Federated and reusable processing of Earth observation data
The unprecedented and continuously growing volume of Earth Observation (EO) and geospatial data has necessitated a paradigm change where compute is collocated with the data archives in public clouds. However, as no single cloud platform can host all of this data, federated processing solutions that work across multiple cloud platforms are becoming increasingly relevant. A community-based approach to federated processing has started using openEO, a common Application Programming Interface (API) and set of well-defined processes that simplifies reuse and provides a valuable level of abstraction when handling large EO data volumes. We present key concepts for federated processing and related interoperability aspects based on openEO Platform, a federated public cloud platform.
Authors
- Daniel Thiex (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5916-2539)
- Alexander Jacob (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4434-7244)
- Patrick Griffiths (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8839-9022)
- Bram G. Janssen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9289-9740)
- Stefaan Lippens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1444-3764)
- Matthias Mohr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1205-0799)
- Jeroen Dries (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3445-0969)
- Edzer Pebesma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8049-7069)
- Christian Briese
- Paulo Víctor Prazeres Sacramento (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5730-4414)
- Grega Milčinski
- Benjamin Schumacher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5572-9507)
- Michele Claus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3680-381X)
Institutions
- Eurac Research (IT)
- University of Münster (DE)
- European Space Research Institute (IT)
- FH Münster University of Applied Sciences (DE)
- Flemish Institute for Technological Research (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Scientific Data
- Published
- 2025-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04513-y
- Citations
- 8
- Primary Topic
- Scientific Computing and Data Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 33.35
Funders
- European Space Agency