Galileo/GMES Competitions Announce Their Winners

The eighth Galileo Masters European Satellite Navigation Competition announced its winners on October 19. At the same time, the laureates of the GMES Masters European Earth Monitoring Competition were also made public.

Both these competitions are supported by the European Space Agency (ESA), which develops and controls both the Galileo satellite navigation system and the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) network.

The Galileo-oriented competition featured 401 proposals from almost 50 countries. The winner was selected by an international panel of experts. The winner was the True3D™ Heads-Up Display augmented-reality navigation display, which was submitted by Juliana Clegg of Making Virtual Solid.

The GMES Masters prize was awarded to the Deforest Action Earth Watchers system, which was selected out of 108 proposals from researchers in 17 countries. The rainforest conservation initiative was proposed by Dutch geo-information company GEODAN.