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- Special issue in the journal “Open Geospatial Data, Software and Standards” 8. November 2017Special issue in the journal “Open Geospatial Data, Software and Standards” Published: October 2017 Source: https://opengeospatialdata.springeropen.com/oserm2 Open Science for Earth Remote Sensing: latest developments in software and data Significant changes have taken place over the past few years in remote sensing technology. Quantity, quality and diversity of sensors have increased exponentially and so have related data. Open source software ...Read more
- mundialis: New expert for radar remote sensing 19. October 2017Dr. Hajar Benelcadi joins the mundialis team. The data analyst and expert in radar remote sensing is working for the Bonn-based company on issues such as the federal government’s WANDEL project, among others, on the question of the extent to which water scarcity is accelerating the energy revolution. The availability of water and energy is of ...Read more
- Satellite image of the month – October – Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia 5. October 2017Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia The satellite image of the month October shows the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar (Ulan-Bator) and the bordering Gorchi-Tereldsch National Park in the north-east of the country. The picture shows a vegetation analysis of the region and was created from different bands, based on Sentinel-2A data of the EU Copernicus program, after the download the scene ...Read more
- Outcomes from GRoW conference 14. September 2017GRoW conference was a great opportunity to learn about the other projects financed under GRoW funding measure and to exchange with the different projects holders. It allows also to learn about the common points shared by all the projects and the research questions that these projects attempt to answer from different points of view at ...Read more
- New OSGeo Local chapter “OSGeo-Europe” 14. September 2017The OSGeo (Open Source Geospatial Foundation) is organized at the local or regional level in so-called “Local Chapter”. The FOSSGIS e. V. is, for example, the official German-speaking OSGeo Local Chapter and is therefore the contact point for all those interested in or interested in the corresponding D-A-CH space for the OSGeo. As far as the ...Read more
- Satellite image of the month – September – Sundarbans 12. September 2017Sundarbans in Bangladesh The satellite image of the month of September shows the so – called Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forests on earth, which are located at the Gulf of Bengal. The larger part of the picture shows Bangladesh, a smaller western part is located in Indian territory. The illustrated true color image was made up of different ...Read more
- Does water scarcity accelerate the energy transition? 12. September 2017Water is an important factor for the use of fossil and renewable energy sources. Whether and how the global availability of water favours the use of renewable energies and how fossil fuels are slowing down is now being investigated by a network of nine German research institutions and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The project ...Read more
- mundialis will attend the GRoW (Globale Ressource Wasser) conference the 12 th September 2017 11. September 2017(Deutsch) mundialis wird am 12. September 2017 an der GRoW (Globale Ressource Wasser) Konferenz im Zentrum von Kunst und Medien in Karlsruhe teilnehmen. Die GRoW-Konferenz ist offizieller Auftakt des Förderprogramms des Bundesministeriums für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF). Ziel der GRoW-Konferenz ist es, die Möglichkeit zur Vernetzung verschiedener Projekte im Rahmen des GRoW-Förderprogramms zu bieten. mundialis nimmt ...Read more
- Filter Sentinel-2A scenes with the new release of EO-me 7. September 2017Fast-track to the right Sentinel scene The Earth Observation metadata enhancer (EO-me) is a service that addresses the issue of identifying specific data tiles in the rapidly growing satellite data archives. In mid 2017 close to one million satellite images are available and it used to be difficult to find the right one for the problem to ...Read more
- mundialis welcomes Dr. Hajar Benelcadi as a new data analyst in the team 4. September 2017Hajar joined mundialis in August 2017 as data analyst and project manager. Her expertise comprises Synthetic Aperture RADAR (SAR) and optical images processing and analysis for forest monitoring, agroforestry and land cover/land use sectors. During the last 5 years, her analysis included several and different tropical forest ecosystems in Cameroon, Gabon, Brazil, Peru and Cambodia. Hajar worked ...Read more
- Satellite image of the month – August – Vesuvius 9. August 2017Vesuvius at the Gulf of Naples in Italy The satellite image of the month of August shows the Italian coastal city of Naples with the still active volcano Vesuvius in the center, using a land-water composition. The image was created from various bands based on Sentinel 2A data of the EU Copernicus program and provides a ...Read more
- Satellite Image of the Month – July – Camargue 18. July 2017Camargue in the south of France The satellite image of the month of July shows a composition in real colors of the “Camargue” region in the south of France at the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The image was created from various bands based on Sentinel-2A data of the EU Copernicus program and provides a spatial ...Read more
- Presentations of mundialis at this year’s FOSS4G Europe 17. July 2017This year’s FOSS4G Europe takes place from July 18th-22nd 2017 at Cité Descartes campus of Marne-la-Vallée in Paris, France. Our general managers Till Adams and Dr. Markus Neteler will present the following talks: Till Adams: “SHOGun2 – Yet another WebGIS framework?” “Vision of FOSS4G – why the community needs business (and business the community)” Dr. Markus Neteler: General track: “Advanced geospatial technologies: ...Read more
- Bratwurst, beer and GIS” – the summer party at terrestris and mundialis 29. June 2017Looking out of the window right now brings back strong memories of our summer party, which took place about two weeks ago. We imagined that day to be warm and sunny. But shortly before the arrival of our first guests, it looked exactly like it does now: grey and way too humid. On June 9 th ...Read more
- The exhibition of art.mundialis in the city hall of Bonn has begun 13. June 2017Since Monday 12th of June 2017, citizens and visitors of the city hall in Bonn are welcome to visit the exhibition with selected pictures of art.mundialis during the opening hours in the foyer. Presented are satellite images with regions from all over the world, such as the Cologne-Bonn region, the Swiss Alps, the island of Sylt, ...Read more
- 10th job and internship convention at the Department of Geography in Bonn 8. June 2017On May 5th 2017, the 10th job and internship convention took place at the Department of Geography at Bonn University. The motto of this year’s event was: “Geography is what geographers are doing”. The aim of the event was to enable students to develop personal contacts for internships, final projects and their entry into the ...Read more
- Satellite image of the Month – June – Guelb er Richat (Eye of Africa) 6. June 2017Guelb er Richat (Eye of Africa) in the Sahara The satellite image of the month of June shows a composition in real colors of “Guelb er Richat” or “Eye of Africa”, recorded in the mauretanian Sahara of Westafrica. The image was created from various bands based on Sentinel 2A data of the EU Copernicus program and ...Read more
- From outer space into Bonn city hall 6. June 2017From June 12th to 30th, the company mundialis exhibits satellite pictures in the foyer of the Stadthaus Bonn Viewing the earth from space in the form of satellite pictures can be an extraordinary experience. From June 12th onwards, visitors of the Stadthaus Bonn will be able to experience this for themselves. Until the end of the ...Read more
- mundialis: closed-meeting on 01st of June 29. May 2017On 01st of June the company mundialis has a closed-meeting with all its employees. This kind of meeting allows an intensive exchange and everyone taking part is enable to shape and influence daily work in his or her sense. Taking a deep breath and reflection our own work release lots of creativity and satisfaction – this is something ...Read more
- Presentations of mundialis at this year’s FOSS4G Europe 22. May 2017This year’s FOSS4G Europe takes place from July 18th-22nd 2017 at Cité Descartes campus of Marne-la-Vallée in Paris, France. Our general managers Till Adams and Dr. Markus Neteler will present the following talks: Till Adams: “SHOGun2 – Yet another WebGIS framework?” “Vision of FOSS4G – why the community needs business (and business the community)” Dr. Markus Neteler: General track: “Advanced geospatial technologies: ...Read more