Institute
of
African Studies
Consortium for Research in East African Tropical Ecosystems
Prof. Dr.-Ing.Gertrud Schaab
Beteiligte WissenschaftlerinTelefon: +49(0)721 925-2923
Fax: +49(0)721 925-2597
e-Mail: gertrud.schaab(at)hs-karlsruhe.de
Hochschule Karlsruhe Technik und Wirtschaft - University of Applied Sciences
Moltkestr. 30
76133 Karlsruhe
http://www.hs-karlsruhe.de
Working Group G(V)ISЯ as acronym for Integrated Visualisation, Geographic Information Science, and Remote Sensing for Environmental Research
involvement in BIOTA:
Research Aims:
Our aim is:
- to support environmental research in an interdisciplinary context
- to combine methods of cartography, GIS and remote sensing in applied research, and thus
- to contribute to nature conservation and management
We are interested in:
- applying our skills in very different contexts (e.g. biodiversity research, atmospheric research)
- developing ideas for new approaches via interdisciplinary cooperations
- improving the understanding of phenomena at the landscape scale
- gathering, compiling, and integrating data and information from disparate sources
- setting-up timeseries for learning from the past in order to look into the future
- building capacity of people from developing countries as well as of those from other disciplines
Approaches and methodologies applied:
- geodatabases (considering meta data, geodata quality)
- Web-based services (geodata visualisation tool including data quality, online geodata-catalogue)
- cartography (desktop mapping, GIS-based, digital image processing)
- interactive visualisation tools (Flash, Macromedia Director)
- customisation of GIS applications / tool development (ArcGIS, ArcEngine)
- GIS-based model development for simulating changes/processes (ArcGIS, ArcObject)
- pixel-based multi-spectral image processing (Landsat, SPOT; ERDAS Imagine)
- object-based image analysis (QuickBird; eCognition)
- change analysis (including development types)
- landscape metrics and other indices (e.g. related to fragmentation, disturbance)
