Today we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the European Space Agency (ESA). At GeoCodis, we are proud to collaborate with ESA on Earth Observation (EO) projects. Through the analysis and processing of satellite imagery, we contribute to the development of solutions for water and drought detection, agricultural monitoring, urbanization mapping and much more. Congratulations, ESA,…
At GeoCodis, we welcomed the spring season with a teambuilding trip to Golica. Surrounded by thousands of blooming daffodils, we gave our eyes a well-deserved break from computer screens, swapped office chairs for hiking shoes, and enjoyed the fresh mountain air. Walking through the beautiful Slovenian landscape helped us recharge, regain energy, and return to…
On May 13–14, 2025, we participated in the “New Capabilities and Countries in European Space” conference, held at the European Space Agency’s ESRIN facility in Frascati, outside Rome. The event was dedicated to networking, collaboration, and knowledge sharing within the European space community. GeoCodis was represented by Matjaž Ivačič, CEO in Andraž Bežek, COO, who…
Our company had the pleasure of participating in the Slovenia-Algeria Business Forum, held on Tuesday at the official visit of President of Algeria, accompanied by a strong ministerial and business delegation. The event was organized by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia, in cooperation with SPIRIT Slovenia, the Ministry of the Economy, Tourism…
This year, GeoCodis Day took place in the beautiful setting of Dvor Jezeršek near Brnik, where we had the pleasure of connecting with our partners, colleagues, and everyone who plays a role in shaping our company’s story. Together, we reflected on the past year, highlighted key milestones, and showcased some of our latest projects. We…
Ljubljana Marsh is a unique natural area, known for its rich ecosystem that includes wetlands, meadows, and numerous rare species of plants and animals. Due to its characteristics the marsh is prone to frequent flooding. This phenomenon is also visible in last week’s photographs of the marsh. The water retention in this area can also…
Last week, GeoCodis joined forces with the Slovenian Space Office and other Slovenian space-related companies on a business visit to Algeria. Our delegation visited the Algerian Space Agency headquarters in Algiers, strengthening international partnerships in the space sector with signing a memorandum of cooperation between the two countries. GeoCodis has high hopes for future collaborations,…
The conference ‘Challenges of Climate Change Adaptation in South-eastern Europe’ wrapped up successfully in Brdo, Slovenia. From February 5th to 6th, leading decision-makers, experts, and international organization representatives gathered to tackle our region’s environmental challenges. GeoCodis showcased its projects focusing on drought management, water conservation, and innovative smart irrigation systems – crucial technologies for our…
Training of the Ministry of Water and Environment staff in Uganda on database management for the needs of the water quality monitoring system.
Slovenia became a full member of the European Space Agency (ESA) at the beginning of this year. At GeoCodis, we attended the ceremony at the Noordung Center in Vitanje, where we met with representatives of ESA and the Slovenian space sector. (photo: Matjaž Očko)
May the upcoming year bring you lots of joy, good health and many new achievements!
Dr. Andraž Bežek, a member of our team, participated as a mentor in the 8th CASSINI Hackathon. He was impressed by the enthusiasm, innovation, and positive energy of the teams. The event was inspiring and important, as it established numerous friendly and business contacts. More about the event on: • https://www.startup.si/sl-si/cassini-hackathon-2024 • https://www.instagram.com/startupslovenia/ • https://www.linkedin.com/company/start-up-slovenia-initiative/posts/?feedView=all
At the end of September, we visited ESRIN, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Earth Observation Center in Frascati, Italy. We had two key reasons for this business trip. The first was the final presentation of the SDA4Wetlands project, where we presented the results of testing various algorithms for detecting and monitoring wetlands using satellite imagery.…
In July, GeoCodis embarked on a business trip to Uganda, highlighted by productive activities and enriching experiences. The visit featured a mix of strategic discussions on current and future projects. The most important aspect of the visit was the implementation of the “Design, Development, and Installation of a Satellite Driven Earth Observation System for Upgrading…
For several years now, through the Erasmus program, GeoCodis has been facilitating internships for Spanish students from IES El Rincon in the Canary Islands. Currently, Daniel is completing his internship with us, Ruben has recently joined our team, and we are looking forward to the arrival of Alvaro next week. To bid farewell to our…
GeoCodis celebrated its 10th anniversary this year. We celebrated the milestone at the Technical Museum of Slovenia, together with our partners, users of our services, both current and former employees, and everyone else who, in one way or another, contributed to the company’s development and growth over the years. During the celebration, we reflected on…
A view of snowy Slovenia and its surroundings on Saturday, January 20, 2024 from the Sentinel 2 satellite.
The GeoCodis company developed UPMIS (Utility Performance Monitoring and Information System), an information system designed to monitor and manage water resources in rural regions of Uganda. This system was developed for the Ministry of Water and Environment in Uganda. The project, which has been running successfully for several years, is helping to improve Ugandans’ access…
In August, GeoCodis had a busy month filled with different achievements and engagements. The company actively participated in a solidarity action organized by Caritas Slovenia, providing assistance to families affected by catastrophic floods in Slovenia. Additionally, GeoCodis successfully concluded a satellite-based platform development project in Egypt, aimed at assessing the condition of urban spaces for…
The detection of water surfaces based on data from the Sentinel1 radar satellite is used in the Vodakje.si application, which was used in the first days of August 2023 for the purpose of observing a massive flood event in larger part of Slovenia. Unfortunately, this the floods reached catastrophic proportions. Due to the complete failure…
In July, three foreign students from Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux in France and IES EL RINCON in Spain successfully completed their internship at GeoCodis. During their time at the company, they gained valuable knowledge and experience in the use of satellite images and Space connected applications. They actively participated in various projects focused on vegetation,…
After completing the training in Rwanda, we went to neighboring Uganda, where we started a project to upgrade the UPMIS system ( Utility Performance Monitoring and Information System). In Lira (the north of the country), we met with the users and the management of the Umbrella, an organization that takes care of drinking water supply.…
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…
On Tuesday, June 20, the ”5th National Conference on the Internationalisation of the Slovenian Economy: Greenovated in Slovenia” was held in Maribor. The central theme of the event was the importance of green and innovative breakthrough solutions created by Slovenian companies on foreign markets. The conference was also attended by the director of GeoCodis, Matjaž…
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 April 2023, we went on a business trip to Gorenjska to discuss current and future projects in a stimulating natural environment. We also took this opportunity to show a part of our beautiful Slovenia to three foreign students who are interning at GeoCodis as part of the Erasmus+ program. Josue and…
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!
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At the end of September, we were on a business visit to Rwanda, where we started a new project called Machine Learning for Earth Observation. The goal of the project is to transfer knowledge and education of young professionals in Rwanda in the fields of geo-informatics, machine learning and earth observation. The project partners are…
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…
Geocodis organized a business meeting, which took place in the annex of Strmol Castle. Together with partners and external collaborators, we presented our activities and projects in the last two years. The lectures were based on three topics: Africa, analysis of satellite images and international cooperation. The gathering continued with a debate and African snacks…
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
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…
