Institutions

Group of Earth Observation is a voluntary partnership of governments and international organizations. It provides a framework within which these partners can develop new projects and coordinate their strategies and investments. The Group on Earth…

GRID3 (Geo-Referenced Infrastructure and Demographic Data for Development) works with countries to generate, validate and use geospatial data on population, settlements, infrastructure, and boundaries. GRID3 combines the expertise of partners in…

Geo-Wiki is a project founded in 2009 by the project partners the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt and University of Freiburg. The Geo-Wiki Project is a global network of volunteers…

The GeoCommunity™ for the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) industry is part of the MindSites Group, the leading owner and operator of e-commerce websites supporting technical professionals.The GeoCommunity website gives…

GeoEye Inc. (formerly Orbital Imaging Corporation or ORBIMAGE) was an American commercial satellite imagery company based in Herndon, Virginia. GeoEye was merged into the DigitalGlobe corporation January 29th…

At Geofabrik – German for "geo factory" –, they extract, select, and process free geodata for everyone. They create shape files, maps, map tiles and full-blown web mapping solutions. They offer free OpenStreetMap Shapefiles…

The GIScience Research Group of the Geographic Institute is engaged in innovative basic and applied research at the interface between geography and the computational sciences.Through the Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation…

The Geological Mining and Metallurgical Institute (INGEMMET), is a Specialized Public Technical Agency of the Energy and Mining Sector of Peru, with legal status of internal public law, autonomy, administrative and economic technique, which aims to…

The Geophysical Institute of Peru (IGP) is a decentralized public body (OPD), under the Ministry of the Environment, which is responsible for the detection of natural disasters of destructive magnitude (earthquake, tsunami, volcanic eruption, huayco…

Geoscience Australia is an agency of the Australian Government. It carries out geoscientific research. The agency is the government's technical adviser on all aspects of geoscience, and custodian of the geographic and geological data and…

The Geospatial Information (GSI) Authority of Japan is jointly working with International Steering Committee for Global Mapping (ISCGM) on application of Geospatial Technology in Urban Disaster Management in Japan.Website: http://www.gsi.go.jp/…

GeoSUR is a program of the Andean Development Corporation established in 2007, which aims the establishment of a decentralized network to diffuse geographic information of South America. This objective will be achieved through the most recent space-…

The German Aerospace Center, abbreviated DLR, is the national center for aerospace, energy and transportation research of Germany. Its headquarters are located in Cologne and it has multiple other locations throughout Germany.

The German Agency for International Cooperation or (GIZ) is an international enterprise owned by the German Federal Government, operating in many fields across more than 130 countries. As a federal enterprise, they support the German Government in…

The Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK) was established on 1st May 2004 within the remit of the Federal Ministry of the Interior. Germany now has a central organisational element working to ensure the safety of the…