News
12 to 13 April 2010
Last Mile: FROM RESEARCH TO ACTION
At a workshop in Indonesia, the Last Mile Team presented their results to the mayor of Padang and provincial governor.
Organizing committee: Pusat Study Bencana Universitas Andalas, BAPPEDA Padang & BPBD Padang
Supported by: DLR (GITEWS), LAST-MILE, GTZ-Emergency Project and GITEWS
1st April 2010
The RSS GmbH has moved, the new address is:
Remote Sensing Solutions GmbH
Isarstr. 3
82065 Baierbrunn
Phone: +49 (0)89 48954765
Fax:+49 (0)89 48954767
27th November 2009
Scientists of RSS recently published in the prestigious PNAS journal new data on the importance of tropical peat fires in the context of global warming. Peatlands, especially those in tropical regions, sequester gigantic amounts of organic carbon. Human activities are now having a considerable impact on these wetlands. Large-scale fires, triggered by drainage projects in combination with repeated droughts, can release large amount of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which ultimately leads to global warming. Prof. Florian Siegert and his research group have estimated the volume of peat burned in fires with the help of laser-based measurements (LIDAR) with unprecedented accuracy. “Our work once again underlines the decisive role played by acutely endangered tropical wetland ecosystems in the context of global warming”, says Siegert. “The study also provides important data for the upcoming UN World Climate Negotiations. (PNAS - published online before print, November 25, 2009).
http://www.pnas.org/content/106/50/21213.abstract
2009
Last-Mile
3D Viewer
In the frame of the promoted project LAST-MILE the RSS has produced an interactive 3D city model of Padang with which the impacts of tsunami and earthquake damage can be tested and corresponding provisions can be planned. The risk potential and evacuation scenarios are shown interactively in the internet in 3D. More...
The 'ARD Weltspiegel' reported on 04 Oct. 2009.
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Announcement: July 2009
Workshop on REDD
Spatial Planning and New Remote Sensing Technologies to support REDD implementation in Indonesia RSS GmbH organizes a workshop to be held in the Ministry of Forestry in Jakarta with special focus on new remote sensing technologies to monitor REDD demonstration activities. The workshop will be supported and in cooperation with by the Center for International Forestry Research ( CIFOR), the National Standardization Agency of Indonesia (BSN), the German Space agency (DLR) and Infoterra GmbH.
For further information please see:
http://www.cifor.cgiar.org/Events/CIFOR/Spatial-REDD.htm
May 2009
Remote Sensing/GIS Workshop on REDD demonstration project implementation
RSS GmbH organized a 3-day workshop in Bali focusing on methodologies for REDD on behalf of Fauna Flora International. Participants were i.e. from Fauna Flora International (FFI), University Tangjungpura, technical staff of West Kalimantan Provincal Forest Administration, Kapuas Hulu District Forest Administration, Sekala and Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst (DED).
REDD Workshop participants in front of the Sekala office.
May 2009
RSS has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Sekala from Bali/Indonesia
The alliance will combine the regional mapping and monitoring expertise and capacity of Sekala with RSS’s sophisticated remote sensing technologies and 3D aerial mapping solutions.
More on Sekala: http://www.sekala.net/
Left to right: Prof. Dr. Florian Siegert (managing director RSS GmbH), Mr. Ketut Deddy Muliastra (managing director Sekala) and Mr. Peter Navratil (technical staff RSS) in front of the Sekala office in Denpasar.
March 2009
RSS GmbH specialist for REDD projects in Indonesia
ClimateCare/JP Morgan, World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Fauna Flora International (FFI) and AusAID are contracting RSS GmbH to provide expert assistance for their proposed avoided emissions projects in Indonesia including Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest degradation in Developing countries (REDD). RSS has been selected based on the proven expertise at mapping and monitoring deforestation and land cover change using advanced remote sensing and GIS techniques and in developing methods for REDD demonstration activity implementation and peat carbon projects.
REDD related services
- Technical assistance for terrestrial and aerial based (above and below ground biomass) carbon stock inventories at regional to project level
- Remote sensing based on satellites, aerial laser (LIDAR) instruments and stereo cameras for improved carbon stock estimation
- Historical trend analysis and baseline assessment based on satellite imagery, scenario development, modelling
- Spatially explicit emission estimates
- Monitoring of project implementation for avoided deforestation and reforestation projects, including quality assurance
- Technical training and capacity building
For further information about our REDD expertise please request our pdf documentation: info@rssgmbh.de
November 2008
RSS presented recent results of the „Last-Mile“ Project at the „International Conference on Tsunami Warning“ (ICTW) focusing of high resolution aerial topographic mapping of the city Padang in Indonesia. A new online based approach for a three dimensional visualization of evacuation relevant results was introduced by RSS applying the data of the “Last-Mile” project.
The conference was hosted by the Indonesian Institution RISTEK in Bali in November 2008. Twelve different nations participated in the conference.
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February 2008
Release of the report Deforestation, Forest Degradation, Biodiversity Loss and CO² Emissions in Riau, Sumatra, a joint research project of WWF US, WWF Indonesia, University Hokkaido and RSS GmbH.
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RSS is currently working on servel projects related to biomass assessments in forests, CO² emmissions by fire and deforestation and carbon-accounting for Kyoto reporting activities:
- FOR-X
- GSE Monitoring (GMES) Projekt
- RESTORPEAT
- Ultra-high resolution 3D imagery for assessing
December 2007
United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali
Invited by the European Space Agency RSS presented results of the GSE Forest Monitoring project at the UNFCC climate Change conference in Bali. The Conference, hosted by the Government of Indonesia, took place at the Bali International Convention Centre and brought together more than 10,000 participants, including representatives of over 180 countries together with observers from intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations and the media.
June 2007
The Alps in 3D
The RSS GmbH publishes 3 new 3DRealityMaps:
- Allgäuer Alpen und Kleinwalsertal 3D
- Berchtesgadener Alpen 3D
- Königswinkel und Tannheimer Berge 3D
www.realitymaps.de
March 2007
Last Mile
The project for tsunami prevention has started.
more...
December 2006
Potsdam 3D
The first photorealistic 3-dimensional city map of Brandenburg's capital has been published:
This DVD contains more than 70 points of interest as CAD model, 45.000 buildings in 3D, a complete street directory and more than 1.200 important addresses.
www.reality-maps.de
November 2006
3D RealiyMaps™ Stereoscopic Viewing
The DVDs "Zugspitze 3D" and "Muenchen 3D" can now be seen in Stereo 3D - using anaglyph glasses (red/cyan).
October 2006
3D RealiyMaps™ ONLINE in the internet
With "Grainau Online" the 3D RealityMaps can be seen online for the first time! The municipality Grainau is the first city of the world that decided to present this beautiful area with RSS' 3D RealityMaps.
www.reality-maps.de
June 2006
Zugspitze und Wettersteingebirge 3D
München 3D (2. edition)
Berlin 3D
RSS publishes new 3D city and -landscape maps.
www.reality-maps.de
January 2006
DeCOVER
The aim of this national demonstration
process is the development of a concept for economic, nationwide collecton and actualisation of land cover data.
more...
December 2005
München 3D
The first interactive 3D city map of a German major city is published.
www.reality-maps.de
October 2005
GSE Forest Monitoring
RSS GmbH is developing a service element for the GMES initiative of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Commission (EC).
more...
January 2005
New address
The RSS Potsdam office moves to the Technologie Center Potsdam (PCT).
January 2005
GTZ Cameroon project
Development of a monitoring system based on GIS for a sustainable tropical forest in cooperation with AFC Consultants.
more...
January 2005
EU Restorepeat project
Research project for the renaturation and regeneration by fire and felling of damaged forests in Indonesia in cooperation with the GeoBio-Center of the der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. Funded by the EU's 6. supporting programme.
more...
November 2004
Planet Mars in 3D
RSS visualises the surface of Planet Mars in 3D for the German Aerospace Center (DLR)
more...
September 2004
3D RealityMaps™ goes online
www.reality-maps.de
August 2004
Support of the EU project "South-Sumatra Forest Fire Management (SSFFMP)" developing a fire risk forecast system.
more...
January 2004
3D RealityMaps™
3D city models for real estate, architecture and urban planning
www.reality-maps.de
January 2004
Globwetland
Collection of globwetland on the basis of satellite data.
ESA / international cooperation
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January 2004
Geoland
Buildup of an environmental monitoring system for central Africa on the basis of SPOT VEGETATION satellite data
EU / international research cooperation within the framework of GMES
January2004
EPIDEMIO - "Earth observation in epidemiology" -
Field mapping of large areas in Africa for the WHO and other organisations
ESA / International research cooperation
more...
November 2003
Forest Fires in Sibiria
Analysis of the fire expanse and dynamics on the basis of satellite data from ENVISAT MERIS, TERRA MODIS and ASTER
more...
July 2003
Africa
Mapping of the habitat of the Salonga Nationalparc in the Democratic Republic of the Kongo
more...
November 2002
Research
RSS publishes research results in the leading scientific journal "Nature"
August 2002
EOLES
A new European research and development cooperation in the framework of the Information Society Technologies Programme (IST)
July 2002
RSS establishes a branch in the PanMedium Technology Center in Potsdam