The European Commission and European Space Agency initiated a space program in 1998, called the Global Monitoring Environmental Security (GMES), to sketch real-time changes from multi-source data. 
Tume ya Ulaya na Shirika la Anga za Mbali la Ulaya zilianzisha mpango mwaka 1998 ulioitwa Uchunguzi wa Ulinzi na Mazingira wa Dunia (GMES), ili kuchora michoro inayoonesha mabadiliko halisi yanayotokea kwa kutumia takwimu zinazotoka mahali mbalimbali.