Acquisition, storage, modeling and analysis of spatial data and information

     Geospatial Information Systems

• Multi-dimensional modelling, analysis and visualization

• Spatial decision support systems and multi-criteria decision making

• Geospatial simulation and modeling

• Spatio-temporal data mining and knowledge discovery

• Spatial optimization and computational intelligence

• Spatial data quality and uncertainty assessment

• Location-based services, geospatial services and real-time applications

• Indoor and outdoor navigation, routing and way finding

• Spatial movement data analysis

• Geospatial information for smart cities and smart environment

• Geosensors networks and sensor Web

• Cartography, generalization and multi-scale representation

• Spatial cognition and spatial linguistics

• Spatial semantics and spatio-temporal ontologies

• Ubiquitous geospatial information systems

• Volunteered geographic information, crowdsourcing and public participatory GIS

• Spatial data structures and algorithms

• Spatial Big data management

• Building information management (BIM)

• Spatio-temporal data modeling, analysis and acquisition techniques

• Land administration, spatial data infrastructures and spatially-enabled government

• Interoperability and standards

     Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry

• Airborne, terrestrial and mobile mapping

• Unmanned vehicle systems for geomatics

• Laser scanning for 3D surveying and mapping

• SAR image analysis, modeling and techniques

• POL and POLInSAR techniques and applications

• Digital terrain modeling and analysis

• Sensors and methods of DEM generation

• Feature extraction/selection and dimension reduction in hyperspectral images

• Image segmentation, object detection and recognition

• Target detection and unmixing in hyperspectral images

• Feature extraction and information retrieval from SAR and hyperspectral images

• Image and spatial data fusion

• Close range photogrammetry

• ۳D reconstruction and point cloud processing

• Virtual and augmented reality

• Tomography and 3D mapping

• Satellite oceanography

     Geodesy

• Geodetic sensors and 3D measurements

• Relative satellite positioning

• Recent advances in modeling time-varying gravity field

• Geodetic reference frames

• Advances in earthquake source imaging using geodetic and seismic data

• Geodesy on large construction: monitoring of structures and system analysis

• Imaging geodesy and GPS for tectonic and non-tectonic deformation analysis

• Modeling atmospheric effects in geodetic observations

• Sensor technology and geodetic meteorology

   Spatial information and earth observation for environmental monitoring, natural hazards, and disaster management

• Earth observation missions for monitoring environmental changes at local, regional and global scales

• Monitoring and modeling land use and land cover changes

• Remote sensing and GIS to support the emergency management

• Geoinformation to support early warning in cases of natural hazards

• Remote sensing of changes in snow and ice, frozen ground, ice sheets and glaciers and arctic water sea ice

• Photogrammetry and remote Sensing for dynamic vulnerability and recovery monitoring

• Desertification, deforestation, flood, earthquake, landslide vulnerability assessment

• Climate-induced hazards mapping and vulnerability assessment

• Modeling and analyzing of impacts from sea level rise

• Integration of remote sensing and GIS for predicting, monitoring and responding to hydro-meteorological and geophysical extremes

• Spatiotemporal modeling of landscape dynamics

• Quality assurance for environmental change databases

• New earth observation systems for natural hazard monitoring

• Geosensor networks for environmental monitoring

• UAV systems for hazard mapping and damage assessment

• Laser scanning for indoors and outdoor mapping and search and rescue simulations

• Web based multidimensional GIS for disaster risk management

• Multi-sensor fusion/integration for monitoring marine disasters

• Integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) modeling and monitoring

• Mobile mapping for transportation emergency response

• New geospatial technologies in early warning, forecasting and monitoring of natural hazard chains

• Public participation GIS for disaster preparedness and planning

• Foggy weather/heavy rain, impact on quality of life (e.g., car accidents)

• Red tide, impact on marine life and policy management

• Sand twisters and rigorous winds

• Geospatial modeling of environmental and air pollution

• Geospatial big data for environmental modeling

• Energy management using geospatial modeling

• Precise agriculture using remote sensing and GIS

• Terrestrial and sea surface thermal mapping

• Natural resource management using remote sensing and GIS integration

• Oil and gas potential mapping using remote sensing and GIS

• Rapid mapping for environmental applications and disaster management

• Mapping of settlement patterns for urbanization monitoring

• Agricultural mapping and monitoring

• Vegetation and crops monitoring and growth

• Forest classification and monitoring