The benefits of the GMES Emergency Response Service

BEFORE

you often had to hope someone would get/produce the necessary maps or imagery for your mission

you can order it yourself through a European Commission funded service

sometimes, you had to go out to areas without any up-to-date maps or geo- information products

you can get your customized reference maps within 24h

assessments often had to be based on field inspection alone

you can underpin your assessment with maps derived from birds-eye imagery at sub-meter resolution worldwide

you had to visit each location on your field mission you wanted to have information about

satellite maps can help you to complement and extrapolate your assessments for large areas “at once”

you sometimes had to draw sketches for things you assessed

you can get your GPS readings and observations drawn into dedicated mapping and geo-information products

you often had to wait for imagery or mapping to become available through uncontrolled channels operated by third parties

you yourself can define which maps or geo-information products are to be generated and for which purpose

Access to products and services for any geographical area worldwide,
(satellite imagery can be acquired anywhere in the world)
Pre-disaster reference products covering major crisis areas worldwide
Timeliness of post-disaster information, first products available within 24 hours
of receipt of request
24h/7 availability
In-field information delivery, (delivery of the geo-information products to wherever
they are needed by users, e.g. in-field, in crisis rooms, in coordination centres, etc.)
Support in all Emergency Response phases, as the GMES Emergency Response Service
will produce pre-event, post-event and crisis follow-up products