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IRS-1C/1D satellite data to be freely available to support Climate Change/Green Deal activities in Europe
GAF AG and ESA have started a project to enable long term preservation of and public accessibility to the EO data archive of the Indian Remote Sensing satellites IRS-1C and IRS-1D. The data had been collected over Europe between 1996-2005, during the pre-Sentinel era. The preservation and free and open distribution of IRS-1C and IRS-1D satellite data will improve public access to heritage data over Europe from the pre-Sentinel period. It will also support long term analyses of climate-relevant key indicators and land cover and land use trends that are relevant to Climate Change and Green Deal policies and action in Europe. “Our archive of pre-Sentinel Earth observation data is…
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GAF AG provides support to the European Union’s knowledge hub for science, space, and digitalisation
The European Commission has selected the Stantec team, featuring GAF AG as a partner, to support the EU knowledge hub dedicated to Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI), space and earth observation, and digital development. Known as the Knowledge Hub Digital (KHD), this facility aims to boost international cooperation and enhance knowledge sharing in the area of digitalisation, in line with the global ambition of the European Union (EU) to promote a fair, inclusive, gender-responsive, sustainable, and human-centric digital transformation worldwide. The contract requires the provision of highly specialised knowledge and technical assistance during the creation and development of the knowledge hub. With its more than 35 years of extensive expertise…
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New Horizon Europe project ‘EvoLand’ sets off to develop new prototype services for the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service
A consortium under the lead of VITO officially launched the new Horizon Europe project EvoLand (Evolution of the Copernicus Land Service portfolio) in Leuven (Belgium) on the 17th and 18th of January 2023. EvoLand will develop and test new and innovative methods and algorithms and implement a bundle of candidate Copernicus Land Monitoring Service prototypes. This will be realised by integrating novel EO and in-situ data with latest Machine Learning techniques to continuously monitor the status, dynamics and biomass of the land surface focussing on five key thematic domains – agriculture, forest, water, urban and general land cover. GAF AG is part of this new research and development project that…
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New Nigerian Online Mining Cadastre System based on GAF AG’s eMC+ officially launched
The Nigeria Mining Cadastre Office (MCO) in Abuja officially launched its new Online Mining Cadastre System, based on GAF’s eMC+ framework, in November 2022 at the 6th Nigeria Mining Week, in the presence of the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, and the Director General MCO, Engr Simon Nkom. The new system connects the six newly-established Zonal Offices with the headquarters in Abuja, and ensures efficient and transparent management of the mining sector in Nigeria. Investors are now provided with the possibility to submit applications and track the processing of these online, while the general public also benefits by getting access to cadastral information in real-time. The GAF software eMC+…
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Change in leadership at GAF AG – Dr Gernot Ramminger named new Managing Director
Dr Gernot Ramminger, previously Chief Technical Officer, is taking over as Managing Director of GAF AG, a part of the e-GEOS/Telespazio corporate group. GAF has been a global leader in the fields of earth observation, geodata, services and consulting since 1985. Dr Ramminger has held senior positions at GAF for many years and takes over from Dr Sebastian Carl, who held the position as Managing Director since 2018. Dr Gernot Ramminger is succeeding Dr Sebastian Carl as the Managing Director of GAF AG. In his previous position of Chief Technical Officer (CTO), Dr Ramminger had already been a member of the GAF management team since 2018, always working in close…
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ESA and GAF AG continue offering free-of-charge access to DSMs, high-resolution and medium-resolution data via the Third Party Mission Scheme
ESA and GAF AG will continue to provide free-of-charge access to Digital Surface Models (DSMs), high-resolution (HR) and medium-resolution (MR) data for scientific users. In September 2022 they extended their agreement under ESA’s Third-Party Missions (TPM) programme regarding the provision of IRS data and DSMs until the end of 2024 or until full consumption of the budget, whichever occurs first. Therefore, depending on the scientific relevance of proposals, ESA will continue to grant scientists free-of-charge access to IRS optical HR/MR satellite imagery and DSMs. ESA and GAF are the exclusive suppliers in Europe of optical Indian remote sensing satellite (IRS) data from several missions. This unique service began in May…
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30 Jahre Agrar-Fernerkundungskontrollen mit der GAF AG: Ende einer Ära und Beginn einer Neuen
Die GAF AG hat die fernerkundungsgestützte Kontrolle von Beihilfeanträgen im Rahmen der Europäischen Gemeinsamen Agrarpolitik (GAP) seit 30 Jahren mitgestaltet, durchgeführt und geprägt. Diese in ihrer Anwendungsbreite einzigartige Delegation öffentlicher Aufgaben an den Erdbeobachtungssektor findet nun ihre Ablösung in einem flächendeckenden und automatisierten Monitoringsystem, dem AMS. Bei der operationellen Umsetzung dieses neuen Kontrollkonzepts ist die GAF wieder mit technologischen und methodischen Entwicklungen wie KI und Cloud-Lösungen von Beginn an beteiligt. Als die GAF 1990 im Auftrag der EU Anträge für Hartweizen und Baumwolle in Griechenland pilothaft kontrollierte und nachfolgend Anträge auf 5-jährige Flächenstilllegung in Deutschland prüfte, wurde der Grundstein gelegt für die nachfolgend kontinuierliche Durchführung der Kontrollen von flächenbezogenen Maßnahmen…
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Kooperation GAF AG und BKG: Sehr hochauflösende Satellitendaten, Produkte und Dienste für mehr als 400 Bundesbehörden
. – GAF Webportal ermöglicht behördenübergreifende Bereitstellung sehr hochauflösender Satellitendaten über die Servicestelle Fernerkundung am Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie – GAF stellt das hochmoderne GAFportal auf der Intergeo 2022 vor: Halle 2, Stand A2.006 Ein umfangreicher Rahmenvertrag erweitert die erfolgreiche Zusammenarbeit der GAF mit dem Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie (BKG Bund). Das von der GAF entwickelte hochmoderne Webportal wird auf der Open Telekom Cloud (OTC) ausfallsicher betrieben. Es bietet einen umfassenden Zugang zu den Kapazitäten einer Vielzahl höchstaufgelöster, kommerzieller Erdbeobachtungssatelliten im optischen und RADAR-Bereich. Datensuche, Beauftragung von Neuaufnahmen, Bestellabwicklung, Datenbereitstellung und -Visualisierung bilden die Kernfunktionalität des GAFportals. Darüber hinaus werden einfache KI-basierte Analysewerkzeuge zur Verfügung gestellt. Seit Anfang…
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Satellite data help to detect artisanal mining – GAF AG develops the „ASM Alert“ web platform
GAF has developed and implemented an easy-to-use web-based system to recognise indications of unlicenced artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in tropical forests – the “ASM Alert” platform. The platform combines free and publicly available satellite data – in particular European Copernicus Sentinel imagery – with a number of other geodata layers and machine-learning for the analysis. The platform then enables the ordering of commercial, very-high-resolution (VHR) satellite imagery for the identified target areas. The implementation project is being conducted by GAF, Germany, together with the partner IES, Netherlands, and is funded by the European Space Agency (ESA). ASM Alert can be accessed at: https://asmalert.gaf.de/ The ASM Alert platform is funded by ESA…
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GAF AG appointed project lead for the Land Rights Administration Modernisation Programme – PROMOGEF in Senegal
A consortium under the lead of GAF AG will implement the “Programme de Modernisation de la Gestion Foncière” (PROMOGEF), the Land Rights Administration Modernisation Programme of the Senegalese Government and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), funded via the KfW Development Bank. The programme supports the provision of a decentralised, efficient, transparent and accountable land rights administration, with the first phase scheduled for completion by 2025. The “Programme de Modernisation de la Gestion Foncière” (PROMOGEF) was successfully launched in December 2021 with a duration of four years. The German financial cooperation (German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, BMZ) is supporting the Senegalese Government (via…
