1. GFOI Plenary 24 Feb 2016, Frascati
Open Foris and SEPAL
GFOI Plenary 24 Feb 2016, Frascati

2. Open Foris Initiative and SEPAL platform Free and Open Source Solutions for Data Collection, Analysis and Reporting
Anssi Pekkarinen
FAO Forestry
GFOI Plenary
24 Feb 2016

3. Open Foris
Remote Sensing

4. Automated data processing

5. TITLE Efficient image analysis On cost-hardware
Sub headline
Efficient image analysis
a collection of professional image processing tools which allow automatic processing of different kinds of images.
From pre-processing to mapping
tools every image processing phases from pre-processing to calculation of forest resources of given area.
On cost-hardware
When combined with a cloud computing interface, GEO can be easily used to process massive amounts of data.

6. CUBE
GEE

8. DIY CLOUD

9. Current Status
FUTURE
Access and processing of Landsat, Sentinel, ALOS …
Bhutan, Bangladesh, Congo, Ecuador, Uganda, Paraguay,
Philippines, Tanzania, Zambia, … 5 FREL submissions

10. Visual interpretation tool for land use/cover classification

13. Ghana LU scheme IPCC LU National land use sub-divisions Forest land
Cropland
Grassland
Wetland
Settlement
Other land
IPCC LU
F > F
C > F
C > C
F > C
G > G
C > G
W > W
C > W
S > S
C > S
O > O
C > O
G > F
W > F
G > C
W > C
F > G
W > G
G > W
F > W
G > S
W > S
G > O
W > O
S > F
O > F
S > C
O > C
S > G
O > G
S > W
O > W
F > S
O > S
S > O
F > O
Wet evergreen
Rice
Guinea savannah woodland
Lake
City / village
Rock / stone
Moist evergreen
Other cereals
Permanent river
Road
Sand
Sudan savannah woodland
Moist semi-deciduous
Root and tubers
Seasonal river
Bare area
Mining
Transition woodland
Legumes
Swamp
Dry semi-deciduous
Infrastructure
Bush / scrub
Fruits
Coastal water body
Upland evergreen
Grassland
Vegetables
Southern marginal
Cacao
National land use sub-divisions
Mangrove forest
Oil palm
Riparian
Coffee
Swamp forest
Other industrial crops
Teak plantation
Rubber plantation
Terminalia plantation
Other plantation

14. Geo-synchronized

15. Advanced features
With Google Earth Engine

16. Business intelligence

17. Resource partners

18. Contributors/Users

20. THANK YOU!