Karel Charvat, a technical manager of the PoliRuralPlus project, recently traveled to China to represent the initiative at the GEO Symposium and Open Data/Open Knowledge (ODOK) Workshop 2024. This event, a key gathering under the umbrella of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), aims to foster collaboration among global experts in Earth observation and data sharing.
The symposium highlights how innovative technologies like GeoAI can drive progress in sustainable development, climate resilience, and urban-rural linkages. During his participation, Karel presented how the PoliRuralPlus project integrates GeoAI with spatial predictors and Large Language Models (LLMs) to optimize rural-urban linkages, a key focus of the project. This approach enables precise predictions of land use changes and environmental shifts, helping decision-makers make informed choices for future developments.
The GEO Symposium 2024 aligns closely with PoliRuralPlus goals, focusing on advancing Earth observation systems for real-world impacts on nature, people, and the planet. Karel’s contributions at the event emphasizes the importance of tailored geospatial tools in addressing global challenges, a core ambition of the PoliRuralPlus initiative.
More about the symposium: GEO Symposium 2024
Video presentation: GeoAI presentation
