USNG 3D Catalogue Explorer e-GEOS testing experience

1. USNG 3D Catalogue Explorer e-GEOS testing experience Domenico Grandoni Maria Teresa Ferri e-GEOS S.p.A. USNG Workshop (Phase 2)

2. Table of Contents e-GEOS Company Profile; Scenarios/Case studies. Questions; Main testing results;

3. What is e-GEOS? EO Division COSMO-SkyMed

4. Mission To be a leading player in the geo-spatial information business with an integrated offering of products, application solutions and services based on radar and optical data from both multi-satellite and aerial platforms leveraging COSMO-SkyMed operational capabilities

5. e-GEOS Premises Roma Matera 24/7 Operations 8 Antennas 104 people 2,500 sqm (office) 55,000 sqm (site) Headquarter Marketing & Sales Product Development 90 people 4,000 sqm (office)

6. e-GEOS Portfolio of Geo-spatial Information Products Geo-spatial Information Products Data Data Downlink MARKET Aerial and Satellite Base Products Ortho-Photo, Aerial SAR data, Hyper-spectral data Geo-Spatial Information Applications Risk Management, Land Management, Agriculture, Security ---------------- Integrated Solutions, Web-GIS based Service Delivery Satellite Data Optical SAR Ground Receiving Stations and Satellite Time COSMO Defense Security Civil Protection Environment Agriculture Tax&Planning Energy Industries Utilities/insurance e-advertising B2C Operators Cartography Topographic Data Bases, Military Cartography, DTM, Cadastre Near Real Time Services Fire Monitoring, Maritime Surveillance Rapid Mapping

7. COSMO-SkyMed: world-wide exclusive data distributor Operator of COSMO-SkyMed User Ground Segment in Matera (Italy) GeoEye-1andIKONOS: exclusive distribution in Europe and Northern Africa imaging and processing capability at its station in Neustrelitz, Germany QuickBird-2, WorldView-1/2: DigitalGlobe Master Distributor Radarsat 1 – 2: MDA partner in Europe direct reception agreement in Matera (Italy) SPOT, Formosat-2andKompsat-2: agreement with SpotImage EROS A – EROS B: agreement with ImageSat Envisat, ERS 1-2, ALOS Distribution Entity of ESA Landsat: Partner of ESA and USGS ASTER: agreement with ERSDAC IRS(P6, Cartosat-1/2, 1C/1D): exclusive distribution in Europe direct reception agreement in Neustrelitz (Germany) Aerial data: Telaer system multispectral, radar, lidar Multi-Satellite and Aerial Data

8. Scenarios/Case Studies In the Emergency Response application domain catalogue search is a critical step. The use of this tool would be the search for archive satellite data. The multimission approach is essential in order to choose the most suitable coverage. The comparison functionality would be of great help in order to choose the coverage that offers better conditions over the AOI. The import functionality will be used for example to load the DEM and verify its extent.

9. Questions Is it possible to submit scene based order (not full strip)? Which datasets will be made available through this tool? Will this tool have access to third parties GMES Contributing Missions catalogues? Will all the processing levels of a single scene be made available for download (e.g. will all the processing level of an ENVISAT ASAR scene be available on the FTP for direct download)? Will the order trigger an automated generation of the requested product at the desired processing level? Will this tool be made available to GMES Projects (SAFER, G-MOSAIC, GEOLAND2, etc) to direct order and download archive products? Will new acquisitions be delivered through this catalogue? Even in emergency situations?

10. Main testing results Testing results will be presented according to the following macro categories: Product search; Ordering and delivery; Additional functions; General comments.

11. Product search Standard mode: general evaluation –  No cloud coverage parameter Facet mode: general evaluation –  Difficulties in facets handling (select/deselect all, refine, …) Interactive search: general evaluation –  No cloud coverage parameter; Sometimes no automatic refresh when changing BBox Interferometric search: general evaluation –  No look side parameter; Unuseful products displayed in the results panel (different portions of the very same orbit, level 1 products, same product as master and slave); Focus should be on acquisition rather than on product at specified level (e.g. level 0 or level 1 is not relevant); Only products with matching pairs should be displayed.

13. Ordering&Delivery As general comment the ordering and delivery system works well; Some difficulties were found when ordering MERIS Value Added Products: NONE is the only processing option available; The display of the MERIS data properties in the Basket tab cause system crash.

14. Additional functions Additional functions such as: Image import: no full resolution import; 3D view: need to refine brightness when tilting; Time slider: ok, but ‘Show Dates Overlay’ function does not work; Band mapping: ok, more combinations are welcome; Link&compare: ok, very useful to choose the right data.

18. General comments Insert navigation/compass tool in the viewer; Insert label (e.g. orbit number for ENVISAT and path/row for Landsat); Path and row details should be inserted in the metadata info panel; Footprint of Landsat scene should match the real extent of the image; City name option does not work properly, sometime the system crashes.