you to try out the different services presented.
Secure your spot today by registering here and join us on Friday, July 14th, 2023, at 1:00 p.m. The duration of the webinar is of 1 hour.

We look forward to your participation in this informative event!

Our upcoming training session from the NoR Webinar Series (eo4society news) will focus on the Geohazards Exploitation Platform (GEP) by Terradue. The GEP aims to support the exploitation of EO data for geohazards with a primary focus on mapping hazard prone land surfaces and monitoring terrain deformation. GEP gives access to distributed EO data repositories powered by dedicated ICT resources and storage. It also provides data processing services and support for the community to integrate their own algorithms on the platform by leveraging a dedicated Cloud application integration environment. This introductory session will give you an overview of the GEP Portal tools and data processing services and show you how they can be used to address geohazard-related challenges. You will also learn the possibilities available to integrate the different services and tools into your workflows.
At the end of the session, we will walk you through the ESA NoR Portal and the Sponsoring process that allows you to try out the different services presented.

Warning! The session has been cancelled due to technical issues. A new announcement will be published when it will be rescheduled. All the registered attendees will be notified accordingly.

The second training session from the NoR Webinar Series will focus on Sentinel Hub cloud-based services, operated by Sinergise. Sentinel Hub is a cloud-based service offering access to global archives of analysis-ready EO data. At present, their services include many APIs, each offering a range of functionalities to empower users in searching, processing, analyzing and visualizing satellite data. Additionally, these APIs facilitate seamless integration of the data into users’ own applications.

This introductory training session will cover a basic presentation of all the Sentinel Hub services, starting with EO Browser, synchronous services (Catalog API, Process API, Statistical API) as well as asynchronous services for large-scale processing (Batch Processing API, Batch Statistical API, Asynchronous Process API).
We will also describe typical use cases in machine learning.

Secure your spot today by registering here and join us on Friday, June 23rd, 2023, at 1:00 p.m. The duration of the webinar will be 1 hour.

We look forward to your participation in this informative event!

The first training session from the NoR Webinar Series will focus on the EarthConsole cloud-based platform, operated by Progressive Systems. EarthConsole® by Progressive Systems is a cloud-based platform supporting the development, test and hosting of applications or processors provided by institutions, researchers, service companies, start-ups, and other customers for enabling Earth Observation (EO) data access and processing services.

Come and join us for this informative webinar to:

• gain a comprehensive overview of the EarthConsole® platform offer with a specific focus on its services:
• G-BOX: Integrated Development and Execution Environment (IDE/Algohosting Service)
• I-APP: Application Integration Service (Auxiliary Service)
• P-PRO and P-PRO ON DEMAND: Parallel Processing Service (DPaaS Service)
• explore the features, potential applications, and real-world use cases of each service
• learn how to take advantage of the EarthConsole® Virtual Labs, the EarthConsole® virtual spaces tailored on the needs of specific Earth Observation communities. These spaces provide access to customized processing services and tools to facilitate collaboration and knowledge sharing

At the end of the session, it will be presented also the process to request a sponsorship for the usage of the services that you will be introduced to.

Secure your spot today by registering here and join us on Friday, June 16th, 2023, at 1:00 p.m. The duration of the webinar will be 1 hour.
We look forward to your participation in this informative event!

We are pleased to announce the launch of our webinar series where we will explore European EO Cloud Platforms and services listed on the NoR starting on Friday, June 16th, 2023, at 1:00 p.m. CEST. The duration of the first webinar will be 1 hour.
For more details please visit (eo4society news)

Check this page regularly to know the next event in the series!

The Network of Resources brings people to data in several ways. One of the possibilities is by funding challenges like the one organized in the context of the AI4EO Challenges by ESA, the Norwegian Computing Center, the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI), the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Polar View, Nansen Environmental Remote Sensing Center (NERSC), called The Sea Ice Challenge (AutoICE).
The Sea Ice Challenge (AutoICE) aims to bring together AI and Earth Observation players to address the challenge of “automated sea ice mapping” from Sentinel-1 SAR data. The objective of the AutoICE challenge is to advance the state of the art of sea ice parameter retrieval from SAR data resulting in an increased capacity to derive more robust and accurate automated sea ice maps.
The NoR contribution to the challenge allowed the organizations to find solutions to push forward the new capability to retrieve multiple parameters, specifically, sea ice concentration, stage of development, and floe size.

Recent developments of the SNAPPING services (IFG, PSI Med, and PSI Full) hosted on the Geohazards TEP, are now available on the NoR Portfolio, providing S-1 advanced interferometric analysis as they are capable of detecting, apart from seasonal variability, more complex temporal motion patterns.

Discover the SNAPPING services and much more on the NoR Portal.

EuroCrops, a dataset collection combining all publicly available self-declared crop reporting datasets from countries of the European Union, has been added to the Sentinel Hub offering on the NoR Portfolio together with a new algorithm for Draught Impact and SkySat data.
Discover the Euro Data Cube’s new data and services on the NoR Portal.

The Network of Resources has increased the number of service providers with T-Systems Open Telekom Cloud. In the NoR portfolio, T-Systems will provide its IaaS service based on OpenStack technology. Various functions such as virtual machines, data storage, object-oriented and relational databases, as long as virtual private clouds will be made available to users. Each service can be configured via the self-service portal or APIs. This service can be accessed by visiting the NoR Portfolio. Find out more about how to join the NoR.

The Network of Resources has increased the number of service providers with WASDI. In the NoR portfolio, WASDI will provide its DPaaS services to access satellite data from Sentinels to commercial data providers. As their mission is “democratizing Earth Observation”, they allow expert and non-expert users to run algorithms, visualize and evaluate results, and share projects with the team. This service is available in Standard or Professional license and can be accessed by visiting the NoR Portfolio. Find out more about how to join the NoR.

The Network of Resources is continuously increasing its portfolio of services. This year has seen an additional 6 providers joining the community with their data collections, tools and infrastructures enabling users to work with EO data in the Cloud:
CODE-DE, UP-42, Polar View, Cropix, MEEO and Urban TEP.

Learn more about the NoR Portfolio and how to join the NoR.

Actively providing access to more than 900 service offerings from 23 different providers since February 2021, the Network of Resources Portfolio has now been further improved with a new release. Among the new features, this improved version includes, for each service, a more intuitive information layout including providers’ logos, service type, the creation of a Pricing Wizard (previously Sponsoring Wizard) with the possibility to select the most appropriate funding source for the project and much more!

Discover the NoR Portfolio.

With the recent sponsorship of a project from Ghana, the Network of Resources has now supported researchers, educators, and pre-commercial EO users from 90 countries and regions around the world by giving them access to European Cloud services.

Find out more about the sponsorship process.

CODE-DE offers high-performance access to all Copernicus data about Germany. Through the connection to one of the largest online data archives for satellite data of the European Copernicus Mission, more than 18 PB of data are available and can either be processed directly in the CODE-DE cloud or downloaded. The portfolio provides a quick overview of the typical field of application of each product, the availability on CODE-DE and a short note on how to access and use. The easy-to-use EO-Browser allows a quick search for suitable data and visualises the selected scenes on the map. In addition, predefined processors can be used to create initial analyses such as a vegetation index. The powerful tool for data access, the EO Finder opens up the entire archive. IN addition to data search and virtualisation, data processing can be performed “on-the-fly” with a number of processors.