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  • Finnish raster datasets are now available through STAC API

    Over 100 Finnish raster datasets are now available via Paituli STAC – Spatio Temporal Asset Catalog! STAC is a specification to describe geospatial datasets with temporal dimension. STAC includes only the metadata of datasets and links to the actual files. The data files themselves are usually stored in the cloud. STAC is most often used…

  • Benefits of LUMI supercomputer for geospatial companies, 8.6.2023.

    We invite you to spend a morning with us at the CSC office in Keilaniemi or online to introduce the EuroHPC LUMI supercomputer. LUMI is the flagship supercomputer in Europe and one of the leading AI instruments in the world, which is now available also for Finnish companies! We will introduce, how your geospatial workflows…

  • Geoinformatics research days 2023

    The Finnish University Network for Geoinformatics (Fiuginet) organizes the annual Geoinformatics Research Days on Monday, May 15th and Tuesday, May 16th on Aalto University Otaniemi campus, Espoo. The two-day conference consists of two keynote speeches and numerous other presentations. The conference is free of charge. For more info and to registering, check the Fiuginet page.

  • New Earth Observation Guide

    The EO guide is located on CSC documentation pages (https://docs.csc.fi/support/tutorials/gis/eo_guide/) and aims to help researchers to work with Earth Observation (EO) data using CSC’s computing resources. The purpose of this guide is to give an overview of available options, so it would be easier to decide if CSC has suitable services for your EO research.…

  • HOWTO: OpenDroneMap in cPouta

    Updated instructions on how to install OpenDroneMap (ODM) drone mapping software on CSC’s cPouta virtual machine and the web user interface (WebODM) on both cPouta and on Windows can be found from the section Tools->Drones.

  • Online workshop: CSC and Geoportti services for research using spatial data 14.12.2022

    Join us for a three part online afternoon to learn about CSC services and why you might want to use them in your research. We will start with an introduction for new users, what is it all about and how you can get access to our computing resources. CSC computing services are free of charge…

  • Tulanetin infrapäivän 5.10.2022 antia

    Parempaa tutkimusta ja innovaatioita tutkimusinfrastruktuurien yhteiskäytöllä: lue Tulanetin infrapäivän kooste ja tutustu esityksiin. 

  • Course: Practical machine learning with spatial data (7.11. – 9.11.2022, at CSC)

    The course gives a practical introduction to machine learning with spatial data, both to shallow learning and deep learning models, including convolutional neural networks (CNN). The course consists of lectures and hands-on exercises in Python. We will use scikit-learn for the shallow learning exercises and keras for deep learning exercises. For more info, see https://ssl.eventilla.com/event/VDK2b

  • EO Workshop

    Geoportti is organizing an Earth Observation workshop to bring the EO community together to: The event is free of charge. Time: 16.05.2022, 12.30-16.00 Location: hybrid – Viikki campus and online (Teams) Registration and more information: https://ssl.eventilla.com/event/zArJA

  • Geoinformatics research days 2022

    The Finnish University Network for Geoinformatics (Fiuginet) organizes the annual Geoinformatics Research Days on Monday, May 9th and Tuesday, May 10th on Kumpula campus, Helsinki. The event will be divided into seminar day on Monday, where the focus is on delivering high quality talks related to geoinformatics research and societal impact. On Tuesday, the focus…