Hot cities are a problem – can location data help to solve it?
With climate change and increasing heat waves, cities are getting hotter. It is important to find solutions to help citizens cope with these challenging conditions.
Unlock the potential of Europe’s most powerful supercomputer for your business
A supercomputer can be seen as a collection of many computers that are interconnected, providing a huge amount of processing power and memory. Supercomputers are built with specialized hardware and…
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Four prototypes for addressing health and well-being challenges using location data
The Geospatial Challenge Camp was a 10-week long challenge-based course that aims to provide participants a chance to tackle relevant real-world challenges in cross-disciplinary teams.
Ease of getting around the city and meeting people
Bisamsson is a new start-up that has developed a prototype that addresses the challenges of sustainable development by calculating the fastest way for two people to meet by public transport in the Helsinki Region Transport (HSL) area.
Biodiversity loss calls for new thinking in the built environment sector
Among construction companies, greening of cities and supporting biodiversity are hot topics.
Artificial intelligence improves the National Land Survey’s topographic data accuracy
In this article, the researchers will highlight the findings of the AI4TDB project which aimed to advance the accuracy, automate object collection, and ensure the up-to-dateness of spatial data within the National Land Survey’s Topographic Database.
Geospatial Challenge Camp’s ideas for the health and well-being sector surprised positively
Two of the teams tackled service network design challenges from different accessibility perspectives. Team one addressed the problem of limited accessibility to services for older people. They created a map…
The war on bugs – how technology can help prevent insect damage to forests
Satellite images and drones can complement the human eye to provide accurate information about forest health.
Where is the funding for the geospatial experts?
Finding funding for geospatial projects is not always easy. In this article, EU funding experts take a look at the Horizon Europe programme. As you can see, sometimes it can be a matter of approaching the calls from the right angle.