ISDE esale e le setho ho tloha 2016.
Digital Earth e emetse pono ea ho aha setšoantšo se felletseng sa polanete. E hlahisitse boiteko ba tšebelisano lipakeng tsa mahlale a Lefatše, mahlale a sebaka le mahlale a tlhahisoleseling ho beha leihlo le ho lepa liketsahalo tsa tlhaho le tsa batho. Mokhatlo oa Machaba oa Lefatše oa Dijithale, o thehiloeng Beijing ka 2006, ke mokhatlo oa machaba o seng oa lipolotiki, oo e seng oa 'muso ebile o sa etse phaello. E khothalletsa tšebelisano-'moho ea machaba, 'me e thusa ho sebelisa theknoloji ea Digital Earth (e kang lisebelisoa tsa lisebelisoa tsa sebaka, tsamaiso ea boemo, le lisebelisoa tsa ho shebella lefatše) har'a tse ling, nts'etsopele ea moruo le ea sechaba, ts'ireletso ea tikoloho, temoso ea pele le ho fokotsa likoluoa, tlhaho. paballo ea lisebelisoa, thuto le ntlafatso ea boiketlo ba sechaba ka kakaretso. Sepheo sa sechaba ke ho fana ka moralo oa ho utloisisa mekhoa ea morao-rao le e sa tsoa hlaha ea molemo sechabeng, le ho ntlafatsa pono ea Digital Earth ho latela tsoelo-pele ena e ncha.
Digital Earth e kopanya bo-ramahlale ba fapaneng bao lithuto tsa bona li kenyang letsoho molemong oa kemelo ea 'nete ea dijithale ea Lefatše la rona ho kenyeletsoa litsamaiso tsa eona tsa tikoloho le mesebetsi e amanang le moruo oa sechaba. Ka hona, ISDE joalo ka mokhatlo oa lipatlisiso ke sebaka sa bafuputsi ba lefats'e ka bophara ba saense, litsebi tse mabapi le mefuta e mengata ea lihlooho tse koahetsoeng ke Digital Earth, ho kopana le ho buisana ka mokhoa oa ho ntšetsa pele Digital Earth.
Joalo ka sechaba sa mahlale, ISDE e khothaletsa pono ea Lefatše la Dijithale lefatšeng ka bophara ka ho hlophisa letoto la simposiamo ea machaba ka Likopano tsa Digital Earth le Digital Earth. Ho fihlela joale, li-symposia tse 9 tsa machaba le likopano tse 6 tsa lefats'e tsa digital li se li tšoaretsoe linaheng tse 10 tse fapaneng. Sechaba se boetse se phatlalatsa koranta ea sona ea molao - International Journal of Digital Earth, 'me e hahile tšebelisano le CODATA, IRDR, GSDI, OGC, ICIMOD, ISPRS, ICA le AARSE. ISDE hape ke mokhatlo o nkang karolo oa Group on Earth Observations. Litho tsa sechaba li kenyelletsa litho tsa mekhatlo le litho ka bomong.