Year: 2020
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GIS data in CSC’s Allas and Puhti
CSC’s Allas, a modern object storage system, is an easy way for CSC users to store research data. Allas can be accessed everywhere and the users have the option to set their datasets public. Currently, there are Sentinel2 2A level images of Finland from the vegetation period in 2016-2020 available. For more information and public…
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Changes to the NLS’s Topographic Database data in Puhti
The National Land Survey’s Topographic Database GeoPackages found in CSC’s Puhti will be updated. The municipality borders will be removed and they will be available as a separate dataset. The layer “kunta” will be removed from the file “/appl/data/geo/mml/maastotietokanta/2020/gpkg/MTK-muut_20-02-06.gpkg”. Different administrative borders of various scales can be found from “/appl/data/geo/mml/hallintorajat_*/”. They are also available in…
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Luke publishes maps of less common tree species occurrence from early 1990es to 2015
Luke has estimated the occurrence of less common tree species in the form of thematic maps covering entire area of Finland. The maps represent the situation at four dates: 1994, 2002, 2009 and 2015. The maps are based on national forest inventory (NFI), and the corresponding national forest inventories are NFI8, NFI9, NFI10/11 and NFI11/12.…
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Open position: System Engineer at CyberGIS Center, US
Open position: System Engineer at CyberGIS Center, US: https://cybergis.illinois.edu/career/system-engineer/. This position is expected to join a dynamic team to make significant contributions to innovating big-data and high-performance geospatial computing systems. The position is full-time, permanent, and eligible for attractive benefits. Application deadline is April 13, 2020. Prof. Shaowen WangDepartment HeadDepartment of Geography and Geographic Information…
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Symposium: CoastGIS 2020 – Sustainable Coastal Planning in a Changing World (17-19 September)
The CoastGIS 2020 Coastal GIS Symposium in Raseborg will be the 14th international exchange of knowledge, ideas and experience on how spatial data and information technologies aid marine and coastal zone managers and stakeholders in better understanding and managing coastal space and resources. The theme “Sustainable Coastal Planning in a Changing World” refers to the…
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Course: Practical machine learning for spatial data (30.3-1.4.2020, at CSC)
The course, organized by CSC, gives a practical introduction to machine learning for spatial data, both to shallow learning and deep learning models, especially convolutional neural networks (CNN). The course consists of lectures and hands-on exercises, on both local computers and on Puhti-AI supercomputer. For more info, see https://csc.fi/web/training/-/practical-machine-learning-for-spatial-da-1
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Geoinformatics assistant professor position open at Aalto University
Aalto University Department of Built Environment has an open position for an assistant professor in geoinformatics. The focus areas of the professorship should be in the fields of geospatial analysis, spatial data analytics, geovisualisation, or artificial intelligence applied in a geospatial context. Only Assistant Professor level candidates will be considered in this call and applications will…
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Spatial data analysis in CSC new Puhti supercomputer
During the autumn 2019 CSC new computing environment was opened for users, including Puhti supercomputer and Allas object storage. The new documentation is available at https://docs.csc.fi Puhti Puhti is meant for large scale data analysis and simulations and provides more computing power than normal desktop machines have. Puhti is the replacement of the older Taito…