Sensors listen to the earth
Satellites hug the planet,
together they speak the language of the future

La Terra is the department's remote sensing and environmental sensor platform, integrating innovative technologies, advanced analytical tools, and multidisciplinary expertise for the study and monitoring of the environment and land, offering services both internally and to third parties. The supporting research group boasts extensive and consolidated experience, gained over decades of activity in the fields of hydrology and glaciology, botany, forestry, land-use planning, general ecology, landscape ecology, agronomy, and plant physiology. These skills are complemented by approximately ten years of experience using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for environmental remote sensing (HydroLab Laboratory ) and a solid background in environmental sensor technology, developed over 30 years.
In our vision, ground-based sensors tell the story of the local reality, while drones and satellites provide a broader view thanks to a multi-scale approach. By integrating data with geostatistics and artificial intelligence, it is possible to develop solutions and predictive models to build a more sustainable future. The platform also cooperates with other University departments in the fields of spatial information, topography, and artificial intelligence. It consists of two departments, but with a modular approach, it can integrate others:
The Environmental Remote Sensing Lab is equipped with remotely piloted aircraft (RPAS) for RGB, multispectral, and LiDAR photogrammetric surveys, topographic GNSS, GIS, and hardware and software tools for processing and analyzing remotely sensed images. It also provides satellite capabilities for large-scale analysis and modeling, with access to both public and private databases.
The Sensors Laboratory is able to monitor and analyze with extreme precision a broad spectrum of environmental and physiological variables on spatial scales ranging from single leaves to entire ecosystems, and on time scales ranging from a few tenths of a second to multi-year cycles.

Services

• RGB and multispectral photogrammetric UAS surveys, LiDAR and processing of related products
• Access to RGB and multispectral satellite images and computation of indices
• Spatial data analysis, cartographic production, georeferencing, geocoding , GIS/cartographic consultancy
• Setting up a sensor network in the agricultural field for physiological and physical parameters

Contacts

If you are interested in one of our services, want to evaluate a collaboration, or are looking for information, you can write to luca.cadez (ad) uniud.it
Management Committee: Alessandro Peressotti, Antonio Tomao , Federico Cazorzi, Francesco Boscutti, Giorgio Alberti, Luca Cadez (Coordinator), Marco Vuerich, Maurizia Sigura, Sara Cucchiaro.