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Country applications

Country applications

Country work of Space and Earth Observation, linked to national programmes and the national source register. Country pages show only work that a programme record supports.

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Publisher
The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation
Field
Space and Earth observation, Climate and hazards
Status
In development
Service level
R0: information and enquiries

Workstream tracker

Country applications · Programme year 2

Two milestones at riskGCRI · Space and Earth Observation

Workstreams

owner · stage · status

Geospatial data policyUser agencyTestM8 · week 32On track
Disaster mapping activationProduct validation leadScopingM4 · week 24Blocked
Ground station redundancySpace situational awarenessReviewM5 · week 14On track
Analysis-ready data pipelineGround segment operatorBuildM5 · week 31At risk
Debris mitigation planUser agencyScopingM5 · week 9On track

Effort against plan

person-weeks

Geospatial data policy23 pw · req 38Disaster mapping…35 pw · req 33Ground station…49 pw · req 29Analysis-ready data…46 pw · req 27

Milestones

  1. W6M1Geospatial data policy: scoping note signed
  2. W16M2Inputs qualified at the gate
  3. W25M3Disaster mapping activation: build review
  4. W29M4Controlled test with observers
  5. W36M5Publication and decision record

Space and Earth Observation · Workstream trackerWorkstream tracker, in outline: domain structure with placeholder names and illustrative values, not a record.

01In brief

The short answer.

Space and Earth Observation country applications are the national parts of its work on space and Earth observation, each linked to a national programme and the national source register. A country page shows only work that a programme record supports, and the national institutions own the question, the data and the decision.

02Canvas

Scoping to review.

Canvas · scoping to reviewDesign, not a record
Country applications: the policy cycleA problem reaches the agenda, options are formulated and appraised, consultation tests them, the mandate holder decides, implementation and monitoring follow, and evaluation feeds the next agenda. Design of the process, not a record of a run.

Fig.A programme from scoping to the owner's decision. Design, not a record.

03Geography

Earth observation in the Arctic.

For country applications, in GCRI's spatial-intelligence reading, the map opens on true-colour imagery, population density and night lights with place names and borders from NASA GIBS, framed on the Arctic; every other NASA layer, live feed and forecast waits in the layer list.

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Layers 3

Earth observation, for this page

Latest available

NASA GIBS / EOSDIS · ASTER GDEM (METI, NASA) · Blue Marble (NASA) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Natural Earth

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For country applications, in GCRI's spatial-intelligence reading, the map opens on true-colour imagery, population density and night lights with place names and borders from NASA GIBS, framed on the Arctic; every other NASA layer, live feed and forecast waits in the layer list.Satellite and model products as NASA publishes them, each with its own date; indicators, not assessments of any place; claim ceiling INTEGRATED.

Data: NASA GIBS · ASTER GDEM · Blue Marble · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Natural Earth · Copernicus Sentinel-2 L2A · © OpenStreetMap contributorsSources and licences

  • We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • VIIRS near-real-time products (flood, land surface temperature, snow cover, corrected reflectance), NASA LANCE; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University. 2018. Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density, Revision 11. NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). CC BY 4.0
  • VIIRS Black Marble night-time lights, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; distributed by the NASA Level-1 and Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System (LAADS DAAC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • MODIS land products (vegetation indices, gross primary production, land cover), NASA LP DAAC and LANCE; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • ASTER GDEM is a product of METI and NASA (ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003, NASA LP DAAC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • Made with Natural Earth. Free vector and raster map data @ naturalearthdata.com. Public domain
  • © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via NASA GIBS (coastlines, boundaries, roads and place names). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). ODbL
  • Blue Marble, NASA Earth Observatory; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • Context on the globe and flat map: coastlines, boundaries, roads and place names from NASA GIBS reference layers (OpenStreetMap data, ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors); Blue Marble imagery as an optional base; 3D terrain and the elevation read-out from the ASTER GDEM elevation colour index (5 m to 200 m classes, exaggerated for legibility). Boundaries are drawn as published and imply no position on any territory.
  • Globe: MapLibre GL JS 6.9.1, BSD-3-Clause, © MapLibre contributors.
  • Observed (EO): Copernicus Sentinel-2 L2A (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026), Microsoft Planetary Computer
  • Context: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via NASA GIBS. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), rendered by NASA GIBS.
  • Optional layers (35 sources in the layer list: live, forecast, observed and context) print their provider credit on the map and here when switched on; forecasts are model output and derived indices are estimates.

Layers and dates

  • True colour: VIIRS NOAA-20 corrected reflectance, NASA LANCE · 13 Oct 2026
  • Population density, 2020: Population: CIESIN, Columbia University, Gridded Population of the World v4.11 (2018), NASA SEDAC, CC BY 4.0 · static
  • Night-time lights, daily: VIIRS Black Marble (VNP46A2), NASA LAADS DAAC · 12 Oct 2026
  • Land cover type (IGBP), yearly: MODIS Terra and Aqua land cover (MCD12Q1), NASA LP DAAC · 2024
  • Enhanced vegetation index, rolling 8 days: MODIS Terra EVI, NASA LANCE · 13 Oct 2026
  • Land surface temperature, day, 8-day composite: VIIRS NOAA-20 Level 3, 8-day, NASA LANCE · 14 Sep 2026

04Scope

Country applications in Space and Earth Observation.

  1. 01

    Earth observation sensors

    Optical, radar, thermal and hyperspectral methods.

  2. 02

    Spatial temporal evidence

    Ground truth, resolution and uncertainty.

  3. 03

    Space system resilience

    Satellite infrastructure and ground segment risk.

  4. 04

    Communications and navigation

    GNSS, satcom and dependency.

  5. 05

    EO in water and agriculture

    Water, crop and ecosystem applications.

  6. 06

    Disaster monitoring

    Flood, heat and wildfire evidence.

05National instruments

The national decisions Earth observation evidence is prepared for.

InstrumentUsually held byEvidence it needs
National geospatial data infrastructureMapping agenciesBase data, standards
Space policy and licensingSpace agenciesOperator obligations
Statistics using EOStatistics officesValidated EO indicators
06Status

Work is shown as its record stands.

Programmes are listed as exploring, forming, constituted, active, paused or archived. Country and regional entries appear when a programme record supports them.

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07Key terms

Terms used on this page.

Each term as this page uses it. Where a standard-setting body defines the term, the wording follows that body.

TermDefinition
Country ownershipThe principle that a country leads its own development policies and strategies and coordinates the actions that support them, set out in the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness.
National portfolioThe set of programmes, projects and evidence a country maintains in the Nexus network, each with its owner, status and records.
Country systemsA government's own budget, procurement, financial management and reporting systems, used by donors when they deliver through them.
Space debrisNon-functional human-made objects in orbit, including dead satellites, rocket bodies and fragments.
08Sources

Where this page's references lead.

The bodies and documents this page is read against. Status and editions change; each link goes to the issuing body.

09Questions

Questions and answers.

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