This document summarizes several case studies of using satellite applications to address challenges in different sectors and countries. It discusses projects using earth observation data and geospatial information to help the UK Department for Environment manage land and monitor the environment. It also describes initiatives in Serbia to use satellite imagery for property valuation and taxation, in Syria to create a data fusion dashboard for humanitarian crisis monitoring, in Tanzania and Nigeria to automate road condition surveys, and in Chile to develop an environmental monitoring platform for the mining industry.

1. 11 October 2017
Satellite applications for achieving the SDGs -
implementing change where people’s needs are
Elena Lobo

2. 2
Who?: Satellite Applications Catapult
Compound Semi-conductor
Innovation & Technology
Government
Academia
Industry
Global Orgs
Development & Humanitarian
Government
People Orgs & NGOs
Industry

3. 3
Capabilities
• Earth imagery
• Ground movement information
• Wave height & sea state
• Environmental monitoring
• Meteorological information
Businesses impacted
• Agronomy, Fracking, Logistics, Insurance,
Commodities traders, Oil & Gas, Manufacturers,
Government agencies
Imagery Navigation, Positioning and Timing
Capabilities
• Location based services
• Enabling development and deployment of autonomous
vehicles
• Optimising global supply chains
Businesses impacted
• Logistics (Planes, Trains & Automobiles), Shipping,
Security providers, Agronomy, Regulatory bodies
Communications
Capabilities
• Remote connectivity
• Aim for ubiquitous connectivity
• Enabling growth in M2M, eHealth, eLearning
Businesses impacted
• Emergency services, NGOs, Supermarkets,
Government agencies, Media, Oil & Gas, Tourism
logistics
Satellite Capability Connected to Application Needs

4. 4
• In November 2015 Defra and the UK Space Agency’s Space for Smarter
Government developed a Roadmap for embedding Earth Observation
(EO) data into policy and operations across Defra
• A key early objective is to integrate EO into at least five policy areas to
ensure cheaper, more effective, more customer focused delivery
• The Defra EO Centre of Excellence is the primary delivery mechanism
• 2 years on innovation is becoming operational and recognised
» 2017 winners of the Defra Collaboration Award
Case Study: UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)

5. Led by the UK Space Agency
Delivered in collaboration with the Satellite Applications Catapult
Web: www.spaceforsmartergovernment.uk
Living Maps for biodiversity and natural capital
Water quality monitoringForest Monitoring
Crop Map and land use for
rural payments
Sentinel-2 mosaic of England -
RPA
Habitat condition and ecosystems services
Case Study - Defra Earth Observation Centre of Excellence

6. 6
Case Study: Serbia & Real Estate Management Project
Ongoing World Bank Financed Project:
- Real Estate Management Project with Republic Geodetic
Authority
- Acquired VHR imagery for property valuation and taxation
User Needs:
- Property valuation
- Property taxation
- Illegal settlements
Catapult involvement so far:
- Supported - Roadmap for the use of Geospatial Information
by 2016 – 2019
- Developed - tailored study visit for the RGA to the UK
- Catapult EO Expertise post-imagery acquisition
- Definition of feature extraction requirement
- Facilitation of UK SME expertise on buildings feature
extraction
Image credits: Informal Buildings detection– Serbian RGA (right), VHR image acquisition – Serbian RGA (left)

7. 7
The problem:
• Multiple sources of
information
• Complex to validate,
integrate & interpret
The challenge:
• Independent,
consistent & timely
information
• Easy to integrate data
• Interpreted together
in a ‘data fusion
approach’
• Ingested into current
processes and tools
Case Study: Understanding the Syrian Crisis
Proposed Solution: Data Fusion Dashboard
Agriculture Oil Natural GasPhosphate
Cement Military
Movements
Image credits: UNOSAT (top left), IHS (bottom left)

8. 8
The problem:
• Rural road condition
mapping
• Prioritising scarce
resources
The challenge:
• Automated & reliable
low-cost detection of
road condition
• Using satellite images,
UAV and ground data
+ machine learning
and human
verification
Case Study: Automated Road Condition Survey, Tanzania & Nigeria
Proposed Solution: Layered Images +
machine learning + human verification
Agriculture Oil Natural GasPhosphate
Cement Military
Movements

9. 9
Case Study: Environmental monitoring platform: Mining in Chile
The problem:
• Distrust between mining
companies, regulators and
the community
• Identifying change remotely
and responding
• Complex data sets
The challenge:
• Reliable, actionable
information
• User friendly presentation of
information
• Environmental events shown
as simple and powerful
visualisations
• Reducing the need to visit
the locations
Tailings Dam - boundary of extents as over a period of 6 years
River pollution over a period of time
Waste Dumps
identified by
Mining activities
Identifying potential for Wind and
solar energy
Proposed Solution: EO analysis +3D visualisation through gaming technology
Image credits: Miing.com (left)

10. Thank you!