0_introduction.md

Introduction

This short sections will familiarize you with some free external services that are going to be used throughout the MOOC.

• How to sign up for the Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem (this is where the cloud processing will happen)
• First steps in the Coding Environment

Sign up for EO College

In case you haven't already done it. Sign up for the MOOC 'Cubes & Clouds - Cloud Native Open Data Sciences for Earth Observation'

• https://eo-college.org/courses/cubes-and-clouds

Sign up for Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem

We are going to use the cloud processing platform Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem to carry out our exercises. It's a cloud platform hosted by the European Commission, ESA and Copernicus.The processing will happen there and you will get 1000 free credits. That's enough to complete the course.

• https://documentation.dataspace.copernicus.eu/Registration.html

Your first steps in the Coding Environment

Here is a guide how to find your way around in the Coding Environment JupyterHub. You will see a button that forwards you there whenever there is a hands-on exercise to do.

Register on EOXHub

• https://cubes-and-clouds.hub.eox.at/

After registering on EOX you are now ready to start your first exercise!

Exercise 0 Introduction