Laboratory of Geo-information Science and Remote Sensing
The mission of the Laboratory of Geo-information Science and Remote Sensing is to improve spatial competences for a sustainable world through research and education.
News
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NWO Applied Computational Sciences (ACOS) conference 2021
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Detect deforestation faster with new method: 'Within days'
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Land & Carbon Lab
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RADD forest disturbance alerts now available for South America
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Improving Forest Baseline Maps in Tropical Wetlands Using GEDI-Based Forest Height Information and Sentinel-1
Agenda
Agro Food Robotics
The experts of Agro Food Robotics design robotic systems for open field, horticulture, fresh chains and food. We specialise in artificial intelligence and sensing, especially spectral, learning and vision.
Education
In the field of education, the Laboratory is strongly participating in the Master Geo-Information Science.
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Research
Geo-information has become a societal commodity and geo-information science is the driver of its innovation. This trend is evident in the activities of the Laboratory of Geo-Information Science and Remote Sensing (GRS).
Our research aims to Realize the Digital Earth of Locations.
Research topics
- Sensing & measuring
- Modelling & visualization
- Integrated land monitoring
- Human - space interaction
- Empowering & engaging communities
Projects & Facilities
- Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU)
- Breaks For Additive Season and Trend (BFAST)
- Change detection and monitoring
- Community-based monitoring
- e-Tribes
- Forest Biomass
- GeoDesk
- GOFC-GOLD
- Historic Land Dynamics Assessment (HILDA)
- HILDA+
- Land Use Carbon & Emission Data (LUCID)
- Radar Remote Sensing
- RADD Forest Disturbance Alert
- REDD@WUR
- Terrestrial Laser Scanning Research
- Unmanned Aerial Remote Sensing Facility (UARSF)
- Validation of CGLS - Dynamic Land Cover product for Africa
Latest publications
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A global analysis of multifaceted urbanization patterns using Earth Observation data from 1975 to 2015
Landscape and Urban Planning 219 (2022). - ISSN 0169-2046 -
Environment-sensitivity functions for gross primary productivity in light use efficiency models
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 312 (2022). - ISSN 0168-1923 -
Big data in agriculture : Between opportunity and solution
Agricultural Systems 195 (2022). - ISSN 0308-521X -
Augmented Reality in Precision Farming: Concepts and Applications
Smart Cities 4 (2021)4. - ISSN 2624-6511 - p. 1454 - 1468. -
Closing the Water Cycle from Observations across Scales: Where Do We Stand?
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 102 (2021)10. - ISSN 0003-0007 - p. E1897 - E1935.
Latest PhD dissertations
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Collaboration tools for land use policy development
Wageningen University. Promotor(en): A.K. Bregt, co-promotor(en): A. Cormont; S.J.C. Janssen. - Wageningen : Wageningen University - ISBN 9789463957632 - p. -
Governance dynamics of spatial data Infrastructures
Wageningen University. Promotor(en): A.K. Bregt; J. Crompvoets. - Wageningen : Wageningen University - ISBN 9789463959049 - p. -
Understanding turning points in dryland ecosystem functioning
Wageningen University. Promotor(en): B. Somers; M. Herold, co-promotor(en): J. Verbesselt; W. De Keersmaecker. - Wageningen : Wageningen University - ISBN 9789463958714 - p.