Publications

The Full Picture

The Full Picture is an exciting new full-colour publication detailing selected Early Achievements and other Earth observation projects and services. You can download "The Full Picture" by clicking on the image on the left.

The First 100 Steps to GEOSS

The Early Achievements that governments and organizations have contributed to GEOSS have each been summarized in a two-page brief and collected in a document entitled “The First 100 Steps to GEOSS”.

GEO brochure

“Observing the Earth and monitoring its host of complex systems is a role no one organization masters. GEO is providing the structure and opportunity for governments and organizations to actively seek better solutions for our changing planet. GEOSS as an emerging public infrastructure could prove as essential to economic and social progress in the 21st century as new transport and communications systems were in the 20th.” José Achache, GEO Secretariat Director. Read the GEO brochure

GEO Information Kit

The GEO Information Kit is a collection of information sheets. The first two introductory sheets describe the work coordinator – GEO – and the “system of systems” that it is constructing – GEOSS. The next nine sheets explain the “Societal Benefit Areas”, or SBAs, which provide a convenient reference-frame for understanding GEO and GEOSS. None of these areas, of course, exists in isolation: much of the value of GEOSS lies in its ability to integrate information across disciplines. This collection therefore concludes with several sheets on issues that cut across, and are relevant to, all of the Societal Benefit Areas. Read the GEO Information Kit.