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style="color:#1f497d" lang="EN-GB">"MYGEOSS" CALL
ANNOUNCEMENT on smart mobile or web-based applications
to inform European citizens on the changes affecting
their local environment</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span
style="color:#1f497d" lang="EN-GB">The European
Commission (DG RTD and JRC) is launching an open call
for the development of innovative applications (mobile
or web-based) using openly available or crowd-generated
data in different domains addressing citizens’ needs. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span
style="color:#1f497d" lang="EN-GB">The pool of open data
for use includes but is not limited to the Data
Collection of Open Resources for Everyone (GEOSS
Data-CORE) made available by the Group on Earth
observation (GEO) through the Global Earth Observation
System of Systems (GEOSS), as well as open data from
EU-funded projects. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span
style="color:#1f497d" lang="EN-GB">The focus of this
call will be on developing applications that will
provide users with quantitative or qualitative
information on the changing environment, e.g. change
detection in climate, biodiversity, water bodies,
coastal areas, built environment, green areas, forestry,
agricultural land and crops, and atmospheric
composition.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span
style="color:#1f497d" lang="EN-GB">Launch of the call:
18 March</span></p>
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style="color:#1f497d" lang="EN-GB">Deadline for
submitting application concept, prototype, or user
story: <u>30 April</u></span></b></p>
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style="color:#1f497d" lang="EN-GB">More details
available from </span><span style="color:#1f497d"
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href="http://digitalearthlab.jrc.ec.europa.eu/mygeoss/call.cfm"
target="_blank"><span lang="EN-GB">http://digitalearthlab.jrc.ec.europa.eu/mygeoss/call.cfm</span></a></span><span
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<b>Sven SCHADE<br>
</b>Scientific Project Officer</span></p>
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European Commission<br>
</b>DG Joint Research Centre</span></p>
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</span><span
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lang="IT">Unit H06-Digital Earth and Reference Data<br>
Via Enrico Fermi, 2749<br>
I-21027 Ispra (VA) Italy</span></p>
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</span><span
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+39 0332 78 5723<br>
</span><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"
lang="FR">Fax: +39 0332 78 6325<br>
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target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/person/sven-schade</span></a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">DON’T MISS:
FOSS4G-Europe, 14-17 July 2015, Como, Italy: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://europe.foss4g.org/2015/" target="_blank"><span
style="color:blue">http://europe.foss4g.org/2015</span></a></span></p>
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