The document summarizes two competitions - the Copernicus Masters and the European Satellite Navigation Competition. It provides details on the competitions, including that they award prizes for innovative solutions using Earth observation or satellite navigation data, and offer support like cash prizes, business incubation, and publicity. It also provides examples of past winning solutions like ones for indoor navigation or crowdsourcing applications.

1. Copernicus Masters
&
European Satellite Navigation Competition
Franz Haslbeck
m-ACADEMY

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Anwendungszentrum GmbH
Oberpfaffenhofen (AZO)
About AZO
AZO, a subsidiary of the
German Aerospace Center
(DLR), was set up in 2004 at
the prominent aerospace
location
Oberpfaffenhofen, near
Munich
Business Focus
AZO is supporting
innovation and incubation
in the commercial use of
space technologies &
infrastructures
Output
AZO supported 66 start-up
companies creating 1000
jobs. Many of them are
scouted through the above
mentioned innovation
networks.
Innovation Networks
Business Incubation
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3. Copernicus will provide accurate, timely and easily accessible
information
• To improve the management of the environment
• To understand and mitigate the effects of climate change
• To ensure safety and security for the European citizens.
Copernicus will consist of
• Five families of dedicated satellites (Sentinels) specifically for the
operational needs of the Copernicus programme. The Sentinels will be
launched from 2013.
• Missions from other space agencies, called Contributing Missions -
already providing a wealth of data for Copernicus services
• The in situ Component which focuses on data acquired by a multitude
of sensors on the ground, at sea or in the air.
Copernicus –
Global Monitoring for Environment and Security
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4. Copernicus Services
Copernicus is all about delivering products and services to manage and
protect the environment and natural resources, and ensure civil
security, e.g.:
• air-quality forecasting
• flood warnings
• early detection of drought and desertification
• early warnings of severe weather
• oil-spill detection and drift prediction
• sea-water quality
• crop analysis
• forest monitoring
• land-use change
• food security and humanitarian
aid
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5. • Precision: In a combined GPS-Galileo use (compared to GPS by itself)
the higher number of satellites available to the user will offer higher
precision. From most locations, six to eight Galileo satellites will be
visible which, in combination with GPS signals, will allow positions to be
determined up to within a few centimetres.
• Availability: The high number of satellites will also improve the
availability of the signals in high-rise cities, where buildings can
obstruct signals from satellites that are low on the horizon.
• Coverage: Galileo will also provide a better coverage at high latitudes
than GPS, thanks to the location and inclination of the satellites. This
will be particularly interesting for Northern Europe.
Galileo –
Galileo in short: Precision, Availability, Coverage
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6. Copernicus Masters
The European Earth Monitoring Competition
1 June – 15 September 2013
Is awarding prizes to innovative solutions for
business and society based on Earth
observation data.
www.copernicus-masters.com
EUROPEAN SATELLITE NAVIGATION
COMPETITION 2013
1 April – 30 June 2013
Is looking for service, products, or business
innovation that uses satellite navigation in
everyday life.
www.galileo-masters.eu
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7. Copernicus Masters
Partners 2013
ESNC Partners 2013
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8. Technical Support
Cash Prizes
Business Incubation
Coaching
data packages
Publicity
Total value of prize pool:
EUR 1,3 Mio
GET REWARDED
patent consulting
Prototyping Support
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9. SIGN UP
Got an innovative solution for business or society
based on Earth observation data and/or Global
Navigation Satellite Systems?
ESNC: Choose from 25 regional
prizes and 7 special prizes
Copernicus Masters: Choose
from 9 challenges dedicated to
various topics
Submit your business case from 1
April to 30 June 2013 at
www.galileo-masters.eu and
from 1 June to 15 September at
www.copernicus-masters.com
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10. GET INSPIRED
Trend topic: Indoor Navigation
INSITEO: winner of ESNC 2008 – today the
world’s leading provider for indoor navigation
services: Interactive maps, Product
finding, Location-based marketing and
advices, “Meet-Me" and data-mining are all
available at once through one platform.
Fraunhofer Portugal: winner of ESNC 2013
Seamless Navigation trough ultra low-
frequency Magnetic Field Communication”
(ULF-MC): ULF-MC's primary application
areas include:
• Indoor navigation
• Mobile payment apps for POS & ATM
• Individualised advertising
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11. GET INSPIRED
Trend topic: Crowd-Sourcing
ASIGN / GEO PICTURES: winner of ESA App
Challenge 2012 – Crowdsourced, in-situ visual
Copernicus validation.
The smartphone app captures and sends
reliably geo-tagged and time-stamped images
to UNOSAT at CERN to verify radar images.
Cerberus: Copernicus Master 2012 –
Crowdsourcing and eLearning platform
• “serious game” in which participants can
mark cracks in ice, damaged power
cables, areas of drought, and other
anomalies on satellite images.
• Following verification, user input is
converted into digital maps that can then
be employed by governments and other
interest groups.
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12. CONTACT
Space 4 Your Business
Ms Ulrike Daniels
Business Development
ulrike.daniels@anwendungszentrum.de
Anwendungszentrum GmbH Oberpfaffenhofen
Phone: +49 228 55007736
www.copernicus-masters.com
www.galileo-masters.eu
www.esa-bic.de
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