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Schedule of IGiG seminars in the summer semester 2024/2025

22-01-2025

The Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformatics warmly invites you to attend a series of scientific seminars during the summer semester. Continuing our tradition, the meetings will take place in the IGiG library (room 100G) on Thursdays from 9:00 to 10:00 AM (unless otherwise noted). The seminars will feature presentations by experienced researchers from leading institutions as well as emerging young scientists.

The seminar schedule is as follows:

• 18.02.2025 r. - Dr. Guergana Guerova, Sofia University, "GNSS Storm Nowcasting Demonstrator".
  
• 20.02.2025 r. - Dr hab. inż. Dariusz Gotlib, Politechnika Warszawska, "Perspektywy rozwoju i wyzwania współczesnej kartografii".
  
• 06.03.2025 r. - Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas P. Kersten, HafenCity Universität Hamburg, "Historical 3D City Models as an Immersive Experience in Virtual Reality".
  
• 13.03.2025 r. - Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Christian Heipke, Leibniz Universität Hannover,
  "AI in photogrammetry and remote sensing".
  
• 17.04.2025 r. - Dr. Saeid Haji-Aghajany, Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy we Wrocławiu, "Shaping the Future: AI Applications in Tropospheric Analysis".
  
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IGiG scientific seminar - Dr. Guergana Guerova

17-01-2025

IGiG is pleased to invite to a scientific seminar, which will take place on February 18, 2025 (Tuesday) at 9:00 AM in the Room 100G (institute library), Grunwaldzka Street 53, Wrocław (Building C1). Dr. Guergana Guerova from the University of Sofia will present a lecture "GNSS Storm Nowcasting Demonstrator".

Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) is an established atmospheric monitoring technique delivering water vapour data in near-real time with a latency of 90 min for operational Numerical Weather Prediction in Europe within the GNSS water vapour service (E-GVAP). The advancement of GNSS processing made the quality of real-time GNSS tropospheric products comparable to near-real-time solutions. In addition, they can be provided with a temporal resolution of 5 min and latency of 10 min, suitable for severe weather nowcasting.


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GNSS remote sensing - how to increase the quality of numerical weather models

15-11-2024

Understanding atmospheric conditions is one of the fundamental steps in creating accurate weather forecasts. However, the relatively limited number of ground-based measuring instruments significantly hampers this task, leading to a reliance on weather models that are not always precise. GNSS satellite techniques are increasingly being used as an alternative to classical meteorological instruments, due to the vulnerability of electromagnetic waves to varying atmospheric parameters, including water vapor. One of the most widely used to ols for monitoring the state of the atmosphere with GNSS observations is GNSS tomography.

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International Summer School on UAV Photogrammetry, Laser Scanning and Bathymetry

24-09-2024

From 16th to 18th September 2024 was held the first edition of the International Summer School, organized jointly by the Polish Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (PTFiT) and German Society for Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, and Geoinformation (DGPF). The event took place at the Department of Geodesy and Offshore Survey at the Maritime University of Szczecin. Dr hab. inż. Grzegorz Jóźków oraz dr inż. Małgorzata Jarząbek-Rychard from the Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformatics were involved in preparing lectures and tutorials.

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IGiG scientific seminar - Prof. Kefei Zhang

18-09-2024

IGiG is pleased to invite you to a scientific seminar, which will take place in a hybrid format, on Thursday (September 19th, 2024) at 9:00 AM. Prof. Kefei Zhang (School of Environment and Spatial Informatics, China University of Mining and Technology) will present the topic "Space Resources Exploitation and Utilization - A Geodetic Perspective".

The exploration and utilization of space resources is a new wave of international interest driven by the concern of rapid depletion of energy and resources on the earth. The US Space Resource Exploration and Utilization Act in 2015 was a tipping point for the accelerated process of new space competition. Pilot effort has been made by major space powers and sample-return missions have been launched/planned so far by Japan (Hayabusa), USA(OSIRIS-Rex), ESA (Rosetta) and China (Tianwen #2). The primary purposes of extra-terrestrial mining are to search for valuable and precious and rare minerals/metals, in particular those platinum group metals (e.g. ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium and iridium) that are critically needed for the sustainable development of the society, from asteroids and minor planets that are close to the earth. geospatial science and technology, geodesy and remote sensing in particular, plays a critical role in this huge space mining systematic engineering endeavor, as is the case of surveying for large-scale engineering projects.

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