EO4GEO is developing an innovative resource describing an ontology for the EO/GI fields.

The existing Geographic Information Science and Technology Body of Knowledge (GI S&T BoK), developed by the GI-N2K project on the basis of the American University Consortium for Geographic Information Science, is the basis for the development and operationalization of the EO4GEO Body of Knowledge (BoK).

Describing the Geographic Information and Earth Observation domain should be done by defining the underpinning inter-related concepts (theories, methods, technologies, etc.) that should be covered in education and training curricula. 

But, what is a Concept?

A concept is a theoretical construct that has been formed by combining particular instances into a general idea. Concepts relate with each other via meaningful connections, such as “is defined by”, “is a kind of”, “is a property of”. The concepts and the connections together form the ontology of a certain knowledge area and can be displayed as a “concept map”.

Meet our experts

The process of developing the BoK for GI and EO is carried out by the network of experts crucial for achieving a BoK covering all EO/GI aspects. The following is a list of the active experts currently participating in the description of concepts in different inter-related knowledge areas, by commenting and contributing to the elaboration of the relevant texts.

Name	Affiliation	Links
Adnane Labbaci	Ibn Zohr University, Faculty of Sciences Agadir
Andreas Rienow	Ruhr-University Bochum	RUB
Andreas Kazantzidis	University of Patras
Antonio Pepe	Institute for the Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment (IREA), CNR Italy
Carlos Granell Canut	Universitat Jaume I	Google Scholar Publons
Clémence Dubois	Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Dimitrios Alexakis	Geosat research lab, Institute for Mediterranean studies
Estefanía Aguilar Moreno	Universitat Jaume I	Google Scholar
Fleur Visser	University of Worcester
Giovanni Laneve	Sapienza Università di Roma
Guido Masiello	Università degli Studi della Basilicata
Jakub Walawender	Freelance scientist and trainer
Joseph Kerski	Esri	ESRI
Martyna Stelmaszczuk-Górska	Department for Earth Observation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Nicola Pergola	Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche – Istituto di Metodologie per l’Analisi Ambientale
Pavlos Krassakis	Centre for Research and Technology-Hellas
Roberto Colombo	University Milano Bicocca
Shridhar Jawak	Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS)	Google Scholar
Thomas Jagdhuber	German Aerospace Center, Microwaves and Radar Institute

GIN2K contributors

The EO4GEO Consortium appreciates and acknowledge the extraordinary work done by the experts who contributed to the Geographic Information Science and Technology Body of Knowledge (GI S&T BoK), developed by the Geographic Information Need to Know (GIN2K) project and which represents the starting point for the construction of the EO4GEO Body of Knowledge.

We would appreciate your support by joining the Network of EO/GI Experts.

There is a continuous open call for experts in the Earth Observation / Geographic Information sectors to participate in the process of developing a Body of Knowledge (BoK) for EO and GI.