By Torsten Brassat | 18. June 2021 | Category General
This year’s FOSSGIS conference took place – theoretically in Rapperswil, Switzerland – from 06 to 09 June 2021. Unfortunately, it was not possible to be on site in Switzerland due to the pandemic, so the conference was held online. To say it in advance: This worked out excellently and was a very good experience. More […]
Read MoreBy Hinrich Paulsen | 28. May 2021 | Category General
You can watch the new video from HERMOSA here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSvQv99mLLQ
Read MoreBy Hinrich Paulsen | 25. May 2021 | Category General
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. […]
Read MoreBy Hinrich Paulsen | 24. May 2021 | Category General
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 […]
Read MoreBy Hinrich Paulsen | 19. May 2021 | Category General
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, […]
Read MoreBy Hinrich Paulsen | 14. May 2021 | Category General
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 […]
Read MoreBy Hinrich Paulsen | 11. May 2021 | Category General
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 […]
Read MoreBy Hinrich Paulsen | 7. May 2021 | Category General
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 […]
Read MoreBy Hinrich Paulsen | 4. May 2021 | Category General
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 […]
Read MoreBy Hinrich Paulsen | 30. April 2021 | Category General
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 […]
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