HERMOSA Bulletin: UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration SPECIAL
5 users per SDG get HERMOSA professional level for unbelievably low prices – hurry up, a one time offer!HERMOSA is an internet based platform accessible via https://hermosa.earth which supports the ecosystem restoration process through the use of geo and satellite data. It is the first of its kind to combine matchmaking between stakeholders, supporting the […]
HERMOSA Feature-of-the-Week: Extracting information from Sentinel-1
Last week 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 to […]
Unser Weg zur FOSSGIS 2021
Nach einem für alle sicher schwierigen Jahr 2020, haben wir uns alle auf die diesjährige FOSSGIS Konferenz, die im Juni 2021 in Rapperswil in der Schweiz stattfinden sollte, gefreut. Wir hatten gehofft, uns nach den vielen von der Pandemie bestimmten Tagen endlich wieder richtig mit Kunden, Freunden oder Kollegen auf einem Live-Event treffen zu können. […]
HERMOSA Bulletin: Making sure that HERMOSA can interact with other platforms
Not only the recent Earth Day of 2021 has made it clear once again that our planet is in a very poor condition. The atmosphere is heating up at an alarming rate, the forests are being cut down with ever increasing speed and the loss of biodiversity is something that humankind has never seen happening […]
Deutschland 2020 – Landbedeckung auf Basis von Sentinel-2 Daten
– Landbedeckungsklassifizierungskarte von Deutschland für 2020 verfügbar – Mittels des von mundialis entwickelten automatischen Verfahrens zur Erstellung jährlicher Landbedeckungsklassifikationen für ganz Deutschland wurde nun eine aktuelle Landbedeckungskarte für das Jahr 2020 erstellt (hier gibt es die Klassifikationen für 2016 und 2019). Die Karte bildet die Klassen Bebaute Fläche, Grasland, Wald, Landwirtschaft, Vegetationsloser Boden und Wasser […]
HERMOSA Feature-of-the-Week: Sentinel-2 classification and change detection
The HERMOSA platform relies on the successful Copernicus satellite programme operated by the European Commission and managed by the European Space Agency (ESA). The unique and thrilling aspects of these sensors called Sentinels are the high temporal and spatial resolution of the data they produce plus the fact that all of it is made available […]
HERMOSA Bulletin: Building HERMOSA with Free and Open Source Software
Software is codified knowledge and in essence a text file with a number of commands. Whatever we do nowadays, making a phone call, driving a car, booking a hotel or restoring ecosystems would not be possible without software. The software landscape can be divided into two fundamental sections: proprietary and free software. Why is this […]
Copernicus – Europe’s eyes on Earth – at your fingertips
Today it is common practice for everyone to take pictures with digital cameras or mobile phones. When photographing people they are usually not more than a few meters away while landscape pictures might have a range of a few hundred meters or a couple of kilometers at the most. Given this scope of personal experience […]
HERMOSA Bulletin: Supporting the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
At least since Meadows et al. published the report ‘Limits to Growth’ in 1972 the world has been informed about the unsustainable path that humanity finds itself on. Now, almost 50 years after this widely acclaimed publication, the effects of deforestation, biodiversity loss, air and water pollution are beginning to be felt by the general […]
HERMOSA Feature-of-the-Week: Exchanging knowledge using the module “Learn & Share”
The sight of destroyed ecosystems is harrowing and when considering the scale of destruction humanity is facing one can be even more disheartened. This is especially true if one is involved in the restoration or conservation effort. One reassuring aspect in all this desolation is the fact: “You are not alone!” No matter where you […]