MYGEOSS, a project of the European Commission, has launched an open call for the development of mobile or web-based applications using open or crowd-generated data relevant to environmental or social issues. Developers (individuals or companies) can apply until 30 April 2015.
The European Commission details in a press release: "The pool of open data for use includes but is not limited to the Data Collection of Open Resources for Everyone (GEOSS Data-CORE) made available by the Group on Earth observation (GEO) through the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS), as well as open data from EU-funded projects."
The apps should focus on quantitative or qualitative information on the changing environment, such as climate change detection, biodiversity, water bodies, coastal areas, built environment, green areas, forestry, agricultural land and crops, and atmospheric composition.
The ten best applicants will be awarded contracts by the European Commission Joint Reasearch Centre (JRC) for a maximum of € 14.000 to develop the applications further. More information on the specific conditions are available here.
