Prof. Dr. Patrick Laube

Projects

• Sustainable Protein and Oil Crops: The potential of protein and oil crops for a transformation towards a more sustainable Swiss food system / Co-project leader / ongoing
• Digitising Environmental Impacts using Geospatial Analytics / Co-project leader / ongoing
• Data-based Screening and Monitoring Methods for Tracking Environmental and Social Dynamic around Gold Mines / Project leader / ongoing
• Spatial sustainable finance: Satellite-based ratings of company footprints in biodiversity and water / Co-project leader / ongoing
• Climate Rating for Real Estate Portfolios / Team member / completed
• BioVaR – Assessing and Digitizing Risk Exposure Resulting from Biodiversity Loss / Co-project leader / completed
• Remote Sensing Metrics for Life Cycle Assessment / Team member / completed
• Tech4SDG – Guiding Swiss Asset Managers towards High-Impact SMEs / Deputy project leader / completed
• Environmental and Social Assessment at Mine Sites using Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics / Project leader / completed
• HistoRiCH: Historical river change – Planning for the future by exploring the mapped past / Project leader / completed
• Fighting bites with bytes: Promoting public health with crowdsourced tick prevention / Team member / completed
• Wind energy potential in close proximity to the rail network of the Rhaetian Railway RhB / Team member / completed
• Wind energy potential in close proximity to the rail network of the Swiss Federal Railways SBB / Team member / completed
• Erosion in Alpine Areas / Team member / completed
• Historizing GINES / Project leader / completed
• Spatio-temporal databases / Project leader / completed
• Formation and future evolution of glacier lakes in Austria / Deputy project leader / completed
• Monitoring Simme and Kander / Team member / completed
• CONSUS - A GIS tool for agricultural planning / Team member / completed
• Visualization of modelled Spatial Development Scenarios within the WSL Research Program "Spatial Requirements of Man and Nature" / Deputy project leader / completed
• Close-range & low-cost Remote Sensing for the Environmental Sciences / Team member / completed
• modularCity / Deputy project leader / completed

Publications

• Bald, Lisa; Ratnaweera, Nils; Hengl, Tomislav; Laube, Patrick; Grunder, Jürg; Tischhauser, Werner; Bhandari, Netra; Zeuss, Dirk,

  2025.

  Assessing tick attachments to humans with citizen science data : spatio-temporal mapping in Switzerland from 2015 to 2021 using spatialMaxent.

  Parasites & Vectors.

  18(22).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-024-06636-4

• Antonelli, Marta; Laube, Patrick; Doering, Michael; Scherelis, Victoria; Wu, Sidi; Hurni, Lorenz; Heitzler, Magnus; Weber, Christine,

  2024.

  Identifying anthropogenic legacy in freshwater ecosystems.

  WIREs Water.

  11(4), pp. e1729.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1729

• Scherelis, Victoria; Döring, Michael; Laube, Patrick,

  2023.

  HydroWidth : a small‐scale approach to calculate river width and its variability.

  Transactions in GIS.

  27(5), pp. 1503-1525.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/tgis.13083

• Laube, Patrick; Ratnaweera, Nils; Wróbel, Anna; Kaelin, Ivo; Stephani, Annette; Reifler-Baechtiger, Martina; Graf, Roland F.; Suter, Stefan,

  2023.

  Analysing and predicting wildlife–vehicle collision hotspots for the Swiss road network.

  Landscape Ecology.

  38(7), pp. 1765-1783.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-023-01655-5

• Scherelis, Victoria; Döring, Michael; Antonelli, Marta; Laube, Patrick,

  2023.

  Hydromorphological information in historical maps of Switzerland : from map feature definition to ecological metric derivation.

  Annals of the American Association of Geographers.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2022.2160693

• Grüter, Roman; Trachsel, Tim; Laube, Patrick; Jaisli, Isabel,

  2022.

  Expected global suitability of coffee, cashew and avocado due to climate change.

  PLOS ONE.

  17(1), pp. e0261976.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261976

• Bernegger, Heinz; Laube, Patrick; Ochsner, Pascal; Meslec, Mihaela; Rahn, Hanno; Junghardt, Johann; Aurich, Isabella; Ashworth, Simon,

  2021.

  Sustain GEOBIM – a new method to simulate sustainable development scenarios for urban areas.

  Circular Economy and Sustainability.

  1(3), pp. 967-976.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s43615-021-00092-3

• Catalano, Chiara; Meslec, Mihaela; Boileau, Jules; Guarino, Riccardo; Aurich, Isabella; Baumann, Nathalie; Chartier, Frédéric; Dalix, Pascale; Deramond, Sophie; Laube, Patrick; Lee, Angela Ka Ki; Ochsner, Pascal; Pasturel, Marine; Soret, Marie; Moulherat, Sylvain,

  2021.

  Smart sustainable cities of the new millennium : towards design for nature.

  Circular Economy and Sustainability.

  1(3), pp. 1053-1086.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s43615-021-00100-6

• Tao, Yaguang; Both, Alan; Silveira, Rodrigo I.; Buchin, Kevin; Sijben, Stef; Purves, Ross S.; Laube, Patrick; Peng, Dongliang; Toohey, Kevin; Duckham, Matt,

  2021.

  A comparative analysis of trajectory similarity measures.

  GIScience & Remote Sensing.

  58(5), pp. 643-669.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/15481603.2021.1908927

• Jaisli, Isabel; Laube, Patrick; Trachsel, Sonja; Ochsner, Pascal; Schuhmacher, Sarah,

  2019.

  Suitability evaluation system for the production and sourcing of agricultural commodities.

  Computers and Electronics in Agriculture.

  161, pp. 170-184.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2018.02.002

• Rohrbach, Beni; Laube, Patrick; Weibel, Robert,

  2018.

  Comparing multi-criteria evaluation and participatory mapping to projecting land use.

  Landscape and Urban Planning.

  pp. 38-50.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2018.04.002

• Long, J. A; Weibel, R.; Dodge, S.; Laube, Patrick,

  2018.

  Moving ahead with computational movement analysis.

  International Journal of Geographical Information Science.

  32(7), pp. 1275-1281.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2018.1442974

• Rohrbach, Benjamin; Weibel, Robert; Laube, Patrick,

  2018.

  Parameter-free aggregation of value functions from multiple experts and uncertainty assessment in multi-criteria evaluation.

  Journal of Spatial Information Science.

  2018(16), pp. 27-51.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5311/JOSIS.2018.16.368

• Rohrbach, Beni; Anderson, Sharolyn; Laube, Patrick,

  2015.

  The effects of sample size on data quality in participatory mapping of past land use.

  Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science.

  43(4), pp. 681-697.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0265813515618578

• Purves, Ross S.; Laube, Patrick; Buchin, Maike; Speckmann, Bettina,

  2014.

  Moving beyond the point : an agenda for research in movement analysis with real data.

  Computers, Environment and Urban Systems.

  47, pp. 1-4.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2014.06.003

• Bleisch, Susanne; Duckham, Matt; Galton, Antony; Laube, Patrick; Lyon, Jarod,

  2013.

  Mining candidate causal relationships in movement patterns.

  International Journal of Geographical Information Science.

  28(2), pp. 363-382.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2013.841167

• Laube, Patrick,

  2014.

  Computational Movement Analysis.

  Berlin:

  Springer.

  Springer Briefs in Computer Science.

  ISBN 978-3-319-10267-2.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10268-9

• Gudmundsson, Joachim; Laube, Patrick; Wolle, Thomas,

  2017.

  Movement patterns in spatio-temporal data.

  In:

  Shekhar, Shashi; Xiong, Hui; Zhou, Xun, eds.,

  Encyclopedia of GIS.

  Cham:

  Springer.

  pp. 1362-1370.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17885-1_823

• Laube, Patrick; Gudmundsson, Joachim; Wolle, Thomas,

  2016.

  Computer-gestützte Bewegungsanalyse.

  In:

  Freeden, Willi; Rummel, Reiner, eds.,

  Handbuch der Geodäsie.

  Berlin:

  Springer.

  pp. 1-28.

  Springer Reference Naturwissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46900-2_68-1

• Scherelis, Victoria; Laube, Patrick; Doering, Michael,

  2023.

  From change detection to change analytics : decomposing multi-temporal pixel evolution vectors[paper].

  In:

  12th International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience 2023).

  12th International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience), Leeds, United Kingdom, 12-15 September 2023.

  Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik.

  pp. 65:1-65:6.

  Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs) ; 277.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.GIScience.2023.65

• Gygax, Gregory; Ratnaweera, Nils; Tischhauser, Werner; Smits, Theo H. M.; Laube, Patrick; Ott, Thomas,

  2023.

  An oracle for the optimization of underconstrained compositions of neural networks : the tick hazard use case[paper].

  In:

  Schneider, Johannes Josef; Weyland, Mathias Sebastian; Flumini, Dandolo; Füchslin, Rudolf Marcel, eds.,

  Artificial Life and Evolutionary Computation.

  XV International Workshop on Artificial Life and Evolutionary Computation (WIVACE), Winterthur, Switzerland, 15-17 September 2021.

  Cham:

  Springer.

  pp. 24-31.

  Communications in Computer and Information Science ; 1722.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23929-8_3

• Bernegger, Heinz J.; Laube, Patrick; Ochsner, Pascal; Meslec, Mihaela; Rahn, Hanno; Junghardt, Johann; Aurich, Isabella; Ashworth, Simon,

  2022.

  A new method combining BIM and GIS data to optimise the sustainability of new construction projects in Switzerland[paper].

  In:

  IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science.

  SBEfin2022 Emerging Concepts for Sustainable Built Environment, online, 23-25 November 2022.

  IOP Publishing.

  pp. 012052.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1122/1/012052

• Leuschen, Lara; Laube, Patrick; Eitzenberger, Florian; Thimm, Tatjana; Helbling, Sarah,

  2021.

  Cultural mapping 4.0 : participatory regional cultural planning in theory and practice[paper].

  In:

  Proceedings Managing Knowledge in Uncertain Times.

  16th International Forum on Knowledge Asset Dynamics (IFKAD), Rome, Italy, 1-3 September 2021.

  IFKAD.

  pp. 1436-1446.

• Geilhausen, Martin; Laube, Patrick,

  2018.

  Deconstructed and inverted multi-criteria evaluation for on-the-fly scenario development and decision-making[paper].

  In:

  Winter, Stephan; Griffin, Amy; Sester, Monika, eds.,

  10th International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience 2018).

  10th International Conference on Geographic Information Science (GIScience 2018), Melbourne, 28-31 August 2018.

  Dagstuhl Publishing.

  pp. 27:1-27:7.

  Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs) ; 114.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.GISCIENCE.2018.27

• Sigrist, Benjamin; Laube, Patrick; Signer, Claudio; Graf, Roland Felix,

  2016.

  Close encounters : analyzing disturbance events between deer and visitors in a recreational forest[paper].

  In:

  GISRUK 2016 Proceedings.

  24th GIS Research UK Annual Conference (GISRUK16), Greenwich, 30 March - 1 April 2016.

  London:

  GISRUK.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-24632

• Indermühle, Selina; Laube, Patrick; Geilhausen, Martin; Zwicker, Thomas,

  2014.

  Multi-criteria aggregation for sensistive parcel-based census data[poster].

  In:

  8th International Conference on Geographic Information Science, Vienna, Austria, 24-26 September 2014.

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4030

• Antonelli, Marta; Scherelis, Victoria; Wu, Sisi; Laube, Patrick; Döring, Michael; Hurni, Lorenz; Heizler, Magnus; Weber, Christine,

  2024.

  Quantitative Analyse von Fliessgewässerökosystemen und ihrer Dynamik anhand digitalisierter historischer Karten.

  Wasser Energie Luft.

  116(4), pp. 259-266.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-32116

• Posth, Jan-Alexander; Schwendner, Peter; Laube, Patrick; Orpiszewski, Tomasz,

  2024.

  Bio-value-at-risk : a concept to assessing the implications of biodiversity risks on portfolio management using geospatial analysis.

  SSRN.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4784271

• Laube, Patrick; Leuschen, Lara; Eitzenberger, Florian; Thimm, Tatjana,

  2022.

  Cultural Mapping 4.0 : neue Wege zur Stärkung der kulturellen Identität der Bodenseeregion.

  Internationale Bodensee-Hochschule IBH.

• Laube, Patrick; Rahn, Hanno; Bakogiannis, Nikolaos; Eitzenberger, Florian; Thimm, Tatjana; Leuschen, Lara,

  2021.

  Cultural Mapping 4.0 : neue Wege zur Stärkung der kulturellen Identität der Bodenseeregion[poster].

  In:

  Book of Abstracts INUAS Konferenz 2021.

  INUAS Konferenz 2021 "Urbane Transformationen: Ressourcen", Online, 3.-5. März 2021.

  HM Hochschule München.

  pp. 304-305.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-22303

• Fahrentrapp, Johannes; Geilhausen, Martin; Laube, Patrick,

  2016.

  Budget remote phenotyping : potential and limitations of consumer-grade NIRGB and red edge cameras for early detection of plant leaf diseases[poster].

  In:

  2nd General Meeting of COST Action FA 1306, Copenhagen, Denmark, 18-20 April 2016.

• Jaisli, Isabel; Laube, Patrick,

  2015.

  Food production in smallholder farming systems : developing a spatially explicit decision-model for trade opportunities[poster].

  In:

  Tackling World Food System Challenges: Across Disciplines, Sectors, and Scales, Ascona, 22. Juni 2015.

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3737

• Ochsner, Pascal; Geilhausen, Martin; Laube, Patrick; Döring, Michael; Rupf, Reto,

  2015.

  Innovative Fernerkundungslösungen im Umweltmonitoring.

  Transfer.

  2015(1), pp. 7.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-5358

• Laube, Patrick,

  2015.

  The low hanging fruit is gone.

  SIGSPATIAL Special.

  7(1), pp. 3-10.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/2782759.2782762

• Götz, Michael; Itten, René; Orpiszewski, Tomasz; Hauser, Leon; Laube, Patrick,

  2023.

  Life cycle approaches for biodiversity impacts of mining and resource extraction : combining remote sensing and life cycle assessment.

  In:

  World Resources Forum, Geneva, Switzerland, 4-6 September 2023.

• Leuschen, Lara; Laube, Patrick; Helbling, Sarah; Eitzenberger, Florian; Thimm, Tatjana,

  2021.

  Digital cultural mapping of the Lake Constance cultural heritage using participatory GIS and story-maps.

  In:

  Electronic Imaging & the Visual Arts (EVA), Florence (online), 14 June 2021.

• Geilhausen, Martin; Laube, Patrick; Ochsner, Pascal; Döring, Michael,

  2016.

  A match made in heaven : a hands-on GIS pipeline unlocks the potential of budget remote sensing.

  In:

  24th GIS Research UK Annual Conference (GISRUK16), Greenwich, 30 March - 1 April 2016.

• Geilhausen, Martin; Laube, Patrick; Tobias, Silvia,

  2015.

  Unlocking the potential of raster-based land use scenarios : a ‘Field to Entity’ approach for realistic scenario visualization.

  In:

  Junge Landschaftsforschung 2015, Birmensdorf, 6. März 2015.

Affiliations

Current Affiliations

PanGeo Nature Risk GmbH: Shareholder and managing director
The ZHAW spin-off PanGeo Nature Risk GmbH aims to provide consulting, analysis, and research services for companies, politicians, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and administrative bodies, as well as trading in licenses and analysis products., Winterthur
03 / 2025 - today

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