Research groups

Ongoing research groups

Geodata Science and Geocomputation

Research on efficient analysis and mining of spatiotemporal data for exploiting big data and for producing faster analyses.

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Geospatial Representation and Interaction

Influential research on design, construction and usability of purposeful geospatial representations for exploration and conception of geographic information.

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Geospatial Technologies

Versatile and efficient geospatial network service solutions based on modern technologies.

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Gravity

The research group maps the gravity field of the Earth both in Finland and globally, and studies its variation in time due to geophysical phenomena.

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Mapping and Change Analysis Applications

The Mapping group develops automatic methods to interpret remote sensing and Earth observation data and their changes.

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Mobile Mapping and Autonomous Driving

The research group of Mobile Mapping and Autonomous Driving is working actively in the areas of mobile mapping technology (hardware/software), applications, and algorithms.

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Mobimap and laser scanning research

The research group of mobile mapping and Laser Scanning Research is working actively in the areas of mobile mapping technology (hardware/software), applications, and algorithms.

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Reference systems

The main focus areas of the Group are the accuracy, precision, and reliability of the measuring techniques and transformations.

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Satellite and Radio Navigation (SARANA)

The Satellite and Radio Navigation research group focuses on the research and development of methods and algorithms improving accuracy, availability and reliability of navigation with GNSS and other radio signals.

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Sensors and Indoor Navigation (SINA)

The goal of the group’s research is to provide everyone with reliable and accurate position information, despite the situation, environment and equipment used.

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Smart pointclouds

Smart point clouds research group investigates how novel point cloud technologies can benefit the society.

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Space Geodesy

In the research group, we utilize and develop various space geodetic and astronomical observing techniques covering different wavelengths: from very long baseline radio interferometry (VLBI) and radar, to satellite laser ranging (SLR) and traditional optical observations.

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Spectrophotogrammetry

The Spectrophotogrammetry group investigates the utilisation of the 3D geometry, high-resolution photogrammetric images and object reflectance signatures in various applications.

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