I-ISDE ibe yilungu kusukela ngo-2016.
I-Digital Earth imele umbono wokwakha ukumelwa okubonakalayo okuphelele kweplanethi. Ikhiqize umzamo wokubambisana phakathi kwesayensi yoMhlaba, isayensi yasemkhathini kanye nesayensi yolwazi ukuze kuqashwe futhi kubikezelwe izenzakalo zemvelo nezomuntu. I-International Society for Digital Earth, eyasungulwa e-Beijing ngo-2006, iyinhlangano yamazwe ngamazwe engeyona eyezombangazwe, engekho ngaphansi kukahulumeni futhi engenzi nzuzo. Ikhuthaza ukubambisana kwamazwe ngamazwe, futhi isiza ukusetshenziswa kobuchwepheshe be-Digital Earth (njengengqalasizinda yedatha yendawo, izinhlelo zokubeka indawo, nezindawo zokubuka umhlaba) phakathi kokunye, ukuthuthukiswa komnotho nenhlalakahle, ukuvikelwa kwemvelo, isixwayiso sangaphambi kwesikhathi kanye nokunciphisa izinhlekelele, imvelo. ukongiwa kwezinsiza, imfundo kanye nokwenza ngcono inhlalakahle yomphakathi jikelele. Umgomo womphakathi ukuhlinzeka ngohlaka lokuqonda ubuchwepheshe bamanje nobusanda kuvela obunenzuzo emphakathini, kanye nokubuyekeza umbono weDigital Earth ngokuhambisana nalezi zinguquko ezintsha.
I-Digital Earth ihlanganisa ndawonye ososayensi bezinhlanga ezahlukene imikhakha yabo enikela ekumeleleni okungokoqobo okubonakalayo kwedijithali koMhlaba wethu okuhlanganisa amasistimu awo ezinto eziphilayo kanye nemisebenzi ehlobene nabantu yezenhlalo nezomnotho. Ngakho-ke i-ISDE njengomphakathi wocwaningo iyindawo yokuthi abacwaningi besayensi bomhlaba wonke, ochwepheshe bezinhlobonhlobo zezindikimba ezimbozwe i-Digital Earth, bahlangane futhi baxoxe ngokuthi bangaqhubekisela phambili kanjani i-Digital Earth.
Njengomphakathi wesayensi, i-ISDE ithuthukisa umbono Womhlaba Wedijithali emhlabeni wonke ngokuhlela uchungechunge lwezingxoxo zamazwe ngamazwe ezingqungqutheleni ze-Digital Earth kanye ne-Digital Earth. Kuze kube manje, i-symposia yamazwe ngamazwe eyi-9 kanye nezingqungquthela ze-6 emhlabeni wedijithali sezibanjwe emazweni ayi-10 ahlukene. Umphakathi uphinde ushicilele iphephabhuku lawo elisemthethweni - I-International Journal of Digital Earth, futhi wakhe ubambiswano ne-CODATA, IRDR, GSDI, OGC, ICIMOD, ISPRS, ICA kanye ne-AARSE. I-ISDE futhi iyinhlangano ebambe iqhaza yeGroup on Earth Observations. Ubulungu bomphakathi buhlanganisa amalungu ezinkampani kanye namalungu ngamanye.