{"id":1924,"date":"2026-03-02T08:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T08:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portal.preop.esa-maap.org\/ESAMAAP\/?p=1924"},"modified":"2026-03-02T09:10:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T09:10:29","slug":"esas-2026-earthcare-maap-hackathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/portal.preop.esa-maap.org\/ESAMAAP\/blog\/2026\/03\/02\/esas-2026-earthcare-maap-hackathon\/","title":{"rendered":"ESA\u2019s 2026 EarthCARE MAAP Hackathon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">You are invited to the first\u00a0<b>EarthCARE<\/b>\u00a0<b>MAAP<\/b>\u00a0<b>Hackathon!<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The main objectives of the hackathon are to:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>Explore the usage of EarthCARE data\u00a0<\/b>through the mission&#8217;s Collaborative Environment hosted\u00a0<b>on the ESA MAAP<\/b>: All EC data are now open, free, and accessible through the MAAP, which provides computing capabilities co-located with the data, along with a suite of tools tailored to support research in this field.<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>Enhance Accessibility:<\/b>\u00a0the focus is on making high-quality data resources readily available to users without additional complications, so that researchers can dedicate themselves to the science and not the tools; the hackathon will be the chance to gather feedback for improvements on the MAAP.<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>Promote Collaboration:<\/b>\u00a0the hackathon will encourage data sharing and collaborative workflows, allowing experts to work together on the analysis of EC data, on comparisons with other missions, in-situ data, and\/or climate models, and on finding novel usage cases for EC data.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The 5-day hackathon will be held\u00a0<b>in-person<\/b>\u00a0between\u00a0<b>April 20 \u2013 24, 2026 at\u00a0ESRIN<\/b>\u00a0\u2013 ESA\u2019s centre for Earth Observation programmes \u2013 in\u00a0Frascati (near Rome), Italy. Participation is free of charge, but places are limited.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Additional details, including the registration form, can be found at\u00a0<a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/eo4society.esa.int\/event\/esas-2026-earthcare-maap-hackathon\/. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Feo4society.esa.int%2Fevent%2Fesas-2026-earthcare-maap-hackathon%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Crita.massa%40serco.com%7C71fbe945df774dcfbf1f08de76148fd5%7Cf93616dd45a640c89e29adab2fb5f25c%7C0%7C0%7C639078027882303202%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=M4TIiEeF5qB6UEnWTG0IFJ%2F66YTLKOIu2fp2e%2B1NyoM%3D&amp;reserved=0\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">https:\/\/eo4society.esa.int\/event\/esas-2026-earthcare-maap-hackathon\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You are invited to the first\u00a0EarthCARE\u00a0MAAP\u00a0Hackathon! The main objectives of the hackathon are to: Explore the usage of EarthCARE data\u00a0through the mission&#8217;s Collaborative Environment hosted\u00a0on the ESA MAAP: All EC data are now open, free, and accessible through the MAAP, which provides computing capabilities co-located with the data, along with a suite of tools tailored [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"iawp_total_views":27,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":{"landsacpe":["https:\/\/portal.preop.esa-maap.org\/ESAMAAP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/earthcare-hac-tm-1140x445.png",1140,445,true],"list":["https:\/\/portal.preop.esa-maap.org\/ESAMAAP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/earthcare-hac-tm-463x348.png",463,348,true],"medium":["https:\/\/portal.preop.esa-maap.org\/ESAMAAP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/earthcare-hac-tm-300x200.png",300,200,true],"full":["https:\/\/portal.preop.esa-maap.org\/ESAMAAP\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/earthcare-hac-tm.png",1920,1280,false]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/portal.preop.esa-maap.org\/ESAMAAP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/portal.preop.esa-maap.org\/ESAMAAP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/portal.preop.esa-maap.org\/ESAMAAP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portal.preop.esa-maap.org\/ESAMAAP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portal.preop.esa-maap.org\/ESAMAAP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1924"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/portal.preop.esa-maap.org\/ESAMAAP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1927,"href":"https:\/\/portal.preop.esa-maap.org\/ESAMAAP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1924\/revisions\/1927"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portal.preop.esa-maap.org\/ESAMAAP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/portal.preop.esa-maap.org\/ESAMAAP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portal.preop.esa-maap.org\/ESAMAAP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portal.preop.esa-maap.org\/ESAMAAP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}