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How strong is gravity in Lapland and do you know what it affects? Researchers measure gravity in four locations
Finland’s gravity is in constant motion which is why researchers from the Finnish Geospatial Research Institute (FGI) of the National Land Survey of Finland (NLS) measure it every year.
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Versatile use of country-wide laser scanning data (VERSATILE)
The project results benefit the development and updating of spatial data infrastructures, especially the Topographic database, as well as all end users of the country-wide LIDAR data.
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Data on individual trees to become available in the forest sector – benefits also in Forest Act supervision and EU regulation
The NLS and the Finnish Forest Centre have started a joint research project to diversify and specify data on forest resources at the level of individual trees. In the coming years, data on forest changes and biodiversity will be required to monitor EU obligations, among other uses.
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Revolution of Location-based Services (SUPRA)
In our vision consumer-aimed LBSs could be supplied with new kind of contents based on real-time geospatial analysis.
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The review of the state boundary between Finland and Norway is nearing completion – the final inspection of terrain work is complete
The Finnish and Norwegian border commissions completed the final inspection of terrain work on the national border between Finland and Norway in June.
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Electromagnetic scattering by complex medium
Large part of the information from local environment to distant planets is received by measuring and analyzing the scattered light, i.e. by remote sensing.
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Streak detection and astrometric reduction (StreakDet)
In the ESA-funded StreakDet project, we investigate all-around detection and reduction algorithms applicable to optical observations of satellites and space debris.
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European Location Framework (ELF)
The goal of the project is to develop the European Location Framework (ELF) required to provide up-to-date, authoritative, interoperable, cross-border, reference geo-information for use by the European public and private sectors.
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Hydrography and identifiers (HY-ID)
Four main research questions of the project.
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Development of a Mobile Public Precise Positioning Service Based on the National GNSS Network (P3-Service)
The goal of this project is to develop a public mobile precise positioning service for consumer-grade receivers.
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