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h3. What is OpenEarth?
OpenEarth is a free and open source initiative to deal with [Data], [Models] and [Tools] in marine & coastal engineering projects. In current practice, research, consultancy and construction projects commonly spend a significant part of their budget to setup some basic infrastructure for data and knowledge management. Most of these efforts disappear again once the project is finished. As an alternative to these ad-hoc approaches, OpenEarth aims for a more continuous approach to data & knowledge management. It provides a platform to archive, host and disseminate high quality data, state-of-the-art model systems and well-tested tools for practical analysis. Through this project-superseding approach, marine & coastal engineers and scientists can learn from experiences in previous projects and each other. This may lead to considerable efficiency gains, both in terms of budget and time. The following [paper|^VanKoningsveld et al. (WODCON2010) Data  Models and Tools - V17.pdf] describes the OpenEarth approach in more detail.

Within the OpenEarth community two types of users can be distinguished: 1) [#OpenEarth developersusers] and 2) [#OpenEarth usersdevelopers]. 

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h3. Background information
More background information on OpenEarth can be found [here|Background information].

h3. Acknowledgements
OpenEarth is, amongst others, supported by the concerted effort of professionals from [Deltares|http://www.deltares.nl] (formerly [Delft Hydraulics|http://www.wldelft.nl]), [Delft University of Technology|http://www.tudelft.nl]'s [Hydraulic Engineering|http://www.waterbouw.tudelft.nl] and [Environmental Fluid Mechanics |http://www.fluidmechanics.tudelft.nl] sections, [Arcadis-Alkyon|http://www.alkyon.nl] and [UNESCO-IHE|http://www.unesco-ihe.org]. It is currently the central platform for data and knowledge management in the research programmes [Delft Cluster - Northsea and Coast|http://www.delftcluster.nl/], [Building with Nature|http://www.ecoshape.nl/] and [MICORE|http://www.micore.eu].

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h3.Quick links
| {lozenge:icon=!lozenges.png!|title=Getting started|link=Getting started|color=green|width=250px}How to access free data & tools{lozenge} |
| {lozenge:icon=!lozenges.png!|title=Google Earth gallery|link=KML Screenshots|color=green|width=250px}data visualisations in [Google Earth ^TM^|http://earth.google.com]{lozenge} |
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| {lozenge:icon=!lozenges.png!|title=Join OpenEarth|link=Join OpenEarth|color=green|width=250px}Become OpenEarth developer{lozenge} |
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h3. [News|Open Earth News]
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