Baltic Geospatial Information Technology Conference
8 - 9 June 2023
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Riga
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University of Latvia
Who we are
The conference is organized by the representatives from each Baltic state – the Latvia’s GIS Association, the Estonian Geoinformatics Society, and the Lithuanian Cartographic Society in cooperation with our conference partners and supporters.
State of the Map Baltics 2023 has joined Baltic Geospatial Information Technology Conference 2023. OpenStreetMap is a collaborative project to create a free and open-source map of the world, created and maintained by a community of volunteers.
What we do
The Baltic Geospatial Information Technology Conference (BGITC) is a unique cooperation among Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania in order to organise a regional industry event that fosters cross-border collaboration in the field of geospatial information technology (GIT). Apart from exchanging experiences to expand knowledge and innovation, as well as exploring market growth opportunities, the goal is to build a common view and vision for the development of GIT industry in the Baltic region.
Why attend
The BGITC is an event for anyone who is interested in geospatial information technologies – be it students, researchers from universities, representatives from corporations, government institutions and municipalities or entrepreneurs.
Throughout the day, you will have an opportunity to:
- tune into speakers – both local and international – at any of the several parallel sessions
- meet and exchange ideas with GIT advocates, professionals and enthusiasts
Speakers
Guna Datava
TetRolands Rihters
JSC Latvia's State ForestsMateusz Konieczny
OpenStreetMap CommunityIlya Zverev
OpenStreetMap CommunityAndrejs Zubanics
JSC Latvia's State ForestsRegita Zeila
OpenStreetMap CommunityTomas Straupis
OpenStreetMap CommunityFarhad Huseynov
AzercosmosKostas Gruzas
InfraPlace and Vilnius UniversityTomasz Kozlowski
TomTomEdgars Indriksons
Riga City CouncilJohn Abel
GoogleJoe Cotti
AirbusPekka Sarkola
Gispo OyIvars Bergmanis
Latvian Geospatial information agencyIvo Vinogradovs
University of LatviaViesturs Zandersons
Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology CentreGatis Kalniņš
Citizen science project Hillforts.euTanel Jairus
Teede TehnokeskusDāvis Kļaviņš
Central Statistical Bureau Republic of LatviaArmands Meirans
Latvijas Mobilais TelefonsAlpo Turunen
Finnish Geospatial Research InstituteHanno Kuus
Estonian Land Board
Gold Partners
Silver Partners
Bronze Partners
Supporters
Agenda
Day 1
08 Jun 2023
Day 2
09 Jun 2023
08:30 - 09:00
Registration and morning coffee
9:00 - 9.20
9:20 - 9.50
Keynote speech – Google
John Abel
09:50 - 10:20
10:20-10:50
10:50 - 11:10
Coffee Break
New capabilities offered by the WorldView Legion constellation to support informed decisions
The WorldView Legion constellation is a fleet of six high-performance satellites offering high-agility point collects for monitoring and large area collects for mapping missions, enabling more persistent monitoring, near real-time... Read More
Ossi Karjalainen
OSMF board – what are they even doing?
Mateusz Konieczny
Satellite Imagery Analysis for Coastal Erosion Assessment of Latvia
Coastal erosion is a global issue with significant economic and environmental consequences. Latvia, with more than 500 km long coastline consisting of loose, sandy sediments, is one of the countries... Read More
Viesturs Zandersons
OSM from beginners perspective: first impressions
What’s the first impression of a person starting to use OSM? It seems that everything’s done already and there’s nothing to contribute. However, the deeper you get into the woods,... Read More
Regita Zeila
Tackling Climate Change with the Help of Satellite Imagery: the Case of Azerbaijan Illustrated by the 2022 Climate Change Report
It is no secret that today, climate change is one of the most significant challenges posed to the humanity. Certainly, the role of space monitoring and remote sensing in tackling... Read More
Farhad Huseynov
OpenStreetMap data Quality assurance in Lithuania
OpenStreetMap data is changing every minute by ever-changing group of mappers. Changes are used in numerous products. This requires continuous process of Quality assurance to decrease the probability of product... Read More
Tomas Straupis
12:40 - 14:00
Lunch
LVM GEO Data Cube for Earth Observation Data
Andrejs Zubanics
5G as part of GIS
Armands Meirans
Machine learning in spatial predictive modelling: challenges and opportunities
Spatial modelling involves predicting and mapping the distribution of environmental variables across geographic areas, such as precipitation, and soil organic carbon. Machine learning can be a powerful tool in helping... Read More
Evelyn Uuemaa
European iron age hillforts mapping, 3D modeling, resurveying and historical open data
I will present my project, that first planned as Latvian iron age hillforts mapping, but grew and now transformed to European iron age hillforts mapping and 3D modeling project Hillforts.eu.... Read More
Gatis Kalniņš
Plèiades Neo & OneAtlas – a shift in paradigm for remote sensing
Plèiades NEO, with 30 cm resolution, has unlocked a new era in space based remote sensing. New capabilities means new opportunities and new use cases. However, data is only as... Read More
Joe Cotti
15:00 - 15:30
Session 2
15:30 - 15:50
Coffee Break
Opportunities and challenges for data-based smart city solutions
Data-based smart city solutions offer opportunities for improved urban development and resource allocation through data-driven decision-making. However, various challenges should be addressed while creating the right ecosystem and choosing the... Read More
Guna Datava
Application of spatial conservation prioritisation for proposal of protected areas extension in Latvia
The presentation will explore the application of spatial conservation prioritization in proposing extensions to protected areas in Latvia. Spatial conservation prioritization is a decision-making tool that identifies priority areas for... Read More
Ivo Vinogradovs
The highest hill summits in Latvia based on LiDAR data
Review of the highest hill summits in Latvia by Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia based on LiDAR data
Dāvis Kļaviņš
Digital twin. Riga city example.
While a digital twin, in its simplest sense, can be a virtual (digital) model of a physical object, when we look at a whole city it can be much more... Read More
Ivars Bergmanis
Importance of open source in teaching GIS: let’s build something from scratch
We will present our experience in teaching GIS courses with open source software at Vilnius University. During the study process we use methodology – build a system from scratch. This... Read More
Rita Viliuviene
Andrius Balciunas
09:00 - 09:30
Morning Coffee
Inspired by satellite data
ESTHub as local collaborative hub of Copernicus has developed an app for anyone interested in satellite data – Satiladu. Two years of existence have produced interesting user stories. Satiladu would... Read More
Triin Tajur
How to get points of interest from OSM
This talk is exactly what it says on the tin: I want to extract restaurants or shops or train stations from OpenStreetMap. Or every POI there is. How do I... Read More
Ilya Zverev
Implementation of INSPIRE in Lithuania: experience with the transition to foss4g
In this presentation we will share our experience of transition from commercial software to FOSS4G both from technological and company/team perspectives. We will present the technological architecture we use to... Read More
Rita Viliuviene
Andrius Balciunas
Updating addresses in Latvia
Semi-automated updating of addresses in Latvia using open data published by the State Land Service.
Dāvis Kļaviņš
Roadside data to better practices – GIT in road consultancy
The lifecycle of streets and roads requires careful planning and thought-out construction followed by sensible maintenance. How to make this happen efficiently is something where Teede Tehnokeskus comes in. There... Read More
Tanel Jairus
Building an Enterprise GIS with Open Source software
I’ll share some practical tips and tricks for managing an enterprise GIS workflow with FOSS4G (Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial). I will present some common Enterprise GIS architectures... Read More
Pekka Sarkola
11:00 - 11:30
Session 1
TomTom’s cooperation and contribution in OpenStreetMap
Community & Partnership team builds TomTom brand in OSM world, for better cooperation – better map data, sharing sources, knowledge and best practices. Presentation covers our cooperative actions and our... Read More
Tomasz Kozlowski
The Role of GIS in the Digitalization of Rail Baltica Construction Supervision
Rail Baltica is the largest greenfield high-speed rail megaproject in the Baltics connecting three Baltic states with the EU’s core rail network corridor. The purpose of the presentation is to... Read More
Vaidas Ulenskas
OGC APIs in Practice: Geospatially Enabled Ecosystem for Europe (GeoE3)
GeoE3 is an European project for building an ecosystem for easy access to high-value datasets, leveraging the power of OGC APIs. Its main outcomes are the data integration platform and... Read More
Alpo Turunen
Hanno Kuus
12:00 - 13:00
Lunch
Making sense of the data – Data analytics in public sector
The newly established Riga City Data Analytics team will talk about their upcoming plans on how to enable data-driven performance management in public sector.
Edgars Indriksons
13:00 - 13:30
Session 2
Optimisation of generalisation re-calculation using partitioning
GIS data changes every day. Requirement to generalise data more often is rising as well. We can optimise generalisation operators, but often forgotten way is to segment the dataset and... Read More
Helping Humans in Vilnius with Computer Vision
We will present how we in Vilnius leverage drone footage and machine learning to help the citizens of this city. Our focus is on one set of models: our inhouse... Read More
Eligijus Bujokas
13:30 - 14:00
Session 2
14:00 - 14:30
Session 1
GIS – open and (un)simple for small utility companies
The presentation will showcase the InfraPlace team’s experience in helping small utility companies use open source (QGIS) software to solve everyday challenges. We think that there are no too small... Read More
Kostas Gruzas
14:30-15:00
Baltic Geospatial Information Technology Conference
The next speaker we’ll introduce to you is Andrejs Zubaničs.
He is representing Latvijas valsts meži/ LVM GEO and his presentation topic will be "LVM GEO Data Cube for Earth observation data".
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Location
Jelgavas iela 1, Rīga, LV-1004
info@latgis.eu