Earthpace identifies new opportunities for satellite remote sensing data and geographic information systems (GIS) in emergency preparedness and response, environmental impact assessment, water resources, and other decision-making contexts.

Satellite Remote Sensing Information
Earthpace is a leader in identifying appropriate remote sensing information for use in environmental legal applications. Earthpace has published an assessment of the evidentiary issues associated with the use of satellite data in courts in the Duke Law School Environmental Law and Policy Forum. Earthpace is a member of the Environmental Legal Information Systems Team, a NASA Earth Science Information Partner.

• Earthpace is a partner researcher with University College London on a major funded research contract from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK). The project will explore the potential and significance of employing satellite and unmanned aerospace vehicle monitoring data as a legal compliance tool – principally in the environmental sector.
• Earthpace provided technical assistance to the United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC) to develop an information management system for the assessment of claims for environmental damage resulting from Iraq's aggression during the 1990 Gulf War. The report included analysis of potentially applicable satellite remote sensing technologies, digital libraries, and other decision-making tools.
• Legal Challenges and Market Rewards to the Use of Remote Sensing Data as Evidence (2002) 12 Duke Envtl. L. & Pol'y F. 219
• Proceedings: A View from Space: Digital Earth Applications in Environmental Resource Management. Also refer to the Workshop Web site.
• Info brief: Environmental Applications for Satellite Remote Sensing
• Info brief: Chain of Custody for Satellite Data
• Info brief: Reference Guide to Emerging Technologies to Implement NEPA

Geographic Information Systems
Through its work with ELIS, Earthpace developed a scenario around a geographic information system for the Chesapeake Bay region to assist the emergency response team to make better decisions for the planning, response, assessment, and enforcement activities related to an oil spill.

• Oil Spill Emergency Response Decision Information System.

Web-based Information Tools
Earthpace develops Web-based databases to facilitate access to information about a particular project of an organization. Earthpace identifies relevant sources and saves them in a searchable database, essentially creating a 'toolkit' of key resources for practitioners.

• Earthpace's Digital Library on Satellite Remote Sensing.

Scenario Development
Scenario development is a method for creatively describing possible alternatives for the future. By applying a set of variables to a current condition or decision point and describing how an event may turn out, scenarios allow users to consider its potential outcome. Earthpace develops scenarios to assist in decision-making, policy development, and capacity building.

• Earthpace's Template for Digital Earth Scenarios