Organizers of this course#
This course is organized by CSC - IT Center for Science and funded by Geoportti Research Infrastructure and the Location Innvation Hub.
CSC - IT center for Science#
Non-profit company producing IT services for research and higher education
Owned by ministry of education and culture (70%) and higher education institutions (30%)
Headquaters in Keilaniemi, Espoo
Side offices and supercomputers in Kajaani
~650 people
Geoportti Research Infrastructure#
Geoportti Research Infrastructure (RI) is a shared service for researchers, teachers and students using geospatial data and geocomputing tools. Geoportti RI helps the researchers in Finland to use, to refine, to preserve and to share their geospatial resources.
GeoPortti (oGIIR) projects has been very important for developing geocomputing usage of CSC supercomputers and cloud services.
GeoPortti services:
At CSC:
GeoPortti GeoCubes - a harmonised, multi-resolution raster geodata repository containing several national datasets
GeoPortti GeoPrivacy - a service where cyclists and pedestrians can donate GPS tracking data for science.
Geospatial Challenge Camp - a 10-week long challenge-based course (5 ECTS) that aims to provide participants a chance to tackle relevant real-world challenges in cross-disciplinary teams
Location Innovation Hub#
The Location Innovation Hub (LIH) is a centre of excellence in location information coordinated by the Finnish Geospatial Research Institute. Our services are produced in conjunction with a partner network. We help companies to grow their business with location information. We also serve the public sector.
Consulting to companies and other organizations how to use GIS, trainings, test environments
