As part of the project, the prototype of an ICT platform was developed for the provision of innovative services based on the use of Earth Observation (OT) technologies. The platform proposes new (market-oriented) models for the creation of services based on the integration of latest generation satellite data and products with in-situ observational data and with numerical model products, with the aim of responding to the main social challenges. concerning, for example, the safety of the territory and energy-environmental sustainability.

The prototype of the ICT platform (SPOT platform) meets the needs of interoperability and is able to manage heterogeneous geo-spatial data, for the provision of original and advanced products and services in a wide range of application fields.

Services created for the SPOT platform:

• A - Generation of wind atlas and forecasting of the wind resource;
• B - Forest fire monitoring;
• C - Monitoring and control of road infrastructures in areas with high seismic and hydrogeological risk.

Features of SPOT

The ICT platform is:

1. interoperable with the service platform of the main European program in the EO sector for environmental monitoring and territorial control, Copernicus. Through the SPOT platform it is possible to select the images of the ESA Sentinel constellation on the basis of an Area of ​​Interest and a time interval; Once the image has been chosen, SPOT allows the addressing to the Copernicus Hub for users and the respective download of the data of interest. Furthermore, the platform manages the processed products of the algorithms, developed by the CNR-IMAA groups in the context of the project, which operate on the data coming from ESA, NASA and the European intergovernmental organization EUMETSAT (EUropean organization for the exploitation of MEteorological SATellite). ;
2. capable of archiving and cataloging both the spatial data referred to in the previous point and in-situ data;
3. capable of integrating and using processing evolved satellite and in situ data which, through innovative and original analysis and processing models, are able to generate products / services with high added value (ie downstream services) that can be used immediately;
4. capable of enabling simplified data / product discovering services, to facilitate the provision of services to non-expert users;
5. capable of providing value-added services starting from the integration of spatial data with data acquired in situ.