When AURORA looks at possibile applications, the focus is services utilising satellite data for preventive health care, especially in relation to air pollution and ultraviolet (UV) exposure. In this article, we provide a short overview of some of the commercial opportunities in relation to AURORA [...]
By popular demand, we have decided to extend the deadline for the Call for Ideas! Interested applicants now have until 30th November to submit their fabulous ideas for applications to use satellite data. Access all the necessary information [...]
An overview of the AURORA project was presented at the 26th Panhellenic ArcGIS Meeting, held in Crown Plaza hotel, Athens (Greece) on 10 & 11 May 2018. This meeting provided the opportunity for the Greek GIS community to disseminate and share new ideas, and developments in GIS. The [...]
The current challenges related to the AURORA project were presented at The European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2018 in the second week of April in Vienna. This international meeting provides the main European forum for the dissemination of new research and technological development in geo [...]
Take part to win big, while helping society! What is the AURORA Call for Ideas? It is designed to engage European students in the debate about the use of satellite data to address today’s societal challenges. The competition is open to students from Secondary School level to University and PhD [...]
AURORA has published an article in the journal GIM-International regarding the objectives and applications of AURORA. Special emphasis is given to applications in the Health Sector, one of the many and diverse sectors that AURORA could have an impact on. Read the full article [...]
The current challenges related to the satellite-based UV radiation and the focus of the AURORA project were presented at the 17th European Society for Photobiology Congress, in the first week of September in Pisa. This international meeting provided an important forum for the dissemination of new [...]
AURORA, particularly her industrial partners, watch with interest the developments of EUGENIUS, an association founded by a group of European SMEs providing Earth Observation Services. They work together to design, create and deliver services and applications for natural resource management, using [...]
ESA’s online Urban Thematic Exploitation Platform (U-TEP) has been launched and makes information from satellite data available for non-expert users to monitor the urban environment. The new processing tool bundles information contained in large amounts of satellite data. It is paving the way [...]
AURORA can benefit many different types of stakeholders. In January 2017, the AURORA innovation manager met up with a number of organisations in the Tuscany region (Italy) to explore how AURORA could benefit them. These included the civil protection agency, the center for melanoma, the Tuscana [...]
From May 9th to May 13th there has been the ESA Living Planet Symposium 2016, a great event organized in Prague (Czech Republic) by the European Space Agency (ESA). The first worldwide UV dosimeter dedicated to healthy sunbathing has been presented to the scientific world: the HappySun App. [...]