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Resource Centers - Europe Austria IDRISI Resource Center http://www.uni-salzburg.at/zgis/idrisi The Centre for GeoInformatics (Z_GIS) at Salzburg University is an established international center of competence, active in research and industry cooperation. Z_GIS contributes to instruction and further training in GIS and Remote Sensing through collaborative projects with partners worldwide. IDRISI is being integrated into the UNIGIS Salzburg distance learning program; within this framework, the Salzburg IRC provides educational and technical support to UNIGIS students. In addition, the Z_GIS works with the German language community toward promotion of advanced GIS research based on IDRISI and organizes workshops and conferences to facilitate intensive cooperation. Last updated 4/14/06 Czech Republic IDRISI Resource Center Contact: Dr. Martin Klimanek and Dr. Vladimir Zidek http://mapserver.mendelu.cz/idrisi Jointly administered with the Technical University in Zvolen, Faculty of Foresty, Zvolen, Slovakia. The Department of Geoinformation Technologies of Mendel University provides research and education in remote sensing, surveying and GIS. Basic activities are focused on landscape monitoring and the management of renewable natural resources, particularly forests. Methods of GPS mapping, interpretation and classification of aerial photographs and satellite images, DEM applications, windthrow risk analysis and geospatial web services are employed. The department also includes a doctoral program in Applied Geoinformatics. Current activities and offerings include the development of local GIS training and educational materials, IDRISI User Group meetings and technical assistance. Last Updated 4/13/09 Hungary IDRISI Resource Center Contact: Professor Bela Markus http://www.fttk.hu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=84&Itemid=66 The IRC provides information in Hungary on spatial analysis and IDRISI. Since the College’s foundation, their primary objective has been to offer land-surveyor and land management specialist training courses and degree programs, of which IDRISI is an integral component. Current activities/offerings include training courses, research activities and the establishment of a UNIGIS distance learning program. The Hungarian Resource Center is also a Reseller of Clark Labs’ products. Last Updated 10/10/05 Italy IDRISI Resource Center Contact: Dr. Gherardo Chirici The Italy IDRISI Resource Center (IRC) is a Laboratory of Geomatics (geoLab) within the Universita di Firenze focused on using GIS and remote sensing in diverse application areas. Although forestry is their specialty, they also utilize geographic technologies for other fields, such as meteorology, agriculture, land use change and ecological modeling. IDRISI is used routinely in course offerings, seminars and Ph.D. research. The IRC also organizes seminars and presentations for other universities, supports workshop and training activities and collaborates with other research institutions. Last Updated 10/10/05 Poland IDRISI Resource Center Contact: Bartosz Kulawik http://www.gis.geo.uj.edu.pl/idrisi At the Institute of Geography and Spatial Management at Jagiellonian University, IDRISI is used in both education and research. Main fields include GIS and remote sensing, landscape ecology, land use/land cover change and mountain environments. IDRISI is used routinely in course offerings, seminars and Ph.D. research. Current IRC activities/offerings include the development of educational materials, teaching and research and the provision of technical assistance to the Polish user community. Last Updated 10/11/05 Slovakia IDRISI Resource Center Contact: Professor Jan Tucek Jointly administered with the Department of Geoinformation Technologies, Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, Brno, Czech Republic. The Technical University of Zvolen strongly supports the study of geoinformatics. A laboratory of geoinformatics was established in 1995 and IDRISI plays an important role in teaching and research. Its partner, Mendel University, focuses on the use of remote sensing, surveying and GIS in the agricultural, forest, biological, economic and technical sciences. Applications often focus on landscape monitoring and the management of renewable natural resources, particularly forests. Current activities/offerings include the development of local GIS training and educational materials, IDRISI User Group meetings, and technical assistance. Several degree programs are also offered. Last Updated 1/29/10 Spain IDRISI Resource Center Contact: Irene Compte jointly administered with Department of Geography Contact: Javier Salas The GIS Center of the University of Girona, created in 1994, is a technical research center specializing in the processing of geographical information using computer and electronic means (GIS, GPS and Remote Sensing). Its main objective is to promote the use of GIS for academic and research purposes. IDRISI is used extensively in the curriculum of various degree programs at University of Girona. The IRC, since 1999, has also coordinated a UNIGIS distance learning program for GIS. The Spain IRC provides support to academic personnel, technicians and researchers in the processing of geographical information, collaborates with a variety of governmental and environmental organizations on research and application issues and forges international scientific networks on GIS. Current activities/offerings include the development of tutorials in Spanish entitled: "Suitability mapping using context and distance operators," and "Remote sensing analysis for flooded areas assessment." These materials can be found at http://www.unigis.es/. The IRC has also translated several IDRISI brochures into Spanish, including Basic Functionalities in IDRISI and What's New in IDRISI Kilimanjaro. The Department of Geography at the University of Alcala promotes a variety of activities related to research and education. IDRISI is used in the curriculum of several undergraduate and graduate level degree programs. The IRC has also developed a spatial decision support system, LOCALIZA, based on IDRISI and InovaGIS library, for the location of social facilities. The IRC also provides technical and scientific support to Spanish users. Last Updated 10/20/03 Sweden IDRISI Resource Center Contact: Markku Pyykonen The Stockholm Resilience Centre is an international centre that advances transdisciplinary research for governance of social-ecological systems with a special emphasis on resilience. The centre, established in 2007, is a joint initiative between Stockholm University, the Stockholm Environment Institute and the Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics at The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The new Landscape/Seascape Lab at the centre was launched in 2008. Our mission is to conduct scientific research focusing on spatial and temporal dynamics of social-ecological interactions, e.g. urbanization and land use change, water and carbon management, coastal and marine management, and scenarios of social-ecological systems. Raster based GIS and remote sensing techniques are important components for both teaching and research and will, to a large extent, be based on the IDRISI software. Teaching will mainly be on the post-graduate level for students and researchers within the Resilience Centre, Stockholm University and affiliates. Switzerland IDRISI Resource Center Contact: Dr. Abram Pointet http://www.mfsa.ch/en/research/crif/index.html jointly administered with Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Contact: Dr. Stephane Joost and University of Fribourg Contact: Dr. Claude Collet The main objective of the MicroGIS Foundation for Spatial Analysis (MFSA) is to enhance the geographic dimension of research and research results within diverse scientific fields. To this end, the research center makes use of expert knowledge and promotes dialogue between multiple thematic disciplines and Geographical Information Science, in particular spatial analysis. MFSA acts as an international platform to assist the transfer of knowledge between different scientific disciplines. MFSA carries out basic and applied research in different thematic disciplines (for example, economic geography, genetics, anthropology, ecology, archeology, etc.). MFSA also actively encourages and promotes thematic and interdisciplinary research that utilizes spatial analysis with Master's and Ph.D. degrees. In addition, MFSA contributes to continuing education programs, and is planning the publication of scientific popularization books. Last Updated 3/16/09 United Kingdom IDRISI Resource Centers Contact: David R. Green and Stephen D. King Serving the UK GIS Community, the IRC currently offers technical and scientific support to all levels of the academic community from schools to further/higher education, the independent user, government and the commercial sector. IDRISI is also used extensively in the curriculum and research activities. The IRC focuses on research involving the environmental applications of geospatial technologies, integrated coastal zone management, vegetation and habitat mapping, landscape ecology, and environmental and occupational health. Last Updated 10/10/05 Contact: Dr Bruce Carlisle http://online.northumbria.ac.uk Northumbria University is the latest home of the first IDRISI Resource Center in the UK, initially set up at Manchester Metropolitan University in 1996. The Resource Center is administered by staff in the Division of Environmental Management and the Centre for Environmental and Spatial Analysis. IDRISI is used in a variety of courses at Northumbria. Current research efforts include the mapping of tranquility in the English countryside and the monitoring of deforestation and tropical rainforest conditions in Buton, Sulawesi, Indonesia. The change detection, decision making and fuzzy modeling tools found in IDRISI are of particular benefit to these projects. The IRC offers support on the use of IDRISI and will also provide training sessions. Last updated 10/11/05. |
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