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Blog: The Privacy Revolution
According to technology writer and Harvard alumnus fellow Doc Searls, the internet is a “teenager.” If we measure in human years, perhaps it is a young adult.
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DroneFinland made 60 imaging flights during the summer
DroneFinland's unmanned airborne vehicles (UAVs or drones) have collected much remote sensing data this summer.
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Find the best picnic site with #hylo
The FGI's MyGeoTrust project has launched a new phone app called #hylo.
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Spatial data enables movement indoors and outdoors in future
Research on positioning and navigation methods is essential to enable the digitalisation of public services and functions.
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Scientist discover that trees sleep at night
In a recently published study, a team of researchers from Austria, Finland and Hungary measured the sleep movement of fully grown trees using a time series of laser scanning point clouds. As it turns out, trees seem to go to sleep at night too.
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Situational awareness benefits both casual seafarers and merchant shipping
Optimal route selection is important for maritime safety.
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Honorary doctorate shows appreciation for research
Professor Juha Hyyppä who is the director of the Centre of Excellence in Laser Scanning Research at the Finnish Geospatial Research Institute (FGI), a
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Map service showing the popularity of exercise routes gets international recognition
A map service of the popularity of exercise routes that was implemented as a research demo won the category Digital products at the International Cart
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Blog: FGI Initiatives Affect Us All
"A bridge must be built between research and everyday production to allow research outcomes to be put smoothly in practice."
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Blog: They know not what they do
Last year, Jussi Valtonen wrote the Finlandia prize-winning novel He eivät tiedä mitä he tekevät ("They Know Not What They Do").
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