Webinar: Copernicus for Smart Cities – Satellite Data to Support Urban Decisions
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IPTSAT is pleased to host the webinar “Copernicus for Smart Cities: Using Satellite Data to Support Urban Decisions.” This session is designed for public administration technicians, urban planners, and professionals interested in leveraging satellite data for land-use planning.
Why Participate?
Cities are facing increasingly complex challenges: climate change, urban sprawl, land consumption, and natural resource management. To make informed decisions, you need up-to-date, reliable, and accessible data.
Copernicus, the Earth Observation component of the EU Space Programme provides vast amounts of satellite data from Sentinel missions—free of charge and updated every few days or even hours.
However, for many technicians and local administrations, the challenge is not the availability of data, but knowing where to find it and how to use it effectively for land management. In this webinar, IPTSAT experts will demonstrate how to access Copernicus data and apply it to urban planning.
What You Will Learn
During the webinar, you will discover how to:
- Access satellite data from the Copernicus program.
- Find and download Sentinel imagery.
- Explore data using online tools.
- Integrate satellite data into GIS software.
- Use data for environmental and urban analysis.
Tools Featured:
- Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem
- Copernicus Browser
- QGIS integration via openEO (Includes short practical demonstrations on how to get started)
Use Cases for Smart Cities
We will explore real-world examples of satellite data for urban monitoring:
- 🌡️ Urban Heat Islands
- 🌳 Urban Greenery: Distribution and health monitoring.
- 🏗️ Land Consumption: Tracking soil sealing and urban growth.
- 💧 Water Quality Monitoring
Who Should Attend?
This webinar is ideal for:
- Public Administration Technicians
- Urban and Regional Planners
- GIS Professionals
- Researchers and Students
- Environmental and Land-Use Consultants
No advanced experience with satellite data is required.
Agenda
- Introduction (5 min): The role of satellite data for cities and the Copernicus Program.
- Accessing Copernicus Data (20 min): Tool overview and practical demonstration.
- Use Cases for Smart Cities (15 min): Applications for urban monitoring.
- New Tools & Perspectives (5 min): Smart data access and platform evolution.
- Q&A (15 min): Open discussion.
Join us and learn how to leverage Copernicus data for city monitoring.
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Online event
Time:
4:00 pm