ESA Image Information Mining Demonstration Entrusted to EOX

EOX has been selected as Prime Contractor by  ESA for the project KEO Demonstrator with Models for Land Use Management (KLAUS) which addresses the definition, evaluation and trade-off of operational scenarios where '''Image Information Mining''' (IIM) can bring benefits to satellite Earth observation Payload Data Ground Segments (PDGS) and to users. [more]

KLAUS started at the end of 2009, has an assigned budget of 1 Mio. Euro and will run for two years.  The French and German space agencies CNES and DLR are contributing KIM and OTB developments. The industrial team includes the companies ACS and Epistematica (KEO demonstrator) as well as ENVEO and SISTEMA (KDAs). The KLAUS Prime Contractor EOX  is responsible for coordination, and operational scenarios.