GMES
ESRIN/Contract no. 19366/05/I-EC
Terrafirma Product
EXPLOITATION REPORT
V2
2nd
August 2005
Richard Burren and Ren Capes (NPA)
ESA GMES: Terrafirma
Exploitation Report Version 2
Terrafirma EXPLOITATION REPORT
Introduction
Each Terrafirma product is delivered to a RECIPIENT under the terms of a Service Level
Agreement (SLA) that has been duly signed by all parties. The SLA places obligations on the
RECIPIENT to interpret the H-1 product that was provided to them, and then make efforts to
exploit the information and data derived to other potential users. The SLA contracts the
RECIPIENT to provide back to Terrafirma a report covering these exploitation activities.
The Exploitation Report should state what was done to promote, exploit, use and further
expose the Terrafirma product and derived information to other important public and private
sectors within your country to help stimulate further demand. Such entities might include
national utility operators, engineering consultancies, regional development and planning
agencies, environmental agencies, transport operators, extractive industries and policy
validation.
This document provides the template for the Terrafirma Exploitation Report.
Note, that the RECIPIENT should submit a separate Exploitation Report for each
individual exploitation activity (i.e. presentations made to, and discussions with one
particular organisation). Please reference each individual exploitation activity as requested in
the first field for completion.
Included within each section of the template is an explanatory note on the requirements
written in blue, please delete this explanatory text as you enter the required information.
An example Exploitation Report is provided in red at the end of this template.
This activity should not be limited to entities just within the geographic area covered by the H1 product delivered, as the intention of the project is to stimulate interest nation-wide. It is
expected that a minimum of three or four such contacts and presentations are made.
IMPORTANT!
So-called 'value-statements' from users are immensely useful for demonstrating to politicians
and those that decree the future of Terrafirma that these services are actually useful in reallife situations and should receive wider funding. Therefore, please ensure to record and
include any 'value statements' that you obtain from users. These statements will be used in a
second version of the Terrafirma Atlas (collection of results, interpretations and value
statements). Please see the first Terrafirma Atlas for examples of value-statements.
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Exploitation Report TEMPLATE
(please replace explanatory blue text with yours)
Exploitation Activity Number:
Input exploitation activity number
Date range of activity:
Date range of exploitation activity
EXPLOITATION TARGET
(Public / Private Sector):
Name of exploitation target
Exploitation Target Description:
Who is the exploitation target? Why are they important? What do they do? Where do they
operate? Who funds them?
Specific exploitation activities with this target:
Please describe the exploitation activities undertaken with this target.
Please provide a copy of any graphics or presentations (e.g. PPTs) used.
Overall exploitation activity outcome:
Please summarise the main outcomes and conclusions to this exploitation activity.
Actions / follow-on exploitation activities:
Please provide detail of any actions and / or potential follow-on activities that occurred as a
result of the exploitation activity.
Exploitation target feedback / suggestions:
Provide an overview of any feedback / suggestions (both positive and negative) that the
exploitation target may have regarding any aspect of the Terrafirma service and products e.g.
technology, service integration, validation, etc.
Value statements:
Please provide value statements from the target.
Validation:
Please make special mention of any validation evidence that the target might have, and how it
was /might be used to substantiate the Terrafirma product.
Additional information:
Please provide any other relevant information.
RECIPIENT name and signature: …………………………………………………………………….
Date: …………….……………………
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EXAMPLE Exploitation Report
Exploitation Activity Number:
Activity 1
Date:
30th August 2005
EXPLOITATION TARGET
(Public / Private Sector):
UK Environment Agency (Public Sector)
Exploitation Target Description:
The EA is the UK body responsible for protecting the environment in England and Wales, it is
part of DEFRA, the UK Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs. In attendance
were UK EA Risk Manager Mr J Bloggs, and a selection of key staff from within the
department.
Specific exploitation activities with this target:
Carried out a workshop at the Environment Agency’s Western Regional office, outlining
GMES, Terrafirma and demonstrating the interpretation of Terrafirma H-1 result for Bristol &
Bath. The workshop focussed in particular upon an area of deformation close to Clifton
Suspension Bridge and how Terrafirma products have identified previously unknown ground
motion phenomena.
Overall exploitation activity outcome:
Overall the Terrafirma service was received well with much interest generated, and is leading
to further meetings with more senior members of the EA and DEFRA to discuss wider usage.
Actions / follow-on exploitation activities:
A1: Follow-up meeting planned to discuss other potential Terrafirma sites
A2: UK Environment Agency to provide in-situ GPS-levelling data for use in further
interpretation of Terrafirma product over Bristol
A3: Discuss implementation of lobbying activities aimed at establishing large scale
subsidence monitoring / mapping on a regional and national scale
Exploitation target feedback / suggestions:
UK Environment Agency express real interest in PSI and keen to investigate integration of
products with current information.
Value statements:
“Terrafirma products can help us focus our efforts more economically in reducing ground
deformation-based environmental risk“ Mr J Bloggs, UK EA Risk Manager
Validation:
The EA have database of levelling data going back 5 years. Discussions are underway for
the release of these data for further validation of the product.
Additional information:
Interest in online delivery /access to Terrafirma products
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