What it is
A mapping and monitoring service that delivers Land Use / Land Cover (LULC) maps for port areas and their surroundings, including change detection over time. It captures how port infrastructure, logistics zones, natural habitats and nearby urban areas evolve.
What questions does it answer
· How is port land currently being used (quays, storage yards, buildings, transport corridors, green areas, water)?
· Where are new developments or conversions taking place (e.g. expansion of terminals, loss of green space, new logistics platforms)?
· How do these changes affect planning, environmental commitments or community relations?
How it works (high level)
The service uses optical satellite imagery and supervised classification methods to generate LULC maps tailored to port needs. Time-series analysis allows before/after comparisons at user-defined intervals. Outputs are provided as digital map layers and statistics that can be integrated into GIS, planning tools or dashboards.
Role in the EO4PORT roadmap
This product illustrates how planning and development needs expressed by ports (e.g., “I need to know how my port area is changing”) can be transformed into geoinformation requirements and then into an EO service suitable for operational use.