The Portuguese Land Cover Monitoring System (SMOS): from research and development (R&D) to operations

Authors

  • Hugo Costa Direção-Geral do Território
  • Pedro Benevides Direção-Geral do Território
  • Mário Caetano Direção-Geral do Território

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59192/mapping.387

Keywords:

Satellite, Sentinel, Land cover, Land use, VGI, Design thinking

Abstract

The Portuguese Land Cover Monitoring System SMOS (Sistema de Monitorização da Ocupação do Solo) is an initiative conceived and developed by Direção-Geral do Território (DGT) with the aim of continuously produce reference and thematic cartographic products on land use land cover for continental Portugal. SMOS is a collaborative and multifunctional system that involves the Public Administration, the national scientific and technological system, the private sector and the citizen, guided by user needs and open data policy. SMOS represents a paradigm shift in cartography production and uses the latest developments in space technologies and Artificial Intelligence to create maps with more detail, quality and promptness. Here, SMOS is presented, including the initial steps leading to the implementation of the system, its organization and governance, cartographic products and viewers, and foreseen developments.

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Author Biographies

Hugo Costa, Direção-Geral do Território

PhD in Geographical Information Science from the University of Nottingham and an MSc in Geographical Information Science and Systems from NOVA Information Management School (NOVA IMS). He has past experience in land cover mapping from satellite image classification, thematic accuracy assessment and ecological modelling. Currently he is working at DGT since 2018 developing satellite image processing methods to produce LCLU information at operational level. Hugo is also Professor of the Practice at NOVA IMS where he teaches remote sensing.



Pedro Benevides, Direção-Geral do Território

PhD in Geophysical Sciences and Geoinformation and an MSc in Geographical Engineering both from the University of Lisbon. He has past experience in many satellite data processing (optical, radar, hyperspectral and GNSS). Currently he is working at DGT since 2018 developing satellite image processing methods to produce LCLU information at operational level.

Mário Caetano, Direção-Geral do Território

Principal investigator of Directorate-General of Territorial Development (DGT) and Deputy Director-General of DGT since October 2014. Since 2000 he is an Associate Professor at Information Management School from the New University of Lisboa (NOVA IMS). Mário Caetano has a degree in Forest Engineering from the Lisboa University of Technology (1989), a MSc in Geography from the University of California, Santa Barbara (1995), a Ph.D. in Forestry (2000) from the Lisboa University of Technology, and a Habilitation in Information Management from NOVA-IMS (2013). Research interests include information systems and management, spatial analysis and the use of remote sensing data for land cover land use (LCLU) characterisation and environment monitoring. He is the author of more than 190 publications in books, journals and conference proceedings.

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Published

2023-05-12

How to Cite

Costa, H., Benevides, P., & Caetano, M. (2023). The Portuguese Land Cover Monitoring System (SMOS): from research and development (R&D) to operations. REVISTA INTERNACIONAL MAPPING, 32(210), 44–51. https://doi.org/10.59192/mapping.387

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Vol. 32 No. 210 (2023): Revista MAPPING 210. JIIDE 2022

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Artículos Científicos

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