Article of the Month - May 2023 |
This month we would like to share with you a video recording of a keynote session of FIG Congress 2022 |
In this recording that is offered to you in this "Video of the Month Series" Gordana Jakovlejvic and Simon Ironside speak about plastic pollution and the process that will enable the accurate mapping and classification of floating plastic.
The effects of plastic pollution on the Earth’s oceans are well documented, potentially catastrophic and increasing exponentially year on year. UN estimates suggest that >75% of all the plastic produced since 1950 has since become waste. The UN Environment Programme has calculated that each year more than 8 million tonnes of plastic ends up in the oceans. Eighty per cent of all litter in our oceans is made of plastic and, without action, by 2050 there will be more plastic in the sea than fish, by weight. This is an intolerable problem that needs immediate and far-reaching action to remedy. The surveying and spatial science profession agrees that this must stop.
FIG Working Group 4.3 - Mapping the Plastic - a combined initiative of the FIG Young Surveyors Network and Commission 4 (Hydrographic Surveying), in conjunction with the University of Novi Sad (Serbia) and the University of Banja Luca (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and with assistance from Trimble has developed a world leading methodology to accurately extract floating plastic data (as small as 1.0 cm in length) from multi-spectral UAV images using artificial intelligence deep learning algorithms. Learn more about this exciting, ground breaking process will enable the accurate mapping and classification of floating plastic in near real time.
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Ms. Gordana Jakovlejvic - Faculty of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy Bosnia and Herzegowina Gordana Jakovlejvic is interested in the development of automated processing procedures for remote sensing data, which are designed to extract information in real-time or near-real-time, Gordana is focused on the research that could include remote sensing derived data in decision-making processes and implementation of policies including Sustainable Development Goals or EU Directives. Her work interests are, but not limited to, deep learning, monitoring the status of aquatic environments, mapping floating plastics, and smart agriculture. She successfully finished her Ph.D. studies in remote sensing and GIS in 2020 at the University of Novi Sad and currently working as an Assistant professor at the University of Banja Luka in the Department of Geodesy. She published a dozen of papers at scientific conferences and journals. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gordana-jakovljevic-55167469/ ResearchGate:https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gordana-Jakovljevic-2 |
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Mr. Simon Ironside - Land Information New Zealand’s Property Rights Group and Chair of the WG on Mapping the Plastic Simon is a New Zealand surveyor with considerable experience at
both ends of the surveying spectrum. He is Licensed Cadastral
Surveyor and a Level 1 Certified Hydrographic Surveyor. He works for
Land Information New Zealand’s Property Rights Group, which is
responsible for delivering New Zealand’s survey and title system as
a Cadastral Surveyor, overseeing the validation and approval of
cadastral survey datasets. His hydrographic surveying experience has
been gained primarily in the industrial offshore sector. He worked
in the North Sea oil and gas industry from 1980 until his return to
New Zealand in 1991 and was involved in many offshore exploration
and production projects as a hydrographic surveyor. |
