Vol. No. 11 Issue No.

3 | December 2017

THE SECOND INNSBRUCK SUMMER SCHOOL OF

ALPINE RESEARCH 2017:
Close Range Sensing Techniques in Alpine Terrain

Geoprocessing Tools and

Technologies in Citizen Science:
SUMMER SCHOOL 2017
AT DEHRADUN, INDIA

ACRS 2017 7th

WebCon Winners

3RD IEEE/GRSS-YOUNG
The ISPRS Student PROFESSIONALS & 16TH ISPRS ISPRS Midterm
Consortium: 2017 WORKING GROUP V/5 AND
Symposia 2018
In Review STUDENT CONSORTIUM SUMMER
SCHOOL 2017
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Sandra PULMANO PROOF READER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
DESIGN TEAM

Dear SpeCtrum Readers,

I welcome you all, our dear readers, to this latest issue of the SpeCtrum, the official Newslet-
ter of the ISPRS Student Consortium (ISPRS SC). On behalf all the board members of the IS-
PRS SC, I thank you for always taking your time to read our Newsletter issues. Knowing that
you so much appreciate and enjoy reading the SpeCtrum always invigorates us to bring you
the latest updates from the world of photogrammetry and remote sensing with fun and flair.
Now that the New Year is upon us, I guess you are all busy preparing to face it. Some of you
might be taking up new jobs, starting your PhD’s, Master’s or Bachelor’s degrees, or you
could be actually preparing to finish your various programs. All this comes with a lot of de-
mand in terms of time, energy, and other resources. But with all that, I would like you to take
some time off to once again enjoy this issue of the SpeCtrum.
In this issue, we bring you the highlights from the 38th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing
(ACRS) held in New Delhi, India on 23rd – 27th October 2017. It was a well-attended confer-
ence with over 900 delegates from all over the world, of which many were students. There-
fore, various activities were organised for the student delegates. Read about the story high-
lights of the Student Session, WEBCON 7, Students’ Night, and poster presentations.
Well, that’s not all we have for you! The 17th ISPRS SC summer school was also held in the
beautiful city of Dehradun in the Indian state of Uttarakhand at the Indian Institute of Remote
Sensing. The summer school run under the theme “Geo-processing Tools and Technologies
in Citizen Science.” We bring you the highlights of what transpired during that summer
school, including some of the projects by participants where they practiced collecting data
on different aspects using geospatial tools and technologies in citizen science.
Not forgetting a section on career opportunities including job openings, PhD and Master’s,
fellowships and scholarships for those of you who want to further your careers.
I hope you enjoy reading this wonderful issue of the ISPRS SC SpeCtrum newsletter and do
not forget to leave us feedback by following us on our social media platforms and website.
Many of the articles in this issue will be put on our social media platform and our website.
I wish you all a happy, fruitful and peaceful New Year!
Cheers!

Charles Jjuuko
Web Administrator
ISPRS Student Consortium

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 4 BACKSIGHT
4 The ISPRS Student Consortium: 2017 In Review

5 Student Activities at the 38th Asian Conference on Remote

Sensing 2017: Space Applications: Touching Human Lives

8 SPOLIGHTS
8 ACRS 2017 7th WebCon Winners

10 Geoprocessing Tools and Technologies in Citizen Science:

Summer School 2017 at Dehradun, India

13 The Second Innsbruck Summer School of Alpine Research

2017: Close Range Sensing Techniques in Alpine Terrain

15 Final Report on the 3rd IEEE/GRSS-Young Professionals

& 16th ISPRS Working Group V/5 and Student
Consortium Summer School 2017

18 IN THE HORIZON
18 Upcoming Events 2018

19 FORESIGHT
19 ISPRS Midterm Symposia 2018
20 Opportunities

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 The ISPRS Student Consortium: 2017 In Review
The beginning of the term of the new board members of informatics and Space Technology Development Agency
the ISPRS Student Consortium (ISPRS SC) officially started after (GISTDA) of Thailand for a potential collaboration with the
the XXIII ISPRS Congress in Prague, Czech Republic last July ASEAN Research and Training Center for Space Technology and
2016. The first few months of the new term was spent transition- Applications (ARTSA), (2) With Dr. Christian Heipke, President of
ing the work of previous term and identifying what needs to be the ISPRS, for the final revision of the summer school guidelines
done in the first year. This 2017, the ISPRS board members were as part of the harmonization of all summer schools organized and
involved in introducing the new website, the repackaged NewsLet- co-organized by ISPRS as well as the potential amendments to the
ter, collaborating with different organizations, coordinating with ISPRS SC statutes, and (3) With Dr. Kohei Cho, General Secretary
summer school organizers and strengthening the organization’s of AARS and other professors and experts involved in organizing
connections to the ISPRS. international activities, with the goal of strengthening interna-
The new ISPRS SC website was launched in March tional collaboration and presence of the ISPRS in Asia. Moreover,
through the technical assistance of Mr. Markus Englich, who is also the ISPRS SC board members also provided additional assistance
responsible for the ISPRS website. The website aims to provide up in the organization of the student activities in conference.
-to-date content about events, open positions and scholarships,
links to useful resources, photo galleries and reports of the previ-
ous summer schools, the latest and past issues of the NewsLetter,
and a member’s registration area. The ISPRS SC website is contin-
uously being developed, and the task of the Website Administrator
was officially assigned to Mr. Charles Jjuuko in October. The re-
packaged NewsLetter, SpeCtrum, was launched in September.
SpeCtrum was created to expand the coverage of the official
NewsLetter of the ISPRS SC and to open more possibilities of col-
laboration and to feature more articles that showcase the use of
remote sensing and spatial information sciences in addressing var-
ious issues in different disciplines.

The ISPRS SC board members with Dr. Christian Heipke, President of the
ISPRS, and Dr. Kohei Cho, General Secretary of the Asian Association on Re-
mote Sensing.

Three summer schools were also organized this year.

The the 3rd IEEE/GRSS-Young Professionals & 16th ISPRS Stu-
dent Consortium and Working Group V/5 Summer School was
held in Lages, Brazil, from October 2 – 6, 2017, with the theme,
“Multivariate Statistics, Introduction to Laser Scanning, and Im-
age Processing with Google Earth Engine.” This summer school is
a collaboration between the IEEE - Geoscience and Remote Sens-
ing Society (GRSS) and the International Society for Photogram-
SpeCtrum, the official Newsletter of the ISPRS SC, made its debut during the Geo- metry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS), and was financially supported
spatial Week 2017 in Wuhan, China. Limited copies of the printed Newsletter by the Foundation for the Support of the Scientific and Techno-
were distributed in the event. logical Research of Santa Catarina State (FAPESC). The second
summer school was held in Campus Sur, Santiago, Chile, with the
The ISPRS SC Chair, Sheryl Rose Reyes, attended the theme, “Land Cover Assessment and Monitoring Using Google
ISPRS Council meeting during the Geospatial Week 2017 in Wu- Earth Engine,” and was held from November 13 – 17, 2017. Dr.
han, Hubei, China and presented the status of the organization. Nicholas Clinton delivered the lectures from Google delivered
Important comments and feedback were received. The ISPRS SC the lectures via a video conference. The third summer school fol-
Newsletter must promote the ISPRS Journals and other publica- lowed after the ACRS 2017, which was held in the Indian Institute
tions, so that the students and young professionals will be in- of Remote Sensing, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, which is a 6 hour
formed about the availability of such repositories. One of the most drive from New Delhi. This year’s summer school theme was
important issues raised was the sustainability of the organization, “Geo-processing Tools and Technologies in Citizen Science,”
which involves revisiting the ISPRS SC Statutes and making the which was a timely theme in today’s issues related to the use and
necessary changes to reflect the issues encountered by the organ- significance of the profession. The ISPRS SC extends its deepest
ization and to provide a strong mechanism to facilitate a better and sincerest gratitude to Dr. Veraldo Liesenberg, Dr. Raul
transition and knowledge transfer in between terms. The sharing Feitosa, Dr. Jaime Hernandez, Dr. Sameer Saran and Dr. Sultan
of information between the ISPRS SC, SpeCtrum and the ISPRS Kocaman, and to the other people involved in the organization of
eBulletin was also recommended to further increase the presence the summer schools.
of the organization. The year 2018 was a year of learning, hard work and
The ISPRS SC board members, namely, Sheryl Rose building relationships for the ISPRS SC board members. In the
Reyes (Chair), Angelica Kristina Monzon (Newsletter Editor-In- coming years, the ISPRS SC board members envisions a future of
Chief) and Charles Jjuuko (Website Administrator) attended the new and interesting activities for the youth, in hopes of inspiring
38th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing (ACRS 2017) in New them to contribute to the scientific community as well as sharing
Delhi, India for the ISPRS SC annual board meeting. The ISPRS SC their knowledge and experience with friends and fellows in the
board members also attended several meetings: (1) With Dr. profession.
Chaowalit Silapathong, former Deputy Director of the Geo-
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 Student Activities at the
38TH ASIAN CONFERENCE ON REMOTE SENSING 2017
SPACE APPLICATIONS: TOUCHING HUMAN LIVES
by Charles Jjuko and Angelica Monzon

The Asian Association of Remotes Sensing management framework: The integration of

(AARS) organises the Asian Conference on desktop, mobile and web platform by Shiva Reddy
Remote Sensing (ACRS) as an annual event Koti & Prabhakar Alok Verma from India; (2) Spatial
providing a platform for professionals, scientists, Online Tool for Crop Land Suitability Analysis by
and other groups in the community to interact Gautam Dadhich from India; (3) Friend-in-need:
and share knowledge and experience in the App based on crowd-sourced Geo-data for
related field of Remote Sensing and connecting volunteers and non-profit of
Geoinformatics. This year, the 38th conference humanitarian activities and for helping by Vaibhav
was held in the Ashok Hotel in the green city of Raj from India; (4) Web Analytics for Solar Energy
New Delhi, India. The conference regularly Potential by Shweta Mishra & Pankaj Badoni from
attracts various researchers, professionals, and India; (5) CM Living Web Application Project by
students from all over Asia and other parts of the Sudarat Peeloung, Naphat Tunprakornkun &
world. Recognised as one of the significant Kridsana Udtarun from Thailand; (6) A Geospatial
groups in the community, students were always Web Search Engine by Tse-Chun Wang from
given opportunities to build their professional Taiwan, and; (7) Application of Guide System using
networks and connections with other peers and Virtual Reality at National Central University by
experts coming from diverse places to Hsuan-Yi Li & Kai-Yen Chang from Taiwan. The
encourage interaction and potential teams were given eight minutes each to present
collaborations in the future. Led by AARS their entries to the judges and the audience. A free
Student Group and supported by the ISPRS demonstration followed the presentations that gave
Student Consortium (ISPRS SC), various student the teams the opportunity to showcase the
activities were organised on the 25th of October implementation of their web-based applications and
(Day 3) of the ACRS 2017. These activities answer more specific inquiries from the judges and
included the WEBCON 7, the Student Session audience. The judges for the WEBCON 7 include:
and the Students’ Night. Dr. Christian Heipke, ISPRS Council President; Dr.
Kohei Cho, General Secretary of the Asian
Association of Remote Sensing; Dr. Sameer Saran,
WEBCON 7 Co-Chair of the ISPRS Working Group V/3 and
Now on its 7th year, the WEBCON competition Head of the Geoinformatics Department of the
continued to gather much interest and Indian Institute of Remote Sensing; and Dr. Fuan
enthusiasm from students, young researchers Tsai.
and seasoned professionals alike. Seven teams
put forth their respective entries to compete for
the most innovative web materials related to
geospatial information sciences. A special
presentation was also given by students from
Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan at the
opening of the WEBCON competition.
The session was chaired by Dr. Fuan Tsai,
professor from the National Center University,
Taiwan, and co-chaired by Ms. Sheryl Rose Reyes
(ISPRS SC Chair) from the United Nations The criteria for the selection of winners included:
University, Japan. Dr. Tsai and Ms. Reyes have general utility and importance of output, scalability
been involved in the conceptualisation, and elegance of design; clarity, efficiency and
organisation, and conduct of the WEBCON event portability of implementation; and originality. Tse-
since its conception and first session back in Chun Wang from Taiwan brought home the bronze
2010. The WEBCON remains one of the prize of USD100 for “A Geospatial Web Search
highlights of the student activities in ACRS until Engine.” The gold prize of USD150 went to the two
today. teams from India: one to Shiva Reddy Koti &
Prabhakar Alok Verma for the “Next Generation GIS
The WEBCON 7 entries included the following
Data management framework: The integration of
projects: (1) Next Generation GIS Data
desktop, mobile and web platform.” and the other
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went to Vaibhav Raj for “Friend-in-need: App
based on crowd-sourced Geo-data for connecting
volunteers and non-profit of humanitarian
activities and for helping.” Learn more about their
entries in the featured articles in the Newsletter.
WARM CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE
WINNERS!

the student activities in the ACRS and AARS at

large. Ms. Monzon gave an introduction to the SC
and its activities such as the Summer Schools, the
Youth Forum at the ISPRS Congress, the Newsletter
publication (SpeCtrum), the new website, and the
STUDENT SESSION communication media channels of the SC. Moving
on with the highlights of the Student Session, seven
The Student Session is a special session in ACRS students proudly showcased their universities and
dedicated to presentation about universities across departments through 8-minute presentations. The
Asia with degree programmes and research in the universities represented in the session were:
fields of remote sensing, photogrammetry, GIS, University of the Philippines by Charmaine Cruz;
and other geospatial information sciences. An IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, The
event led and facilitated by the board members of Netherlands by Charles Jjuuko; TERI University,
the ISPRS SC, this session was aimed for students India by Arun Murali Aakansha; University of
to learn more about the learning environment of Milano, Italy by Luca Fallati; Tokyo Institute of
their peers studying elsewhere in the world and to Technology, Japan by Min Lung Cheng; Shibaura
potentially identify areas for collaboration and Institute of Technology, Japan by Hayami Saso and
support among the members of the SC network. Tamaki Kobayashi; National Central University,
ISPRS SC board members Sheryl Rose Reyes and China Taipei by Yikeng Cheng.
Angelica Monzon served as the Student Session
Chair and Co-chair, respectively. Ms. Reyes Inspired by the presentations of the students in this
opened the session with a warm welcome to all session, a new section of the Newsletter will be
the attendees of the Student Session and gave a
few minutes to Dr. Bruce Forster of the Asia Pacific
Remote Sensing Pty. Ltd to briefly talk about the
Australian Earth Observation Series Volumes that
are now freely available online. (See this link for
more details http://www.crcsi.com.au/earth-
observation-series/access-granted)
Ms. Reyes opened the presentations by giving
insights on the student group under the AARS and

dedicated to showcasing the various universities

within the student network of the ISPRS-SC. We’ll
be starting with the Center for Space and Remote
Sensing Research of National Central University in
Taiwan in page 13-14 of this issue. Watch out for
more!

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STUDENTS’ NIGHT
This year’s student night was held in Hotel
Samrat on the 25th of October 2017 with
over fifty (50) students in attendance. Each
participant was treated to a cup of coffee
and a host of Indian snacks. To encourage
more interaction among the participants
outside their usual companions during the
conference, each participant was called to
join in a game called “Human Bingo.” The
mechanics of the game: each person was
given a paper with 24 different attributes of
individuals. The goal was to find an
individual from the participants that does
not belong within their own table and that
fits one of the 24 attributes listed on the
paper. In this way, the participants were
encouraged to start conversations with
other participants in other tables and
groups by asking if they fit any of the
attributes in their bingo cards.
It was such an engaging activity that some
participants went through with the
conversations even beyond the ten
minutes’ duration of the game. Students
have responded positively to the game and
appraised it as a great ice breaker that
compelled them to talk with other students
in the event and establish further
connections through social media.
The highlight of the night was dance time.
The DJ of the night treated the participants
to a variety of Bollywood music to which
they danced throughout the rest of the
student night. The Indian participants led
the dances and enthusiastically taught
everybody some dance moves that brought
a lot of excitement in the event. The
dancing continued throughout the rest of
the evening followed by a photography
session by all the participants in the lobby
of Hotel Samrat. Overall, the event has
succeeded in fostering camaraderie and
developing connections between the
student participants of the conference.
More photos available at the ISPRS-SC
website.

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 ACRS 2017 7th WEBCON WINNERS

The Asian Conference on Remote Sensing is an annual event that brings together scientist, student,
professionals and other stake holders in the area of remote sensing and geospatial sciences at large from
the Asian continent and around the world. During the ACRS, a web contest (WEBCON) is held to let
student showcase their web applications and innovations in the geospatial domain. Student with the top
three innovations are awarded prizes with the winner taking the gold prize, the second silver and the
third bronze. The 7th edition was held in New Delhi India, during the 38th ACRS. This edition saw the gold
prize being shared between two innovators. Here we introduce you to the winners and their respective
applications.

NEXT GENERATION GIS DATA MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK:

THE INTEGRATION OF DESKTOP, MOBILE AND WEB PLATFORM
GOLD (QREALTIME PLUGIN)
WINNER 1 Team: Shiva Reddy Koti ([email protected]) and Prabhakar Alok Verma
([email protected])
Affiliation: Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, ISRO, Dehradun, India

The team developed a framework/application capable of seamless integration between survey

form design, data collection, data downloading and visualization. The framework is designed for
scientists and normal GIS users who want to integrate field data with their GIS layers using recent
advancement in data collection technologies, in the most efficient way with minimum efforts. The
framework was designed using open source tools like: Open Data Kit (ODK) client, Aggregate
server, Enketo server for web forms and the use QGIS 2.X for smart GIS plugin. It is an integration
of web, mobile and desktop platform for GIS data management activities like data collection from
field using mobile and web platform, data synchronization and editing in the desktop platform.
The framework provides many capabilities, among them are:
• One-click solution to make your GIS
layers’ (spatial database table, WMS/
WFS layers, shapefile etc.) schema
online for field data collection using
web and mobile platforms.
• It provides importing collected data
and synchronizing with your target
layer in a very efficient manner using
the interoperable XForm and
OPENROSA compliant servers in the
backend.
• Provides flexibility to use any ODK server and client to collect data.
The framework was duly tested during the 17th ISPRS student Consortium summer school as tool
for data collection in citizen science using web and mobile platforms. It was also approved by
QGIS and now available in the QGIS plugin repository. For more information on the plugin follow
the link: https://shivareddyiirs.github.io/QRealTime/

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 ‘FRIEND-IN-NEED’: APP BASED ON CROWD SOURCED GEO-DATA FOR
GOLD CONNECTING VOLUNTEERS AND NON-PROFIT OR HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES
AND FOR HELPING VICTIMS IN CASE OF A DISASTER.
WINNER 2 Team: Vaibhav Raj ([email protected])
Affiliation: Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun, India
The motivation behind this app is to connect the ‘people who wants to help’ and the ‘people who
needs help’ and ‘GIS’ acts as a bridge to navigate and link it all together. This app utilizes the open
source Mapbox API to navigate/route volunteers to the ‘friend in need’. The Geo-event can be of
any nature, from an actual person who needs help, to a ‘buffer query’ for a volunteer cleaning of
streets. Non-government
organizations and non-profit
organisations can get a
verified account on the app to
host a geo-event. Registered
app users within the buffer
distance (set by the user) can
get notifications of the details
related to the humanitarian
event happening nearby.

A GEOSPATIAL WEB SEARCH ENGINE

BRONZE Team: Tse-Chun Wang ([email protected])
WINNER Affiliation: National Central University, Taiwan
The entry was a GeoWeb search
engine to actively discover and provide a complete
index of geospatial resources. Currently, people
search for geospatial resources like satellite images,
sensor observations, and web maps (Geo Web
Resources) on the internet by connecting data
portals or spatial data infrastructures (SDI’s). They
face various challenges as no single data portal and
SDI can provide a complete index of geospatial data.
These users are not certain where to find the data
portal or SDI’s that provide the data they need and
different portals and SDI’s have different query
procedures. To overcome such problems, the Geo Web search engine applies a crawler to actively
discover the Geo Web Resources over the internet and rank resources with a ranking algorithm.
The search engine uses factors of four categories
to rank the resources, which are Attributes for
selecting target resources, Quality of Services
(QoS), Relevance, and Importance. The Analyzer
stores the ranking factors into index database
which the Ranker integrates to calculate the final
ranking of the resources. The factors are
integrated by using weighted average with
manually assigned weighting for each factor.
Finally, according to the final ranking, users’
queries can be answered and provide a more
efficient way for searching GeoWeb resources.

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 Geoprocessing Tools and Technologies
in Citizen Science:
SUMMER SCHOOL 2017 AT DEHRADUN, INDIA
The International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) Technical Commission V
on Education and Outreach organized the ISPRS Summer School 2017 on “Geo-processing Tools and
Technologies in Citizen Science” with Working Groups V/3 & V/5 and ISPRS Student Consortium
(ISPRS SC) at Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Dehradun, India from Oct 30 to Nov 3, 2017.

The topics covered during the course were: Role of Citizen Science in governance and disaster;
Citizen Science and Earth Observation; Leveraging OSGeo ecosystem for Citizen Science, role of
Geospatial Technology in Citizen Science; enabling Citizen Science using FOSS4G tools; Citizen
Science data collection, management, validation and analysis; Citizen Science in mitigating natural
disasters (e.g. Forest Fire and Landslide) and ISRO’s Bhuvan platform for Citizen Science. The practical

The course was attended by 43 participants from 9 different countries.

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sessions were done on Open Source QGIS Software. Further, participants were given hands-on on
indigenously developed QGIS plugin named ‘QrealTime’, a QGIS Plugin for Smart Data Collection. The
participants were taken for a field visit to Mussoorie for mobile-based data collection using the Open
Source software (Open Data Kit (ODK)
Collect Android App). The students were
given a book of compiled reading materials
containing materials on the
abovementioned topics along with hand-on
practical manuals for their future reference.

There were in total 12 lectures, 3 practical

sessions, and a demonstration of case
studies, followed by students’ project work.

The map depicts the respective countries of

the eminent speakers who delivered talks
(either in person or over the Internet) as
part of this summer school.

QREALTIME PLUGIN DEVELOPED FOR ISPRS SUMMER SCHOOL

This open source plugin for QGIS has been specifically designed and developed for ISPRS Summer
School to provide single window solution for modern day GIS data management requirement. In this
plugin we have seamlessly integrated state of the art data collection technology with the GIS software.
User interface of the plugin is designed in such a way that any QGIS user can start using this plugin
instantly. Data collection forms (surveys) are generated from the GIS layer. It also supports domain
constraints and other advanced GIS data editing constraints. GIS user can simply create GIS and this
plugin would translate the same to XForm and upload to ODK aggregate server, thus ensuring the
same schema is used for field data collection and organization in QGIS. GIS user can import submitted
data into any GIS layer at any time. GIS users who want their layers to always be up-to-date with the
server, can use ‘sync’ functionality. The sync works in asynchronous mode. It always keeps track of last
data downloaded and only download data which is submitted after last successful sync. The QRealTime
is now available in QGIS plugin directory (https://plugins.qgis.org/search/?q=QRealtime).

QRealTime interface in QGIS

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PILOT PROJECTS
Students carried out pilot projects in groups. For the same they were taken for field visit to Mussoorie.
For many of the students, this has been the highlight of the Summer School as it provided the perfect
opportunity for the students to get to know each other more and build relationships that they can carry
past the duration of the Summer School.
Table below: Summary of the pilot work done by the participants
Group Pilot Project Title No. of Participants Brief Summary
Students used citizen science approach to collect
Open Source Geospatial
data on solid waste sites. Further, using spatial
and crowdsource
Group1 10 analysis, they proposed new location for placing
approach in solid waste
the dustbin QGIS. Initially they designed field
management
form using QrealTime plugin
Students designed field form in QrealTime plugin
Geo-enable information and collected Point of Interest (POI) related to
Group2 system powered by 12 tourists’ amenities using ODK Collect App and
citizen science also created an information system for interac-
tive visualization.
Students designed field form in QrealTime plugin
Identification of service
and collected POIs using ODK Collect App and
Group3 gap for utilities and 10
reported the gap in services related to utilities
facilities areas
and facilities using QGIS Software.
Students designed field form in QrealTime plugin
Biodiversity analysis us-
and then using Citizen Science approach, docu-
ing citizen science
Group4 10 mented species observations. Geotagged infor-
approach
mation about plants and bird species were col-
lected and visualized.

The students enjoyed walking around Mussoorie collecting data, sight-seeing and taking photos with
their peers as memorable souvenirs of the trip.

Lectures of the ISPRS Summer School on “Geoprocessing Tools and Technologies in citizen Science” will
be available on the website of the ISPRS Summer School 2017 (http:// http://isprssummerschool.isrs-
india.org/ or http://isprs-ss2017.iirs.gov.in/) for future reference of all concerned. Lecture may be viewed
online or downloaded for later use along with other reading materials like lecture and practical notes,
along with supporting software and datasets for hands-on exercises.

ISPRS Summer School Online

streaming webpage

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 THE SECOND INNSBRUCK Laser scanning and challenges in alpine
SUMMER SCHOOL OF research (Norbert Pfeifer)
Terrestrial photogrammetry for glacier
ALPINE RESEARCH 2017: monitoring at high spatial and temporal
CLOSE RANGE SENSING resolution (Hans-Gerd Maas)
TECHNIQUES IN ALPINE The Copernicus Programme and European
Earth Observation activities from space (Thomas
TERRAIN Geist)
Martin Rutzinger1 & Roderik Lindenbergh2 Natural hazards in mountainous environments –
1
Institute of Interdisciplinary Mountain Research, Austrian assessing hazards and risks (Cees van Westen)
Academy of Sciences
2
Department of Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Delft Monitoring high mountain Asia by remote
University of Technology sensing – Sentinel 2 and related data (Roderik
Lindenbergh
In July 2017, the 2nd edition of the summer school The participants were introduced to different
on close-range sensing techniques in alpine sensors and platforms such as terrestrial laser
terrain took place at the Obergurgl University scanning, terrestrial photogrammetry, and UAV
Centre (Austria) in the middle of the Alps. The and thermography. During the summer school
summer school was hosted by the University of they worked the whole week together in study
Innsbruck, the Austrian Academy of Sciences and groups on a sensor-related mapping and
the ISPRS. Thirty-nine international early-career monitoring assignment combining project
scientists worked on selected topics from planning, field data acquisition, data processing,
environmental monitoring in high mountain areas and presentation.
such as rock face mapping, vegetation
monitoring, 3D change detection of landslides
Sources:
and rock glaciers, and riverbed erosion. The
https://www.uibk.ac.at/geographie/summerschool/
summer school is framed with selected Keynotes, http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm2/wg10.html
including:

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| December 2017
 FINAL REPORT ON THE
3rd IEEE/GRSS-Young Professionals & 16th ISPRS Working Group
V/5 and Student Consortium Summer School 2017
Veraldo Liesenberg, Marcos B. Schimalski, and Leonardo J. Biffi
Centre of Agroveterinary Sciences (CAV) of the Santa Catarina State University (UDESC)
Lages (Santa Catarina), Brazil
E-mail for correspondence: [email protected]

The 3rd IEEE/GRSS-Young Professionals & 16th ISPRS Working Group V/5 and Student Consortium Summer School
was held at the Centre of Agroveterinary Sciences of the Santa Catarina State University, Lages city, Santa Catarina State,
Brazil from October 2nd to 6th, 2017. Lages is the main city in the Santa Catarina Southern Plateau, and large grassland
fields and the last remaining mixed ombrophilous forest remnants can be found there. Several vast cattle ranches, which
are nowadays used for rural tourism, can be also found in the area, where the modern “gaúchos” still keep the traditions
and skills of their forebears alive. The region nearby also boasts various spectacular natural beauties such as Serra do Rio
do Rastro, Serra do Corvo Branco, São Joaquim National Park, and Coxilha Rica, among other places.
The major themes of the 3rd IEEE/GRSS-Young Professionals & 16th ISPRS Working Group V/5 and Student
Consortium Summer School were related to Multivariate Statistics, Introduction to Laser Scanning, and Image Processing
with Google Earth Engine. The proposed event was possible due to collaboration between two well-known scientific
societies, the IEEE - Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS) and the International Society for Photogrammetry and
Remote Sensing (ISPRS). The latter is supported by the Student Consortium (ISPRS SC) that is the official representation of
the students and the youth to ISPRS. The main objectives of the ISPRS SC are to link students, young researchers and
professionals in different countries, who are interested in photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information
sciences. ISPRS SC also aims to provide a platform for exchange of information and to organize student-specific events and
other activities that integrate students and the youth more effectively into ISPRS activities. The above mentioned event was
also financially supported by the Foundation for the Support of the Scientific and Technological Research of Santa Catarina
State (FAPESC).
A total of one hundred and three registered participants attended the above mentioned event (Fig. 1). They were
originally from 19 different institutions (universities, research institutes, armed forces and governmental agencies). The
majority of the participants were graduate students (both MSc and PhD levels) and they comprised 75% of the attendees.
Undergraduate students comprised 10% of the participants, whereas professionals, working at different universities,
research institutes, armed forces and governmental agencies comprised the remaining 15% of the audience.
The 3rd IEEE/GRSS-Young Professionals & 16th ISPRS Working Group V/5 and Student Consortium Summer School
event was organized in two blocks. The first block, lasting three days (October 2nd to 4th), followed the model of the ISPRS
Student Consortium Summer School (ISPRS-SC). The aim was to transmit technical/scientific knowledge on selected topics.
In this block, intensive lectures were delivered by renowned speakers with great technical and scientific experience in this
field.
The above mentioned event was started by a short opening ceremony conducted by Prof. Dr. Veraldo Liesenberg.
A round table discussion was initiated with representatives of the University (Prof. Dr. Marcos B. Schimalski, Prof. Leonardo
J. Biffi, Prof. Dr. Adelar Mantovani, and Prof. Dr. Alexsandro B. Cunha), the IEEE/GRSS Brazilian Chapter (Prof. Dr. Raul
Feitosa) and the ISPRS V/5 council (Prof. Dr. Antonio M.G. Tommaselli). Afterwards, three key-note speakers were invited to
deliver high-level lecturers on specific topics. The key-note speakers were Prof. Dr. Norbert Pfeifer from the Technische
Universität Wien (TU Wien, Austria) who is a well-known expert on LiDAR and photogrammetry. Additionally, Prof. Dr.
Anselmo Chaves Neto from the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR) delivered talks on Multivariate Statistics applied to
pattern recognition and automation. Finally, Prof. Dr. Héctor Jaime Hernández Palma from the Universidad de Chile (UC,
Chile) a well-known scientist in the field of digital image processing using the Google Earth Engine ended the Summer
School delivering the remaining talks. The lectures were delivered at specific intervals and after each lecture an additional
session was planned with the collaboration of professionals in order to promote discussion with the audience. A coffee
break was offered twice per day. The coffee breaks happened during both morning and afternoon sessions in which nine
posters from students were presented.
It is important to mention that the 16th ISPRS Working Group V/5 and Student Consortium Summer School also
offered daily social events, on the basis of voluntary participation. On Monday, the social event took place at the “Galpão
Gaucho” in which the interested participants were able to appreciate traditional dishes from the region. The most famous
dishes are those prepared with the nuts from the Brazilian pine (i.e., Araucaria angustifolia (Bertol.) Kuntze). On Tuesday,
the social event resumed with a degustation of high-altitude grape varieties, i.e., wines made from grapes harvested from
vineyards located at over 1300 meters above sea level. The degustation was harmonized with different cheeses, also
produced in the region. On Wednesday, in order to celebrate the success of the first block, traditional beers brewed in the
region were appreciated at the famous “Boteco Santa Fé”.

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 Figure 1. Group picture of the participants taken on the third day of the event.

The second block, lasting two days (October 5th-6th), followed the model of the IEEE/GRSS Young Professionals (IEEE/
GRSS-YP). This event was intended to guide the careers of Young Professionals who graduated up to 10 years previously, as
well as both graduate and undergraduate students. The event consisted of lectures, as well as interactive sessions delivered
and moderated by prominent professionals active in business, education/research institutions and academia. The morning
session was started with a short opening ceremony mediated by Prof. Dr. Veraldo Liesenberg. A round table was established
with representatives of the University (Prof. Dr. Marcos B. Schimalski, Prof. Leonardo J. Biffi, Prof. Dr. Adelar Mantovani, Prof.
Dr. Alexsandro B. Cunha), the FAPESC (Prof. Dr. Sergio L. Gargioni), the IEEE/GRSS Brazilian Chapter (Prof. Dr. Raul Feitosa)
and the ISPRS V/5 council (Prof. Dr. Edson A. Mitishita) (Fig. 2A). The opening ceremony was followed by a guitar performance
by the undergraduate student Mr. Marlus Pereira (Fig. 2B). Mr. Pereira delivered an impressive performance by playing guitar
and singing typical songs from the “Gaucho’s Culture” in both Portuguese and Spanish languages.
The first session of the 3rd IEEE/GRSS Young Professionals (IEEE/GRSS-YP) event consisted of four lecturers. The first
talk was delivered by Prof. Dr. Norbert Pfeifer from the Technische Universität Wien (TU Wien, Austria) with the topic “Remote
Sensing Career Paths - Examples from Europe”. After the talk, Prof. Dr. Raul Q. Feitosa, a representative from both the Rio de
Janeiro State University (UERJ) and the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), started moderating questions
and concerns from the audience. The second talk was delivered by Dr. Lênio S. Galvão from the Brazilian Institute for Space
Research (INPE) with the topic “Earth Observation Satellites and associated scientific production: advances and perspectives”.
This talk was moderated by Prof. Dr. José Marcato Júnior from the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS). The
participants were then invited for the coffee break and poster session. Afterwards, Prof. Dr. Sergio L. Gargioni, currently the
President of the Foundation for the Support of the Scientific and Technological Research of Santa Catarina State (FAPESC)
delivered a talk entitled: “The Role of the State Government Research Foundations in the relationship among University,
Industry and Society”. This session was moderated by Prof. Dr. Veraldo Liesenberg from the Santa Catarina State University
(UDESC, Brazil). Afterwards, the morning session was closed by Prof. Héctor Jaime H. Palma from the Universidad de Chile
(UC, Chile) with the talk: “Remote Sensing Applications in Chile”. This session was moderated by Prof. Dr. Edson A. Mitishita
from the Federal University of Parana (UFPR, Brazil), and there was then an interval for lunch.

(A) (B)
Figure 2. Group picture of the lecturers from the event (A), and a picture of the guitar performance of the undergraduate student Mr. Marlus Pereira (B).

The afternoon session of the 3rd IEEE/GRSS Young Professionals (IEEE/GRSS-YP) event was started with Prof. Dr.
Edson A. Mitishita from the Federal University of Parana (UFPR, Brazil) with the talk: “The Brazilian Geotechnology Market:
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Challenges and Opportunities”. The talk was moderated by Prof. Leonardo J. Biffi from the Santa Catarina State University
(UDESC, Brazil). This talk was followed by a lecture from Prof. Jefferson A. dos Santos from the Federal University of Minas
Gerais (UFMG, Brazil) with the presentation entitled: “Machine Learning Methods for Remote Sensing Image Analysis:
Challenges and Opportunities”. This talk was moderated by Prof. Dr. Vagner A. Pesck from the Paraná Midwestern State
University (Unicentro, Brazil). After the coffee break, Dr. Marcus V.N.D. Oliveira from the Brazilian Agricultural Research
Corporation (EMBRAPA-Acre) delivered a talk entitled: “Remote Sensing Applications for the Sustainable Forest Management
in the Brazilian Amazon”. This session was moderated by Dr. Alessandra R. Gomes from the Amazon Regional Center (CRA), a
research unit that belongs to the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE). By request of the local organizers, an
additional group of 37 undergraduate students, mostly attending the courses of Forest Inventory, and Forest Management
also attended this specific talk and joined the audience. Afterwards, the afternoon session was closed by Dra. Claudia M. de
Almeida from the Brazilian Institute for Space Research (INPE) with the talk, “State of the Art and Perspectives of Simulating
Land Use and Land Cover Changes using Remotely Sensed Images”. The session was moderated by Prof. Dr. Marcos B.
Schimalski from the Santa Catarina State University (UDESC, Brazil). Last, but not least, the 3rd IEEE/GRSS Young Professionals
(IEEE/GRSS-YP) also offered a social event on the basis of voluntary participation. The participants were invited to enjoy fish
dishes at the “Galpão Capão do Cipó”, a famous restaurant in the city of Lages.
The last day of the event consisted of a talk delivered by Prof. Raul Q. Feitosa from both the Rio de Janeiro State
University (UERJ) and the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). The talk highlighted the topic “The
Importance of Scientific Societies in the Construction of the Research Groups”. During his talk, an announcement of eleven
travels grants was given to the audience (Fig.3A). All the students were invited afterwards to receive their travel grant award
(Fig. 3B).

(A) (B)
Figure 3. Announcement of the Travels Grants by the GRSS Brazilian Chapter Secretary Dr. Patrick N. Happ (PUC-Rio) (A) and group picture of the students granted
travel awards by the event (B).

After the announcement, a closing discussion was initiated with the local organizers and all the lecturers of the event,
promoting a very in-depth discussion with the audience under the topic: “How to Build a Professional Career: Challenges and
Opportunities”. During the closing ceremony, the forthcoming activities for the next year were announced. Unexpectedly, the
students who helped in the local organization requested permission to show a short video containing some pictures of the
event and acknowledging the audience for their visit and also the lecturers and tutors for the very interesting experience. The
video made by the volunteer students can be accessed under the following URL:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4myg6WuuQw&t=9s
There was a final coffee break and afterwards a demonstration of different equipment from both FARO and Leica
Brazilian representatives in the field. Certificates of participation were awarded to the participants by e-mail after the event. A
list of exercises was made available to the students interested in obtaining ECTS credits in their graduate programs. Based on
the delivery of an adequate report, the students will be awarded with three ECTS credits from the Graduate Program of Forest
Engineering.
In conclusion of this report, we would like to sincerely acknowledge all the support given by both the IEEE -
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS) and the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing –
Student Consortium (ISPRS-SC). A special acknowledgement is also due to the financial support given by the Foundation for
the Support of the Scientific and Technological Research of Santa Catarina State (FAPESC). This event would not be the same
without all this generous support.
Thank you very much!

Sincerely,
Veraldo Liesenberg, Marcos B. Schimalski, and Leonardo J. Biffi
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 ISPRS Midterm Symposia 2018
Technical Commission I: Sensor Systems It is our pleasure to announce that International Society for
“Innovative Sensing – From Sensors to Methods and Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) Technical Commission
III Symposium on "Developments, Technologies and applications in
Applications”
Remote Sensing" will be held in Beijing, China, during May 7-10,2018.
October 10 – 12, 2018 The symposium will include plenary sessions, technical sessions,
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, GERMANY tutorials, social activities, exhibitions, etc.
Website: http://tc1-symposium2018.ipf.kit.edu/ The symposium will provide a inter-disciplinary platform for
Abstract Submission Deadline: May 15, 2018 experts, scholars and practitioners to present the latest developments
Notification of Acceptance: June 1, 2018 and applications, discuss cutting-edge technologies, exchange
The Technical Commission I Sensor Systems intend to research ideas, and promote international collaboration in the field of
organize the Symposium's technical sessions in single-track fashion to remote sensing. Over 500 participants from around the world are
support maximum information, interaction and communication. For expected to join in this international academic event, and you are
allowing the presentation and publication of “cutting edge” technical welcome to meet old friends and creat new contacts.
papers as well as early concepts or latest, highly application-relevant
results, we plan two submission possibilities: full papers to be assessed Technical Commission IV: Spatial Information Sciences
by peer-reviewing for ISPRS Annals and reviewing based on abstracts “3D Spatial Information Science – The Engine of Change”
for ISPRS Archives. October 1 – 5 , 2018
Attached to the ISPRS TC I Midterm Symposium Innovative
Sensing - From Sensors to Methods and Applications, several one- or
Delft, THE NETHERLANDS
Website: http://www.isprs.org/tc4-symposium2018/
half-day workshops and tutorials with special focus on young scientists
Full Paper Submission (Double-blind review for publication in the
and practitioners from industry and (non-)governmental agencies will
ISPRS Annals): March 31, 2018
be organized. This shall include, for instance, tutorials and workshops
Abstract Submission (for paper publication in the ISPRS
for UAS- and spaceborne data acquisition strategies, modern
Archives): April 30, 2018
calibration methods, sensor-oriented SAR and hyperspectral data
Notification of Acceptance: May 15, 2018
processing, multi-sensor fusion concepts etc.
The interaction between science and industry will be further The world's population is predicted to reach 7.5 billion in
supported by an exhibition and possibilities for demos and master 2018, and by 2050 it is predicted that it will be 9.7 billion. Managing
classes of internationally leading companies in sensing and processing the social and economic changes brought on by this increasing
of geospatial information. population will require new ideas and spatial information decision
making tools. Moreover, the pressures placed on the usage of spaces
that people live and work in will necessitate decisions that are based
Technical Commission II: Photogrammetry
on 3D and higher dimension spatial data. The ISPRS Technical
“Towards Photogrammetry 2020” Commission IV Symposium will provide a forum where researchers
June 3 – 7, 2018 and practitioners can come together and share their work and ideas in
Riva del Garda, ITALY the spatial information sciences and propose new developments for
Website: http://www.isprs.org/tc2-symposium2018/ this important field for the progress of humanity.
Extended Abstract Submission (for paper publication in the ISPRS ISPRS TC IV ‘Spatial Information sciences’ has a mandate of
Archives): January 26, 2018 four years (2016-20120). During this period the Commission intends
Notification of Acceptance: March 2, 2018 to further advance the research in Spatial information sciences
ISPRS Technical Commission II "Photogrammetry" focuses, considering both theoretical and practical aspects in modelling,
at various scales, on geometric, radiometric and multi-temporal structuring, management, analysis, visualization and simulation of data.
aspects of image- and range-based 3D surveying and modeling. The focus in the four year period is on 3D representations, integration
Specifically Commission II deals with image orientation, point cloud of data from different domains (indoor/outdoor, above/below the
generation and processing, 3D feature extraction, scene surface, design/real world) and applying the information for a variety
understanding, sensor and data fusion, sensor characterization, of applications. The research and developments within the commission
machine learning for geospatial data analysis and big data techniques are carried out within 10 WG and one ICWG, coordinated by 43 ISPRS
for massive data processing. Applications in the fields of mapping, officers and more than 100 members.
industry, heritage, space, underwater and environment are considered.
We are looking forward to welcome researchers, practioners and Technical Commission V: Education and Outreach
companies in the field of photogrammetry, computer vision, image “Geospatial Technology: Pixel to People”
processing and similar to present and discuss their results and November 20 – 23, 2018
activities. The Symposium will feature 4 days with plenary and parallel Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun, INDIA
sessions, oral and poster presentations as well as keynote speakers Website: http://tc5-symposium2018.isrs-india.org/
from research and commercial domains and an exhibition of the most Full Paper Submission (Double-blind review for publication in the
important business players in the photogrammetric and geospatial ISPRS Annals): June 1, 2018
domain. Abstract Submission (for paper publication in the ISPRS
The event is organized in collaboration with SIFET (Italian Archives): June 1, 2018
Society of Photogrammetry and Topography), JSPRS (Japan Society of Notification of Acceptance for Full Paper: August 30, 2018
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing) and ARIDA (Japanese
Notification of Acceptance for Abstracts: August 15, 2018
Association for Real-time Imaging and Dynamic Analysis).
It is our pleasure to announce that International Society for
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) Technical Commission
Technical Commission III: Remote Sensing
V Symposium on "Education & Outreach - Geospatial technology –
“Developments, Technologies and Applications Pixel to People" will be held in Dehradun, India, during November 20 -
in Remote Sensing” 23, 2018. The symposium will include plenary sessions, technical
May 7 – 10, 2018 sessions, tutorials, social activities, exhibitions, etc.
Beijing, CHINA The symposium will provide a inter-disciplinary platform for
Website: http://www.isprs-tc3.tianditu.com/ experts, scholars and practitioners to present the latest developments
Abstract Submission (for paper publication in the ISPRS and applications, discuss cutting-edge technologies, exchange
Archives): January 12, 2018 research ideas, and promote international collaboration in the field of
Notification of Acceptance: February 15, 2018 remote sensing. Around 200 - 300 participants from around the world
are expected to join in this international academic event, and you are
welcome to meet old friends and create new contacts.
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The ISPRS SC board members would like to extend its sincerest and deepest gratitude to
everyone who made all the activities for this year a great success.
We acknowledge the hard work and patience of the summer school organizers, namely,
Dr. Veraldo Liesenberg, Dr. Raul Feitosa, Dr. Jaime Hernandez, Dr. Sameer Saran,
Dr. Sultan Kocaman and their respective institutions, as well as their colleagues and other
individuals, who helped organized and supported the summer schools.
We are also greatly thankful for the support and encouragement we received from the
ISPRS Council, the Technical Commission V, The ISPRS Foundation, and the
Asian Association on Remote Sensing, and other organizations who expressed their
interest to work with the ISPRS SC in the very near future.
Also, to Mr. Markus Englich and the ISPRS SC Newsletter and Design Team, namely,
Sandra Pulmano, Vincent Azucena, Amihan Manuel and Daphne Joyce Maza, for their
perseverance in helping us with the website and the Newsletter.
And lastly, to the ISPRS SC members, for your continued support in the organization. We
look forward to the coming years of providing activities that foster the youth’s capabilities
and nurturing collaboration in our profession.

Please visit our SC web page sc.isprs.org where you will find more information about Student
Consortium, our previous Newsletter issues, SC activities, photo galleries from previous Summer
Schools, interesting links etc.