Integration of geoinformation and geodetic knowledge with innovative solutions into the broader digital ecosystem
| Project title: |
Integration of geoinformation and geodetic knowledge with innovative solutions into the broader digital ecosystem |
| Project team: |
Anka Lisec, project coordinator, Krištof Oštir, Marjan Čeh, Urška Drešček, Samo Drobne, Dejan Grigillo, Mojca Kosmatin Fras, Jernej Tekavec |
| Duration: |
1. 10. 2023 – 31. 3. 2025 |
| Project code: |
V2-2386 |
| Lead partner: | University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering |
| Project leader | Prof. Anka Lisec |
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| Key words: |
geoinformatics; geodesy; photogrammetry; remote sensing; geospatial data; geospatial information infrastructure; surveying and mapping authority |
Description:
Geospatial information provides the integrative platform for all digital data that has a geospatial, e.g. location dimension to it. All countries, including Slovenia, and various sectors need geospatial information for state development and supporting spatially related decision-making. Geospatial information has emerged as a significant contributor to economic digital transformation in many countries, including e-government, e-service and e-commerce. However, there is a noticeable lack of implementing innovative geospatial information solutions into practice – both at a global and national level. To overcome this obstacle, it is necessary to (i) establish an encouraging environment for the development and implementation of innovative solutions and (ii) provide a permanent capacity-building programme for both developers and users of geospatial data infrastructure at the national level. These two challenges are addressed by the planned realisation of the knowledge centre in the field of geoinformatics and geodesy.
Key objectives:
The research project aims to analyse the circumstances and prepare a concept for establishing and operating a knowledge centre in geoinformatics and geodesy. The main project objectives are the development of a strategy and the development of the action plan for the realisation of the knowledge centre. It must be emphasised that the knowledge centre is primarily intended to bridge the gap between research achievements in the geospatial information domain and the implementation of these solutions in practice, focusing on the needs of the state and local government in the context of geospatial information infrastructure. In addition to promoting innovative solutions in the field of geospatial information and services, the centre should play an important role in the lifelong training of the developers of the geospatial information infrastructure in the country as well as the users of this infrastructure. The project’s expected outcome is, thus, inter alia, a proposal for approaches to innovative solutions’ transfer into the practice and training techniques of capacity building/lifelong education. The innovation and training programme will prioritise the most rapidly evolving geospatial technologies or topics that significantly challenge national spatial information infrastructures at European and global levels. These are, inter alia, Earth observation systems, including the challenges of mass data from the European Copernicus Space Programme with Sentinel satellite systems; advanced processing of big geospatial data; 3D and 4D geospatial data modelling and geospatial information support for decision-making and monitoring of spatial phenomena in various sectors.
The project is divided into three content-wise parts, i.e. (i) Analysis of circumstances and concept for the establishment and operation of the knowledge centre in the field of geoinformation and geodesy, (ii) Preparation of the strategy for the knowledge centre in the field of geoinformatics and geodesy, and (iii) Preparation of the action plan for the establishment and operation of the knowledge centre in the field of geoinformation and geodesy. The implementation of the 1.5-year project is organised in five work packages, three of which address the content-wise parts under consideration, one work package is dedicated to project management, and one work package is foreseen for dissemination of results and communication.
Work packages:
Work Package 1 (WP1): Project coordination and management [M01-M18]
Work Package 2 (WP): The analyses of driving forces and the concept for the establishment and operation of the knowledge centre in the field of geoinformatics and geodesy [M01-M08]
Work Package 3 (WP3): The strategy and action plan for the establishment and operation of the knowledge centre in the field of geoinformatics and geodesy [M08-M18]
Work Package 4 (WP4): Dissemination and communication [M01-M18]