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New publication on large-scale slum mapping in 55 cities across the globe
Researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM), the Munich Center for Machine Learning,...
MainPro Project Meeting: Next Project Phase Launched
On Friday, November 21st, a MainPro project meeting was held to exchange ideas with our...
PhD position: Earth Observation of drought and fire impacts
Job Announcement: PhD Position on EO research of Drought, Fire and Vegetation in Kruger National...
EORC Talk: Facing the challenges of big data with multi-talented earth observation data cubes
The Earth Observation Research Cluster (EORC) invites to a talk by Dr. Insa Otte and colleagues...
Guest lecture on UAV remote sensing of the cryosphere at UNIS, Svalbard
In the last two weeks, EORC employees Sebastian Buchelt and Jakob Schwalb-Willmann traveled to...
New Team Member at the EORC: Sonja Mass
Sonja Maas joined the Earth Observation Research Cluster (EORC) in October 2025 as a research...
Tamilwai Kolowa presented at the GESIS Workshop on Earth Observation Data in the Social Sciences
Our PhD student Tamilwai Kolowa (https://remote-sensing.org/new-phd-student-tamilwai-kolowa/)...
The Robin Flowerdew Prize for Best Postgraduate Paper was awarded to EORC doctoral student Tamilwai Kolowa
At the 2025 RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, the Robin Flowerdew Prize for Best...
latest posts
Save the Date: Celebrating 25 Years of Remote Sensing at University Würzburg
Next year marks a very special milestone for us. The Department of Remote Sensing is turning 25!...
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🎄 A Gentle Touch of Christmas in the Foyer
As the year draws to a close and deadlines, reports, and project milestones converge, December...
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Tamilwai Kolowa presented at the GESIS Workshop on Earth Observation Data in the Social Sciences
Our PhD student Tamilwai Kolowa (https://remote-sensing.org/new-phd-student-tamilwai-kolowa/)...
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MainPro Project Meeting: Next Project Phase Launched
On Friday, November 21st, a MainPro project meeting was held to exchange ideas with our...
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The Robin Flowerdew Prize for Best Postgraduate Paper was awarded to EORC doctoral student Tamilwai Kolowa
At the 2025 RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, the Robin Flowerdew Prize for Best...
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EORC Talk: Understanding the Structure of Space: Urban Morphometrics as a Backbone of Urban Taxonomy
On the 3rd of December, the EORC will host its last EORC Talk for this year and gladly invites you...
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Keynote presentation at the GESIS Workshop “Earth Observation Data in the Social Sciences”
The GESIS International Expert Workshop titled “Earth Observation Data in the Social...
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Our EAGLE Coffee Meeting
At the beginning of each semester, we hold a series of small and informal EAGLE coffee meetings—a...
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EORC Staff Complete Joint First Aid Training
Today, staff from the EORC successfully completed a joint first aid course held in our department....
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A Successful EO4CAM Project Meeting in Würzburg: Strengthening Collaboration for Earth Observation Research for Climate Adaptation in Bavaria
On Thursday, 20 November, more than 30 experts from the Earth Observation Research Cluster (EORC)...
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Visit to the Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy (MPI-SP) in Bochum
On Friday, 21 November, Dr. Richard Lemoine-Rodríguez and M.Sc. Johannes Mast visited the Max...
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New publication on large-scale slum mapping in 55 cities across the globe
Researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM), the Munich Center for Machine Learning,...
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Contributions of DLR and EORC to the Human Planet Forum 2025
The Human Planet Forum 2025, “People and Planet: Shared Understanding for Informed...
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HABITRACK: New Project for Predicting Vector-Borne Diseases
We are very pleased to announce the successful acquisition of the third-party funded BMFTR project...
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HABITRACK: Neues Projekt zur Vorhersage vektorübertragener Krankheiten
Wir freuen uns sehr, die erfolgreiche Einwerbung des BMFTR Drittmittelprojekts HABITRACK...
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EAGLE MSc Defense: “Detecting Snow Phases and Runoff Using Sentinel-1 SAR and Multispectral–Optical Data”
On December 09, 2025, Daria Ushakova will present her Master Thesis on ” Detecting Snow...
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Poster Presentation at AK Hydrologie, Bonn
From November 13 to 15, Sofia Haag and Christian Schäfer attended the AK Hydrologie workshop in...
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DLR and EORC contribute to the Science Show in Unterföhring
The Science Show in Unterföhring...
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Successful PhD defense by Patrick Sogno
We congratulate our PhD student Patrick Sogno on his successful defense of his PhD thesis. The...
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New publication on decoding stress in urban public spaces
Researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), the Earth Observation Center (EOC)...
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A Glimpse into Our Research: Data on Display in the Foyer
Stepping into the foyer, visitors are now greeted by large, striking images that tell the story of...
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