promise of GEOSS. It can provide us with better information to use in decision-making, producing better decisions that are better informed with more data points. I hope to help make the promise of GEOSS a reality.
- EPA Administrator Steve Johnson
On February 16, 2005, member countries of the Group on Earth Observations agreed to a 10-year implementation plan for a Global Earth Observation System of Systems (PDF) (11 pp, 142KB, About PDF) , known as GEOSS. The GEOSS project will help all nations involved produce and manage their information in a way that benefits the environment as well as humanity by taking a pulse of the planet.
EPA-ORD Assistant Administrator George Gray represented the U.S. Government at GEO III Plenary in Bonn, Germany (November 27-29, 2006).
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GEOSS is envisioned as a large national and international cooperative effort to bring together existing and new hardware and software, making it all compatible in order to supply data and information at no cost. The U.S. and developed nations have a unique role in developing and maintaining the system, collecting data, enhancing data distribution, and providing models to help all of the world's nations. EPA has a strong commitment to the GEOSS initiative.
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