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Markus Neteler

Research area
GIS and Remote Sensing unit (head) @ FEM   

Selected Projects
EDEN EU IP/FP6 (infectious diseases, focus on tick-borne and rodent-borne diseases)
RISKTIGER (tiger mosquito)
ACE-SAP (biodiversity)
GIS analysis and development
Remote Sensing

Education
Markus Neteler received his MSc degree in Physical Geography and Landscape Ecology from the University of Hanover in Germany in 1999. He worked at the Institute of Geography as Research Scientist and teaching associate for two years. From 2001-2007, he was a researcher at FBK-irst (formerly ITC-irst), from 2005-2007 also at Centro di Ecologia Alpina. Since 2008 he is employed at Fondazione Edmund Mach (FEM), Trento, Italy, as coordinator of the GIS-Remote Sensing unit. His main research interests are remote sensing for environmental risk assessment and Free Software GIS development. He is author/co-author of two books on the Open Source Geographical Information System GRASS and various papers on applications in GIS. He is founding-member of GRASS Anwender-Vereinigung e.V. and the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo.org). In September 2006, he was honored with the Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software (GFOSS). In 2010, he obtained the the degree of a Doctor of Natural Science (Dr. rer.nat) in Physical Geography. Markus Neteler is head of the GIS and Remote Sensing Unit at Fondazione Edmund Mach.

Research objectives
Research activities on Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and remote sensing for the European project “EDEN - Emerging Diseases in a changing European Environment”, especially MODIS based remote sensing. He works on the integration of climatic data with MODIS satellite data to create epidemiological risk models. These risk models are based on machine learning technologies integrated into GIS. The systems are used to create risk maps for tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) and other diseases transmitted by ticks (Lyme disease and Anaplasmosis) and other disease vectors. See also project list above.

Other work experiences
He is author/co-author of two books on the Open Source Geographical Information System GRASS and various papers on applications in GIS. He is collaborating in an international network of GIS developers and specialists and is in the board of Directors of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo.org).

Selected publications

Submitted:

  • Rocchini, D., McGlinn, D., Ricotta, C., Neteler, M., Wohlgemuth, T. (2010). Topographic complexity and spatial scale influence the relationship between remotely sensed spectral diversity and survey based plant species richness. Submitted to Applied Vegetation Science.
  • Others related to emerging infectious diseases

In press:

  • Rocchini, D., Balkenhol, N., Carter, G.A., Foody, G.M. Gillespie, T.W., He, K.S., Kark, S., Levin, N., Lucas, K., Luoto, M., Nagendra, H., Oldeland, J., Ricotta, C., Southworth, J., Neteler, M. Remotely sensed spectral heterogeneity as a proxy of species diversity: recent advances and open challenges. Accepted by Ecological Informatics. (IF: 1.299) (DOI)
  • Rocchini, D., Neteler, M. (2010). Spectral rank-abundance for measuring landscape diversity. Accepted by International Journal of Remote Sensing. (IF: 1.089)
  • Neteler M. (2010). Open Source GIS. In Warf, B. (ed.) The Encyclopedia of Geography. London: SAGE Publications
  • Neteler M. (2010). Open Source Geospatial Foundation. In Warf, B. (ed.) The Encyclopedia of Geography. London: SAGE Publications

Published:

2010:

  1. F. Urbano, F. Cagnacci, C. Calenge, A. Cameron, H. Dettki, M. Neteler (2010) Wildlife tracking data management: a new approach. Theme issue "Challenges and opportunities of using GPS-based location data in animal ecology". Phil. Trans. Royal Society B - 27 July 2010, 365(1550), pp. 2177-2185 (IF: 5.1) [Abstract - PDF] 
  2. Neteler, M. (2010). Spatio-temporal reconstruction of satellite-based temperature maps and their application to the prediction of tick and mosquito disease vector distribution in Northern Italy. PhD thesis, Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany. EDEN PhD summary catalogued by the EDEN EU/FP6 Steering Committee as EDEN0176.
  3. Neteler, M. (2010). Spatio-temporal reconstruction of satellite-based temperature maps and their application to the prediction of tick and mosquito disease vector distribution in Northern Italy. PhD thesis, Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany.
  4. Rocchini, D., He, K.S., Oldeland, J., Wesuls, D., Neteler, M. (2010). Spectral variation versus species beta-diversity at different spatial scales: a test in African highland savannas. Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 12(4): 825-831 (IF: 2.225), [DOI | PDF]
  5. Neteler, M. (2010): Estimating daily Land Surface Temperatures in mountainous environments by reconstructed MODIS LST data. Remote Sensing 2(1), 333-351. (DOI) [ Abstract | PDF ]
  6. Amici, V., Geri, F., Csontos, P., Neteler, M., Rocchini, D. (2010). Fuzzy and boolean forest membership: on the actual separability of land cover classes. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research, 8: 39-50. [PDF]

2009

  • Rizzoli, A., Hauffe, H., Tagliapietra, V., Neteler, M., Rosà, R., 2009: Forest structure and roe deer abundance predict Tick-Borne Encephalitis risk in Italy. PLoS ONE, 4(2): e4336 (IF: 4.351) (DOI) [ PubMed | PDF ]

2008

  1. Carpi G., Cagnacci F., Neteler M., Rizzoli A, 2008: Tick infestation on roe deer in relation to geographic and remotely-sensed climatic variables in a tick-borne encephalitis endemic area. Epidemiology and Infection, 136, pp. 1416-1424. (DOI) (ISI 2008: 2.36) [ PubMed ]
  2. A. Jolma, D.P. Ames, N. Horning, H. Mitasova, M. Neteler, A. Racicot, and T. Sutton, 2008: Environmental Modeling Using Open Source Tools. In S. Shekhar and H. Xiong, editors, Encyclopedia of GIS. Springer, New York [ http | entry ]

2007

  1. A. Rizzoli, M. Neteler, R. Rosà, W. Versini, A. Cristofolini, M. Bregoli, A. Buckley, and E.A. Gould, 2007: Early detection of TBEv spatial distribution and activity in the Province of Trento assessed using serological and remotely-sensed climatic data. Geospatial Health, 1(2), pp. 169-176. (ISI 2008: 1.472)  [ PubMed | PDF ]
  2. H. Mitasova, M. Neteler, L. Mitas, and R.S. Harmon, 2007: Environmental data management, analysis and modeling in GRASS6. In: D. A. Swayne and J. Hrebicek, editors, Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Environmental Software Systems (ISESS 2007), 22-25 May, Prague, Czech Republic
  3. D.P. Ames, A. Jolma, N. Horning, H. Mitasova, M. Neteler, A. Racicot, and T. Sutton, 2007: Free and Open Source GIS Applications in Environmental Modeling. In: D. A. Swayne and J. Hrebicek, editors, Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Environmental Software Systems (ISESS 2007), 22-25 May, Prague, Czech Republic

2006

  • M. Benito Garzón, R. Blazek, M. Neteler, R. Sanchez de Dios, H. Sainz Ollero, and C. Furlanello, 2006: Predicting habitat suitability with Machine Learning models: the potential area of Pinus sylvestris L. in the Iberian Peninsula. Ecological Modelling, 197(3-4), pp. 383-393. (ISI 2006: 1.888) [PDF]

2005

  1. M. Di Penta, M. Neteler, G. Antoniol, E. Merlo, 2005: A Language-Independent Software Renovation Framework. Journal of Systems and Software, 77(3), pp. 225-240. (ISI 2005: 0.744) [PDF]
  2. M. Neteler, 2005: Time series processing of MODIS satellite data for landscape epidemiological applications. International Journal of Geoinformatics, 1(1), pp. 133-138 [PDF]
  3. M. Neteler, D. Grasso, I. Michelazzi, L. Miori, S. Merler, and C. Furlanello, 2005: An integrated toolbox for image registration, fusion and classification. International Journal of Geoinformatics, 1(1), pp. 51-61 [PDF]
  4. S. Masumoto, V. Raghavan, S. Nonogaki, M. Neteler, T. Nemoto, T. Mori, M. Niwa, A. Hagiwara, and N. Hattori, 2005: Multi-Language Support and Localization of GRASS GIS. International Journal of Geoinformatics, 1(1), pp. 33-40. [PDF]

2004

  1. A. Rizzoli, R. Rosà, B. Mantelli, E. Pecchioli, H. Hauffe, V. Tagliapietra, T. Beninati, M. Neteler, and C. Genchi, 2004: Ixodes ricinus, transmitted diseases and reservoirs. Parassitologia, 46(1-2):119-122.
  2. H. Mitasova and M. Neteler, 2004: GRASS as Open Source - Free Software GIS: accomplishments and perspectives. Guest editorial. Transactions in GIS, 8(2), pp. 145-154.[ DOI ]
  3. J. Stankovic, M. Neteler and R. Flor, 2004: Mobile Wireless GRASS GIS for Handheld Computers Running GNU/Linux. Transactions in GIS, Vol 8 (2), pp. 225-233. [ DOI ]
  4. H. Mitasova and M. Neteler, 2004: Free General-purpose GIS. A Geographic Resources Analysis Support System. The Journal of Survey, 54(2), pp. 34-38 (translation of GIM International 2003 article, in Japanese).

2003

  1. H. Mitasova and M. Neteler, 2003: Free General-purpose GIS. A Geographic Resources Analysis Support System. GIM International, 17(11), pp. 2-5.
  2. V. Raghavan, K. Kita, K. Iwao, and M. Neteler, 2003: Open source GIS GRASS for developing spatial data infrastructure - Present status and future potential. Journal of Information Science and Technology Association, 4(53), pp. 216-222.

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