Remote Sensing and GIS for Monitoring of Habitat Quality

International Workshop Vienna University of Technology

24./25.9.2014

Welcome to TU Wien

• Technology for People – since 1815 • 27000 students, 4500 staff • Architecture+Planning, Civil Eng., Mechanical

Eng., Electrical Eng., Physics, Chemistry, Informatics, Mathematics and Geoinformation

• Focal areas: Energy and Environment + 4 others

Earth Observation

• Remote Sensing world-wide operational • Global data-sets of ecological parameters … but not for standardized monitoring of HQ

• Airborne/satellite-borne RS for National Forest

Inventories using automated interpreation feasible

Progress

• National update cycles: 12-24 months imagery • Sensors: navigation, image matching, LiDAR • Platforms: UAV, mobile, person-borne • GIS as tool for everybody: OS, web, VGI • Automation: Machine learning as tool-boxes

Monitoring Habitat Quality

• Monitoring of HQ: national/EU/… legislation • Demands/challenge: area/time/quality/cost • Local management requires HiRes information

Operational, transparent, efficient (automated), high-resolution, accurate RS/GIS-supported methods for management of habitats

Workshop: Remote Sensing and GIS for Monitoring of Habitat Quality

Coffee breaks: 2nd floor, yellow area (just outside) Proceedings: USB stick Internet: access code in you conference bag Conference dinner: tomorrow Twitter: #RSGIS4HQ