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<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <title>Imaggeo - About</title> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no"> <meta charset="utf-8"> <link rel="preconnect" href="https://pwk.egu.eu"> <link rel="icon" href="https://imaggeo.egu.eu/static/3ad8ffa/images/favicon.svg" type="image/svg+xml"> <link rel="icon" href="https://imaggeo.egu.eu/static/3ad8ffa/favicon.ico" sizes="32x32"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="https://imaggeo.egu.eu/static/3ad8ffa/images/favicon_180.png"> <link rel="manifest" href="https://imaggeo.egu.eu/static/3ad8ffa/manifest.webmanifest"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://imaggeo.egu.eu/static/3ad8ffa/vendors/bootstrap/css/bootstrap.min.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://imaggeo.egu.eu/static/3ad8ffa/css/fonts.min.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://imaggeo.egu.eu/static/3ad8ffa/css/core.min.css"> </head> <body id="top"> <div id="wrapper"> <header> <div id="header"> <div id="auth" class="hidden-xs"> <a href="/login/?next=/about/"> Log in </a> </div> <div id="egu-logo" class="hidden-xs"> <a href="https://www.egu.eu/" target="_tab" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img src="https://imaggeo.egu.eu/static/3ad8ffa/images/egu-logo.svg" alt="EGU Logo" width="35" height="28"></a> </div> <div id="egu-logo-text" class="visible-lg"> The geosciences image and video repository<br> of the <a href="https://www.egu.eu/" target="_tab" rel="noopener noreferrer">European Geosciences Union</a> </div> <div id="menu" class="btn-navbar visible-xs"> <a data-toggle="collapse" data-target=".nav-collapse"><i class="fas fa-bars"></i></a> </div> <div id="search"> <a href="/search/" title="Search"><i class="fas fa-magnifying-glass"></i></a> </div> <a id="logo" href="/"><img src="https://imaggeo.egu.eu/static/3ad8ffa/images/imaggeo-logo2.svg" alt="Imaggeo Logo" width="114" height="26"></a> <nav id="nav" class="hidden-xs hl"> <ul> <li><a href="/category/" title="Categories">Categories</a></li> <li><a href="/region/" title="Regions">Regions</a></li> <li><a href="/map/" title="Map">Map</a></li> <li><a href="/tag/" title="Tags">Tags</a></li> <li><a href="/videos/" title="Videos">Videos</a></li> </ul> </nav> </div> <div class="visible-xs"> <div id="collapse" class="nav-collapse collapse"> <ul class="nav pull-right"> <li class="active"><a href="/about/">About</a></li> <li ><a href="/copyright/">Copyright</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.egu.eu/imprint/">Imprint</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.egu.eu/privacy-policy/">Privacy policy</a></li> <li ><a href="/login/?next=/about/">Login</a></li> </ul> <ul class="nav"> <li ><a href="/category/" title="Categories">Categories</a></li> <li ><a href="/region/" title="Regions">Regions</a></li> <li ><a href="/map/" title="Map">Map</a></li> <li ><a href="/tag/" title="Tags">Tags</a></li> <li ><a href="/videos/" title="Videos">Videos</a></li> <li ><a href="/photo-competition/">Photo contest</a></li> </ul> <p> Follow EGU on: <a href="https://twitter.com/EuroGeosciences" target="_tab" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i class="fab fa-x-twitter"></i><span class="hidden-xs">X</span></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/EuropeanGeosciencesUnion" target="_tab" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i class="fab fa-facebook"></i><span class="hidden-xs">Facebook</span></a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/eurogeosciences/" target="_tab" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i class="fab fa-instagram"></i><span class="hidden-xs">Instagram</span></a> <a href="https://geolog.egu.eu/" target="_tab" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i class="fab fa-wordpress"></i><span class="hidden-xs">Blog</span></a> </p> </div> </div> </header> <main id="main"> <ul id="breadcrumb"> <li><a href="/">Home</a> <span class="divider">/</span></li> <li><a href="/about/">About</a></li> <li class="pull-right"></li> </ul> <div id="content"> <article> <h1>About Imaggeo</h1> <section> <p>Imaggeo is the online geosciences image and video repository of the European Geosciences Union. Every geoscientist who is an amateur photographer (but also other people) can submit their images to this repository. Being open access, it can be used by scientists for their presentations or publications, as well as by members of the public. If you submit your images to imaggeo, you retain full rights of use, since they are licensed and distributed by EGU under a Creative Commons licence.</p> <p>All the material in this database is copyrighted under a Creative Commons Attribution licence, which means that Imaggeo content is owned by the individual creators and that they must always be credited when their content is used. People interested in submitting material to Imaggeo can also choose a more restrictive licence, such as Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike licence. For more information please check the <a href="/copyright/">Copyright</a> page.</p> </section> <section> <h3>About EGU</h3> <p>EGU, the European Geosciences Union, is Europe’s premier geosciences union, dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the Earth, planetary and space sciences for the benefit of humanity, worldwide. It was established in September 2002 as a merger of the European Geophysical Society (EGS) and the European Union of Geosciences (EUG), and has headquarters in Munich, Germany.</p> <p>It is a non-profit international union of scientists with over 11,000 members from all over the world. Membership is open to individuals who are professionally engaged in or associated with geosciences, planetary and space sciences, and related studies, including students and retired seniors.</p> <p>The EGU has a <a href="https://www.egu.eu/publications/open-access-journals/">portfolio of diverse scientific journals</a> journals, which use an innovative open-access format, and organises a number of topical meetings, and education and outreach activities. Its annual General Assembly is the largest and most prominent European geosciences event, attracting over 11,000 scientists from all over the world. The meeting’s sessions cover a wide range of topics, including volcanology, planetary exploration, the Earth’s internal structure and atmosphere, climate change and renewable energies.</p> <p>Find out more about the EGU on:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.egu.eu/" target="_tab" rel="noopener noreferrer">EGU Website</a></li> <li><a href="https://geolog.egu.eu/" target="_tab" rel="noopener noreferrer">GeoLog – EGU official blog</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.twitter.com/EuroGeosciences" target="_tab" rel="noopener noreferrer">X</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/EuropeanGeosciencesUnion" target="_tab" rel="noopener noreferrer">Facebook</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/eurogeosciences/" target="_tab" rel="noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/european-geosciences-union" target="_tab" rel="noopener noreferrer">LinkedIn</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/EuroGeosciencesUnion" target="_tab" rel="noopener noreferrer">YouTube</a></li> </ul> </section> <section> <h3>Acknowledgments</h3> <p> The EGU would like to thank Konstantinos Kourtidis for coming up with the idea for Imaggeo and for designing and coordinating the database from 2007–2013. We also thank André Roquette for re-designing the Imaggeo website and Robert Barsch for implementing it. </p> </section> <section> <h3>Contact</h3> <p> EGU - European Geosciences Union<br> Kastenbauerstr. 2<br> 81677 Munich<br> Germany </p> <p> Phone: +49-89-2050-76300<br> Fax: +49-89-2050-76399<br> Email: <a href="mailto:imaggeo@egu.eu">imaggeo@egu.eu</a> </p> </section> </article> </div> </main> <footer id="footer" class="hl hidden-xs"> <ul> <li><a href="/about/">About</a></li> <li><a href="/copyright/">Copyright</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.egu.eu/imprint/">Imprint</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.egu.eu/privacy-policy/">Privacy policy</a></li> <li><a href="/photo-competition/">Photo competition</a></li> <li>|</li> <li>Follow EGU on:</li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/EuroGeosciences" target="_tab" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i class="fab fa-x-twitter"></i><span class="hidden-sm">X</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/EuropeanGeosciencesUnion" target="_tab" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i class="fab fa-facebook"></i><span class="hidden-sm">Facebook</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/eurogeosciences/" target="_tab" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i class="fab fa-instagram"></i><span class="hidden-sm">Instagram</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://geolog.egu.eu/" target="_tab" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i class="fab fa-wordpress"></i><span class="hidden-sm">EGU Blogs</span></a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> <script src="https://imaggeo.egu.eu/static/3ad8ffa/vendors/jquery/jquery.min.js"></script> <script src="https://imaggeo.egu.eu/static/3ad8ffa/vendors/bootstrap/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script> <script src="https://imaggeo.egu.eu/static/3ad8ffa/js/core.min.js"></script> <noscript><p><img src="https://pwk.egu.eu/p.pwk?idsite=3&rec=1" style="border:0" alt="" /></p></noscript> </body> </html>