What is attractive about land surveying? Metropolia students say

While land surveying may be a slightly less familiar field of study for many, it actually attracts a good number of applicants each year.

Enjoy the scenery and keep the area tidy

The border between Finland and Norway includes the maintenance of an open area on the border, the border corridor.

A smart harvester guides forest machine operators towards sustainable forest management

The IlmoStar research project is developing precise forest management based on accurate positioning data to help address biodiversity and carbon sinks even better than before.

First in Europe: geospatial datasets now cross borders seamlessly

The Location Europe platform combines various data sources and supports the development of location-based services.

Glacier now several metres taller due to increased rain in Antarctica

A Finnish expedition installed devices in Antarctica that enable more accurate research on the movement of Earth's crust and glaciers. The Finnish research station in Aboa is now a top-tier infrastructure measuring hub that will facilitate research in the area long into future.

Crash of the ERS-2 satellite also carefully monitored in Finland

It has been estimated that the European Space Agency’s (ESA) ERS-2 satellite, used for remote sensing, will crash into the Earth’s atmosphere on Wednesday 21 February. The National Land Survey of Finland’s Finnish Geospatial Research Institute and the Finnish Meteorological Institute are closely involved in predicting and monitoring the movements of the resulting space debris.

Customers satisfied with the NLS’s map image services

NLS’s customers are very satisfied with the map image services. Customers trust their availability, and the products received through the services respond to most users’ needs.

Geospatial data as part of larger information assets in Europe

The INSPIRE Directive plays an increasingly important role in solving environmental and climate change-related challenges.

Solutions for forest management through new research

Identifying trees in high detail using drones and maps will improve forest management in the future. The new research projects of the Finnish Geospatial Research Institute (FGI) of the National Land Survey of Finland (NLS) and the UNITE competence centre develop innovative solutions for the collection of forest data and accurate harvesting.

Expropriation to build a new power line from Vaala to Joroinen about to start

A new power line will be built from Vaala to Joroinen to transmit more electricity. The main grid company Fingrid is expropriating land use rights over a distance of 300 kilometres in accordance with the expropriation procedure.