Baltic Explorer helps to coordinate conflicting interests in regional planning

Researchers from the Department of Geoinformatics and Cartography of the National Land Survey of Finland developed Baltic Explorer, a collaborative web app, with which teams can easily prepare plans based on geospatial data.

Decision makers need data from forest ecosystems

In order to make wise decisions and policies for climate protection, we need more understanding on the interactions between the carbon cycles and the changes in environment. A new research project will demonstrate, how understanding ecosystem cycles in forest can be enhanced through automatically collected and analysed terrestrial laser scanning time series data.

New topographic data production tool to be based on open source code

The new topographic data production system of the National Land Survey of Finland (NLS) will be based on open source technologies. The NLS decided to modernise the production system, because the needs to change topographic data have changed, and the current system no longer meets the demands.

NLS invoices to be sent as Suomi.fi messages

Starting on 21 September 2020, in accordance with the Finnish government’s new invoice delivery agreement,the NLS will send invoices via the Suomi.fi messages servicefor customers who use the Suomi.fi service and have not ordered NLS invoices as e-invoices.

Researchers levitate extra-terrestrial samples with soundwaves

Researchers have created a new way to measure optical properties of tiny particles.

FinnRef network monitors how Galileo performs

A new international research project ‘Support for the Galileo Reference Centre’ contributes to the monitoring of the EU’s satellite positioning and navigation system Galileo.

Homes in Vaasa rise a centimetre a year due to land uplift

There are no major earthquakes in Finland, but the land is still constantly on the move. Finland moves about two centimetres northeast every year together with Eurasian tectonic plate. Additionally, as a result of the land uplift after the latest ice age, the horizontal coordinates of Finland change a few millimetres and heights up to one centimetre every year.

A Cooperative agreement signed between FGI and NASA

The Finnish Geospatial Research Institute (FGI) of the National Land Survey and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have signed an agreement to confirm their mutual interest in cooperation in the field of space geodesy.

Receive NLS's invoices no matter where you are

E-invoices are an easy, safe and automatic way to receive NLS’s invoices in your online banking service.

Research professor Eija Honkavaara recognised with international remote sensing award

The esteemed International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) has awarded research professor Eija Honkavaara from the National Land Survey of Finland’s Finnish Geospatial Research Institute (FGI) with the President's Honorary Citation.