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UNIGIS promoting Youth Forum at GSI’2016, Noida!

The UNIGIS@India team led by Dr. Shahnawaz (Director, UNIGIS S/E Asia) played a prominent role in this year’s ‘GeoSmart India’ conference and exhibition held from 1st to 3rd March, 2016 at the India Expo Centre and Mart, Greater Noida, India. UNIGIS coordinated a full day ‘Youth Forum’ on March 2nd, focussing on geospatial capacity building.

Save the date: 25th May Young Professionals Forum GWF Rotterdam

‘Making a Difference in Geospatial Industry’  Wednesday, 25 May 2016, 0900-1800 hrs UNIGIS is a partner in the Young Professionals Forum at Geospatial World Forum Conference in Rotterdam. The Young Professional Forum aims to provide a platform for students and industry to share the same stage and discuss how the next generation geospatialists can make a difference in our ever-changing industry. Students will be given opportunities to present their research work (thesis) at the Forum in front of prospective employees, followed by a special pitch session by companies and government agencies to promote internships and job opportunities for students. Do …

Save the date: 25th May Young Professionals Forum GWF Rotterdam

UNIGIS is a partner in the Young Professionals Forum at Geospatial World Forum Conference in Rotterdam. The Young Professional Forum aims to provide a platform for students and industry to share the same stage and discuss how the next generation geospatialists can make a difference in our ever-changing industry.

UNIGIS MSc 2016 successfully launched in Salzburg

Personal interaction with fellow students and the UNIGIS teaching team was one of the main foci of the 2-day introductory workshop held in Salzburg. This was complemented with an overview of information on study administration and curriculum content, providing a detailed insight into the UNIGIS distance learning framework.  The UNIGIS MSc study day’s on 18th and 19th February were attended by 36 new students from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The very diverse educational and professional backgrounds of UNIGIS students contribute to making personal get-togethers in Salzburg not only informative, but also contribute to an enriching and exciting start-up event. The …

Running ArcGIS 10 on Windows 10 There are a lot of complaints on web fora from people trying to run ArcGIS 10.x on a Windows 10 OS. One complaint that frequently can be read is the fact that the menu bar and/or toolbar and/or ArcToolbox window items are displayed way too small on high-resolution displays (e.g. 3200×1800 HD). I experienced the same problems when I installed ArcGIS 10.1 on my new Windows 10 laptop: the toolbar items and my ArcToolbox window items were not readable. I’ve been experimenting with different solutions and found this combination to be working for me. …

New Board UNIGIS International Association installed

UIA Board members 2016: Jasper Dekkers, Gemma Boix, Graham Smith, Jacek Kozak, Josef Strobl The UNIGIS International Association has a new composition of its board. Dr. Jasper Dekkers, already a board member in his role as treasurer, is the new chair of the UNIGIS International Association (UIA). Jasper is affiliated with UIA through UNIGIS Amsterdam, offered by VU University Amsterdam in The Netherlands. Former Chair Professor Josef Strobl (UNIGIS Salzburg) is now general board member, responsible for partnerships within UIA. Professor Jacek Kozak (UNIGIS Krakow) is UIA’s new treasurer. Gemma Boix (UNIGIS Girona) is responsible for all UIA marketing matters and …

Webinar 6 Jan 2016 | GI Capacity Building in Schools

Willemijn Simon van Leeuwen – Director Geo Science Center GeoFort Mark Opmeer – Researcher Digital Humanities (recording) Is Minecraft a useful teaching tool? Researchers at SPINlab (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) are trying to find the answer to this question. Their focus group are teachers who use Minecraft in the classroom in three Dutch schools in Lelystad, Zaandam and Amsterdam. These teachers can provide valuable feedback about whether Minecraft is an effective teaching tool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=277979Wq0u4 Parallel to this, the project GeoCraft NL is developed: a Minecraft world with the whole of the Netherlands on a scale 1:1. The project, initiated by the …

Sign up for tomorrow’s free U_Lecture about Minecraft in Schools (5-6PM CET)

Is Minecraft a useful teaching tool? Researchers at SPINlab (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) are trying to find the answer to this question. Their focus group are teachers who use Minecraft in the classroom in three Dutch schools in Lelystad, Zaandam and Amsterdam. These teachers can provide valuable feedback about whether Minecraft is an effective teaching tool.  Parallel to this, the project GeoCraft NL is developed: a Minecraft world with the whole of the Netherlands on a scale 1:1. The project, initiated by the Dutch Geo Science Center GeoFort, delivers a map with all the trees, roads, rivers and buildings in the …

UNIGIS Salzburg @ Capturing Reality Forum

The Capturing Reality Forum took place at the Salzburg Congress in Salzburg, Austria, from 23-25 November 2015. The Forum provided an inspiring platform for professionals to meet, learn and share ideas with industry’s best with a focus on technologies of laser scanning, LiDAR and 3D data capture and modeling. A tendency can be observed, in which photogrammetry in near real-time processing plays a significant role in obstacle detection and semantic recognition from images to be implemented in road traffic solutions. The major problem is, to filter out the relevant data from massive image data, says keynote speaker, Luc Van Gool (ETH Zürich). In this context LIDAR and photogrammetry have been …

UNIGIS Academic Excellence Prize 2015

Winners of the UNIGIS Academic Excellence Prize 2015 UNIGIS UK celebrates its 25th anniversary of the first intake in Manchester on October 22-24.  During this meeting the UNIGIS International Association (UIA) announced the winners of its 2015 Academic Excellence Prize. This award, initiated in 2008, is presented to the student, or students, nominated by their UNIGIS sites for submitting the best MSc thesis (or paper) during the academic year. This year the competition was very tight with nine excellent high quality MSc theses being considered by the review panel. In the end the panel decided to grant three award winning theses. …