Deutschland 2019-2020 – Landbedeckungsveränderung auf Basis von Sentinel-2 Daten
– Veränderungskarte der Landbedeckung von Deutschland für 2019-2020 verfügbar – Die Reihe der auf Sentinel-2 Daten basierenden Landbedeckungklassifizierungs- und Veränderungskarten von Deutschland wurde erweitert. Auf Grundlage der neuen Landbedeckungskarte von Deutschland für 2020 sowie der bereits Ende 2020 erstellen Landbedeckungskarte für 2019 wurde eine Veränderungsdetektion durchgeführt und Veränderungskarten für die sechs Klassen Bebaute Fläche, Grasland, […]
The European New Space will be digital or it will not be
Joint press release – Paris, 8. July 2021 Faced with the dynamism of American startups, in the global race for space, Europe offers a collective response by bringing together the best expertise in the mastery of big data technologies, „computer vision“ and sovereignty in the processing of databases of data. Eight European companies: two German […]
Rückblick FOSSGIS 2021: Videos und Vorträge
Vom 06. bis 09. Juni 2021 fand – theoretisch in Rapperswil in der Schweiz – die diesjährige FOSSGIS-Konferenz statt. Leider war es aufgrund der Pandemie nicht möglich in der Schweiz vor Ort zu sein, so dass die Konferenz online abgehalten wurde. Um es vorweg zu nehmen: Das hat exzellent geklappt und war eine sehr gute […]
HERMOSA: Watch our new video
Hier kann das neue Video von HERMOSA angeschaut werden: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSvQv99mLLQ
HERMOSA Bulletin: Supporting restoration action in Africa
Over the past few weeks we spoke about optical and radar data analyses, VHR data, interoperability and other fancy stuff that HERMOSA is capable of. One of the big questions in this context: Who are the organisations that need this functionality? We are proud to introduce Tree Adoption Uganda (TAU), our partner in East Africa. […]
HERMOSA Feature-of-the-Week: The reports tell how it is
The HERMOSA platform has many nifty features when it comes to importing, analysing and managing geodata. They were explained in previous contributions and can be found in the news section of our homepage. Each one of them is important in itself but the end-point of many activities is the communication about the overall achievement. In […]
HERMOSA Bulletin: Science meets information technology
The objective of HERMOSA is to quantify restoration activities and to create credibility through transparency. To be more precise, the quantification relates to the location and area size, the activities being carried out, the partners involved, the time needed for the project implementation, the amount of money spent, the amount of restoration and conservation achieved, […]
HERMOSA Feature-of-the-Week: Seeing the details – Very High Resolution (VHR) data
In recent posts we already spoke about how the HERMOSA platform relies on the successful Copernicus programme operated by the European Commission and managed by the European Space Agency (ESA). We also mentioned that the satellites called Sentinels collect data at high temporal and spatial resolutions and that this data is made available for free […]
HERMOSA Bulletin: Ready to support the restoration efforts
The year 2021 is the start of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration declared four years after the Paris Agreement. The latter is an international treaty to limit global warming to well below 2 (preferably 1.5) degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial times usually dated to 1850 – 1900. The decade will be officially launched on […]
HERMOSA Feature-of-the-Week: Data in HERMOSA is safe
Since the HERMOSA platform is dedicated to the management of predominantly spatial data you might be wondering how the safety and integrity of data is ensured. Well, besides the utilization of a tried and tested, highly customizable authentication and access-control framework there is a user-rights and -roles concept in the making to ensure that data […]