Special Issue

Year 2023

Tile:

New techniques for smart monitoring and analysis of environmental and structural changes 

Journal:

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

Guest Editors:

Dr. Vladimir Knyaz. State research Institute of Aviation Systems. Russia.

Dr. M. Gabriela Lenzano. Andean Geomatics Lab-CONICET. Argentina.

Dr. Zhenfeng Shao. State Key Laboratory for Information Engineering in Surveying, 

Mapping and Remote Sensing. China.

Dr. Nives Grasso. Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering. Italy.

Planned publication date:

Invitation: Spring 2023

Closing: December 2023

Description:

Impressive progress in the means of obtaining and processing information creates new conditions for monitoring and understanding the evolution of spatial processes over time. The ability to store and process huge amounts of data allows you to use modern intelligent methods to search and analyze hidden forces and patterns, that governs environmental evolution. This special issue is devoted to discussing and to share new approaches to spatial-temporal monitoring and analysis of geospatial data obtained with different sensors. We invite to participate the authors of original papers on new methods in change detection, change analysis, image understanding and image annotation, geospatial process analysis and forecasting and other relevant topics. The special issue of MDPI ISPRS International journal of Geoinformation will be based on PSBB23. Papers must be not previously published or submitted to other journals. Papers published or submitted for publication in conference proceedings may be considered provided that they are considerably extended and improved. Substantive research and relevant-to-practice papers will be preferred.

Year 2025

Tile:

Looking through space and time: multi scale and multi temporal monitoring of environmental

Journal:

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

Guest Editors:

Dr. M. Gabriela Lenzano. Andean Geomatics Lab-CONICET. Argentina.

Dr. Vladimir Knyaz. State research Institute of Aviation Systems. Russia.

Dr. Zhenfeng Shao. State Key Laboratory for Information Engineering in Surveying, 

Mapping and Remote Sensing. China.

Dr. Nives Grasso. Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering. Italy.

Planned publication date:

Invitation: Spring 2025

Closing: December 2025

Description:

In recent decades, Geomatics Engineering has seen remarkable developments, including rapid advancements in sensing and data acquisition technologies, concepts, algorithmic design, spatial/temporal statistical analysis, and decision support. In that regard, photogrammetry and remote sensing provide effective tools and have been widely used to extend and improve analysis at a regional and global scale. This is since systems based on satellite missions continue to improve imaging performance, including better spatial and spectral resolution. Therefore, satellite platforms provide a wide range of geospatial data analysis for environmental monitoring. Most of the Earth’s processes represent complex dynamic phenomena, and require a combination of sensor or sensor network observations, usually acquired by different technologies, such as GNSS, LiDAR, optical imagery, IfSAR, UAVs, ICESat, etc. In addition, there is a variety of platforms available for sensor deployment, including satellite, airborne (manned and unmanned), terrestrial fixed and vehicle-based, pushcart and man-carried platforms. The special issue will present the reader with the latest sensor technologies, deployed on space, air, and land platforms, to support data acquisition and information extraction for environmental monitoring. This will efficiently address many pressing problems of the world, including climate change, natural hazard detection and monitoring, deforestation, food production and safety, etc.

Topics suitable for inclusion in the special issue are:

• Sensor systems to support Earth observation, including LiDAR, optical imagery, IfSAR, etc.
• Innovative technologies (AI) and methodologies.
• Geomatics technologies to support environmental monitoring of terrestrial and atmospheric processes.
• Global Earth process mapping for land cover change detection.

Papers must be original contributions and of archival value, not previously published or submitted to other journals. Papers published or submitted for publication in conference proceedings may be considered provided that they are considerably extended and improved. Substantive research and relevant-to-practice papers will be preferred.