News

Teaching
18. April 2019
The new semester has started
The new summer semester has started and therefore our drones are used in different projects and field courses. In this year’s UAS course in the international Master’s program (Master of...
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Teaching
31. March 2019
First test flights with new payload: Wildlife radio tracking system
Our team member and student Pia Pickenbrock is currently writing her thesis on radio animal tracking using our MD4-1000. She reports: Last week we conducted first flights with a new...
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General
27. March 2019
The new interdisciplinary nature of the project group
For more than 10 years we have been using unmanned aerial systems (UAS) in our teaching and research activities in the field of Geosciences. Initially started as the “ifgicopter” project...
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General
22. March 2019
New VTOL drone arrived
Our new fleet member arrived. Stay tuned for more information in the upcoming days…
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Projects
12. March 2019
New article published in MDPI Forests
The results of the black locust study (click here for more information) were published in the MDPI Journal Forests. Overall, we could show that the three reproduction strategies of black...
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Teaching
12. March 2019
New article published in MDPI Drones
Is it possible to detect traces of fluorescent powder from insects or small mammals using unmanned aerial systems? This exciting question was asked by students in their project work (MSc...
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General
4. December 2018
Geonetwork Münsterland conference on drones
As part of the Geonetwork Münsterland conference with the topic on drones, Dr. Jan Lehmann presented a talk on the potential applications of UAS-based remote sensing in ecology. More than...
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General
19. November 2018
Successful cooperation with industry: Drones support spoil management
Please follow the link for more information (only available in german language): Drohnenflug über ehemaligem Opel-Werk
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Teaching
24. July 2018
Seminar: Processing and Analysis Workflows for UAS-Borne Spatial Data
This project seminar aimed at developing open and reproducible workflows for processing and analysis of very high-resolution imagery acquired by UAS. Participants explored the use of free and open source...
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