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When you consider how complex the world around us is, it’s truly remarkable how well people are able to understand problems and turn them into solutions. But does that also apply to our systems? Systems primarily rely on predefined rules. But when it comes to things that don’t fit neatly into a box,...
September 30, 2021 – Climate change is having a major impact on our environment. Rainstorms are becoming more frequent and more intense. We are experiencing hotter summers with longer periods of drought. Sustainable energy management is essential to limiting the effects of climate change. As a result, an increasing number of governments are aiming to become climate-neutral in the future. The municipality of Capelle aan...
September 16, 2021 – “In fifteen years, at least half of our current staff will have retired.” That’s what innovation consultant Jeroen Waanders said three years ago when we asked him what motivated him to explore innovation for his water authority. “If we want to keep doing everything we’re doing now, we simply won’t be able to keep up...”
August 26, 2021 – Over the course of 70 years, plastic has gone from a global innovation to a global problem. A problem as big as 950 million elephants! How did this happen? Plastic production took off in the 1950s, and since then we have manufactured approximately 8.3 billion tons of plastic. More than 6.3 billion tons of that is...
August 17, 2021 – Managing Dutch airspace is a challenge. The Air Force plays an important and supportive role in this. It monitors Dutch airspace and supports its colleagues in the Air Force and Navy. To carry out all of this seamlessly, the Air Force needs to train. But where do you do that? And how...
April 30, 2021 – Whether you’re conducting an inspection using satellite imagery or simply watching videos on YouTube from your couch, machine learning is everywhere. Take Google, Facebook, or LinkedIn, for example, whose search functions are powered by various machine learning algorithms. The same goes for Netflix or Spotify,...
Apeldoorn, March 29, 2021 – The Ever Given, 400 meters long and 60 meters wide, is stuck across the Suez Canal. Getting it back on course is a challenge, but it will be done. Getting shipping traffic in the Suez Canal back up and running is an even bigger challenge! Blockage in the Suez Canal On average, there are...
March 4, 2021 – Civil engineering structures (viaducts, portals, bridges, etc.) always deform slightly. This is taken into account in the design. However, regular monitoring is necessary to verify that the structure is behaving as intended in the design. Rijkswaterstaat (RWS) uses not only visual inspections but also deformation measurements for this purpose. Read more...
February 18, 2021 – Unfortunately (for some), the snow and ice have already melted away, but they did give us some fun on the ice and a few beautiful images. On February 11, it started snowing from the south, and the photos below capture a stunning scene. A wealth of data In early February, it started from the south...
After nearly a year and a half, we were finally able to host our annual Make Geospatial Matter conference in person again. Whereas last year’s event was held entirely online, on Thursday, October 14, attendees were once again able to participate in person in various knowledge sessions, keynotes, and workshops, and network with one another in the Media Plaza at the Jaarbeurs Utrecht....
Niels van de Graaf joined IMAGEM in 2015. He serves as the Government Market Manager and works closely with clients on a daily basis to help them optimize their processes. To celebrate his five-year anniversary, we asked him about his time at IMAGEM what he has learned over the years...
