GRI Geospatial Software Developer Research Assistant
Toi Hangarau | Geospatial Research InstituteLocated in Ōtautahi | Christchurch, Aotearoa | New Zealand We’re looking for an early career Software Developer who enjoys collaborating with researchers, turning complex research questions into practical software solutions, and working with large spatial datasets and emerging geospatial technologies. Āu Mahi | What You Will DoIn this role, you will work […]
Quantifying agricultural CH4 emissions using MethaneSAT, MethaneAIR and ground-based data
In this talk, we will present results demonstrating MethaneSAT’s ability to quantify emissions from both intensive agriculture systems and in dispersed pastoral agriculture. We will show analysis of data from over 200 individual agricultural scenes over the United States from MethaneAIR, an airborne precursor instrument to MethaneSAT, which suggest methane emissions from intensive agricultural systems may be systematically under-estimated due to poor quantification of emissions from animal waste.
Second IEEE GRSS NZ Radar Remote Sensing School 2026 (NZRRSS)
We had a fantastic turnout to the Second IEEE GRSS NZ Radar Remote Sensing School 2026 (NZRRSS). The event was held here at the University of Canterbury (UoC) from 15 to 17 April 2026, organised by the Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS) New Zealand Chapter and the Geospatial Research Institute (GRI), supported by the […]
Current Trends in Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging Techniques
The talk outlines the principles of Synthetic Aperture Radar and provides an overview of the underlying radar instrument designs and imaging techniques. It then details a specific imaging mode known as f-STEC which explores the SAR trade-space in an unusual way by time compressing the return echo. It is demonstrated how the f-STEC imaging mode can be utilised by both aforementioned trends.
Nationally Consistent Flood Hazard and Risk Information for Aotearoa
This talk will report on results from a 5-year MBIE-funded Endeavour Programme, Mā te Haumaru o te Wai on the development of a semi-automated workflow to consistently model flood hazard and risk over all of Aotearoa for current and future climates, and show results from this work that are being made available on our flood hazard and risk viewing platform to help ensure there is consistent information available.
Spatial insights for greener cities
In this seminar, we will explore the differences in health and health behaviours by neighbourhood, uncovering some of the underlying reasons for these variations in health. To better understand the range of ways in which differences in health emerge, Professor Malcolm Campbell will present a series of research projects from Te Taiwhenua o te Hauora | The GeoHealth Laboratory
Polarimetric and Interferometric SAR for 3D Applications
In this seminar, this presentation will focus on polarimetric and interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar techniques for environmental parameter estimation within the forest, agriculture and snow/ice domain.
Geospatial science and health: An overview of the Te Taiwhenua o te Hauora | The GeoHealth Laboratory’s impactful research over the past 20 years and what future health challenges will be tackled next
In this seminar, we will explore the differences in health and health behaviours by neighbourhood, uncovering some of the underlying reasons for these variations in health. To better understand the range of ways in which differences in health emerge, Professor Malcolm Campbell will present a series of research projects from Te Taiwhenua o te Hauora | The GeoHealth Laboratory
The Kaitiaki Intelligence Platform: Integrating mātauranga Māori, artificial intelligence, and sensing technologies in the design of an environmental sensing network.
Dr John Reid be giving a talk called The Kaitiaki Intelligence Platform: Integrating mātauranga Māori, artificial intelligence, and sensing technologies in the design of an environmental sensing network.
How much habitat is enough?
In this seminar, Dr Cristina Banks-Leite will talk about ecological thresholds as a was to estimate the minimum amount of habitat required to preserve biodiversity, and how the position of thresholds changes across biomes world-wide.