News of the Laboratory of Geo-information Science and Remote Sensing
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Integrating satellite-based forest disturbance alerts improves detection timeliness and confidence
- A paper of Johannes Reiche, Johannes Balling, Amy Hudson Pickens, Robert Masolele, Anika Berger, Mikaela Weisse, Daniel Mannarino, Yaqing Gou, Bart... -
International Community on Artificial Intelligence for Agricultural Modelling Launched in Wageningen
- In a groundbreaking gathering in late January in Wageningen, experts and researchers from around the world celebrated the launch of the first-ever... -
Chameleon AI programme classifies objects in satellite images faster
- A programme can train neural networks, using just a handful of images, to rapidly characterise in satellite and drone data new objects like ocean... -
Analysing changes in landscapes to answer big questions
- Kirsten de Beurs, the new Professor of Geo-information Science and Remote Sensing, wants to help her chair group answer big questions, develop... -
AI system predicts illegal deforestation: Already prevented the clearing of 30 hectares near a gold mine'
- Deforestation is one of the major threats to the climate and vital habitats for humans and animals. Forest Foresight, the new intelligent system... -
Best Geo-information thesis award for WUR student Ellis van de Laak
- On Wednesday November 22, 2023, our student Ellis van de Laak received the GIN/NCG award for best MSc thesis. The award was handed out during the 20... -
Dissertation Award of the Regional Science Association International goes to Yunyu Tian
- Yunyu Tian is chosen as the winner of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI) dissertation award in 2023 for her PhD dissertation... -
AI helps detecting plastic in oceans
- More and more plastic litter ends up in oceans every day. Satellite images can help detect accumulations of litter along shores and at sea, so that it... -
World Wildlife Fund and Wageningen University cooperate in monitoring illegal logging.
- Internationally it is agreed illegal logging should be ended by 2030. Monitoring and prediction of logging locations is a difficult task as the areas... -
Open-access SEPAL implementation of BayTS Sentinel-1 alerts
- In a joint effort with the SEPAL team at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), we have implemented the BayTS method to generate...