rasdaman newsletter 04/2023
Datacubes for All: Sponsoring by ESA
Recently, rasdaman has become part of the ESA Network of Resources, an ESA initiative to boost the uptake and use of Earth Observation data. Projects can apply for vouchers to use rasdaman services like CoperniCUBE free of cost.
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Rhea Group has been tasked by ESA to build and grow the Network of Resources (NoR) as a means to broaden the use of Earth Observation (EO) data of the Copernicus program. NoR provides non-commercial and commercial users with a unique environment to discover European EO cloud services. To this end, ESA offers sponsorship to eligible entities to cover the costs of trying out the various services.
Now rasdaman has joined the handpicked services accepted into NoR. The rasdaman originally has pioneered datacube services, documented by patents and 200+ publications. Datacubes today are accepted as instrumental pillars for Analysis-Ready Data (ARD). "EO users should be able to use space/time data without the burden of programming, virtualization, parallelization, data formats, and all these pain points", explains Peter Baumann who has originally coined the concept in academia, and continues "with rasdaman, we aim at pushing all technicalities behind the curtain".
The datacube offering includes not only CoperniCUBE - an official Copernicus EcoSystem Service - but also further relevant data. Additionally, in the federation CoperniCUBE is part of there are many more datacubes available from third parties, often free of cost.
As a renowned pioneer in the field of multi-dimensional datacube management and analytics, rasdaman's inclusion in the Network of Resources strengthens the platform's commitment to providing cutting-edge solutions. This partnership will foster knowledge exchange and innovation, empowering users to efficiently handle vast data volumes while ensuring optimal retrieval and analysis.
contact: Prof. Dr. Peter Baumann