{"id":480,"date":"2021-04-19T18:02:36","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T17:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.eo4sas.com\/?page_id=480"},"modified":"2021-05-26T20:35:49","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T19:35:49","slug":"discovery-achivements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eo4sas.com\/index.php\/discovery-achivements\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovery Achievements"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Discovery Achievements<\/h1>\n<p>The Discovery Phase project was successful in meeting its aim:\u00a0 &#8220;<em><span class=\"TextRun SCXP70036165 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-usefontface=\"true\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXP70036165 BCX0\">To demonstrate the feasibility of using Earth Observation (EO) techniques as the basis of a\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXP70036165 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-usefontface=\"true\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXP70036165 BCX0\">sand and aggregate management system in Kenya and the usability and acceptance of such a service.&#8221;\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/em><span class=\"TextRun SCXP70036165 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-usefontface=\"true\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXP70036165 BCX0\">User Feedback from the prototyped solution was overwhelmingly positive with the majority of users asking when they could get the system!\u00a0 Similarly, senior stakeholders in both county and national government noted the appropriateness and timing of a service to address sustainable sand harvesting based on EO.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The key achievements are<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-usefontface=\"true\" data-contrast=\"none\">Demonstration of the feasibility of using EO techniques as the <\/span><span data-usefontface=\"true\" data-contrast=\"none\">basis of a sand management system in Kenya and the\u00a0<\/span><span data-usefontface=\"true\" data-contrast=\"none\">usability and acceptance of such a service.<\/span>\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-usefontface=\"true\" data-contrast=\"none\">Documented understanding of sand management context, <\/span><span data-usefontface=\"true\" data-contrast=\"none\">landscape and user needs in Kenya. (Summarised in <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.6084\/m9.figshare.14604456.v1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EO4SAS Position White Paper<\/a>)<\/span>\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-aria-posinset=\"6\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-usefontface=\"true\" data-contrast=\"none\">Implemented and tested prototype EO tools<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-aria-posinset=\"7\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-usefontface=\"true\" data-contrast=\"none\">Defined an EO-based sand management service and\u00a0<\/span><span data-usefontface=\"true\" data-contrast=\"none\">planned an Operational Phase project to deliver it including\u00a0<\/span><span data-usefontface=\"true\" data-contrast=\"none\">a sustainable, post-funding future.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discovery Achievements The Discovery Phase project was successful in meeting its aim:\u00a0 &#8220;To demonstrate the feasibility of using Earth Observation (EO) techniques as the basis of a\u00a0sand and aggregate management system in Kenya and the usability and acceptance of such a service.&#8221;\u00a0 User Feedback from the prototyped solution was overwhelmingly positive with the majority of users asking when they could get the system!\u00a0 Similarly, senior stakeholders in both county and national government noted the appropriateness and timing of a service&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/eo4sas.com\/index.php\/discovery-achivements\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-480","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eo4sas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eo4sas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eo4sas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eo4sas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eo4sas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/eo4sas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":537,"href":"https:\/\/eo4sas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/480\/revisions\/537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eo4sas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}