Scope
Land use and land cover have been one of the first and main products from remote sensing data. Its dynamics are strongly influenced by socio-economic factors and political decisions, generating a need for adequate mapping and monitoring tools. As a consequence, robust and sophisticated analysis methods are required for accurate information extraction and fast and efficient data analysis adopted to the rapid advances in image and sensor technologies. Furthermore, multi-temporal and multi-sensor approaches are becoming more and more important not only for change detection but also for more detailed classification approaches. The EARSeL Special Interest Group on Land Use and Land Cover (SIG LULC) aims to bundle methodological and application-oriented research activities in this thematic field. The workshops shall form a platform for scientific exchange and discussion on a variety of related topics.
geoland2
The EAESeL SIG is actively involved in the EU FP7 geoland2 GMES project. EARSeL is responsibel for the organisation and coordination of Science Platform within the consortium.
Workshops & Conference Sessions
The Special Interest Group (SIG) organizes regular workshops on a bi-annual basis. The workshops are organized with oral and poster presentations with room for discussions. Additional sessions on the SIG topics are proposed within the annual EARSeL symposium.
Recent workshops have been held in:
The next workshop is scheduled for 25-27 November 2009 in Bonn.
A comprehensive mailing-list is kept to actively distribute relevant information of the SIG.
Universität Bonn
Zentrum für Fernerkundung der Landoberfläche (ZFL)
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn - Walter-Flex-Str. 3 - D-53113 Bonn - Germany
phone +49-22873-4978 - fax -6857 - zfl[at]uni-bonn.de - www.zfl.uni-bonn.de
