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Copernicus-Relay Workshop

Copernicus-Relay Workshop

GeoIT Round Table NRW hosts Copernicus Relay workshop

The GeoIT Round Table NRW brings together administration, industry and science to advance the development of geoinformation availability and usability in North-Rhine-Westfalia. It is a think tank for elaborating and consulting strategies and concepts for action, as well as initiating and accompanying the development of best practices. The GeoIT Round Table is one of the German Copernicus Relays – a network of Copernicus ambassadors – acting as local champions, coordinating and promoting activities around the Copernicus Program, its benefits, and opportunities for local residents and businesses. The steering committee recently invited members to a Copernicus Relay workshop. 

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How is Cos4Cloud boosting citizen science technologies?

How is Cos4Cloud boosting citizen science technologies?

Don’t miss the Cos4Cloud video to find out what the project is about!

Cos4Cloud is a European Horizon 2020 project to boost citizen science technologies. How is the project going to achieve this goal? How can the citizen science community use the services Cos4Cloud is developing? And how can you be part of our community?

Find out here!

52°North impresses Münster’s mayor and business developer

52°North impresses Münster’s mayor and business developer

Saving the climate: Geoinformatics specialist from Münster as part of a “Global Solution”

It sounds simple, but the technical implementation is extremely complex: “The combination of vehicle, traffic and environmental data allows us to identify focal points contaminated with pollutants and safety-critical points in metropolitan areas. As a result, we can successfully optimize traffic flows.” This vivid research project was just one of numerous projects with which 52°North GmbH impressed the mayor of Münster, Markus Lewe, enormously. “Climate change cannot be resolved in Münster alone. But Münster can become part of a global solution thanks to the scientific expertise available here and its companies”, the mayor, accompanied by Enno Fuchs, the managing director of the Münster Economic Development Corporation, paid the geoinformatics scientists great respect.

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