Digital Earth 2020: towards the vision for the next decade
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- 1 January 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Digital Earth
- Vol. 5 (1), 4-21
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17538947.2011.638500
Abstract
This position paper is the outcome of a brainstorming workshop organised by the International Society for Digital Earth (ISDE) in Beijing in March 2011. It argues that the vision of Digital Earth (DE) put forward by Vice-President Al Gore 13 years ago needs to be re-evaluated in the light of the many developments in the fields of information technology, data infrastructures and earth observation that have taken place since. The paper identifies the main policy, scientific and societal drivers for the development of DE and illustrates the multi-faceted nature of a new vision of DE grounding it with a few examples of potential applications. Because no single organisation can on its own develop all the aspects of DE, it is essential to develop a series of collaborations at the global level to turn the vision outlined in this paper into reality.Keywords
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