The EO/GI user community pools sub-communities (stakeholders) that share common needs for EO/GI information. From an economic perspective, market sectors represent user communities. Users of a community have a common interest in specific aspects of societal or economical benefits to be realized by the implementation of EO services. A user-led community is active at specific locations/regions or in specific environments on the Earth. Their activities are associated with particular features and objects of the environment and related processes that can be detected and monitored with EO satellites. EO information therefore is relevant to the user community's management of their assets, the risks to their assets, and the impact that their activities may have on other aspects of the environment. User objectives (use cases) with EO information include: Enforce regulations; Develop strategies and policies; Manage assets; Plan and design project implementations; Analyse and understand impact / consequences.
User communities can profit from EO services and applications in the field of managed living resources, energy and mineral resources, infrastructure and transport, financial and digital services, urban development, defense and security, environmental, climate and health, or citizens and society.