Editor, member of editorial boards
Editor-in-Chief
Nova Geodesia
https://novageodesia.ro/
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Board member – Editorial Staff
Agriculture and Forestry
http://www.agricultforest.ac.me/
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Board member – Reviewer Board
Forests (MDPI)
Reviewer Board https://www.mdpi.com/journal/forests/submission_reviewers Impact factor and statistics!
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Agriculture (MDPI)
Reviewer Board https://www.mdpi.com/journal/agriculture/submission_reviewers Impact factor and statistics!
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Geosciences (MDPI)
Reviewer Board https://www.mdpi.com/journal/geosciences/submission_reviewers CiteScore and statistics!
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Guest Editor
Applied Sciences (MDPI)
Special Issue of Applied Sciences
GIS Methods, Models and Applications in Interdisciplinary Studies
Special Issue Information
Keywords
- GIS modelling
- Remote sensing and GIS
- Spatial analysis
- Physical geography
- Field experimentation and GIS Processing
- Methodological aspects of forest monitoring
- Geomorphological analysis and mapping
- Fluvial dynamics
- Hazard scenario analysis
- Soil erosion and land degradation
- Multirisk assessment
- Terrain analysis
- Regional planning
- Modern land survey and topography
- GIS assessment in cadastre and technical documentation
Guest Editors
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section Earth Sciences and Geography. Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021)
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Special Issue of Applied Sciences 
Modern Geospatial Data Acquisition, Tools and Applications in Interdisciplinary Research
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci/special_issues/Modern_Geospatial
Special Issue Information
- New tools and techniques in field data acquisition, from the traditional topographic-geodetic instrumentations (total stations, GNSS systems, TLS, etc.) to the modern solutions (UAV, LiDAR, digital photogrammetry, satellite images, etc.);
- Models, methods, techniques, and tools for geospatial applications;
- Integrating modern techniques of data acquisition in cadastre and technical documentation in order to increase productivity and mitigate field risk;
- Improving the traditional topographic surveys with the help of geomatics tools and GIS applications;
- Advances in 3D modelling;
- New developments in sensors for surveying and monitoring;
- Surveying methods for monitoring and documentation of the built environment;
- Techniques for 3D data acquisition and objects reconstruction/modelling;
- Best practices, guidelines, and planning using acquired geospatial data;
- Mapping and monitoring in a rapidly urbanizing world;
- GIS applications in land management, land policy, and decision making.
Keywords
- land survey
- data acquisition
- geodesy
- remote sensing
- geosciences
- digitalisation
- GIS
- topography
- instrumentation
- cadastre
Guest Editors
Special Issue Editors


Special Issue Information
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section Earth Sciences and Geography. Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2022
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Special Issue of Forests 
Data Acquisition, Methods and Techniques Applied in Sustainable Forest Management and Hazard Mapping
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/forests/special_issues/forest_hazard_geospatial_data
Special Issue Information
In the current context of urban area expansion, population growth, and the increase in industrial and agricultural activity near forest areas, the importance of sustainable forest management (SFM) with hazard mapping and monitoring is imperative. The backbone to many applications of SFM and hazard mapping is the access to accurate and efficiently acquired geospatial data. Because forests are one of the most complex ecological systems on Earth, forest management and inventory was always a challenge to specialists, researchers, and public authorities. In addition to the constant issues related to social, economic, and legal aspects related to forest management, the technical aspects have progressed significantly and modern data acquisition has never been more accessible to the public and research sector. This Special Issue aims to present and promote original scientific contributions in regard to modern and efficient data acquisition in a wide range of interdisciplinary applications related to sustainable forest management and natural hazards within forests. Thus, new tools and best practices, both in terms of data capture and in their processing and modelling, can be implemented in this rapidly evolving field.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:- New tools and techniques in tree and forest measurement;
- Dendrometry, from the traditional forest inventory to modern solutions and practices;
- Land surveying in forests, from the established topographic field instrumentations (total stations, GNSS systems, TLS, etc.) to the new methods based on optical remote sensing (UAV or airborne platforms for LiDAR and digital photogrammetry, InSAR, satellite images, etc.);
- Challenges and advances in forest cadastre;
- Integrating models, methods, techniques and tools for geospatial applications in forestry;
- GIS applications in forest management, policy, and decision-making;
- Best practices, guidelines, and planning using acquired or open-sourced geospatial data;
- Mapping and monitoring urban forests;
- Precision forestry for SFM;
- Integration of field data and sensors in decision support systems;
- Spatial analysis and the influence of geographical origin on tree characteristics;
- Geospatial data for landscape and ecology assessment;
- Techniques for vegetation structure modelling and biomass assessment;
- Forest dynamics and the environmental/ecological implications;
- Forest hazard susceptibility and mapping based on acquired geospatial data;
- Assessment of landslides and flash floods in forests based on geomatics tools;
- Disaster prevention and risk mitigation of forest hazards based on geostatistics and field data.
Keywords
- forest surveying methods
- sustainable forest management
- forest cadastre
- forest management planning
- dendrometry
- monitoring and mapping
- GIS and remote sensing
- data integration
- natural hazards
- hazard and risk assessment
- susceptibility and hazard mapping
Special Issue Editors
Guest Editor
Department of Land Measurements and Cadastre, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania


Special Issue Information
- A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section Natural Hazards and Risk Management.
- Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2023
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Special Issue of Frontiers in Built Environment
Geosciences and Data Acquisition for Civil Applications: Current Practices and Future Challenges
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Topic Editors
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