On February 24, 2026, Lena Jäger will present her Master Thesis on “Assessing the potential of thermal UAS for spatio-temporal Arctic snow monitoring – A pilot study in Bjørndalen, Svalbard” at 12:00 in seminar room 3, John-Skilton-Str. 4a. From the abstract: The Arctic is warming 2-4 times faster…

This week, our Eagle students have been soaring deeper into the world of spatial science with the **Orfeo Toolbox (OTB)** — a powerful open-source library for remote sensing image processing. Originally developed by the French Space Agency (CNES), OTB offers a rich suite of tools for handling…

The coming months offer many opportunities to connect with the Earth Observation (EO) community across a wide range of conferences, workshops, and focused scientific meetings. These events are not only places to present results, but also spaces for open exchange, fresh ideas, and new…

Researchers from the Earth Observation Center (EOC) of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Oberpfaffenhofen and our Earth Observation Research Cluster (EORC) of the University of Würzburg teamed up for a study on using open webcam data for traffic monitoring. The paper titled “Open webcam data for…

We are grateful for the long-standing and growing opportunity to work with the Schneefernerhaus research station on Zugspitze, Germany’s highest mountain. For our work at the EORC, this collaboration provides an exceptional foundation for research on snow, ice, glaciers, and high-mountain…

Our students have recently turned their fieldwork at the Environmental Research Station Schneefernerhaus into a published press article, showcasing how hands‑on glacier and snow research becomes part of real scientific communication.  Our course at Schneefernerhaus The course took place at the…

Final day of our #eagle #EarthObservation course at Schneefernerhaus

As part of our course on Earth Observation data acquisition, EAGLE students experience first-hand that even the best planning is ultimately shaped by the weather. While flight plans, measurement strategies, and schedules can be carefully prepared in advance, field work in alpine (or arctic or…

Recently, our team carried out another successful field campaign at the Schneefernerhaus research station on the Zugspitze in the Alps. Together with our EAGLE students, we collected UAS-based environmental data alongside detailed in-situ measurements of snow properties. These complementary…

In a recent contribution to Praxis Agrar – the practice-oriented online platform published by the Bundesinformationszentrum Landwirtschaft (BZL) – biogas flower mixtures are presented as a viable alternative to maize-dominated energy cropping systems. The article discusses how diversified mixtures…

Earth Observation course in cold regions using multi-sensor #uas with our international #eagle #msc program

check out our 2025 review - quite a diversity of activities and achievements at our #EarthObservation #research cluster @uni-wuerzburg.de remote-sensing.org/%f0%9f%8c%8d...

a review of an exciting 2025 in research and training #remotesensing #earthobs #gischat #phdlife #msc #research #science

Can animal paths be automatically mapped using drones? Read about our new paper together with SANparks on animal path detection using UAVs and Deep Learning in Kruger National Park. @caipide.bsky.social @bevanda.bsky.social @schwalb-willmann.de

As 2025 draws to a close, we at the Earth Observation Research Cluster (EORC) would like to take a moment to reflect on an inspiring and productive year—and to say thank you to everyone who made it possible – from EORC staff, EAGLE student to our collaborators. This year has been marked by exciting…

Recently, EORC researches and partners participated in the SvalbardMonitoring workshop, a four-day event organized by the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) in Longyearbyen, Svalbard. The workshop focused on Arctic vegetation and biomass research, with a methodological emphasis on…

The Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) is one of the most widely used indicators in remote sensing and environmental research. However, like any index, it has inherent limitations that must be carefully considered when applied to specific ecological questions. In a newly published study,…

Perennial wildflower mixtures are gaining importance as an alternative to maize in biogas production. As highlighted in the praxis-agrar article on crop diversification with biogas flowering mixtures, they combine agricultural use with clear ecological benefits. Complementing this practice-oriented…

Today in our #EarthObservation EAGLE #msc: orfeo toolbox #otb for #remotesensing data analysis

On 18.12.2025, Master’s students from Prof. Dr. Melanie Brandmeier, our long-standing cooperation partner at the Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt visited the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Oberpfaffenhofen.   They visited the Centre for Satellite Based Crisis…

EORC Contributions to the Centenary Atlas of the Geographical Society of Würzburg (with German version below) Satellite-based Earth observation has become a cornerstone of contemporary geographical research, particularly for analyzing global dynamics, environmental change, and land-use conflicts.…

In a newly launched research project funded by the KSB Foundation, we focus on the automated identification of mining areas based on remote sensing data. The aim is to systematically detect large-scale mining activities and to track their spatial and temporal development. Building on this, the…

We are pleased to share that our PhD student Julia Rieder has successfully submitted her doctoral thesis! Her dissertation, entitled “Abiotic and biotic drivers of drought responses in European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) inferred from field and LiDAR data”, investigates how environmental conditions…

Today, EORC staff visited the University Forest in Sailershausen, focusing on routine field activities and collecting impressions for future research. This included data collection from existing loggers and installing additional probes to support ongoing measurements. Such visits support ongoing…

We are honored that we are part of a new research and development project, focusing on the development of a satellite constellation capable of delivering high-resolution thermal data with a high revisit rate. The observations aim to make an important contribution to monitoring and managing global…

As the year draws to a close, we would like to also share the warm season’s greetings from the University of Würzburg to our partners and friends beyond the university. The past months have been marked by commitment, collaboration, and a shared dedication to academic excellence throughout the…

On December 12, 2025, researchers from the “Georisks and Civil Security (GZS)” department of the Earth Observation Center (EOC) of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and researchers from the Earth Observation Research Cluster (EORC) of the University of Würzburg conducting research in the urban…

The Joint Urban Remote Sensing Event – JURSE has always been one of the most important international conferences for our work at EORC and DFD.  The next Joint Urban Remote Sensing Event – JURSE 2027 will be held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands from the 30th of June to the 2nd of July 2027. It will be…

For this study, Ingolstadt Technical University (THI) and Earth Observation Research Cluster at the University of Würzburg teamed up to map the potential for agri-photovoltaic across entire India. This technology has the potential to jointly adress Indias rising energy demand, water resource…

We are delighted to share that our head of the Urban Earth Observation Department, Prof. Hannes Taubenböck, was recently featured in a film and accompanying press release by the IHK Würzburg-Schweinfurt. The feature also included JMU Vice President Prof. Bode and other representatives from…

This week, members of our EORC team were delighted to join the DLR EOC GZS Christmas party — a wonderful occasion that reflected not only holiday cheer but also the growing spirit of collaboration across our organizations.It’s inspiring to see team spirit thriving beyond formal boundaries, as…

Seeing the Future – EORC contributes to the 8th Network Meeting of the BayWISS Verbundkollegs Digitalisierung  in Ingolstadt At this year’s BayWISS network meeting in Ingolstadt on the 11th of December, attended primarily by doctoral candidates from the Promotionskolleg Digitalisierung, our…

As winter settled in and the year reached its final stretch, the community of our building, the John-Skilton-Str. 4 came together for a warm and joyful Christmas celebration. Our building—home to an impressive diversity of university units—proved once again how wonderfully different perspectives…

The Mainfranken region took another exciting step toward shaping its role in the future of space technologies at this week’s IHK meeting on “Allianz New Space Mainfranken” in Würzburg. The event brought together representatives from politics, academia, and industry to highlight the growing…

Last week (4 – 5 Dezember), our team member Sebastian Buchelt participated in the 2nd RGV intercomparison workshop, which took place in Fribourg, Switzerland. Together with researchers from several different countries, they discussed about developing guidelines to generate reproducible rock glacier…

The Deutscher Werkbund Bayern e. V. has invited Prof Dr Hannes Taubenböck to give an evening lecture in Munich on the 8th of December 2025. The Werkbund aims to provide impulses for industrial and design culture and works towards a high-quality design of the human environment.…

Every once in a while, research opens new ways of looking at the world—literally. Our postdoctoral researcher Jakob Schwalb-Willmann has been honored with the 2025 GGW Award for the Best PhD Thesis, recognizing his outstanding contribution to the field of geo-information science and Earth…

A new book titled “Data-Driven Earth Observation for Disaster Management – From Theory to Practical Applications” edited by Xiao Huang, Siqin Wang, Kleomenis Kalogeropoulos and Andreas Tsatsaris is published.…

The team of our “Super-Test-Site Würzburg” consortium (University of Würzburg, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Leibniz-Institute for Länderkunde in Leipzig  and the German Aerospace Center) held a meeting at our EORC on the 4th of…

As the year slowly draws to a close, the EORC came together this week to celebrate the season and spend an evening away from our usual desks, and classrooms. Our annual EORC Christmas Party brought together staff members, student assistants, and our current MSc students—an opportunity to enjoy each…

This week we hosted our annual EORC Internship and MSc Thesis Fair, bringing together our research staff and the current cohort of EAGLE students. As always, the event offered a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere—an ideal setting for exploring future academic pathways. During the fair, our…

One of the most exciting phases in the EAGLE Earth Observation MSc is the moment when our students open the door to the broad ecosystem of spatial scientific software. Over the course of the semester, they dive into a range of tools—QGIS, GRASS GIS, Blender, WhiteboxTools, SAGA, Orfeo Toolbox and…

In our #EarthObservation msc program we of course cover a wide range of scientific spatial software packages- today and next week @grassgis.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy is covered

At the recent UFS (Umweltforschungsstation Schneefernerhaus) science team meeting, our group had the opportunity to present current and planned UAS-based research activities in the high-mountain environment surrounding the Zugspitze. The meeting offered an ideal setting to share our progress,…

In a productive and inspiring atmosphere, our BetaFor DFG project recently welcomed a panel of internationally renowned scientists for its official evaluation. The visit combined the traditional presentation format with a hands-on excursion into the project’s core study area — the University of…

Today, we were honored to have Dr. Martin Fleischmann from the Department of Social Geography and Regional Development of the Charles University in Prague, Czechia at our EORC. Martin focusses in his research on urban morphology and spatial data science. He gave an inspiring talk today at our EORC…

As the year draws to a close and deadlines, reports, and project milestones converge, December often feels like a sprint. Yet this year, something is different the moment you step through the doors of our building. ✨ A Christmas Tree that Tells a Story Standing proudly in the foyer is our newly…

Our PhD student Tamilwai Kolowa (https://remote-sensing.org/new-phd-student-tamilwai-kolowa/) presented a research project that combines Earth observation and German census data at the GESIS Workshop on Earth Observation Data in the Social Sciences, held from November 26-28, 2025, in Cologne. Hi…

On Friday, November 21st, a MainPro project meeting was held to exchange ideas with our cooperating small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Within our MainPro project, we aim to identify the changes caused by climate change in the Main Valley and its surroundings and develop and implement new…

Creating spatial informative #earthobservation visualisation is part of our curriculum in #eagle - great #dataViz with #blender of glacier retreat or population density by our students