Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry

The Department of Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry concentrates on quality issues related to modern mapping techniques and instrument, and promoting the development and introduction of new mapping methods and algorithms in Finland. The department is also an active participant in the defining of national best practices for remote sensing data acquisition. The focus areas include digital aerial imaging, terrestrial and airborne laser scanning, and SAR interferometry.

The characteristics that describe the operation of the department are competitive basic research, applied development work conducted in cooperation with the industrial sector, and international cooperation. The department has participated in the development of the new laser scanning based digital elevation model production, transmission to laser scanning in forest inventory, and the development of a FLPIS quality system for the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, and the production of a satellite-based snow map in the Finnish Environment Institute.