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Use Cases

The Open-Earth-Monitor (OEMC) design workshop, which took place at the project kick-off meeting in Wageningen in 2022, put use cases at the center of the OEMC project. Since then, 30+ OEMC use cases were established, each with at least one stakeholder directly influencing the design and results (tools and data) developed by the use case.

Global Scope

Biodiversity monitoring and reporting tool

Soil carbon accounting system for world
mangroves
Large-area estimation of forest carbon emissions

SIF-based high spatial resolution GPP 
flux estimations
Global drought monitoring at high resolution

Meteo support for modeling of carbon
sequestration tool
Use Case Leader:
GILAB

Stakeholder:
One Carbon World
Use Case Page
Global topographic and hydrological services based on open topographic data
World-reforestation monitor use case community conservation Campeche, Mexico
Use Case Leader:
ETH Zürich

Stakeholder:
RESTOR
Use Case Page

European Scope

EU soil observatory farmer alert system


Crop yield monitoring system for Africa


EU-rapid forest disturbance monitoring tool


Tool to estimate local temperatures changes following an increase in forest cover
EU Flood risk maps at high resolution

Meteo support tool for wildfire risk

Meteo-based agricultural insurance tool

Use Case Leader:
GILAB

Stakeholder:
Karavias Underwriting Agency
Use Case Page
Air quality assessment at continental scale

Air quality assessment at regional scale
EU reforestation tool

EU-biodiversity monitor use case forest restoration Elizabeth Forest Park, Scotland
Use Case Leader:
ETH Zürich

Stakeholder:
RESTOR
Use Case Page
Scale-dependency of "potential" marine biodiversity distribution patterns a national and European scales
EU constructions tracking system in forests
Use Case Leader:
Terrasigna

Stakeholder:
UN Spider and UNITBV
Use Case Page

National Scope

Mosquito alert system for Italy (zanzara tigre)

Forest management & tracking tool for Croatia

Global monitoring system for livestock and grasslands / pastures
Use Case Leader:
OpenGeoHub Foundation (OGH)

Stakeholder:
LAPIG, WRI and UFG
Use Case Page
Tropical deforestation monitoring and
characterisation tool
Use Case Leader:
Wageningen University (WUR)

Stakeholder:
WRI and INPE
Use Case Page
High resolution SWE in selected mountain regions


Drought Monitoring at high resolution
throughout Italy

Data cube for spatial modeling for Sinai


Tools for Digitalisation of Agriculture in
Ethiopia

Tools and data for improved biomass estimation