2013 - University College Cork

The Geomatics and Remote Sensing thematic area includes expertise
available in the Coastal and Marine Research Centre and in
Geography and Archaeology: School of the Human Environment.
Expertise covers applications of optical and radar remote sensing in
the terrestrial, marine and coastal domain, image processing, end
user requirements analysis, standards-based spatial data management
and exchange, database design, data visualisation, web-GIS
implementation and metadata management. The thematic area has
been successful in developing a number of spatial data management,
analysis and visualisation systems (e.g. Marine Irish Digital Atlas) as
well as thematic maps demonstrating the potential of remote sensing.
The group fosters national and international collaboration with
bodies such as the EPA, Teagasc, OSI, National Space Centre, the
Technical University of Vienna, the National Oceanographic Centre
UK, the Nansen Centre, Norway and with IFREMER in France. The
groups also play a key role in developing teaching activities e.g. MSc
in Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing (RS). At
present the Remote Sensing strand represents the largest concentration
of RS researchers within Ireland, and the Geomatics strand
is recognised internationally as a leader in providing solutions for
marine geospatial data management.
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS
Dr Ned Dwyer (Lead PI)
Dr Fiona Cawkwell (Lead PI)
Mr Anthony Patterson
Mr Declan Dunne
Dr Yassine Lassoued
Ms Vicki O’Donnell
Geomatics and Remote Sensing
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