Two student papers at AGILE 2019

Four students of the Erasmus Mundus Master “Geospatial Technologies” presented two papers at AGILE 2019, the 22^nd conference on Geo-information Science in Limassol, Cyprus (https://agile-online.org/conference-2019). The papers were developed during the first semester in Lisbon in the course GIS Applications.

Carlos Delgado and Moritz Hildemann presented the topic of 3D-routing for urban air taxis. The 3D network analysis aims on finding a network which corresponds with the flight laws while considering points and areas of interest to the citizens like recreational parks, school or embassies.

Jordan Bates and Tanmoy Chakraborty presented on flood risk assessment and mitigation using unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) data. Their analysis combined several high-resolution data sets while incorporating multi-criteria decision making with least-cost networks to understand the direction water would most likely flow after it has surpassed the river crest.

We were able to meet professionals in the field of Geoinformation Science and could gain many insights. Not only were we able to gather recommendations and feedback for improving our research topics, also we gathered information and new impulses in different Geoinformation-related topics. We also attended a very interesting workshop about R for GIS. Moreover, we enjoyed the pretty island of Cyprus. We had a very nice time and are grateful for the monetary support for the flights by the Erasmus Mundus program and for the support for the accommodation and conference costs by AGILE.

Carlos Delgado (left), our student coordinator Prof. Dr. Marco Painho from Nova IMS (2nd from left), Tanmoy Chakraborty (3rd from right), Jordan Bates (2nd from right) and Moritz Hildemann (right) visited the AGILE conference on Geo-information Science in Limassol, Cyprus from 19.06.2019 – 22.06.2019.