Project description
Smarter geospatial data for a sustainable Europe
Climate change, biodiversity loss and rapid urbanisation are putting pressure on Europe’s ecosystems. Monitoring these changes requires accurate, high-resolution geospatial data from land, sea and air. Yet, existing methods remain fragmented, with data scattered across platforms and expertise unevenly distributed between research and industry. New tools are needed to ensure policymakers act on complete and up-to-date information. Supported by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the I-DEAL project responds by developing approaches to collect, process and apply geospatial data in support of the European Green Deal. By uniting 14 partners across 11 countries, the project harnesses AI, robotics, LiDAR and hyperspectral imaging to improve Earth monitoring, strengthen skills and bridge the gap between science, industry and sustainable decision-making.
Objective
Geospatial data are nowadays collected with various sensors (hyperspectral cameras, LiDAR, etc.) and platforms (airplanes, drones, ground robots) and processed with advanced methods (e.g. photogrammetry, artificial intelligence - AI, etc.) in order to deliver analyses- and decision-ready thematic products. These products can be used, among others, for environmental monitoring, sustainable use of space, spatial analyses, simulation and predictions.
The I-DEAL project aims to foster new skills and strengthen human resources performing a series of secondments to develop new, unconventional approaches for geospatial data acquisition, processing, verification and usage to support the European Green Deal actions. New methods based on AI, robotics, oblique aerial cameras, LiDAR and hyperspectral sensors, and combining ground, airborne and satellite data for the monitoring of various ecosystems (atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere and built environment) will be investigated, tested and applied in various scenarios. Investigations will tackle different Green Deal ambitions, sharing and exchanging complementary expertise to boost geospatial technologies and improve Earth monitoring and climate change mitigation. Scientific events and transversal training activities will also be organized and offered to support career developments.
The integration of I-DEAL intersectoral aspects will allow researchers to see, understand and exploit private company approaches or mapping agency methodologies; at the same time, non-academic people and service providers will exchange with and benefit from R&D activities and in-house products.
The I-DEAL consortium consists of 14 partners from 11 countries, with practitioners and commercial representatives, as well as scientists with diverse educational backgrounds, such as technical, engineering, natural and socio-economic.
The project will run for 48 months with a total number of 186 months of secondments.
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- engineering and technology electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering electronic engineering sensors
- natural sciences biological sciences ecology ecosystems
- engineering and technology electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering electronic engineering robotics
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HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
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38122 Trento
Italy
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