Application Village brings Galileo closer to the public

The Galileo Application Village was a success with the public during Galileo Application Days (GAD) that took place in Brussels. Camped out around the public esplanade beside the Commission’s Berlaymont building were some 32 cutting-edge location-based applications funded through various European Commission, European Space Agency, and national and regional initiatives.

In welcoming delegates to the main conference, Pedro Pedreira, Executive Director of the European GNSS Supervisory Authority (GSA), described the Application Village as allowing the event to “break through the walls of the conference room to show the citizens, the taxpayers, what benefits GNSS satellite applications can bring.”

The Application Village was divided into six themed zones to illustrate the wide range of location-based services and systems being developed for use in various aspects of our everyday life. The zones covered applications on the Road, in the City, in the Port or at sea, in your Neighbourhood, Outdoors and on the Farm.

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