Data Observatory

Data Observatory

Santiago, Providencia, Chile

Science & ResearchEnvironment & ClimateCommunity development
National reach
Profile last updated: August 10, 2026

About

Data Observatory is a non-profit organisation based in Santiago, Chile working on science & research, environment & climate, community development.

Data Observatory is a non-profit, public-private and academic technology centre based in Santiago, Chile. It manages large volumes of data, covering acquisition, cleaning, standardisation, integration and preservation, to support interoperability and reuse. Its work is organised into four areas: Astronomy, Earth Observation, Natural Resources and Society. It develops open data platforms and tools with public, private and academic institutions, promotes FAIR data principles, and runs training and research to build data talent in Chile and the region. The centre is co-financed by the Chilean State through ANID.

Location

Santiago, Chile

Focus areas

open dataFAIR datadata scienceastronomyEarth observationnatural resourcesChile

Languages

ES

Causes & programmes

Causes

Science & ResearchEnvironment & ClimateCommunity development

How they work

ResearchCapacity buildingAwareness & education

Programmes

Conecta Logística

Community development · Chile

Platform that gathers and analyses urban logistics dispatch data in the Santiago Metropolitan Region.

Plataforma GeoSismos

Science & Research · Chile

Platform for seismic-related geographic data.

Parcelas-CL

Environment & Climate · Chile

Open vegetation database for Chilean ecosystems, published by Data Observatory researchers.

Infraestructura de Datos Espaciales Océano Salud

Environment & Climate · Chile

Spatial data infrastructure platform for ocean and health information.

DOCoast

Environment & Climate

Project focused on ocean pollution.

Catálogo de Datos Abiertos

Science & Research

Open data catalogue of about 1,000 datasets following FAIR principles.

Countries of operation

Chile

Funding & support

Funded by

Government funding

Credentials & affiliations

Partnerships

ANID, Universidad de los Andes, Acquora

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