GMES Land User Workshop

The latest GMES Land User Workshop took place on May 26th and 27th, 2008 in Stockholm, Sweden. The focus of this workshop was the presentation and analysis of results of national and European mapping activities in Scandinavia and Baltic countries. Participants included high level users from national enironmental and planning directorates and Ministries, the Norwegian Space Centre, EEA and the European Commission. You can view and download the presentations here.

The new publication "Window on GMES" is the first and, to date, the only publication presenting the vast palette of GMES services illustrated through examples and interviews with key stakeholders. Please download the first issue, which is published by the BOSS4GMES consortium with support from the 6th Framework Programme for Research here.

The GSE Land consortium continues the successful work begun in 2005/2006: In 2006, an area of almost 300.000 sqkm has been mapped, the resulting services delivered, by the consortium. All validated products are now accessible through the GSE Land geodata server.

All GSE Land services are particularly designed to support public authorities at various levels of responsibility. Across Europe, such authorities are facing the challenge to fulfil increasing and changing reporting obligations that arise from policies and directives recently established by the European Commission.