A Survey Study on the Status of Korean 9 Social Benefit Areas of Global Earth Observation System of Systems

Bu young Ahn, Min su Joh, Sang ho Lee

Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, 335 Gwahangro, Yuseong, Deajeon, 305-806, KOREA, {ahnyoung, msjoh, shlee}@kisti.re.kr

Korea has opened KGEO Secretariat and is executing actions in order to respond effectively on international cooperation of GEOSS science and technology in a national viewpoint and to perform implementation project of National GEOSS successfully. Thus, we have surveyed domestic status in 9 benefit areas of GEOSS for establishing more progressive National GEOSS. Status survey has been processed in two methods. First, we had prepared questionnaires with 5 sections including standardization, information system operation and management, source data and metadata status, infrastructure status and other considerations and suggestions, and visited 9 institutions that are generating the earth observation data to carry out face-to-face survey with 12 specialists. Second, we had surveyed, collected, classified and analyzed earth observation data for individual areas such as meteorology, agriculture, ecosystem, biological diversity, disaster, water resources, health, weather, energy, forest, sea, geographical information, and so on opened on internet sites. From the survey results, it indicated that domestic institutes of each area have generated and used a diverse range of earth observation data and international standards on geographical and metrological information are prepared and commonly utilized through the world. It is considered that the survey results will be utilized as basic data for implementing national GEOSS in the future.