Integrated Geodetic Approaches for Monitoring Ground Deformation in Human-Altered Landscapes
A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Remote Sensing for Geospatial Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 November 2025 | Viewed by 49
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Interests: geodesy; terrestrial laser scanner (TLS); structure from motion (SfM); close-range photogrammetry (CRP); GNSS; DinSAR; gravimetry
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Interests: geodetic sensors for hydrology; Earth system; groundwater; climate change
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Dear Colleagues,
Ground deformation monitoring is critical in regions experiencing soil displacement due to anthropogenic activities and natural hazards. While individual geodetic technologies like GNSS, Advanced DInSAR, and high-precision spirit levelling each offer distinct advantages, they also present inherent limitations. GNSS provides highly accurate point-based measurements with precise georeferencing to the International Terrestrial Reference Frame (ITRF) but lacks spatial continuity. DInSAR offers excellent spatial coverage but measures only in line-of-sight direction and requires calibration. Spirit levelling provides vertical control but with limited spatial extent. The synergistic integration of these complementary geodetic techniques enables comprehensive monitoring solutions that overcome individual limitations, offering high-precision, georeferenced measurements across extensive areas affected by both gradual and rapid ground movements.
These integrated monitoring approaches are particularly crucial today, as numerous regions worldwide face hydrogeological degradation related to human activities. This includes subsidence in mining areas, deformation in urban and industrial zones due to groundwater extraction, landslides, and various slope instability phenomena that threaten infrastructure and public safety.
This Special Issue aims to showcase cutting-edge research on the integrated application of geodetic technologies—specifically GNSS, Advanced DInSAR, and spirit levelling—for monitoring ground deformation. We seek contributions demonstrating how these combined approaches enhance detection, measurement, and analysis of surface displacements in areas affected by anthropogenic and natural processes. This aligns with Remote Sensing's focus on advanced monitoring techniques and their practical applications.
We invite high-quality scientific papers dealing with the following:
- Methodological frameworks for integrating multi-sensor geodetic data in deformation monitoring.
- Case studies of combined GNSS, A-DInSAR, and geometric levelling applications in the following:
- Mining-affected regions;
- Urban areas experiencing subsidence from groundwater extraction;
- Landslide-prone environments;
- Infrastructure and building stability monitoring.
- Advances in data fusion techniques for multi-sensor deformation analysis.
- Validation approaches for integrated geodetic monitoring systems.
Dr. Giuseppe Casula
Prof. Dr. Vagner Ferreira
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- geodetic monitoring
- ground deformation
- GNSS integration
- advanced DinSAR
- geometric levelling
- soft ground deformation
- subsidence measurement
- anthropogenic hazards
- landslide monitoring
- multi-sensor data fusion
- geospatial technologies
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