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CDE Joint Master

Copernicus Master in Digital Earth

The two year full-time integrated Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Programme aims at qualifying individuals to lead initiatives, projects and institutions translating Copernicus services into management decisions within a broader Digital Earth vision.

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Study geovisualization in Olomouc

Copernicus Master in Digital Earth is an international multi-partner Erasmus Mundus Joint Master programme. In addition to studying for the first academic year at Paris-Lodron University Salzburg (PLUS) and the second year at the selected specialization partner, University of South Brittany (UBS) or Palacký University Olomouc (UPOL), students are exposed to further experiences aimed at integrating the student body across partners as well as offering opportunities to connect with worldwide regional specifics through involvement with associated partners, in the form of internships/work placements, thesis mobility, and participation in short intensive programmes.

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Study Path / Specialization Tracks
One starting place for all students aims to establish a strong common denominator for the first two semesters before continuing towards a specialization track completed at one of the designated partner universities. At the time of application for admission, candidates select and prioritize at least one specialization track.

Joint Study
Student cohorts will meet each semester for joint short intensive programmes (summer schools or blended intensive programme), excursions and the Orientation Project, guaranteeing an integrated experience. Students may move to another mobility partner in the final semester. The study programme consists of a compulsory work placement/internship, at any organization or at an associated partner.

Academic Degree
This English language Master of Science programme accepts outstanding candidates towards double degrees. As a joint study programme offered by at least two higher education institutions the student receives upon successful completion of the study programme in accordance with the CDE curriculum a degree certificate from the respective specialization track institutions and the Paris-Lodron University Salzburg.

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List of courses in Olomouc

Module descriptions are outlined in the curriculum, course descriptions are available in PLUSonline, the university’s learning management system.

Geovisualization

Systematic Geovisualisation
Advanced Methods of Geovisualisation
Design in Geovisualisation

Geocommunication

Cognitive Cartography
Web Cartography

Electives

3D Visualisation
Cartographic Project
Desktop Publishing in Cartography

Previous intakes / editions

Since 2019, UPOL has been hosting students for geovisualization tracks. It began with intakes and continues with editions in CDE 2.0.

Overview of CDE students’ master theses

Edition 1 (2024–2026)

CDE students – Edition 1 (2024–2026)

AKBABA Demet: Geovisual Storytelling of Climate-Induced Migration Patterns in Urban Environments
ALVES RIGOTO Marcelo: Data Driven Wildfire Spread Modeling Using Earth Observation Data with Interactive 3D Visualization in Unity
AZEEM Amna: Geovisualization of Child-Friendly Urban Mobility: Design and Implementation of a Visualization Tool
BUKHARI Syeda Noor ul Saba: High-Resolution Wet and Dry Snow Monitoring in the Austrian Alps Using Sentinel-1 SAR and Landsat/Sentinel-2 Optical Data Fusion (Hohe Tauern National Park, Austria)
FEDYSZYN Maria Anna: Geovisualization of Mobility Patterns Using Multisource Data: A Case Study at Envelopa Campus, Olomouc, Czechia
GOJDÁR Emese: Comparison of Geovisualization Methods for Drought Impacts and Vegetation Trends using Copernicus Data
HOSSAIN MD Jakir: Geovisualization of Climate Change in Central Europe: An Interactive Dashboard in the Esri Environment Using Copernicus Data
KIEFER Annabelle Melanie: Urban Heat Islands in Olomouc: A Geospatial Identification of Thermal Patterns, Urban Structure, and Human Perception
OKE Bamidele Clement: Tactile Atlas of Nigeria: Development of educational cartographic materials about Nigeria for students with visual impairments
OLI Upendra: AI-Guided Optimization for 3D Gaussian Splatting on Drone Images
SALAZAR CUELLAR Darlyng Nicole: The Transformative Power of GeoAI: A Case of Study for smallfarmers’ EUDR compliance
SUCHI Most Sanjida Anjum: Prague Mapped by People and Satellites

Intake 5 (2023–2025)

CDE students – Intake 5 (2023–2025)

NIKOLAUS Gernot: Flood vulnerability in Punjab, Pakistan: a geospatial analysis and cartographic approach

Intake 4 (2022–2024)

CDE students – Intake 4 (2022–2024)

BILAL Muhammad: Using Geotagged Photos to Design Etosha National Park Map Set
CAMACHO HURTADO Felipe: 3D VISUALIZATION AND ANALYSIS OF PATAGONIAN GLACIERS CHANGES USING EARTH OBSERVATION DATA
EKANAYAKA Mudiyanselage Ruchira Dulanjith Ekanayaka: AUTOMATED ROOF GENERATION FOR THE CITY OF OLOMOUC USING ESRI CITYENGINE
GARCIA BOADAS Emma: MAPPING OF WATER QUALITY DYNAMICS DERIVED FROM HYPERSPECTRAL EARTH OBSERVATION DATA FOR THE TAM GIANG LAGOON IN CENTRAL VIETNAM
HENRY Jevaughn Leighton: Multicolour 3D-Printed Geovisualisation
KAZEEM-JIMOH Opeyemi Adeshewa: ANALYSIS AND 3D VISUALISATION OF WILDFIRES USING EARTH OBSERVATION DATA
MULDER Madeline Ellen: Tactile maps presenting SDG 6: Clean water and sanitation
PANNOON Parinda: Implementation of Artificial Intelligence for Creating Maps

Intake 3 (2021–2023)

CDE students – Intake 3 (2021–2023)

SUBEDI Sushmita: COPERNICUS DATA IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS USING IMAGE MAPS
KURBANOVA Guldariya: Creating a virtual geographic learning environment and its user assessment
DELGADO BALAGUERA Sofia Margarita: Mapping and visualising lava flows of the Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland
SOLPIEVA Zhibek: E-LEARNING PLATFORM FOR WEB-CARTOGRAPHY
OJHA Rabin: Visualization of multi temporal information from Semantic EO data cube
POOLADSAZ Kiarash: Monitoring the Evolution of the Kaiwhata Landslide in New Zealand using Object-based Image Analysis and Sentinel-2 Time Series
ŠRAMO Benjamín: Automation of Processing GNSS Track Records for Designing Intensity Maps
PANDEY Ravi: ONLINE VISUALIZATION OF HIKING ACTIVITIES
LETARU Lydia: COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT OF A WEB MAP DEPICTING ACCESS TO UTILITIES IN INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS OF KAMPALA

Intake 2 (2020–2022)

CDE students – Intake 2 (2020–2022)

DELIGANT Anatole: Digital twins in the context of disaster preparedness: fusion of GIS and game engines
CHRISTIE Ella: ANALYSIS AND GEOVISUALISATION OF BIODIVERSITY MONITORING DATA
LIU Nianhua: GeoVisualization of Football Players Movement
Nurul Fatma Zealandia Sarah: IMPROVING SEN2CUBE.AT WEB APPLICATION VISUALIZATION CAPABILITIES
PORTI SUAREZ Anna: User Evaluation of COVID-19 Dashboards
WANG Yuan: PORTRAYAL OF LIKELY CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON BEEKEEPING BASED ON EARTH OBSERVATION DATA

Intake 1 (2019–2021)

CDE students – Intake 1 (2019–2021)

ADE Bismark: VISUALIZATION OF GEOGRAPHIC DATA USING GOOGLE CLOUD PLATFORM
DE GOROSTIZAGA Sayana: MAPPING MANGROVE FORESTS: PROCESSING AND VISUALIZATION OF MULTI-SENSOR EARTH OBSERVATION DATA FOR THE COLOMBIAN PACIFIC COAST
JIMOH Sheriff: Mapping and monitoring slums using geoinformation technologies
LUZ Leonard: Designing a Thematic Atlas on the Geospatial Impact of COVID-19
NOOR SULTAN Minha: Development of a georeferenced eye-movement data creation tool for interactive webmaps
RIZCANOFANA Rochamukti: GIS-BASED SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC POTENTIAL MODELLING IN THE URBAN AREA
SCHAFER Nelson: Map Animation of Shipping Traffic in Adobe After Effects from GIS data