Title: ‘Planetary Surfaces’ Data and Services Hub (PDSSP), Planetary Surface Portal (PSUP)
Funding: CNES/CNRS (INSU)
Project leader: B. Bultel, F. Schmidt
GEOPS staff involved: B. Bultel, F. Schmidt, F. Andrieu, B. Shadi
Partners: OSUPS, OSUL, OSUNA, OBSPM
The ‘Planetary Surfaces’ Data and Services Hub (PDSSP) aims to facilitate access to data and contribute to the creation of products and services by adding value to available space data. The hub will also serve as a platform for the planetary science community to share information and better address the challenges of digitalisation. It forms part of the national, European and global landscape, working closely with PSUP (Planetary SUrface Portal), VESPA (Virtual European Solar and Planetary Access) and SSHADE (Solid Spectroscopy Database Infrastructure).
To this end, the PDSSP’s mission is to bring together existing centres to serve the planetary science community. It relies on the establishment of a spatial data infrastructure for planetary surfaces, providing access to its data. It aims to deliver added value, particularly for data and services in fields where data centres do not exist or need to be developed, and in coordination with European and international initiatives. The hub must neither disrupt nor replace the centres already in place and identified as National Observation Services. It must, in synergy with other structures in the field, strengthen the planetary science community by providing it with access to the data it needs for its research, in accordance with the access standards it uses.
Frédéric Schmidt is Scientific Director of the “Planetary Surfaces” Data and Services Hub (PDSSP).
Benjamin Bultel is the scientific lead for the Planetary Surface Portal (PSUP) at OSUPS.