At the end of June, as part of the Amazi Hafi project (More efficient use of water and other resources for more sustainable livelihoods of people in Karongi District), we conducted the last training of experts from Caritas Rwanda in Kigali. Together with administrators and users of the system, we refreshed knowledge on the online…

Last week GeoCodis also observed the severe flooding that affected Slovenia. In our application Water, where are you? (vodakje.si), which uses a radar satellite to detect and display water areas, we observed various flooded areas. Photos and screenshots show flooded Gradiško jezero (Sveta Trojica in Slovenske gorice) and floods along the river Krka (Dobrava near…

At the end of April, the Africa Day 12th International Conference was held in Brdo pri Kranje under the title “Africa and Europe: Climate Security for the Future – Global Challenges, Local Actions”. In the panel “Smart business solutions for ecological security”, the company GeoCodis presented its work in various African countries. We also used…

In April, we met with business colleagues, partners and customers for the traditional GeoCodis Business Meeting, which took place in Šobec. We presented our latest projects, discussed and made plans for the future. The event was enriched by a lecture of the great alpinist Andrej Štremfelj.

At the beginning of February, we had a business visit to Egypt, where we started a new project: Development of GIS Location Finder Module for Urban Upgrading Areas in Egypt. A large part of Cairo is informally built-up, without basic infrastructure and without consideration of urban planning guidelines. The goal of the project is to…

The GeoCodis team wishes you much joy on the upcoming holidays and much success in the new year!

At the end of July 2022 a second group of Erasmus+ students have finished with their internships. For four months three graduate students, from school IESELRINCON in Canary islands (Gran Canaria), have visited Slovenia. During their internships they have improved a platform myphotofromspace.geocodis.com, which prepares and collects satellite images for decorative purposes. Satellite images are…

In recent days, we have repeatedly seen in media that the smoke from the Karst fire in Slovenia can also be seen from space. Which of course is true. However, we were particularly interested in whether we can use the existing tools from the Sentinel Hub web portal (Powered by Sentinel Hub with contributions by ESA) and data…

In March 2022, two Spanish students from IESELRINCON (Gabriel and Alejandro) finished their Erasmus+ exchange in GeoCodis. During the collaboration, students worked on two projects, which were concerning one of the main scope of work of GeoCodis. Students worked on app development trough satellite images. For their job well done, they were also able to…

Globally more and more people come across water scarcity or at least quality water scarcity. Many people do not have access to water in their households or even near their home. Another problem that is gaining on it’s significance is irrational use of water all over the world. With the development of different technologies and…

In March 2022, Geocodis visited Rwanda, within the framework of the TUBE AHEZA AMAZI HAFI project. Project was launched trough the collaboration with Caritas Slovenia and Caritas Rwanda. The main purpose of the project is to provide safe access to water, improvement of hygiene and general health, especially among lower class in Karonga district, Rwanda.…

In the autumn of 2021, Geocodis began with first activities for a new water management project in the Republic of Ghana. The project is financed by the Slovenian Ministry of Economic Development and Technology. Our local partner in Ghana is the Community Water and Sanitation Agency. In November we visited the capital Accra and its…

Geocodis participated in the 10th International Conference Africa Day: Africa and Europe – Collaboration for Clean Water for All. High-level online event under the auspices of the President of the Republic of Slovenia, Mr. Borut Pahor and organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia is held in the framework of…

News of the stranded cargo ship Evergreen filled the front pages of newspapers and web portals last month. In our company we also observed the situation via Copernicus satellites. In the color images of the Sentinel 2 satellite, you can see the stranded ship in Suez Canal, and in the black and white images of…

We have added a new layer to the VodaKje.si portal, which shows the presence of water in the entire territory of Slovenia in 2020. The layer shows the sum of all areas in which water was detected. Dark blue shades show areas with a frequent presence of water, and light blue with a lower frequency.…

VodaKje.si (where is water portal) data was used for the Master Thesis “Water dynamics analysis using Sentinel-1 satellite image time series” by student Jana Breznik. It was found that with a proper review of the data, it can be used in research work and spatial planning. Data verification was performed on the karst (Ljubljanica river…

Pre-Expo Space Week was an online event for Expo 2020 (postponed to 2021) in Dubai. Slovenia participated at the event with an article about space technologies in which the company Geocodis was also presented. The full article can be viewed online: Expo Space Week – Day 2 from 4:26:38 onwards. 5th – 6th of October…

GeoCodis presented its work with satellite images on the broadcast Točka preloma. The topic of broadcast was Slovenia in the Space. You can watch the entire programme on the RTV website. 17th of September 2020, Točka preloma, RTV source: https://www.rtvslo.si/4d/arhiv/174718786?s=mmc    

MLEO (Machine Learning for Earth Observation) is a web tool for analysing satellite images using machine learning technology. We invite you to watch a short presentation video.

In October we attended DevReach, one of the leading development conferences in Central and Eastern Europe. Lectures were about Web, Mobile, Smarter Apps, Processes, Design / UX, Tools / Frameworks and Career Skills. The conference presents guidelines for development of new technologies that we want to follow and use in the development of our solutions.…

At the beginning of autumn, we organized an international meeting with our business partners with whom we are already cooperating or we intend to cooperate in the future. In addition to business talks, we also did some sightseeing of Slovenia and Croatia.

The European Space Agency (ESA) organized a Phi Week at ESRIN (Frascati) in September. The event was focused on EO Open Science and FutureEO – to review the latest developments in Open Science trends. We attended this event and also participated in the final presentation of the CEOIS (Customized Earth Observertion-based Information Services) project, where…

In beginning of June Geocodis visited Nairobi to train Ministry of Water and Sanitation staff. A training plan, together with corresponding manuals was prepared for further sustainable maintenance of the water sector reforms portal, information management system and website.

Business meeting and the 5th anniversary of GeoCodi began with presentations of the company’s novelties and achievements and it ended with breakfast, debating and socializing

In March, we participated in the Land and Poverty Conference: Catalysing Innovation, organized by the World Bank in Washington DC. Together with ZRC SAZU, we presented the CEOIS project funded by the European Space Agency. The purpose of the project is to accelerate the use of Earth Observation services in African projects, financed by the World Bank.

In November 2018, we participated in the business forum Slovenia – Ghana, held in Akra. We have joined the economic and state delegation. There were Slovene companies and more than 60 Ghanaian companies and institutions. GeoCodis introduced its solutions, which are successfully implemented in East African countries. It was a way to gain experience, contacts and…

Last day in October 2018 GeoCodis and it partners presented final version of WatSan MIS software to all stakeholders. The meeting took place at the Ministry of Infrastructure in Kigali, Rwanda. Our next step now is to integrate some final comments into final solution and prepare everything for users training that will take place in…

In September 2018, a Russian Slovenian business forum was held in Samara and Togliatti, Russia. It was organized by the Spirit Slovenia agency together with the government of the Samara region and the Slovenian-Russian business club. During the visit, GeoCodis presented its activities in the field of remote sensing, spatial analysis and international activities in…

GeoCodis visited  Nairobi for the second time in a few months to be present at the meeting at the Ministry for Water and Sanitation. Successful project needs also closer and personal contacts with all participants that cannot be replaces with remote communication. Our Kenya project is continuing.

At the International Africa Day 2018 conference we presented our work to representatives of delegations from several African countries and got acquainted with the new possibilities of mutual cooperation. We got to know some projects that other Slovenian companies have on this continent. And we also participated in the organization of a professional excursion, attended…

On Tuesday 24.4.2018 we successfully carried out a business event entitled GeoCodis – Spatial Data Analysis between Slovenia and Africa. Together with our partners, we presented various activities in the field of satellite landing, cooperation with the European Space Agency and presentation of some of the projects that we are running in Slovenia and Africa.…

We also used business trip to the equator to overview progress and potential continuation of  UPMIS, Utility Performance Monitoring and Information System. We are pleased  to see progress, which was partly done with our help.

In January GeoCodis started with development of Management information system for water supply, sanitation and hygiene sector in Rwanda. First of all we had to become familiar with situation among different stakeholders and on the field.

Where is water is web page that provides information about water coverage for all European countries and a significant area of Africa with a frequency of 3-5 days. The ground resolution of the data is 10 metres.

At the end of November 2017 GeoCodis participated on a training course for business cooperation with European Space Agency (ESA). We visited  the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) where is ESA’s main technology development and test centre for spacecraft and space technology. It is situated in Noordwijk, South Holland, in the western Netherlands.

DevReach is one of the premier developer conferences in Central and Eastern Europe. It is intended for IT professionals engaged or interested in application development. Topics of the lectures were the development of .NET, front-end development and JavaScript, mobile application development, tools and best practices for developers. Attendance at technical conferences, such as DevReachis very…

We were among more than 1100 developers from Central Europe who in the start of November attended phpCE conference in Poland. The speakers, among them were the likes of Sebastian Bergmann (PHPUnit) and Derick Rethans (MongoDB, Xdebug), were mainly focused on topics such as (automated) testing, software architecture and general tips & tricks for keeping…

At the end of September GeoCodis team was attending the  European Space Agency  OE Open Science 2017 Conference at ERSIN, which is ESA centre for Earth Observation located in Frascati near Rome, Italy. Last year we presented our project of a portal for detection of water bodies named WhereIsWater.at. This year conference was great opportunity…

From 26th until 28th of September, there was in Berlin a big yearly exhibition and conference called InterGeo with the leading phrase: “Together Stronger”. That was a unique opportunity for us to overview progress made in measurement technologies and solutions used on field, but also in the space. Events like this makes us ascertained that our company’s…