Research interests
- Spatial Data Infrastructures
- Web-based geoprocessing services and service orchestration
- OGC-compliant services (WMS, WFS, WCS, WPS, CS-W)
- Providing satellite data and products over the web
- Cloud-based spatial data services
- Raster databases
- Web-Development with Content Management Systems
- Openlayers, GeoExt, ExtJS, GeoServer
- Citizen Science
Theses
PhD thesis (University of Jena), 2019:
"Web service-based exploration of Earth Observation time-series data for analyzing environmental changes" (Download)
Masterthesis (University of Jena, DLR), 2011:
"Creation of OGC-compliant process chains in the field of remote sensing using the example of MODIS-data" (only in german)
Bachelorthesis (University of Applied Sciences Ostwestfalen-Lippe), 2007:
"Managing ISO 19115/19119 metadata for an environmental information portal" (only in german)
Software development
- Open Data Cube User Interface - docker containerization
- Geoportal WebGIS framework
- pyEOM - multi-source earth observation data discovery, access, and analysis
- ESA Sentinel download script
- MySeasons - mobile app for vegetation phenology and satellite time-series data
Applications developed
- Open Data Cube for Wetlands
- SWOS/GEO-Wetlands Community Portal
- PhaenOPT
- MySeasons App
- Earth Observation Monitor
- Siberian Earth System Science Cluster
Voluntary activities
- GEO Wetlands Initiative
- GEOSS EVOLVE
- GEOSS Community Portal Team
Research projects
- Satellite-based Wetland Observation Service (SWOS) (funded by EU H2020)
- PhaenOPT - Operational vegetation phenology monitoring for the state of Thuringia, Germany (funded by BMVI/DLR)
- SAR-EDU - Remote Sensing Education Initiative (funded by BMWi/DLR)
- Earth Observation Monitor (funded by University of Jena)
- Siberian Earth System Science Cluster (SIB-ESS-C) (funded by University of Jena)
- EuRuCAS (funded by EU FP7)
- Enviland-2 (funded by BMWi/DLR)