Galileo incident of July 11th to 17th

On July 12th an incident affecting the European navigation system Galileo was reported on the news. For the user, the incident appeared so that Galileo satellites were not used for positioning. This was also seen on NLS' FinnRef network.

The new Government Programme supports research

Here at the Finnish Geospatial Research Institute we were eager to see how the Government Programme addresses research.

Gravity measurements in Antarctic summer

Geodetic and geodynamic research takes the research scientist around the world, sometimes as far as Antarctica. Last November, I did absolute gravity measurements in summery Antarctica.

Modernizing the Mining Industry

The KAIVOS (Efficient & safe identification of minerals) project was established as a Business Finland funded venture with FGI (Finnish Geodetic Research Institute / Paikkatietokeskus), Aalto University and VTT, with the final goal to realize a fully automated mineral recognition and positioning system to help mines locate and differentiate between minerals and know their locations at all times with unpresented accuracy.

Does the future of spatial data lie in open-source point cloud ecosystems?

Spatial data is a hot topic today: more and more parties and applications use location-based data. We can talk about a trend and even an "explosion of spatial data". Finland wants to be a part of the development. In the report on spatial data policy, which is being circulated for comments, the aim is that Finland will become the world's leading country in the use of spatial data.

FGI through the eyes of a PhD candidate

I had the pleasure to join the Finnish Geospatial Research Institute for six months as a visiting researcher in the framework of my doctoral studies at Politecnico di Torino, Italy.

When a citizen is dissatisfied with the decision of an authority

Each year, we make hundreds of thousands of decisions, which a dissatisfied citizen can appeal.

Peer reviews – an invisible part of scientific research

In today's era of conflicting definitions of truth, trust in non peer-reviewed science is not something we can take for granted.

Blog: Successful Workshop on Solutions for Maritime Situational Awareness

Situational awareness is especially important in the Baltic Sea, where thousands of vessels of all sizes are sailing at any given time.