WORSICA is a Europe-wide service for detecting coastline changes, coastal inundation areas, and inland water bodies. One-stop shop for several services focused on water detection using remote sensing, WORSICA provides its users with the following specific services:
- Coastline and Inundation areas detection;
- In-land water bodies detection, and
- Leak detections in irrigation networks.
The WorSiCa service is entirely free of charge for the European research community. The service provides products on top of water detection methodologies, using public satellite imagery sources and private satellite or drone surveys provided by the users while maintaining their privacy. Furthermore, the service takes advantage of the robust and reliable EOSC IT services and computational infrastructures, considering an open-source software approach and the FAIR principles for the processed data.
Oceans, seas and watersAddressing target audiences and expressing needs
- Help in technical expertise
- Use of research Infrastructure
- Collaboration
Engagement and collaborations with research communities from the coastal and water management areas of study to enhance and improve the algorithms implemented in the service. We also seek partnerships with technological institutions for state-of-the-art IT solutions for our service.
- Research and Technology Organisations
- Academia/ Universities
R&D, Technology and Innovation aspects
The WORSICA service is currently at the final stage of implementation and development in the scope of the EOSC-synergy project. However, the service is already used by a set of selected users from academia and research public institutions with responsibilities in coastal management. After the final implementations, the service will be fully open to the public and updated to TRL9.
