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Visiting Aalto University and Finnish Geospatial Research Institute

Visiting Aalto University and Finnish Geospatial Research Institute

In the middle of January 2025, Marta Jemeljanova, Alexander Kmoch and Evelyn Uuemaa visited the GIST Lab at Aalto University, led by Henrikki Tenkanen and the Geoinformatics Department at the Finnish Geospatial Research Institute (FGI) , led by Juha Oksanen.

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DGGS discussion in Paris

DGGS discussion in Paris

On Tuesday, 17 Dec, our researcher Alexander Kmoch visited the ESA headquarters in Paris, where he met with science and technology staff to discuss DGGS in general.

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ERC grant writing workshop in Latvia

ERC grant writing workshop in Latvia

In the beginning of December 2024 Prof. Evelyn Uuemaa had the privilege of participating in a workshop on European Research Council (ERC) grant writing, organized by the Latvian Research Agency (Apvārsnis Eiropa Latvijas Nacionālais kontaktpunkts).

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Presenting DGGS at the 130th OGC meeting in Seoul

Presenting DGGS at the 130th OGC meeting in Seoul

Our team members Alexander Kmoch and Wai Tik Chan participated at the 130th Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) meeting in Seoul in the beginning of November 2024 and presented updates regarding our opensource DGGS server there.

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Estonian Research Excellence Showcase: ERC Grants Across the Years

Estonian Research Excellence Showcase: ERC Grants Across the Years

Principal Investigator of WaterSmartLand - Evelyn Uuemaa - was honoured to attend the opening of the “Estonian Research Excellence Showcase: ERC Grants Across the Years” exhibition in Estonian Embassy in Brussels organised by Estonian Research Council (ETAG) in September 2024.

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XDGGS: A community-developed Xarray package to support planetary DGGS data cube computations

XDGGS: A community-developed Xarray package to support planetary DGGS data cube computations

During the FOSS4G Europe 2024 Conference on 3 July Alexander Kmoch presented his manuscript on XDGGS.

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