Name: Copernicus Earth Observation Data Hackathon
Start: 2016-11-04T08:00:00+01:00
End: 2016-11-05T19:00:00+01:00
Location: INiTS - Universitäres Gründerservice Wien GmbH

Copernicus Earth Observation Data Hackathon

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<DIV CLASS="text_exposed_root text_exposed">The <STRONG>first Copernicus open data hackathon</STRONG> in Austria! <BR>---<BR>Copernicus is a European system for monitoring the Earth. During the hackathon, we will work with open data from two satellites: Sentinel 1 and Sentinel 2. </DIV>
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<DIV CLASS="text_exposed_root text_exposed"><SPAN>These satellites provide data for:</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV CLASS="text_exposed_root text_exposed"><SPAN>- land changes (it can <SPAN>map different classes of cover such as forest, crops, grassland, water surfaces and artificial covers like roads and buildings</SPAN>;</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV CLASS="text_exposed_root text_exposed"><SPAN>- water health and pollution;</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV CLASS="text_exposed_root text_exposed"><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>- for agricultural practices, to estimate crop acreage, to provide soil moisture information and to forecast yield;</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV CLASS="text_exposed_root text_exposed"><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>distinguishing between different crop types as well as data on numerous plant indices, such as leaf area index, leaf chlorophyll content and leaf water content;</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV CLASS="text_exposed_root text_exposed"><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>- disaster mapping.</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV CLASS="text_exposed_root text_exposed"><SPAN CLASS="text_exposed_show"><BR><STRONG>Challenge: create something meaningful based on Copernicus data to benefit people living in Austria!</STRONG><BR><BR>More information: <A HREF="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fcopernicus.devpost.com%2F&h=YAQFCK-O0&enc=AZM00u9RTVDN4qX_S4tiGWx_LHbNOsylHPRefPYwt1blMCv3IOTe6PEZ7Xjgh8i3_Vk&s=1" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><SPAN>http://</SPAN><SPAN CLASS="word_break"></SPAN>copernicus.devpost.com/</A><BR><BR></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV CLASS="text_exposed_root text_exposed"><SPAN><SPAN CLASS="apple-converted-space"><STRONG>Great prizes</STRONG> for the winning team: </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><BR> <SPAN>- 1500 € in cash</SPAN><BR> <SPAN>- featuring on<SPAN CLASS="apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><A HREF="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.23degree.org%2F&h=kAQGP9CAJ&enc=AZM6_D--Jme0sHxDSzEibv69PRtlzhS4GocAbbN0aTmj_LEoQO6_hBYmjYpYDkMrG3k&s=1" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><SPAN>www.23degree.org</SPAN></A></DIV>
<DIV CLASS="text_exposed_root text_exposed"><SPAN><SPAN>- access to the EODC infrastructure (virtual machines and global Sentinel archive)<BR> <SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>- INITS startupcamp</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV CLASS="text_exposed_root text_exposed"><SPAN CLASS="text_exposed_show"><SPAN>Join us for an exciting experience developing solutions for global problems such as climate change, health challenges and food problems! </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN CLASS="text_exposed_show">We can host up to 70 attendees, <STRONG>get your ticket now!</STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV CLASS="text_exposed_root text_exposed"><SPAN CLASS="text_exposed_show"><BR>See you there!<BR></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV CLASS="text_exposed_root text_exposed"><SPAN CLASS="text_exposed_show">Enabled by BMVIT, FFG, Drei, EODC.</SPAN></DIV>

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