Corine Land cover/SOER Launch Event University of Leicester

Earth observation for Statistics

Presented by: Peter Helm, Defra Head of Profession for Statistics Date: 1 July 2015

Questions

Q 1 What are the potential applications? Replacing or adding to existing collections Providing new insights

Q 2 What are the issues? Capabilities of the technology Learning new skills and process Costs Pros and cons How will this develop . Is this the right time to take forward

Q3 How do we get started – what can we learn from others?

New opportunities

Copernicus ( with LUCAS)

Improving technology

Wider applications being developed

Less willingness to fill in forms

Need greater speed and detail

Need less cost Big Data

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The Perfect Storm….

€3.8bn investment in Copernicus will result up to 8TB/day of new free data on the environment

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The UKSA is investing in Government to ensure optimum uptake of satellite technologies

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UK access to Copernicus data & products: • Airbus Farnborough has won the European Space Agency contract to process , archive and disseminate data from the Copernicus satellites Sentinels

1 and 2.• Sentinel data/products from Airbus

Farnborough will be disseminated via two routes: STFC/RAL Space (the Science

and Technology Facilities Council/Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Space Department)

Space Applications Catapult

Examples

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Land water air

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Land Cover Map

MEOW Map

UK-Earth Observation- for mapping habitat extent and condition & more

Use in agricultural statistics

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Agricultural statistics

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Satellite Monitoring – EU Fisheries

• The Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) is a form of satellite tracking using transmitters on board fishing vessels. The system is a legal requirement under EC Regulation 2244/2003;

• Regulation applies to vessels exceeding 12m overall length;• Basic VMS unit consists of a GPS receiver which plots the position of the

vessel coupled with a communications device which reports the position at a minimum of every two hours;

• The unit automatically sends the following data :– the vessel identification– geographical position– date/time(UTC) of fixing of position– course and speed

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And next…..

• What is the potential ? Example - Application to Livestock information

• Can the technology identify different types of livestock holding? • Process and cost of translating the observations into statistics

• What savings can be made ?

• How do we move forward ?• If there are difficulties what needs to change before it can be

useful operationally

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