The GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences and its partner institutions Humboldt University Berlin and Konrad Zuse Institute Berlin signed an agreement for the development of the GeoMultiSens project.
The initiative is headed by GFZ's Geoinformatics section and will enable the use and analysis of remote sensing data in the petabyte range through the creation of a Big Data system. GeoMultiSens utilizes current scientific and technological Big Data infrastructures, parallel computing environments, Visual Analytics and connects them with satellite remote sensing data in order to address global challenges such as deforestation, loss of biodiversity and mega cities.
The core goal of GeoMultiSens is to facilitate the study of changes of the Earth's surface on high-resolution scenes by assisting scientists in understanding complex processes associated with climate change, population growth, and natural hazards.
