Projects Archive

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EnerGEO (2009 – 2013)
Earth Observation for monitoring and assessment of the environmental impact of energy use

e_SPIDER (2009)
Conceptualization of a Global Virtual Academy for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response

EuLE (2008 – 2011)
EuRegional Spatial Analysis

G-MOSAIC (2009 – 2011)
GMES Services for Management of Operations, Situation Awareness and Intelligence for regional Crises

GMOSS (2004 – 2008)
Global Monitoring for Security and Stability

GMSM (Phase I: 2009-2010, Phase II: 2011-2012)
Global Monitoring of Soil Moisture for Water Hazards Assessment

GRAAL (2011 – 2013)
GMES and Regions – Awareness & Access Link – Fostering downstream services and links with Regions

LIMES (2006 – 2010)
Land-sea Integrated Monitoring for European Security

MS.MONINA (2010 – 2013)
Multi-scale Service for Monitoring NATURA 2000 Habitats of European Community Interest

NanoLyse (2010-2013)
NANOPARTICLES IN FOOD: Analytical methods for detection and characterisation

Respond ISVG (2008 – 2009)
Respond Independent Service Validation Group

RISE (2013 – 2014)
Quantifying Multiple Sclerosis lesion patterns in space and time – Object Based Image Analysis for extracting lesion development from MRI data

SAFER (2009 – 2011)
Services and Applications For Emergency Response

SESAAM (2010 – 2012)
Geo-Spatially Enhanced Situational Awareness for Airport Management

SPIN (2001 – 2004)
Spatial Indicators for European Nature Conservation

SUSE (2009 – 2011)
Sensitivity Units for Strategic Environmental Assessment

UNEP Sahel Mapping (2010 – 2011)
Livelihood Security: Climate Change, Migration and Conflict in the Sahel

Women in Copernicus

Women in Copernicus is a European project which aims to identify and give a voice to women involved in or using Copernicus and its data. Women are part of the Copernicus experience. They are not always visible but they are present in the production flow of the Copernicus / Earth Observation / Geoinformation (Copernicus/EO/GI) domains. The professions related to Copernicus/EO/GI domains are very varied: physicist, geographer,… [...]

Sen2Cube.at: Sentinel-2 Semantic Data Cube Austria

On 9 September 2019, the consortium of the FFG-ASAP project Sen2Cube.at held a user requirements meeting at ZAMG premises in Vienna and presented the first prototype of an operational Sentinel-2 semantic Earth observation (EO) data cube Austria.During the meeting, the academic partner (University of Salzburg, Department of Geoinformatics - Z_GIS) and the university spin-off Spatial Services GmbH presented the newly developed prototype to the project partners AMA (Agrarmarkt… [...]

CopHub.AC - Adressing an International Audience

At the 39th EARSeL Symposium we welcomed Romana Kofler from UNOOSA / UN 2030 to our panel discussion "The future uptake of space – ready for the future?". Together with representatives from ESA and the Copernicus Academy she provided interesting insights and experiences to the future developments of Copernicus and Earth observation programs. A technical presentation on behalf of Austria for the Working Group on the Space2030… [...]

In Retrospect: Summer School Copernicus for Digital Earth 2019, Salzburg

The Summer School Copernicus for Digital Earth “Benefit from the potential of freely available Satellite data and Copernicus services for your domain” – organized by Z_GIS, UNIGIS and CopHub.AC brought together international students and practitioners from 11 countries. The intense program explored the potential of freely available satellite data and derived information products with a focus on the European Earth observation programme Copernicus and its various… [...]

CopHub.AC - A space hub to foster innovation through the Copernicus Academy

In a 2-days Brussels visit the Salzburg CopHub.AC team had several in-depth discussions on how to best utilize the intended space hub to foster uptake and innovation and exploiting the distributed capacities within the emerging Copernicus Academy network. In dedicated sessions with the Copernicus Support Office and DG Grow, as well as with our Brussel-based project partners EARSC and Evenflow, we were looking into how membership… [...]

Stefan Lang presented at the ESA workshop on Earth Observation (ESEC-Galaxia, Belgium)

From Dec 10-14, the Earth Observation Remote Sensing Workshop 2018 of the ESA Academy’s Training and Learning Programme, took place at ESEC-Galaxia in Transinne, Belgium. In this 5-days intensive course, 30 selected students from ESA member states received dedicated training on the principles of remote sensing, ESA’s EO satellite missions and issues of data fusion, delivered by experts from academic institutions, industry, and ESA.Dr Stefan Lang,… [...]

CopHub.AC - a Horizon 2020 project to support the Copernicus Academy

The Horizon 2020 project CopHub.AC – coordinated by Z_GIS - started in October 2018. The vision of CopHub.AC is to establish within the next two years a long-term Copernicus hub to consolidate and sustain the Copernicus Academy as a knowledge and innovation platform. With 13 European partners involved from academia and industry, including associations from the GI / EO sector, the project pursues specific activities on… [...]

‘Perfection’ vs. ‘good enough’ in Information Management - GeOnG 2018

Z_GIS was invited to the GeOnG Forum in Chambéry, France on the 29 October – 31 October 2018 to present a workshop on the humanitarian service Z_GIS is providing to NGOs since 2011. 200 GIS experts and managers from Europe and Africa attended the biannual event. The GeOnG forum address issues related to data in the humanitarian & development sectors, including topics related to mapping, GIS,… [...]