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PANORAMA OF CARTOGRAPHY ACTIVITIES IN STRASBOURG

Sister Cities Session ‐ August 29, 2013 16:30 – 17:45

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Overview of Earth sciences organisms in Strasbourg School and Observatory for Earth Sciences (EOST)

Dedicated to teaching and research in Earth and environmental sciences Both a school of engineers and an observatory for sciences of the universe Offers a program for geophysical engineers and courses at 3 levels: Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctorate. Part of the Doctoral School of Earth, Universe and Environmental Sciences

Image Lab, City, Environment (LIVE)

Multidisciplinary research team from the CNRS and the University of Strasbourg At the crossroads of Humanities and Social Sciences and Geosciences Involved in the Masters Geography and Urban and Environmental Faculty of Geography and Planning

• f Strasbourg

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Overview of Earth sciences organisms in Strasbourg International Space University (ISU)

Private institute of higher education founded in 1987 Two‐month Space Studies program and one‐year Masters program Provides courses covering all disciplines related to space programs and enterprises, space science, space engineering, systems engineering, space policy and law, business and management, and space and society

ISU missions

Developing the future leaders of the world space community by providing interdisciplinary educational programs to students and space professionals in an international, intercultural environment Serving as a neutral international forum for the exchange of knowledge and ideas on challenging issues related to space and space applications Imparting critical skills essential to future space initiatives in the public and private sectors

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Overview of Earth sciences organisms in Strasbourg Remote Sensing, Radiometry and Optical Imaging (TRIO) team

within the ICUBE laboratory Part of the University of Strasbourg Main research domains: State of the Earth’s land surface (emissivity, temperature, 3D canopy models using LIDAR data, roughness) Radiation balance models (input for glacier’s mass balance models) Welcomes a large number of PhD students

Rsi QA Rlo Rso

Models of radiation balance over PR China 3D canopy model (Yingke site, north Tibet)

The National Institute of Applied Sciences

• f Strasbourg

 Grande Ecole for engineers and architects  under the supervision of the French Ministry of higher education and research.  it has the status of an EPSCP, a public scientific, cultural

• r professional establishment.

 School founded in 1875  part of the INSA network since 2003

INSA Strasbourg missions ‐ training engineers and architects ‐ scientific and technological research ‐ continued training and disseminating scientific and technical culture It belongs to the Alsace Tech network, founded in 2007.

INSA Strasbourg 1300 students

The INSA network

1st network of public schools

• f engineering in France

Seven engineering majors (five‐year engineering degree courses):

• Topographical surveying

+ double degree with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

• Civil engineering

+ double degree with the University of Dresden

• Mechanical

engineering

• Plastics

technology

• Mechatronics
• Environmental

and energy engineering

• Electrical

engineering + one architect degree.

Engineer in Topographical surveying

Expert in geomatics, geodesy, photogrammetry, remote sensing, surveying, GNSS, advanced mathematics, metrology, GIS, law, computer science, 3D modeling,... but also foreign languages , communication, business and management.

(35 students/year)

http://www.insa‐strasbourg.fr/

LiDAR data Buildings extraction 3D building models

Point cloud (1.3 points /m²) Bd de la Victoire, Strasbg

Development of processes for automatic 3D building modelling

Research in Topographical surveying

Photogrammetry and Geomatics Group – Icube TRIO Laboratory UMR 7357 Research area : Cultural Heritage Modelling

• methods and techniques for 3D data acquisition (LiDAR, TLS, MMT)
• development of 3D modelling processes
• data management

http://icube‐trio.unistra.fr

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SERTIT, a technology transfer service specialized in remote sensing and GIS Deliveries

Specific studies Expertise Assistance Geo‐information production Operational service

Resources

A team made up of 20 people An equipment dedicated to remote sensing A scientific and technical environment within the University of Strasbourg

Applications

Urban and rural area management Environmental monitoring Natural resources Epidemiology Disaster / Risk management and security

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National and international research projects

• Future spatial systems’

specification

• Image processing methods
• Qualification and validation tool
• Expert systems based on geo‐information

At the crossroads between several worlds

• Research institutes
• Spatial agencies
• Local authorities
• Industry

SERTIT, a technology transfer service through R&D activities

Within the 1st French University

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A 24/7/365 operational service provided by an ISO 9001 certified company

Experience (10 years, 100 interventions, 1000 products) Global geographical coverage 24/7/365

• perability

Reactivity (Delivery of crisis products in less than 6h) Users from many horizons (International organizations, civil protections, local administrations, NGOs…)

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10 years of rapid mapping

• perations at SERTIT

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Earthquake in Port‐au‐Prince, Haiti (01/2010) Disaster impact map 1st damage map only 40h after the earthquake Earthquake / Tsunami in Japan (03/2011) Damage map produced 44h after the earthquake 600km of coastline mapped

Disaster / Risk management:

Some important activations

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Overview of the floods over Eastern Germany, Austria and Czech Republic

Floods over the Danube & Elbe rivers (06/2013) DRESDEN DRESDEN

Overview of the Elbe river floods from Magdeburg to Hamburg

MAGDEBURG MAGDEBURG HAMBURG HAMBURG

Disaster / Risk management:

Latest 2013 activations over Central Europe

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Floods over the Elbe river (06/2013) Disaster extent map

• ver Dresden area

Potentially flooded areas derived from a Pleiades image (50cm) acquired the 5th

• f June 2013

Disaster / Risk management:

Latest 2013 activations over Central Europe

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Floods over the Elbe river (06/2013) Disaster extent map

• ver Dresden area

(Zschieren district) Potentially flooded areas derived from a Pleiades image (50cm) acquired the 5th

• f June 2013

Disaster / Risk management:

Latest 2013 activations over Central Europe

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Floods over the Elbe rivers (06/2013)

Disaster / Risk management:

Latest 2013 activations over Central Europe

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Green infrastructure mapping in urban areas

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Natural resource management: application to vegetated areas

High vegetation Low vegetation Winter crop Spring crop Water Building Not vegetated area

Land cover mapping from Pléiades 1A images (50cm)

• ver Strasbourg Urban Community (CUS)

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Green infrastructure mapping in urban areas

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Natural resource management: application to vegetated areas

Development of a vegetation density indicator

Very dense vegetation Sparse vegetation

CUS area (Strasbourg Urban Community)

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Tree species characterisation

• Cartography of each tree species
• Monitoring of trees’

evolution and sanitary conditions

• Windstorm damage mapping
• Forest clearings mapping
• Delineation of burnt areas…

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Forest cover monitoring Natural resource management: application to vegetated areas

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 Reduction of wooden areas: Inventory of forest clearings over the Alsace plain

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Forest monitoring over the Alsace plain

1990 1990 ‐ 2002 2002 ‐ 2009

• By 59 ha per year

between 1990 and 2002

• By 87 ha per year

between 2002 and 2009

Natural resource management: application to vegetated areas

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Environmental observatory of sensitive habitats, contributing to biodiversity protection

Remote sensing analysis of agricultural landscape at the end of hamster’s hibernation period

Land cover realized from SPOT 5 and Pléiades images

1. Alfalfa 2. Winter crop 3. Bare soil 4. Urban area and important infrastructure 5. Other

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Environmental monitoring

Spatial distribution of favorable areas: highlighting of ecological corridors Preservation of favorable areas from year to year

Development of environmental indicators to assess the spatial and temporal continuity of favorable areas

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Pléiades 70 cm SPOT 5 10 m Alfalfa Winter crop

More accurate detection of parcels’ boundaries Better discrimination of land cover types Detection of smaller parcels and crops at an early growing stage (difficult with SPOT 5)

100 m

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Environmental monitoring Environmental observatory of sensitive habitats, contributing to biodiversity protection

Proportion in % 2010 2011 2012 2013 Luzerne 4.0 3.9 3.0 2.4 Céréales d’hiver 14.6 16.5 11.1 17.1

Evolution of hamster’s habitat Objective of the Ministry of Environment = 22% of favorable crops close to the burrows

Thank you for your attention ! Any question ?

Henri GIRAUD SERTIT – Université de Strasbourg henri.giraud@sertit.u‐strasbg.fr http://sertit.u‐strasbg.fr/ https://www.facebook.com/sertitsbg