Imagine if cities had a real-time 'eye in the sky' to see exactly how parks, roads, and plazas are being used. Instead of guessing, city managers can use satellite data to adjust services on the fly. It's like having a live GPS for urban maintenance and climate resilience.
Cities struggle to manage public spaces and infrastructure dynamically because they under-utilize satellite data. This leads to inefficiency in resource use and a lack of agility when facing climate-driven disruptive events.
Five replicable, commercially viable space-data solutions providing actionable insights for urban management, tested across 15 pilot cities.
If you are a city administration dealing with inefficient use of public land — this project developed replicable space-based solutions that provide actionable insights for dynamic management of green areas and transport infrastructure.
If you are a maintenance company dealing with unpredictable city wear and tear — this project developed satellite-based monitoring tools that improve the efficiency of city maintenance and infrastructure resilience.
If you are a consultancy dealing with urban heat or flooding — this project developed tools using Copernicus and Galileo data that help cities react to fast-changing climate events and disruptive risks.
Based on available project data, the total budget is 5.2 million euros, with 2.87 M€ specifically allocated for the procurement of innovative solutions from suppliers.
Yes, the project aims for uptake across Europe via 5 high-visibility pilots, 10 smaller replicator pilots, and capacity building for at least 50 follower cities.
The project explicitly aims for increased exploitation of IPRs and R&D results to facilitate a shorter time-to-market for SMEs and startups.
The project period runs from 2024-02-01 to 2027-07-31, focusing on developing commercially viable solutions during this window.
The project integrates Galileo and Copernicus downstream applications to fill gaps where satellite data is currently under-used in urban management.
The consortium consists of 7 partners across 6 countries (BE, EL, FI, FR, NL, PT). Interestingly, all 7 partners are categorized as 'Other', with 0% industry, university, or research institutes listed in the primary metadata, suggesting the group is primarily composed of public entities or municipal bodies acting as the Buyers' Group to drive procurement.
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