General

User Registration

Onboarding

Services

Data

Visualisation

Security

Access Policy

General

Contact our Support for direct help to promptly resolve your queries. Registered users can benefit from specialised support on technical queries.

The DestinE Platform provides:

  • Free services to Registered users and scalable resources
  • Security, privacy and trust
  • Open, flexible and secure infrastructure
  • Collaborative environment and tools

Any user, ranging from citizens, scientists and academics, commercial entities and policy makers can easily access the platform. Whether you are already utilising geospatial data in your operations, are involved in sectors aligned with the DestinE objectives, or have limited technical expertise, you are encouraged to register and leverage our platform’s complete range of services, to explore and harness the potential of the DestinE Platform.

User Registration

Please contact our Support and we will assist you straight away.

You can have your profile and associated personal information permanently deleted from the DestinE Platform by selecting the relevant option on your User Profile or by contacting our Support.

Simply click the “Sign in” button, choose I forgot my password and follow the instructions.

Registered users can log in via:

  • Web Portal Sign-in: accessible from any page of the Web Portal, simply click the “Sign in” button located at the top-right in the navigation menu.
  • Command Line Interface: users with expertise in utilising advanced functionalities, including scripting, can opt for the Command Line interface. This interface allows direct interaction with the Authentication Token issuing endpoint provided by the Identity and Access Management service.

You can easily register by clicking the Sign in button on the top-right in the navigation menu from any page of the web portal and choosing Register.

Registration to the DestinE Platform is always free and you can opt out at any time.

By registering your free DestinE Platform account, you gain access to a series of Platform functionalities, that include:

  • Full access to selected Services in the catalogue
  • Onboarding form, if you wish to become a DestinE Platform Service Provider
  • DestinE Platform support for specialised enquiries
  • Possibility to request upgraded access to all available Services

Onboarding

Visit the Onboarding web page on Web Portal to discover the benefits, details and steps involved in activating the Onboarding process.

Register an account on our platform if you haven’t already done so. This step is essential to gain access to the Onboarding form and initiate the process by sending us your request.

Any external service provider offering applications and algorithms who wishes to integrate their service in the DestinE Platform Framework to make it available to a wider and targeted audience.

Onboarding is the process through which Services Providers integrate their services onto the platform, to make them available to all users in the Services catalogue.

Visit the dedicated Onboarding web page on Web Portal to learn more.

Services

The Edge Services available from the DestinE Platform Services section include Stack, Hook, Islet Compute and Islet Storage. These services are provided by EUMETSAT and are governed by an eligibility verification and approval process for access.

In order to request access to any of the Edge Services, please follow the Request access to Edge Services instructions:

  • After registering your DestinE Platform account, please contact the DestinE Platform Team from the Support web page to request your Edge Services access and initiate the process.
  • You will then be contacted directly by the Edge Services support with the request to provide additional information.
  • If your user profile and project align with the categories currently eligible, you will receive an approval notification via email by the Edge Services support. You can then follow the Access Edge Services procedure for the Sign In.

Service Providers on the DestinE Platform include:

  • Core Services: key components operated by the DestinE Platform consortium, essential for the platform’s functionality. They include Platform Management services facilitating the creation of the platform ecosystem community and Data Management services, allowing users to access data and applications.
  • Onboarded Services: external services offering applications and algorithms that are integrated in the DestinE Platform Framework further to the Onboarding process
  • Federated Services: external services who make their service accessible to the DestinE Platform user community.

Please note that each Service Provider is the owner of their respective service and is responsible for the service management and performance.

Each DestinE Platform service comes with its relevant technical Service Documentation and, where applicable, API Documentation.

Find the links to these resources from:

  • the Support page
  • the Documentation button on any of the Services information pages

Yes, registered users have full access to selected services listed in our Services catalogue, completely free of charge.

Yes, you have to register your free account to gain access to all our services and resources.

Data

You can find detailed information about the services that provide access to DestinE Digital Twins data on the platform by visiting the DestinE Data Portfolio page.

The DestinE Data Lake (DEDL) enables you to share your datasets, making them accessible to any user via DEDL HDA API and the DestinE Data Portfolio.

In order to request integration of your data, please follow the Promote user data to become DestinE data instructions:

  • After registering your DestinE Platform account, please contact the DestinE Platform Team from the Support web page to request data integration and initiate the process. Be sure to provide all relevant details.
  • You will then be contacted directly by the DEDL support team with the request to complete a questionnaire, along with information about the next steps of the process.
  • Your request will be assessed, and the DEDL support team will notify you about the outcome. 

You can discover data by using the following services:

  • Data Cache Management Service – this service provides access to DestinE Digital Twin, C3S ERA5, Copernicus Sentinel, CMEMS and Sentinel-2 Mosaic data in zarr format, designed for scalable access.
  • Polytope – this service offers data in its native format, ensuring integrity and precision.
  • EDEN – this service provides a seamless way to discover and access data sourced from multiple origins.
  • Harmonized Data Access (HDA) – this service harmonises the data accessibility, offering smooth access to datasets gathered from various sources.
  • Earth Data Hub – a gateway to access pre-processed, analysis-ready DestinE Digital Twin and other data optimised for cloud computing in zarr format.

They are available from the DestinE Platform Services catalogue. Go to the Services catalogue and filter the services by selecting “Data Access” in the Category list available on the left column.

The DestinE Platform portfolio includes datasets from DestinE Data Lake, including simulations generated by the DestinE Digital Twins, as well as datasets from other federated data sources (e.g. the Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem).

Visualisation

Go to the Services catalogue and filter the services by selecting “Data Visualisation” in the Category list available on the left column.

Data Visualisation allows users to visualise geospatial data and information on a dynamic map, and provides geospatial datasets like static maps, layers or interactive time series. 3D-rendering, interactive and animation capabilities are also available, to create highly immersive and engaging experiences.

Security

All data related to DestinE Platform and managed by Serco under Serco’s “Data Protection Framework” compliant with GDPR.

All platform security activities are based on the global Thales Alenia Space Cybersecurity scheme, derived from the ISO27001.

In addition, the OVHcloud infrastructure provides several solutions to recognise malicious activities on the system and block them. Security by design principles is also adopted for the platform to properly mitigate the risks associated with such a large system.

Access Policy

Once you submit your request, it will be evaluated for alignment with the Destination Earth User Access Policy. This process may take several business days, so please do not submit another request in the meantime.

During the review of your request, you may be contacted by the evaluators to provide further clarifications. Once the process is complete, you will be informed by email of the approval or rejection of your Upgraded Access request.

  • After registering your DestinE Platform account, Sign In and select the Access Policy Upgrade link available under your profile.
  • The available options for applying for Upgraded Access depend on your User Category, which is based on your User Profile. Make sure you fill in the User profile field in your Account Settings.
  • Fill in the Access Policy Upgrade Request form as requested, accept the Terms & Conditions for DestinE Priority Users and submit your request.

The Destination Earth System’s User Access Policy governs access to the DestinE Platform services.

All users belonging to the General Public user category are able – further to registration – to access selected services and operational features of the current system.

Specific categories of users, that include public authorities, academia and research and SMEs and start-ups, may Apply for upgraded access to utilise the available Destination Earth’s advanced features and services to test, help improve and develop the system.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR DESTINATION EARTH (DestinE) USERS GRANTED UPGRADED ACCESS

The following Terms and Conditions are released by the European Commission and will be applicable for the initial stage of the operation of DestinE, which is still under development.

These Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between the User and the European Commission regarding the use of the DestinE Services for Users Granted Upgraded Access and DestinE Data.

Please read them before registering for the upgraded access to DestinE.

ARTICLE 1: DEFINITIONS

For the purposes of these Terms and Conditions, the following definitions apply:

Academia and Research: Public academia and research teams from EU Member States or Associated Countries, provided that their domain of activity and intended usage are consistent with the objectives and scope of DestinE. On a case-by-case basis, this category may also include public academia and research teams from third countries, provided that their domain of activity and intended usage are consistent with the objectives and scope of DestinE and are not considered contrary to the Union’s strategic assets, interests, autonomy or security.

Associated Country: non-EU country associated to the Digital Europe Programme.

Destination Earth (DestinE): a flagship initiative of the European Commission to develop a highly accurate digital model of the Earth to model, monitor and simulate natural phenomena, hazards and the related human activities.

DestinE Core Service Platform (DestinE Platform): a user-friendly platform that provides a large number of users with evidence-based policy and decision-making tools, applications and services, based on an open, flexible, scalable and evolvable secure cloud-based architecture.

DestinE Data: Earth-system monitoring and prediction system output as provided by Destination Earth Digital Twins, as well as data that are generated by applications for Destination Earth and made available in the DestinE Data Lake.

DestinE Data Lake: a self-standing DestinE system component, interfacing with the Core Service Platform, Digital Twins and Digital Twin Engine, built from geographically distributed physical elements, that references and provides seamless access via GUIs or APIs to data in accordance with the DestinE Data Portfolio. The Data Lake supports near-data processing to maximize throughput and service scalability.

DestinE Data Portfolio: DestinE Data Portfolio is tailored to user needs and composed of federated data, Digital Twin data and DestinE user generated data with a specified and agreed lifecycle.

(DestinE) Digital Twin(s) (DT(s)): Highly accurate replicas of the Earth-system that simulate the system’s behaviour, allowing to monitor and predict environmental change, test scientific hypotheses and adaptation scenarios. DestinE’s DTs combine several cutting-edge Earth-system models and Earth observations as well as advanced data analytics and integration and interoperability with impact sector applications. They are DestinE system components, interfacing with the Digital Twin Engine, offering a seamless production service of actionable knowledge for users that results from the fusion of observational and simulated data of the physical Earth system and of impact-sector relevant information.

Digital Twin Engine (DTE): Software-defined environment to operate DestinE’s DTs and manage their corresponding control and data flows across distributed HPC and cloud computing resources. It provides a common system approach to a unified orchestration of Earth-system Digital Twins. Moreover, it creates a framework for the fusion of observations with Earth-system simulations and the integration of applications targeting specific impact-sectors via selected use cases. The DTE enables the porting and optimization of codes, developing and managing the digital twin workflows, and provides the data handling and model interaction and interactivity capabilities that run on diverse HPC and cloud infrastructures including the Data Warehouse hosted on the data bridges. The DTE concept focuses on interoperability and interactivity and delivers the expected access agility and performance for the digital twins and associated data access.

DestinE Entrusted Entity: an entity implementing respective entrusted tasks in connection with DestinE in accordance with their respective contribution agreements, such as ECMWF, ESA and EUMETSAT.

DestinE Entrusted Entity’s Contractor(s): a legal entity with which a DestinE Entrusted Entity has a contract for provision of services, supplies or works for the implementation of DestinE in accordance with a respective contribution agreement.

DestinE Services for Users Granted Upgraded Access: all services accessible to Users Granted Upgraded Access through DestinE Platform.

EU Emblem: The official emblem of the European Union. Download the EU Emblem and graphical information

Intellectual Property Rights (IPR): any exclusive or non-exclusive right which exist in any intellectual property, in particular (but not limited to) any copyrights, database rights, patents, trademarks, service marks, design rights, or trade secrets together with any benefits which such Intellectual Property Rights give to the holder, in particular (but not limited to) the right to use, copy, modify, correct, adapt, enhance, improve, update, make new releases or new versions of, make derivative works of, offer, sell, lease, rent, license, distribute in any other way against or without payment, display, broadcast, transmit, or make accessible in networks (e.g. Internet, Intranet) the intellectual property in question in whole or in part and any copies thereof.

Member: An individual user affiliated with an entity that belongs to one of the Users Granted Upgraded Access categories. To validate affiliation, the individual user’s email address is used, which shall be an official email address clearly associated with one of the User Granted Upgraded Access. Personal email addresses, such as Gmail, Outlook, or similar, are not permitted for affiliation validation.

Member States: the States which are members of the European Union.

User Granted Upgraded Access: a registered user whose Upgraded Access to DestinE has been validated by the European Commission. Users Granted Upgraded Access are the following categories: Public authorities, Academia and Research, Private sector, in particular SMEs and start-ups, Users having been cleared for access to the EU Artificial Intelligence Factories, Third-country public authorities, DestinE Entrusted Entities’ staff and DestinE Entrusted Entities’ Contractors.

Public authorities: selected public authorities of EU Member States and Associated Countries. These include the EU institutions, agencies and bodies, public authorities of EU Member States and Associated Countries that have been granted Upgraded Access to the DestinE Services for Users Granted Upgraded Access and DestinE Data for official duty activities.

Private sector, in particular SME’s & start-ups: private sector, in particular SMEs and start-ups, based in EU Member States or Associated Countries, provided that their domain of activity and intended usage are consistent with the objectives and scope of DestinE and provided  that they are under control, directly or indirectly, through ownership interest or via other means, as defined in the Chapter IV of Regulation (EU) No 2024/1624 and relevant Union competition law principles, of legal entities or natural persons established within the Union. On a case-by-case basis, this category may also include private sector, in particular SMEs and start-ups, based in or controlled by entities from third countries, provided that their domain of activity and intended usage are consistent with the objectives and scope of DestinE and are not considered contrary to the Union’s strategic assets, interests, autonomy or security.

Third country: any country that is not a member of the EU and is not an Associated Country.

Third country public authorities: selected third country public authorities following EU’s international commitments. These include public sector entities authorised under the AI4Good Administrative Agreement, public authorities from countries who have signed a digital alliance or partnership or a similar agreement with the Union, and selected public authorities from the member states of DestinE Entrusted Entities.

Upgraded Access: access to all DestinE’s (advanced) features and services available on the DestinE Platform to test, help improve and develop the system.

User: User Granted Upgraded Access or its Member.

ARTICLE 2: GRANT OF RIGHTS AND LIMITATIONS

2.1. The European Commission grants the User personal access to the DestinE Services for Users Granted Upgraded Access and DestinE Data strictly for official use within the scope of activities of the User, subject to the User’s acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.

2.2. The Users’ access rights are linked to their personal accounts and are non-transferable. They are not subject to a payment.

2.3 The User may only create and distribute services/applications/tools/data from which the original DestinE Data cannot be retrieved or reverse engineered.

2.4. The User shall not use the DestinE Services for Users Granted Upgraded Access and DestinE Data or any associated data, software, documentation, or other information for any purpose that contradicts the purposes outlined in Articles 2.1 and 2.3 without the prior written consent of the European Commission.

2.5. The User shall not reproduce, distribute, license, transfer, assign, sell, disclose to, or otherwise forward the DestinE Data or any associated data, software, documentation, or other information to any third party without the prior written consent of the European Commission.

 

ARTICLE 3: OWNERSHIP, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, AND ATTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS

3.1. The DestinE Data remain the exclusive property of the European Union. The User’s rights to use the DestinE Data are specified in these Terms and Conditions, and the European Union retains all rights not expressly granted to the User in this document. The User may be required to clear additional rights if a specific content depicts identifiable private individuals or includes third-party works. To use or reproduce content that is not owned by the European Union, you may need to seek permission directly from the rightsholders.

3.2. The User acknowledges that all Intellectual Property Rights to the DestinE Data belong to the European Union.

3.3. Subject to Articles 3.1 and 3.2, the Intellectual Property Rights related to services/applications/tools/data created by the User using the DestinE Services for Users Granted Upgraded Access and DestinE Data are owned by the User.

3.4.   A User creating services/applications/tools/data using the DestinE Services for Users Granted Upgraded Access and DestinE Data shall mention that they rely on these elements and refer to the European Commission in their distribution, as well as indicate if changes were made to DestinE Data. For avoidance of doubt, ‘changes’ will include but will not be limited to aggregation, transformation, interpolation or integration with other data sources, which results in services/applications/tools/data that are distinct from the DestinE Services for Users Granted Upgraded Access, and DestinE Data and must be clearly identified as such. The User shall not describe, present, or otherwise represent any services/applications/tools/data derived from or based on the DestinE Services for Users Granted Upgraded Access and DestinE Data as original DestinE Services for Users Granted Upgraded Access and DestinE Data. The attribution must be displayed prominently and provided alongside, within, or co-located with the services/applications/tools/data in the form of the following wording: “This service/application/tool/data is created [based on data of the European Union] and/or [using Destination Earth Platform] (but has been modified by [User’s name]).”  The User may be required to include additional attributions if a specific content depicts such a requirement.

3.5. The User accepts all responsibility and liability for the services/applications/tools/data created by the User using the DestinE Services for Users Granted Upgraded Access and DestinE Data.

ARTICLE 4: NON-LIABILITY

4.1. The European Commission shall accept no responsibility or liability regarding any services, data and information on the DestinE Platform.

4.2. DestinE Data are provided without any express or implied warranty from the European Commission as regards their quality, accuracy, completeness, availability, reliability, speed and suitability for any purpose. The European Commission may make changes to their content at any time and will notify the users of these changes on best effort basis.

4.3. By using the DestinE Platform, Services for Users Granted Upgraded Access and DestinE Data, the User renounces any claim for damages against the European Union. The scope of this waiver encompasses any dispute, including contracts and torts claims, that might be filed in court, in arbitration or in any other form of dispute settlement.

ARTICLE 5: EXTERNAL WEBSITE DISCLAIMER AND DATA PROTECTION

5.1. The DestinE Platform website is an external website, which is not owned by the European Commission, and for which the European Commission assumes no responsibility.

5.2. When Users choose to use the above-mentioned external website, they are subject to the cookie, privacy, and legal policies of that external website. The European Commission can instruct the external website to display or include a link to the European Commission’s privacy notice, which shall be identified as such.

5.3. Compliance with applicable data protection and accessibility requirements of external websites is the explicit responsibility of the external website.

ARTICLE 6: USE OF THE EU EMBLEM BY THIRD PARTIES

6.1. The principles of use of the EU emblem by third parties have been set out in an administrative agreement with the Council of Europe. This agreement has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 08/09/2012 (2012/C 271/04). According to this agreement, any natural or legal person (“third-party user”) may use the EU emblem or any of its elements, as long as this use:

  1. does not create the impression or assumption that there is a connection between the third-party user and any of the institutions, bodies, offices, agencies and organs of the European Union or the Council of Europe where this connection does not exist;
  2. does not lead the public to believe that the user benefits from the support, sponsorship, approval, or consent of any of the institutions, bodies, offices, agencies and organs of the European Union or the Council of Europe where this is not the case;
  3. is not made in connection with any objective or activity which is incompatible with the aims and principles of the European Union or the Council of Europe or is otherwise unlawful.

6.2. If the use of the EU emblem complies with the above conditions, there is no need to ask for written permission.

6.3. Registration of the EU emblem, or a heraldic imitation thereof, as a trademark or as any other IP right is not allowed.

ARTICLE 7: CHANGES TO TERMS AND CONDITIONS

7.1. The European Commission reserves the right to modify or update these Terms and Conditions at any time without prior notice. The User’s continued use of the DestinE Services for Users Granted Upgraded Access and DestinE Data shall be deemed acceptance of the modified or updated Terms and Conditions.

ARTICLE 8: DURATION AND TERMINATION

8.1. Upgraded access is granted on a perpetual basis, unless the European Commission decides to terminate DestinE, or to terminate this agreement after a six-months prior notice of termination. The User may withdraw from the Upgraded Access at any time without cause.

8.2. Upgraded access shall automatically terminate with an immediate effect if the User is in breach of these Terms and Conditions.

8.3. The European Commission reserves the right to review any Upgraded Access rights previously granted to Users, and to remove such rights if the conditions for Upgraded Access are no longer met.

ARTICLE 9: APPLICABLE LAW AND LEGAL VENUE

9.1. Any dispute arising out of or in connection with these Terms and Conditions shall be settled by mutual agreement between the User and the European Commission. Such effort shall be deemed to have failed when one side notifies the other in writing.

9.2. Where the User is not a DestinE Entrusted Entity, these Terms and Conditions shall be governed by the law of the European Union complemented, where necessary, by the substantive law of Belgium. In the absence of an amicable settlement in accordance with Article 9.1 above, either side may initiate proceedings before the General Court of the European Union in Luxembourg.

9.3. Where the User is a DestinE Entrusted Entity, in the absence of an amicable settlement pursuant to Article 9.1 above, any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or in relation to these Terms and Conditions, or the existence, interpretation, application, breach, termination, or invalidity thereof, shall be settled by arbitration in accordance with provisions on applicable law and legal venue of a respective contribution agreement between the Commission and the DestinE Entrusted Entity concerned. If the respective contribution agreement between the European Commission and the DestinE Entrusted Entity concerned is terminated or expired, but the respective former DestinE Entrusted Entity and/or its Members are granted User status, then the provisions on the applicable law and legal venue of the given contribution agreement shall continue to govern any disputes arising from such continued use for so long as the former DestinE Entrusted Entity and/or its Members remain User(s).

ARTICLE 10: ACKNOWLEDGMENT

By accepting these Terms and Conditions, the Users acknowledge that they have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.