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- 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
- HERMOSA Bulletin: UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration SPECIAL 16. March 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
- Guest lecture on “Medical Remote Sensing and GIS” at the University of Bonn 2. February 2021On 18 Jan. 2021 mundialis was invited to give a guest lecture on “Medical Remote Sensing and GIS” as part of the Geomatics Master Orientation Course at the GIUB at the University of Bonn, represented by Dr. Markus Neteler. mundialis was asked by Prof. Dr. Greve at the suggestion of his student T. Cürten. Mr Neteler ...Read more
- MapScaping podcast: GRASS GIS probably doesn’t get the attention it deserves 15. December 2020In episode 86 of MapScaping podcast, Markus Neteler talks about the functionality offered (the topological vector engine, 2D and 3D raster analysis, image processing and available programming interfaces), and whom GRASS GIS is for. Markus, cofounder of mundialis is also the Chairman of the GRASS GIS Project Steering Committee. Enjoy the podcast and the transcript!Read more
- OSGeo Global Annual Meeting 2020 18. September 2020Last week, on 10 September, the annual global meeting of the Open Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) Community took place. In regular times this meeting is part of the programme of the annual FOSS4G, but what is normal this year? So there was an online event, which was also simultaneously streamed on YouTube. With this setup the ...Read more
- Big Earth Observation- and Geodata analysis with actinia and GRASS GIS 12. June 2020On 17 June the online conference FOSS4G UK 2020 Online will take place. As the name suggests, it is a remote conference. In addition to a number of other FOSS4G events that will be held online, and after a number of painful cancellations, such as the cancellation of the global FOSS4G 2020 conference that was ...Read more
- (Deutsch) Dieses Jahr kein Bratwurst, Bier & GIS! 24. March 2020Sorry, this entry is only available in German.Read more
- Covid-19 and how we as a company can help 20. March 2020Our daily life is dominated by news about the corona crisis right now, and we as a company have of course reacted accordingly: All employees at terrestris/mundialis are free to work from their homes. To do our work adequately and on time we in our field of activity are to a large extent not dependent ...Read more
- FOSSGIS Conference 2020: Overview on mundialis activities 21. February 2020It is not a novelty in the history of the FOSSGIS that the conference will take place at a location where it has already been held. After 2008, this year’s FOSSGIS conference will once again take place at the Albert-Ludwigs University of Freiburg. We from mundialis again are going to participate this year. As in ...Read more
- National Forum for Remote Sensing and Copernicus 2020 20. February 2020From 10-12 March, the “National Forum for Remote Sensing and Copernicus 2020” will take place in Berlin. The motto of the conference will be “Copernicus: new dimensions”. The core of the new dimensions is the entry into force of EU’s new Space Regulation, which will ensure the continued operation of the European Copernicus program for ...Read more