GESIS meets Copernicus (GxC)
Introduction
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Welcome to the project website of “GESIS meets Copernicus” (GxC). For many researchers in the social sciences, Earth observation (EO) data represents a black box. Social science researchers face many obstacles in applying and using these data, resulting from 1) a lack of technical expertise, 2) a lack of knowledge of data sources and how to access them, 3) unfamiliarity with complex data formats, such as high-resolution, longitudinal raster datacubes, and 4) a lack of expertise in integrating the data into existing social science datasets. GxC aims to close the gap by creating an automated interface to EO data and complementary resources for social science research. |
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The project’s core is creating an open-source tool to link time- and space-sensitive social science datasets with data from Earth observation programs. Detailed documentation and beginner-friendly tutorials complement the tool to showcase the capability of our project. The social science community is the main target group of our tool. At the same time, Earth system science researchers may similarly profit from integrated social science data. This project supports inter- and transdisciplinary research which is often made difficult because of technical, disciplinary, and organizational barriers. The project emphasizes research data management (RDM) workflows based on FAIR Data and Open Science principles. All code is written in the open-source software R and is made available on this website.
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