Research profile

 

The Institute of Geography at the Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice is a well established centre of competence in geospatial and remote sensing science and its application.  We educate GIS specialists, GIS analysts and teachers of geography for primary and secondary education.

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Our research domains:

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• Geospatial modelling in open-source GIS such as solar irradiation, surface temperature, soil erosion, overland flow

• UAV mapping with laser scanning, multispectral, hyperspectral, and thermal imaging

• Cave laser scanning

• Paleogeography, provenance of minerals, geomorphology

• Renewable sources of energy

• Human population dynamics and migration

• 3D geospatial visualization and data interaction