What: its4land's Mila Koeva organized together with TU Delft the 2018 3D GeoInfo Conference Where: Delft, Netherlands When: 1 and 2 October 2018 Who: Mila Koeva, University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) Mila Koeva its4land Project Coordinator has to wear one more cap this October. She was glad to organize together with TU Delft the [...]

What: 18 UAV test flights in the Netherlands Where: Bentelo, Netherlands When: 13 July 2018 Who: ITC UAV pilots in collaboration with DroneExperts and Space53 Why: - 18 test flights were carried out with the DT18 and the DJI Phantom 4 to collect images for data quality analysis - Radiometric and geometric accuracy of the [...]

What: software architecture to disseminate its4land tools ready When: 31 July 2018 Who: Hansa Luftbild, Germany The “Publish and Share” work package (work package 6), led by Hansa Luftbild, has developed together with the other technical work packages in its4land and based on the results from the requirements analysis conducted earlier in the project, a software [...]

What: A procedure for semi-automated cadastral boundary feature extraction from high-resolution satellite imagery has been awarded the Best Research and Review Paper Award for 2018 by the Editorial Board of the Journal of Spatial Science. When: 11 July 2018 Who: Y. A. Wassie, M. N. Koeva, R. M. Bennett & C. H. J. Lemmen Why: The paper written by [...]

What: New itsland article in RICS land journal When: April-May edition 2018 Who: Serene Ho, Ine Buntinx and Joep Crompvoets of KU Leuven (Belgium) Why: the its4land project is examining social challenges of developing fit-for-purpose technologies for land tenure security in East Africa as Serene Ho, Ine Buntinx and Joep Crompvoets of KU Leuven explain [...]

What: Chair a session and presentation at LANDac Annual Conference: LAND GOVERNANCE AND (IM)MOBILITY: Exploring the nexus between land acquisition, displacement and migration When:  28 June 2018 Where: Utrecht, The Netherlands Who: Claudia Stöcker (University of Twente, ITC) Why: ITC chaired a session on: Shifting and Demarcating Boundaries: the Role of Digital Data Technologies Presentation about: UAV [...]

What: ISPRS TC II Symposium ‘Towards Photogrammetry 2020’ When:  4-7 June 2018 Where: Riva del Garda, Italy Who: Sophie Crommelinck and Mila Koeva (University of Twente, ITC) Why: Sophie: to present her latest research paper on the tool development for WP5 (https://www.isprs-ann-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/IV-2/81/2018/) Mila: to present the current state of its4land: INNOVATIONS FOR LAND TENURE”, http://www.isprs.org/tc2-symposium2018/images/TCII-Scientific-Program.pdf)  

What: Presentation at FIG When: for FIG conference, 6-11 May, 2018, Instanbul, Turkey Who: Claudia Stöcker and Mila Koeva (University of Twente, ITC) Why: Presentation and publication by Stöcker et al.: “Towards UAV-based Land Tenure Data Acquisition in Rwanda: Needs Assessment and Technology Response” Koeva et al.: "Its4land - Challenges and Opportunities in Developing Innovative Geospatial [...]

What: Deliverable 7.1: “Governance and capacity development definition” ready When: 26 April, 2018 Who: KU Leuven Deliverable 7.1: “Define governance and capacity development in the context of its4land” Although technical innovations are crucial to overcome current land tenure challenges, these alone are not able to cope with adapting, scaling and sustaining the geospatial its4land tools. To [...]