The CEOS System Engineering Office (SEO) worked with the CEOS Working Group on Information Systems and Services (WGISS) to gather and organize key information on data policies, data access portals and interoperability protocols.
CEOS is currently operating and planning hundreds of Earth observation satellites. The information contained in this portal will improve the efficiency and effectiveness of gaining access to space-based Earth observation data to support many global intiatives with vast societal impact.
The "The Ranking Web of World repositories" is an initiative of the Cybermetrics Lab, a research group belonging to the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), the largest public research body in Spain.
The UK Data Service is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to meet the data needs of researchers, students and teachers from all sectors