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- HERMOSA Bulletin: Ready to support the restoration efforts 11. May 2021The 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 more
- HERMOSA Feature-of-the-Week: Data in HERMOSA is safe 7. May 2021Since 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 more
- HERMOSA Bulletin: UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration SPECIAL 4. May 20215 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 ...Read more
- HERMOSA Feature-of-the-Week: Extracting information from Sentinel-1 30. April 2021Last 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 ...Read more
- (Deutsch) Unser Weg zur FOSSGIS 2021 27. April 2021Sorry, this entry is only available in German.Read more
- HERMOSA Bulletin: Making sure that HERMOSA can interact with other platforms 27. April 2021Not 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 ...Read more
- Germany 2020 – Land cover based on Sentinel-2 data 23. April 2021Using the automatic method to create annual land cover classifications for the whole of Germany, developed by mundialis, an up-to-date land cover map for 2020 has now been created (classification maps for 2016 and 2019 are available here). The map includes the classes built-up area, grassland, forest, agriculture, vegetation-free soil and water. The spatial resolution ...Read more
- HERMOSA Feature-of-the-Week: Sentinel-2 classification and change detection 23. April 2021The 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 ...Read more
- HERMOSA Bulletin: Building HERMOSA with Free and Open Source Software 20. April 2021Software 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 ...Read more
- Copernicus – Europe’s eyes on Earth – at your fingertips 16. April 2021Today 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 ...Read more
- HERMOSA Bulletin: Supporting the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 13. April 2021At 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 ...Read more
- HERMOSA Feature-of-the-Week: Exchanging knowledge using the module “Learn & Share” 9. April 2021The 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 ...Read more
- HERMOSA Bulletin: UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration SPECIAL 6. April 20215 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 ...Read more
- HERMOSA Feature-of-the-Week: Keeping an eye on progress using the module “Monitor & Report” 1. April 2021Once an ecosystem restoration or protection project is underway, at least all partners but also many other stakeholders are wondering: “How is the project doing?” This very general question can be broken down into numerous other questions, like “which percentage of the project area has already been planted?”, “what is the impact of the project ...Read more
- HERMOSA Bulletin: Who needs HERMOSA ? 30. March 2021The answer to the question “Who needs HERMOSA?” is simple: Everyone involved in ecosystem restoration. And while the general public will not need the platform itself, the results from HERMOSA are of interest to it too. Let’s take a closer look. Ecosystem restoration is a multi-sectorial and multi-stakeholder effort taking place in a spatial context where ...Read more
- Sendai: Flood mapping in Ecuador based on Sentinel-1 data 29. March 2021Flood events cause enormous damages and losses which are only poorly documented in many areas of the world. Because of this, the Sendai framework for disaster risk reduction aims to establish a set of standardized indicators to represent the impact of natural disasters on a yearly basis. The VALE project (Development and VALidation of earth ...Read more
- HERMOSA Feature-of-the-Week: Project implementation support using the module “Organise & Implement” 26. March 2021When restoring ecosystems usually several stakeholders are involved. First of all the local community will be involved, often supported by a non-governmental organisation (NGO) who will assume management functions. The local or regional government will have a role to play, as well as some organisation – maybe a large corporation – providing the funding which ...Read more
- HERMOSA Bulletin: The evolution of the HERMOSA project 23. March 2021In 2016 the European Commission formulated a Space Strategy for Europe which prompted the European Space Agency (ESA) in 2017 to put out a tender requesting concepts to utilize space assets, i.e. data and services from navigation and earth observation satellites, to address food security issues in the context of the Sustainability Development Goal (SDG) ...Read more
- HERMOSA Feature-of-the-Week: Stakeholder matchmaking using the module “Identify & Connect” 19. March 2021Ecosystem restoration is a complex, multi-stakeholder process. Not one organisation alone will be successful when tackling the planting of trees, the restoration of watersheds, the protection of mangroves, the establishment of agro-forestry systems, the protection of biodiversity and the revitalization of wetlands to name but a few topics related to ecosystem restoration. On the one hand ...Read more
- actinia workshop for GFOSS and GEAM 18. March 2021As part of the agreement between the Italian Association for Free Geographic Information (GFOSS.it) and the Italian Association for Geo-resources and Environment (GEAM), we hosted a workshop on actinia on 12 March 2021 with almost 50 participants. In this course we briefly presented some basics on geospatial and EO data and gave an introduction to ...Read more