Geoinformatics for Geosciences. Advanced Geospatial Analysis using RS, GIS and Soft Computing. Earth Observation

Table of Contents

1. Geoinformatics, spatial epidemiology, and public health

2. Quality of life in Athens, Greece, using geonformatics

3. A new kind of GeoInformatics built on living structure and on the organic view of space

4. Geospatial modeling of invasive Aedes vectors in Europe and the diseases they transmit: a review of best practices

5. Deposition and erosion dynamics in Axios and Aliakmonas river deltas (Greece) with the use of Google Earth Engine and geospatial analysis tools

6. Crowdsourced geospatial data in human and Earth observations: opportunities and challenges

7. Google Earth Engine and machine learning classifiers for obtaining burnt area cartography: a case study from a Mediterranean setting

8. On volunteered geographic information quality: a framework for sharing data quality information

9. Natural disaster monitoring using ICEYE SAR data

10. Oil spill detection using optical remote sensing images and machine learning approaches (case study: Persian Gulf)

11. Remote sensing and geospatial analysis

12. Mineral exploration using multispectral and hyperspectral remote sensing data

13. Geographic information systems and remote sensing for local development. Reservoirs positioning

14. An integrated approach for a flood impact assessment on land uses/cover based on synthetic aperture radar images and spatial analytics. The case of an extreme event in Sperchios River Basin, Greece

15. Quantitative comparison of geostatistical analysis of interpolation techniques and semiveriogram spatial dependency parameters for soil atrazine contamination attribute

16. Comparison of "subjectivity� and "objectivity� in expert-based landslide susceptibility modeling

17. Remote sensing and geographic information system for soil analysis-vulnerability mapping and assessment

18. Multiparameter analysis of the flood of November 15, 2017 in west Attica using satellite remote sensing

Conclusions

Index

Authors

Nikolaos Stathopoulos Scientific Project Manager, Institute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing, National Observatory of Athens, BEYOND Centre of EO Research and Satellite Remote Sensing, Greece. Dr. Nikolaos Stathopoulos is Scientific Project Manager at the Institute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing, National Observatory of Athens, BEYOND Centre of EO Research & Satellite Remote Sensing, Greece. He holds a PhD in Geoenvironmental Hazards & Water Resources via GIS & Remote Sensing from the National Technical University of Athens, MSc in Geoinformatics from Harokopio University of Athens, MSc in Water Resources from the National Technical University of Athens, and Bachelor in Mining Engineering specializing in Geotechnology. He has published over 35 scientific publications including journal papers, conference papers, and book chapters covering fields such as remote sensing, geographic information systems, hazards (e.g. floods, erosion, desertification, etc.), spatial analysis, geostatistics, and more. He has over 10 years of research, teaching and professional experience in the field of remote sensing and his main research interests are geoenvironmental hazards, climate change, hydrology and groundwater, modeling, quality and quantity of water resources, change detection, remote sensing, and GIS. Andreas Tsatsaris Rural and Surveying Engineer and President, Department of Surveying and Geoinformatics Engineering, University of West Attica (UniWA), Greece. Professor Andreas Tsatsaris is a Rural and Surveying Engineer and President of the Department of Surveying and Geoinformatics Engineering of the University of West Attica (UniWA), Greece. He is also Director of the Research Laboratory "GAEA". He has been teaching since 1996 in Spatial Epidemiology, Medical Geography, GIS, and Thematic Cartography in both Postgraduate and Undergraduate Studies Programs of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Crete and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and the Faculty of Engineering at UniWA. He has published over 90 articles in scientific journals and international conferences and has participated in over 30 national and international research programs. He is a certified evaluator of the State Scholarship Foundation and General Secretariat in Research and Technology in the evaluation of research proposals. Kleomenis Kalogeropoulos Surveying Engineer, Department of Surveying and Geoinformatics Engineering, University of West Attica (UniWA), Greece. Dr. Kleomenis Kalogeropoulos is a Survey Engineer, a Post-Doctoral Researcher and he holds two MSc Diplomas in Water Resources Engineering Management and in Geoinformatics. His PhD focused on applied geoinformatics and especially on spatial data infrastructures and cartography. His research interests are focused on spatial data infrastructures, spatial analysis, natural disasters modeling, geoarchaeology, and digital cartography. He has participated in various research projects and has written articles in various journals and scientific conferences, and chapters in various academic books. In recent years, he has been providing supplementary teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels at the Department of Geography, Harokopio University of Athens, Greece. He is a certified evaluator of the State Scholarship Foundation and General Secretariat in Research and Technology. He was also previously an Expert in Earth Sciences in the use of GIS and remote sensing applications for the Institute of Educational Policy, Ministry of Education, Greece.