Projects at the Geoinformatics Research Group

Real-time Visualization in Spatial Planning

Visualization of Spatial Development Scenarios within the WSL Research Program "Spatial Requirements of Man and Nature" (Federal Research Center for Forest, Snow and Landscape WSL)

completed, 10/2012 - 11/2013
Developing a new detection method for small mammals, focusing on small mustelids and dormice (TubeCam)

Habitat loss through settlement expansion and intensification of agriculture is becoming a major threat for many animal species. The populations of least weasels, ermine, polecats and pine martens in the Central Swiss Plateau are, according to uniform assessments by experts, understood to be in…

completed, 11/2016 - 10/2017
Formation and future evolution of glacier lakes in Austria (FUTURELAKES) (FUTURELAKES)

Glacier retreat is one of the most visible consequences of climate change and models suggest that temperature increase of 3°C in Austria will lead to glacier extents less than 20% of today's extent within the next century. Information on future changes of the high alpine landscape is currently…

completed, 01/2015 - 10/2018
Visualization of modelled Spatial Development Scenarios within the WSL Research Program "Spatial Requirements of Man and Nature"…

Scenario Visualization in Spatial Planning II

completed, 05/2014 - 05/2015
Digitisation in the outdoor facilities of Campus Grüental

Plant Search App

completed, 01/2019 - 12/2022
Fighting bites with bytes: Promoting public health with crowdsourced tick prevention

Ticks are on the rise and transmit several infectious diseases, leading to serious illness or even death. The smartphone App “Zecke–Tick Prevention helps people, to remember the tick bite location and to check it for potential Lyme disease symptoms. In an interdisciplinary approach, ZHAW-scientists…

completed, 07/2019 - 12/2021
Data-based Screening and Monitoring Methods for Tracking Environmental and Social Dynamic around Gold Mines

Client demand for sustainable gold keeps rising. As a lack of reliable data makes sourcing responsible gold very challenging, we propose a data-driven process for ESG-oriented screening and monitoring using a combination of satellite, spatial and textual data and analytics. The project develops…

ongoing, 01/2024 - 12/2025
An integrated modelling and learning framework for real-time online decision assistance in Swiss agriculture

We are developing an agricultural risk decision assistant based on a unique model that can assess and visualize reliable weather and seasonal climate forecasts, soil data, and crop growth forecasts. Based on real-time and historical weather, climate, soil and crop data and novel learning algorithms,…

completed, 12/2018 - 11/2021
DeMo. Urban Ecosystems Design and Modelling: A spatial based approach to integrate habitats in constructed ecosystems

Strategic Subject Field Environment@N CampusLivingLab - Urban Ecosystems DeMo IUNR

completed, 01/2020 - 12/2022
Global site assessment for hazelnut production

Feasibility and suitability analysis using CONSUS

completed, 11/2015 - 12/2016
Erosion in Alpine Areas

An ArcGIS® toolbox for the identification of cultivation induced Soil Erosion

completed, 04/2016 - 11/2017
Close-range & low-cost Remote Sensing for the Environmental Sciences

Establishing a long-term Monitoring Competence Center at the Institute of Natural Resource Sciences IUNR

completed, 09/2013 - 12/2015
Wind energy potential in close proximity to the rail network of the Swiss Federal Railways SBB

The wind energy potential in close proximity to the railway network of the Swiss Federal Railways SBB is analyzed and quantified with reference to the vertical turbines A32, A45 and A64 of the Vertical Sky series (Agile Windpower AG). Wind conditions, topographical restrictions and an extensive list…

completed, 04/2016 - 04/2017
Spatio-temporal databases (st-DB)

Efficient Management and Analysis of large volumes of geodata in ecological monitoring

completed, 11/2015 - 07/2017
Sustainable Protein and Oil Crops: The potential of protein and oil crops for a transformation towards a more sustainable Swiss food system…

Researchers from ZHAW, Agroscope, and FiBL are investigating how legumes and oilseeds like soybeans and flax can contribute to a more sustainable Swiss food system. A shift to a more plant-based diet and food production is urgently needed. But what does this mean for consumers and farmers, and how…

ongoing, 04/2025 - 03/2029
Tech4SDG – Guiding Swiss Asset Managers towards High-Impact SMEs

High-impact, social SMEs remain broadly unknown to impact investors and asset managers due to limited information and identification problems.To overcome the asymmetry of information and provide reliable guidance to Swiss asset managers, we aim to create an automated big data platform for the…

completed, 09/2021 - 03/2023
Multispectral imaging: key to early leaf disease detection

completed, 06/2017 - 02/2018
modularCity

A software for sustainable urban development

completed, 05/2012 - 10/2014
Historizing GINES

Enabiling the management of mulit-temporal geodata within the Spatial Decision-Support System GINES

completed, 04/2016 - 07/2017
Wind energy potential in close proximity to the rail network of the Rhaetian Railway RhB

This applied research project aims to identify and prioritise suitable areas for wind energy production in close proximity to the railway network of the Rhaetian Railway AG. The study refers to the vertical wind turbine A32 of the Vertical Sky series (Agile Windpower AG). Wind conditions,…

completed, 06/2017 - 01/2018