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Meetup #38: Developing Practical Virtual Field Trips for Engineering Students on Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing

Thu, Mar 12, 2026,
16:00 - 17:00 (CET)

For our March Meetup, we’re delighted to welcome Giorgos Mallinis and Charalampos Georgiadis from the School of Rural and Surveying Engineering at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece), diving into their work on the EU-funded SURE-VFT project for XR Virtual Field Trips. Developed to enhance the education and training of surveying engineering students, these particularly target skill acquisition in the key areas of photogrammetry and remote sensing.

In addition to addressing the motivations behind SURE-VFT as a whole, Giorgos and Charalampos will also explore the following:

  • Development of the project’s conceptual framework and pedagogical design
  • Technical implementation of virtual environments supporting field data collection
  • Land use/land cover mapping, spectroradiometry, and 3D modelling

We look forward to seeing many of you there and, as ever, if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at xrcommunity@llinc.leidenuniv.nl. The invites will be in your mailboxes very soon!

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XR ERA organizes regular meetups to share knowledge, ideas, and experiences on various XR-related topics. Got an insight, experience, or project to share, or would you like to start a discussion? You’re welcome to present your work, questions, and challenges during a meetup. The XR ERA team organizes the meetups. Reach us at xrcommunity@llinc.leidenuniv.nl with your topic suggestion.

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