LIMES Project
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| Project Figures | |
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| Acronym: | Land and Sea Monitoring for Environment and Security |
| Start Date: | December 2006 |
| Duration: | 42 months |
| Consortium: | 49 partners |
| Total Cost: | 21 MEuro |
| EC contribution: | 12 MEuro |
| Project co-financed by the European Commission under the 6th Framework Programme- Aeronautics&Space/GMES Security | |
| LIMES Project web site | |
Objectives and Services
LIMES (Land and Sea Monitoring for Environment and Security) is an Integrated Project that provides to the GMES Program expertise in the security area through the development of applications and services applying innovative solutions based on Earth Observation systems and satellite Communication and Positioning technologies in the following domains:
- Maritime Surveillance: monitoring of both vessel and cargo movements for reasons of maritime safety, policing and border security both over coastal and open ocean areas and Non-EU waters.
- Land and Infrastructure Security: include Land Border Monitoring, Critical Infrastructure Surveillance, support to Event Planning and to Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT) monitoring.
- Humanitarian Relief and Reconstruction: improvement and extension of the existing services that cover the whole crisis cycle: Disaster Preparedness, Operational Support & Reconstruction.
External links
- LIMES Project web site
- EC Research Executive Agency web site
- GMES R&D website, operated by the EC-funded SWIFT project
- EC GMES web site
- ESA GMES web site
- G-MOSAIC Project web site
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