2011

2 Mar 2011	Colloquium: Mapping vegetation in reconstructed peatlands using spectroscopy for the Haaksbergerveen
	By Charity Mundava: Abstract: Restoration of peatlands so as to ameliorate the effects of climate change is very important. This is because peatlands are a very vital part of the global carbon... more
	Colloquium: Satellite-Born Monitoring of Gross Primary Productivity in a Temperate Coniferous Forest by using MODIS Data and the Photochemical Reflectance Index
	By David Marcelis: Abstract: In the face of climate change, knowledge of the carbon balance is critical. Terrestrial vegetation is among the major carbon sinks and can be monitored using remote... more
3 Mar 2011	Colloquium: Generating 3D tree models out of terrestrial Lidar
	By Gulsumhan Kilic:Abstract:Lidar and photogrammetric methods became popular in the past 10 years for acquiring detailed 3D data of natural environments, since these methods offer new opportunities... more
	Colloquium: Event recognition in public transport trajectories; A case study on Helsinki tram and bus movements
	By Aldo Bergsma:Abstract:As a result of technical improvements in tracking technologies, location awareness of moving objects became more common fact. Object are enabled with GPS and/or camera... more
23 Mar 2011 25 Mar 2011	International Conference on Spatial Statistics 2011
	Spatial statistics is a rapidly developing field which involves the quantitative analysis of spatial data and the statistical modelling of spatial variability and uncertainty. Applications of spatial... more
28 Mar 2011	Lunchpresentation: Uncertainty of C Emission Estimates in the Brazilian Amazon: implications for REDD projects
	Dr. Carlos Souza Jr. will present hist work on: Uncertainty of C Emission Estimates in the Brazilian Amazon: implications for REDD projects. The Lunchpresentation will take place on March 28 from... more
30 Mar 2011	Colloquium: Uncovering movement suspension patterns on GPS tracking data: Analysing the temporal dimension of movement suspension patterns on pedestrian
	By Michalis Marinakis Abstract The study of pedestrians’ movement is an important subject in transportation analysis. There is a lack of integration of temporal information in the study of... more
1 Apr 2011	Colloquium: Visualization of suspension patterns in human movement
	By Anastasia Petrenko Abstract Popularization of GPS devices as well as advancement in GIS computer programs allow researchers to analyze and detect deferent patterns in human movement data.... more
19 Apr 2011	Colloquium: Modeling the influence of road surroundings on the Sky View Factor using GIS
	By Madeleine van der Toorn Summary During nights when temperatures fluctuate around freezing, road temperatures are often underestimated which leads to excessive salting. In order to optimize... more
	Seminar: Pastoralist seasonal land rights in land administration
	On April 28, a one day seminar around the dissertation of Monica Lengoiboni: ‘Pastoralist seasonal land rights in land administration’ will be organized at the ITC Enschede.For participation, please... more
27 Apr 2011	Graduation: Landscape generator: Method to generate plausible landscape configurations for participatory spatial plan-making
	On Wednesday 27th of April at 16:00, Kymo Slage will defend his Thesis: Landscape generator: Method to generate plausible landscape configurations for participatory spatial plan-making in the... more
28 Apr 2011	Graduation: Pastoralists seasonal land rights in land administration: a study of Northern Kenya
	On Thursday 28th of April at 15:00, Monica Lengoiboni will defend his Thesis: "Pastoralists seasonal land rights in land administration: a study of Northern Kenya" in the ITC Auditorium of the... more
	Colloquium: Looking beyond Reality: The use of augmented reality to enhance people’s experience of the landscape. The case of Natura Artis Magistra, Amsterdam
	By Jaap van der Mijden: ABSTRACTAugmented reality (AR), a new technique that combines real world view with virtual images, is mainly used as information provider. People’s experience and awareness... more
16 May 2011	Colloquium: National Monitoring of forests in developing countries and oppertunities for reducing tropical deforestation: a comparative study for three African countries
	By Samrawit Teclai Adhanom AbstractDeforestation and degradation of forests accounts for 20 percent of annual total greenhouse gas (GHG). Most of these emissions come from deforestation in... more
25 May 2011	Colloquium: Exploring and evaluating the use of Agent-based models for simulating traffic flows around (possible) stadium locations
	By Bob SurminskiAbstract New stadiums are often built on locations where the surrounding existing infrastructures cannot handle the large amounts of visitors. The possibilities of using... more
9 Jun 2011	Colloquium: Spatio-temporal analysis of brown bear (Ursus arctos) interactions in the mating season
	By David Haberkorn AbstractLittle is known about the mating related behaviour of the brown bear, for example how individuals find or track down each other, how long they stay together or which bears... more
	Colloquium: Interpolation and Infence methods for the Learning Map: Enhancing the learning experience of students with a real-time sampling interpretation system
	By Menno van der Veen Summary The objective of this thesis was to find suitable mapping or inference techniques for the Learning Map. From the spatial interpolation exercise in 2004 it was... more
16 Jun 2011	Colloquium: Improving soil properties estimations from spectral measurements based on spectral stratification techniques
	By Clifton Ralph Sabajo SUMMARY In this study PLS regression is used to establish a relationship between soil reflectance spectra measured under laboratory conditions and three soil properties (Soil... more
16 Jun 2011 17 Jun 2011	Workshop: CalVal Workshop: Global Land Cover Validation and Accuracy Assessment for Land Cover Change and Area Estimates: Updates, Progress, Next Steps
	CalVal Workshop: Global Land Cover Validation and Accuracy Assessment for Land Cover Change and Area Estimates: Updates, Progress, Next Steps16-17 June, 2011 At the beginning of the 21st century,... more
17 Jun 2011	Presentation: Geo-visualization in Forest management
	This Friday (June 17th) Brent Chamberlain, PhD candidate of Forestry, UBC Vancouver will visit Wageningen University, and is willing to give a presentation about his PhD study on “Geo-visualization... more
23 Jun 2011	Seminar: Seminar Sensor Web Enablement
	On Thursday, June 23, a one day seminar will be organized on Sensor Web Enablement in Utrecht. TopicsThe rapid developments in sensor technology, spatial data infrastructures and the internet makes... more
7 Jul 2011	Colloquium: Testing three kriging methods for spatial interpolation of soil properties in Malawi
	By Prisca Masango Summary ... more
15 Jul 2011	Colloquium: Assessing the development of the Kenya national spatial data infrastructure
	By Josephat Okuku OlooAbstract The benefits of spatial data infrastructure SDI are evident worldwide including Kenya. However, the SDI-initiative in Kenya has been in existence since 2002 but so far... more
24 Aug 2011	Colloquium: Temperature and vegetation in the Arctic: spatial variation in temporal trends; The case study of two transects in East Siberia
	By Loïc Dutrieux Abstract: The concern about increasing Arctic vegetation productivity has grown during the past years. Such a phenomenon has the capacity to feed back into the global climate, via... more
	Colloquium: Opportunities for LIDAR to characterize forest stand characteristics and biomass
	By Jeroen de Jong Abstract: Estimations of forest carbon stock and carbon fluxes from forests have traditionally been estimated by carrying out field inventories. Another method that is... more
	Colloquium: The relation between emotions and landscapes; A research to develop and test a methodology
	By Margreet Smit Abstract: People live in different landscapes: urban landscapes, rural landscapes and landscapes consisting of a mixture of urban and rural elements. The landscape where people are... more
25 Aug 2011	Colloquium: Volunteered Geographic Information; A Conceptual Model and Analysis of Volunteered Data
	By Silvia Carolina Loo ArancibiaAbstract: Volunteered geographic information (VGI) is a phenomenon which emerged in recent years due to the evolution of Internet technologies. Since its rising VGI... more
28 Aug 2011 2 Sep 2011	Conference Workshop: EGOV 2011: Use of 3D City Models in E-Government for Sustainable Urban Governance
	The workshop focuses on the use of 3D city models in e-government for sustainable urban governance. The aim is to bring together research, experiences and case studies of 3D city models’ usage and... more
6 Sep 2011	Graduation: Marion Obbink - Functional classification of spatially heterogeneous environments: the land cover mosaic approach in remote sensing
	This thesis presents a new theory for remote sensing data analysis called Aggregate-Mosaic Theory. With this theory spatially heterogeneous vegetation, abundant in tropical environments, can be... more
7 Sep 2011	Workshop: A new Plant Facility in Wageningen
	On September 7, 2011, the Centre for Geo-Information organizes a Workshop on a new "Plant Facility" in Wageningen. The programme contains presentations and demonstrations.Participation is free of... more
8 Sep 2011	Symposium: 3rd Remote Sensing Symposium
	The third Remote Sensing Symposium (RSS) "21st Century Challenges" will take place in Wageningen on 8 September 2011. Following successful events in Amsterdam and Delft, RSS 2011 will bring together... more
	Speech: Inauguration Prof.dr. M. Herold: Remote Sensing Science 2.0
	On Thursday 8 September 2011 will Prof. dr M. Herold, Professor of Geo-information Science, give his inaugural address, entitled:Remote Sensing Science 2.0  more
6 Oct 2011	Colloquium: Exploratory analysis of climatic data, fire occurrences and water regimes in a Mediterranean watershed
	By Mathieu Decuyper Summary Trend results from climate data (precipitation and temperature) were analysed in relation to trends in water flow and forest fire occurrence over a 30 year time span in... more
14 Oct 2011	Colloquium: Estimating the return on investment of solar panels in urban environments using 3D geodata
	By Paul Ruiter ABSTRACTThe main research objective of this thesis research is to determine and apply a method for solar energy potential estimation based on 3D virtual city data. The methodology... more
27 Oct 2011	Colloquium: Detection of grassland management intensity using MODIS satellite imagery
	By Martin Lips Abstract: The management intensity of the grasslands in The Netherlands has increased during the last decennia. An earlier first mowing date, deeper drainage and a decrease of the... more
7 Nov 2011 11 Nov 2011	Seminar: Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDI), latest trends and research
	Organizers: Leuven University, Brussels University Location: Irish College (The Leuven Institute for Ireland in Europe), Janseniusstraat 1, 3000 Leuven BelgiumPhone: + 32 16 310 430 - Fax: + 32 16... more
29 Nov 2011	Graduation: J.M. (Joost) Vervoort: Framing futures: Visualizing perspectives on social-ecological systems change
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