BETTER is a project funded under Horizon 2020, and in particular, the H2020-EO-2017 call. The project has developed tools to facilitate the analysis of satellite imagery and other big data from Copernicus (the EU programme for the observation of the Earth). BETTER uses their tools to work on large-scale societal problems put forward by end-user organisations like the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP), including food security. In a testimonial for BETTER, the WFP stated that by using the project’s data pipelines to monitor natural hazards and mapping of land cover changes in Mozambique specifically, it was able to enhance its Climate and Earth Observation analytical procedures. Following a first hackathon in Italy in November 2019 organised in collaboration with four other EU-funded projects (CANDELA, EOPEN, OpenEO, PerceptiveSentinel), the second hackathon is due to take place virtually from 22-29 October. There will be four separate sessions with respective exercises. The WFP will lead one of these on 23 October on Enhancing Agricultural Mapping with BETTER Pipelines. Register for free via the BETTER site. During the afore-mentioned ‘Hackathons’, software developers and data analysts put BETTER’s tools to the test. Participants received exercises that allow them to see how robust the tools are when tackling analytical challenges related to real-life issues. The BETTER project is due to finish in January 2021. Details Publication date15 October 2020AuthorEuropean Research Executive AgencyLocationBrussels
