@rauljustelores@UOLNoticias@UOL Foi o melhor texto que li hoje. Boa parte dos cientistas brasileiros também se limita no cercadinho monoglota. Acaba que quem está de fora têm grande interesse pelo o que fazemos bem, mas a informação nem chega.
@aravindEO Definitely. Big countries can partner with China and start building a parallel EO system with technology transfer and everything, but it's an exception. I know there has always being a mutual cooperation between scientists, but their bosses change every 4 years...
In Brazil, that struggles to coordinate its public weather system, the most widely disseminated weather forecasts are either through tv and radio that hires local private consultancies (or just share its free content), or simply the default Android app with weather[dot]com data.
One of the most important questions in Earth observation: How do we continue to provide EO-derived applications as a public good yet incentivise and leverage the innovations from the commercial EO sector?
Or, are we looking at an (unfortunate) future in which weather forecasts, wildfire alerts, flood warnings, drought information etc. become private services?
Btw, this is not about whether the raw material (aka satellite imagery or weather observations) will be a public good - I am rather interested in the future of the more valuable applications (aka EO-derived products like wildfire alert or flood risk).
The average citizen cares about the latter nor the former!
Very convenient, easy and free for the public, but a private product. Everything's fine, until you have an extreme event and need to issue official evacuation orders, deploy rescuers to save lives or offer financial incentives for reconstruction efforts. Which happens every year.
@i_ameztoy Social media can be damaging if it's an obligation. That makes me more human since I can't post at the same rate as great creators like you. Good luck with the other projects, Iban!