Online monitoring data services for ecosystem indicators: an overview of ECOPOTENTIAL results

The huge volumes of Earth Observation (EO) data and their processing is overwhelming for many employees in Protected Areas (PAs) and hence not often undertaken. The need is to provide a tool that transforms EO data into easy to interpret and use products. The Virtual Laboratory, empowered by cloud-computing technologies, allows the execution of multiple workflows (modules) and models, tailor made for the needs of the Protected Areas, accessible and open for all. Latter minimizes the requirement for local installations to execute relevant applications.