The diversity and complexity of modern data management applications have led to the
extension of the relational paradigm with syntactic and semantic support for User-Defined …

Nowadays, European program Copernicus' Sentinel missions have allowed the
development of several application services. In this regard, to strengthen the use of free …

Remotely sensed estimates of forest diversity have become increasingly important in
assessing anthropogenic and natural disturbances and their effects on biodiversity under …

Big data emerged as a new paradigm to provide unprecedented content and value for
Digital Earth. Big Earth data are increasing tremendously with growing heterogeneity …

Semantic technologies are at the core of Earth Observation (EO) data integration, by
providing an infrastructure based on RDF representation and ontologies. Because many EO …

With the advancement of Semantic Technologies, large geospatial data sources have been
increasingly published as Linked data on the Web. The LinkedGeoData project is one of the …

This monograph provides comprehensive coverage of the collection, management, and use
of big data obtained from remote sensing. The book begins with an introduction to the basics …

The chapter review major big data initiatives that have a geospatial component of remote
sensing and Earth Observations. These include initiatives in selected countries and …

The science of Earth observation uses satellites and other sensors to monitor our planet, eg,
for mitigating the effects of climate change. Earth observation data collected by satellites is a …

This paper describes how a platform for publishing and querying linked open data for the
Brussels Capital region in Belgium is built. Data are provided as relational tables or XML …