Rubrika: News
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From Simulation to Validation: Species Distribution Work in Bologna
Vítězslav Moudrý A short trip to Bologna primarily allowed me to continue the work we started together almost a year ago during my first stay there, specifically on an article titled How does the error in predictors and species occurrence data accumulate in species distribution predictions? In addition to working on the text of the…
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Experience from the Polar Winter School – Remote Sensing in Arctic Conditions
Author: Jan Komárek From March 2nd to 8th, 2025, we had the opportunity to participate in the 2nd Polar Winter School in Hvanneyri, Iceland, organized by the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague in collaboration with Landbúnaðarháskóli Íslands and the Nordic Snow Network. The event brought together students and experts from 14 countries, focusing on…
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Spectral Characterization of Bird Habitats: Research Exchange at the University of Bonn
Author: Richard Bittman As part of the „Building Bridges between Earth Observation and Environmental Sciences“ project, I recently completed a research exchange at the University of Bonn with Prof. Anna Cord’s team. This collaboration strengthened my doctoral research on avian habitat characterization using remote sensing techniques. With Prof. Anna Cord Research Focus My work addresses…
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Eric Kosczor at CZU
Eric Kosczor visited CZU and presented his recent work titled “Mapping the 60-year evolution of agricultural landscape heterogeneity in Saxony: A customized segmentation approach for panchromatic remote sensing data” in the course of the weekly SciSeminar at the Department of Spatial Sciences at CZU. In his research work, Eric is using historic spy imagery from…
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Students of the Faculty of Environmental Sciences Presented Their Work at a Conference in Kostelec nad Černými lesy
Students and experts from the Faculty of Environmental Sciences at CZU in Prague participated in a student conference in the field of geoinformation systems and remote sensing, held in Kostelec nad Černými lesy. The event provided an excellent opportunity for sharing knowledge and discussing the latest research in spatial sciences. During the conference, students presented…
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GISOstrava 2025: Revisiting Familiar Places and Exploring the Future of ALS Data
I can hardly remember the last time I attended the GISOstrava conference. It must have been several years ago, which made it all the more special to attend the 30th edition of the event. It was nice to revisit familiar places, meet up with good friends and former students, and present in front of many…
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Research Exchange at the University of Bonn
From 7 February to 9 March 2025, I had the opportunity to participate in a research exchange at the University of Bonn as part of the Horizon Europe project Building Bridges between Earth Observation and Environmental Sciences (Project No. 101079310). The goal of my stay was to complete my first research study, focusing on the…
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SAVE THE DATE EarthBridge Conference
Petra Šímová, Vítek Moudrý & EarthBridge team Dear colleagues, We would like to cordially invite you to the EarthBridge conference, which will take place on 25-26 September 2025 in the Knights‘ Hall of the Castle in Kostelec nad Černými Lesy (40 km from Prague, Czech Republic). EarthBridge is our long-term initiative (including the Horizon Twinning…
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Spectral diversity beyond the Spectral Variation Hypothesis: what comes next?
Author: Michela Perrone Nearly three decades ago, the Spectral Variation Hypothesis (SVH) proposed a tremendously simple idea: the spectral diversity of vegetated landscapes (essentially, the spatial variation in reflectance detected by remote sensing) could serve as a proxy for plant species richness. The promise of biodiversity mapping from space quickly gained traction, especially with multispectral…
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We are building corner reflectors!
How Can a Satellite Detect Movement on Earth? Author: David Moravec Electromagnetic radiation behaves like a wave. When a satellite equipped with a microwave antenna sends a radar signal toward Earth, it receives a reflected wave in return. But here’s the trick—waves have phases (they oscillate up and down like ocean waves). By measuring the…