The goal of the Land Monitoring Core Service (LMCS) is to provide timely, continuous and independent observations about the use of land resources and the changes of the land environment. Land monitoring core services will support policy makers at all levels and aid them in reviewing, monitoring and reporting on obligations under international treaties and implemented policies in the field of agriculture, water quality, soil protection, forest monitoring, urban development, biodiversity, etc.
Geoland2 is designed to constitute a major step forward in the implementation of the GMES Land Monitoring Core Service (LMCS). The goal of geoland2 is to prepare, validate and demonstrate pre-operational service chains and products that will substantiate the LMCS, and to propose and demonstrate a concrete functional organisation of the LMCS.
The applications of geoland2 are built of two layers, the Core Mapping Services (CMS) and the Core Information Services (CIS)
Geoland2 will implement 3 CMS with basic land cover information:
Geoland2 will implement 7 CIS based on Core Mapping Services addressing European Policies