Dr Stefan Peters

Lecturer: Surveying and Geographic Information Systems UniSA STEM

Mawson Lakes Campus (F2-61)
tel +61 8 830 25245

email Stefan.Peters@unisa.edu.au

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About me

Web Cartography
GIS Science
Remote Sensing
Surveying

I am a Lecturer in Surveying and GIS in the STEM unit at UniSA. My educational background is Cadastral Surveying, Geodesy, Geoinformation, GIS, and Computational Cartography. Before joining UniSA, I have worked as a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Geoinformation at the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, teaching and conducting research projects in the area of Digital Cartography. My PhD I obtained from the Technische University of Munich in Germany, where I was employed as a Research Associate at the Department of Cartography. During this time, I was also the main responsible for building up as well as coordinating the joint international M.Sc. study program in Cartography. Before starting my university carreer, I was... Read more

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About me

In the media

Date	Title
19/02/2021	Green Triangle Forest Industries Hub - Water research, https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1740702042801938
14/05/2018	Forestry research and innovation hub to be officially opened in Mount Gambier, http://online.isentialink.com/adelaidenow.com.au/2018/05/11/9b367cc6-4cd5-4e2e-8393-357d48a81496.html
16/04/2018	Dr Stefan Peters chaired Research@Locate 2018 conference, http://www.unisa.edu.au/IT-Engineering-and-the-Environment/Natural-and-Built-Environments/News-and-events2/Dr-Stefan-Peters-chaired-ResearchLocate-2018-conference-/#.XDVeplwzaUk

Research

Research focus

Geomatic Engineering
Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing
Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences
Biological Sciences
Computational Cartography

Highlights

See my personal website (click H E R E) to explore more about my ...

Research and Teaching Activities and Outcomes
Possible Ba/Honours/Ma/PhD topics
Completed student projects (published Web Mapping Applications)

Ongoing and recently completed research projects:

Examine the direct impact of plantation forests on wetlands using plantation growth as an indicator (GTFIH, 04.2021-07.2021)
Shelters and nectar for mammals affected by bushfires on Kangaroo Island (KI Wildlife Recovery, CI: Topa Petit)
Evidenced informed metropolitan planning (Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute 2020, CI: Stefanie Dühr)
Downsizing to the city: Older Australians’ mobility patterns, experiences of... Read more

Research

Outputs

Research since 2008 is shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Highlights

Year	Output
2020	Ramezani, MR, Bavani, ARM, Jafari, M, Binesh, A & Peters, S 2020, 'Investigating the leaf area index changes in response to climate change (case study: Kasilian catchment, Iran)', SN Applied Sciences, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 1-11. Open access 2 2
2019	Kumar, P, Lewis, P, Cahalane, C & Peters, S 2019, 'Spatially optimised retrieval of 3D point cloud data from a geospatial database for road median extraction', Journal of Spatial Science, online, pp. 1-18. Open access
2018	Peters, S, Bruce, D & Jixue, L 2018, Forest yield predictions from multi-temporal LiDAR, University of South Australia, Australia.
2016	Danielová, M, Kumke, H & Peters, S 2016, '3D reconstruction and uncertainty modelling using fuzzy logic of archaeological structures: applied to the temple of Diana in Nemi, Italy', Cartographica, vol. 51, no. 3, pp. 137-146. 6 4
2015	Peters, S & Meng, L 2015, 'Spatio-temporal density mapping for spatially extended dynamic phenomena: a novel approach to incorporate movements in density maps', International Journal on Advances in Intelligent Systems, vol. 8, nos 1&2, pp. 27-39. Open access

Chapters

Year	Output
2017	Peters, S, Jahnke, M, Murphy, CE, Meng, L & Abdul-Rahman, A 2017, 'Cartographic enrichment of 3D city models: state of the art and research perspectives', in A Abdul-Rahman (ed.), Advances in 3D geoinformation, Springer International Publishing AG, United States, ch. 12, pp. 207-230. 7
2014	Peters, S, Betz, H-D & Meng, L 2014, 'Visual analysis of lightning data using space-time-cube', in M Buchroithner N Prechtel D Burghardt (eds), Cartography from pole to pole, Springer, Germany, ch. 12, pp. 165-176.
2013	Rojas, C, Mauricio, V, Sergio, O, Peters, S & Constanza, V 2013, 'Pre and post earthquake land use and land cover identification in Concepción', in JM Krisp et al. (eds), Earth observation of global changes, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg,, Germany, ch. 15, pp. 223-231. 2 1
2011	Peters, S 2011, 'Interactive scale-dependent multidimensional point data selection using enhanced Polarization Transformation', in A Ruas (eds), Advances in cartography and GIScience, Volume 1;Lecture notes in geoinformation and cartography, Springer, Germany, ch. 22, pp. 387-408.

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2021	Dühr, S, Gilbert, H & Peters, S 2021, 'Spatial data requirements for metropolitan spatial planning in South Australia: challenges for evidence-informed policy-making and monitoring', Planning Practice and Research, online, pp. 1-24.
2021	Gore, J, Peters, S & Weber, D 2021, 'A participatory trail web map based on open source technologies', International Journal of Cartography, online, pp. 1-20.
2021	Keppel, G, Peters, S, Taoi, J, Raituku, N & Thomas-Moko, N 2021, 'The threat by the invasive African tulip tree, Spathodea campanulata P.Beauv., for the critically endangered Fijian tree, Pterocymbium oceanicum A.C.Sm.; revisiting an assessment based on expert knowledge after extensive field surveys', Pacific Conservation Biology, online, pp. 1-10. Open access 12
2020	Anisi, R, De Souza, A, Brodie, G, Thaman, R, Peters, S, Jessop, LW & Keppel, G 2020, 'The impact of ebony wood harvesting on Diospyros samoensis (Ebenaceae) on Vangunu Island, Western Solomon Islands', Pacific Conservation Biology, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 177-185. 1 1 12
2020	Pollett, A, Raimondo, T, Hand, M & Peters, S 2020, 'A crustal profile of the heat production of the Harts Range Group, Northern Territory', in (eds), 2nd Australasian Exploration Geoscience Conference (AEGC), Taylor & Francis, vol. 2019, no. 1, pp. 1-5. Open access
2020	Ramezani, MR, Bavani, ARM, Jafari, M, Binesh, A & Peters, S 2020, 'Investigating the leaf area index changes in response to climate change (case study: Kasilian catchment, Iran)', SN Applied Sciences, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 1-11. Open access 2 2
2020	Taylor, CM, Keppel, G, O'Sullivan, S, Peters, S, Kerr, GD & Williams, CR 2020, 'Indiscriminate feeding by an alien population of the spotted-thighed frog (Litoria cyclorhyncha) in southern Australia and potential impacts on native biodiversity', Australian Journal of Zoology, vol. 67, no. 2, pp. 59-72. Open access 91
2019	Kumar, P, Lewis, P, Cahalane, C & Peters, S 2019, 'Spatially optimised retrieval of 3D point cloud data from a geospatial database for road median extraction', Journal of Spatial Science, online, pp. 1-18. Open access
2018	Taylor, C, Keppel, G, Peters, S, Hopkins, G & Kerr, G 2018, 'Establishment and potential spread of the introduced spotted-thighed frog, Litoria cyclorhyncha (Ranoidea cyclorhynchus), in South Australia', Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, vol. 142, no.1, pp. 86-101. Open access 3 4 6
2016	Danielová, M, Kumke, H & Peters, S 2016, '3D reconstruction and uncertainty modelling using fuzzy logic of archaeological structures: applied to the temple of Diana in Nemi, Italy', Cartographica, vol. 51, no. 3, pp. 137-146. 6 4
2015	Peters, S & Meng, L 2015, 'Spatio-temporal density mapping for spatially extended dynamic phenomena: a novel approach to incorporate movements in density maps', International Journal on Advances in Intelligent Systems, vol. 8, nos 1&2, pp. 27-39. Open access
2015	Peters, S & Meng, L 2015, 'Visual analytical approaches for lightning clusters as a case of spatially extended dynamic phenomena', Kartographische Nachrichten, vol. 2015, no. 1, pp. 21-28. Open access
2015	Peters, S, Kanniah, K & Rahman, A 2015, 'Geoinformation postgraduate education at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia: towards a centre of high quality postgraduate education and research', International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, vol. XL-2/W4, pp. 67-70. Open access
2015	Siew, C, Peters, S & Rahman, AA 2015, 'Proposal for a web encoding service (WES) for spatial data transaction', International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, vol. II-2/W2, pp. 63-67. Open access
2013	Peters, S & Meng, L 2013, 'Visual analysis for nowcasting of multidimensional lightning data', ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 817-836. Open access 8 5
2013	Peters, S 2013, 'Quadtree- and octree-based approach for point data selection in 2D or 3D', Annals Of GIS, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 37-44. 16
2011	Krisp, JM & Peters, S 2011, 'Directed kernel density estimation (DKDE) for time series visualization', Annals Of GIS, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 155-162. 6
2010	Meng, L, Krisp, J & Peters, S 2010, 'Development of an international master program in cartography', Kartographische Nachrichten, vol. 60, no. 4, pp. 200-204. 1
2009	Krisp, JM, Peters, S, Murphy, CE & Fan, H 2009, 'Visual bandwidth selection for kernel density maps', Journal for Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Processing, vol. 2009, no. 5, pp. 445-454. Open access 13 10
2009	Peters, S 2009, 'Comparison of interpolation methods for mapping viticultural variables', GIS.Science, vol. 2009, no. 2, pp. 50-56. Open access

Conferences

Year	Output
2019	Finn, A, Brinkworth, R, Griffiths, D & Peters, S 2019, 'Determining morphometric properties of radiata pine using long wave infrared sensing and biologically-inspired vision', 4th ISPRS Geospatial Week 2019, Copernicus GmbH, vol. 42, no. 2/W13, pp. 277-281. Open access 1
2014	Peters, S & Meng, L 2014, 'Spatio temporal density mapping of a dynamic phenomenon', in CP Rückemann et al. (eds), GEOProcessing 2014; The Sixth International Conference on Advanced Geographic Information Systems, Applications, and Services, IARIA. Open access
2013	Krisp, JM, Peters, S & Burkert, F 2013, 'Visualizing crowd movement patterns using a directed kernel density estimation', in JM Krisp et al. (eds), 3rd Earth Observation and Global Changes Conference; EOGC 2011, Springer, ch.17, pp. 255-268. 5
2013	Peters, S, Meng, L, Krisp, JM, Gartner, G, Ortag, F, Buchroithner, M, Burghardt, D & Prechtel, N 2013, 'First resume of the new international Master of Science in Cartography', in MF Buchroithner et al. (eds), 26th International Cartographic Conference; ICC 2013, International Cartographic Association, paper no. 553, pp. 1-12. Open access
2011	Krisp, J, Peters, S & Meng, L 2011, 'About the international master's program in cartography', in Y Asami (ed.), International Conference: Spatial Thinking and Geographic Information Sciences 2011, Elsevier, vol. 21, no. pp. 29-32. Open access
2011	Peters, S 2011, 'A new International master program in cartography', in A Ruas (ed.), 25th International Cartographic Conference; ICC 2011, International Cartographic Association, paper no. CO-115, pp. 1-4. Open access
2010	Peters, S & Krisp, JM 2010, 'Density calculation for moving points', in M Painho et al. (eds), 13th AGILE International Conference on Geographic Information Science 2010, Association of Geographic Information Laboratories in Europe (AGILE), paper no. 135, pp. 1-11. Open access

Reports

Year	Output
2021	Davis, A, Madigan, D, Dühr, S, Kroll, D, Afrooz, AE, Peters, S & Vij, A 2021, Downsizing to the City: project report, University of South Australia, Australia. Open access
2020	Dühr, S, Gilbert, H & Peters, S 2020, 'Evidence-informed' metropolitan planning in Australia? Investigating spatial data availability, integration and governance, University of South Australia, Australia. Open access
2018	Peters, S, Bruce, D & Jixue, L 2018, Forest yield predictions from multi-temporal LiDAR, University of South Australia, Australia.

Other outputs

PhD thesis

Peters, S. (2014), Dynamics of spatially extended phenomena – Visual analytical approach to movements of lightning clusters, Doctoral dissertation, Technische Universität München. (link)

Peer reviewed papers in conference proceedings

Peters S, Koshelham K (2018), Preface Research@Locate 2018, in CEUR Workshop Proceedings. (link)
Peters S, Meng L, Betz HD (2013), Visual Analytics approach for Lightning data analysis and cell nowcasting, 11th EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria. (link)
Peters S, Papakosta P, Donaubauer A, Filser A (2013), Building up an Archeological GIS based on the excavation of the Diana sanctuary in Nemi, Italy , ICC – 26th International Cartographic Conference, 25. – 30. August 2013, Dresden, Germany. (link)
Krisp JM, Peters S, Polous K, Fan H, Meng L (2012), Getting in and out of a taxi: spatio-temporal hotspot analysis for floating taxi data in Shanghai. In: Networks for Mobility 2012. Stuttgart. (link)
Papakosta P, Klein F, König S, Peters S, Straub, D (2012), Linking spatio-temporal data to the Fire Weather Index to estimate the probability of wildfire in the Mediterranean, 10th EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria. (link)
Krisp JM, Peters S, Mustafa M (2011), Application of an Adaptive and Directed Kernel Density Estimation (AD-KDE) for the Visual Analysis of Traffic Data. In: GeoViz2011. Hamburg, Germany. (link)
Peters S, Krisp JM (2010), Density calculation for moving points. In: 13th AGILE International Conference on Geographic Information Science. (link)
Krisp JM, Peters S (2010), Visualizing Dynamic 3D Densities: A Lava-lamp approach. In: 13th AGILE International Conference on Geographic Information Science. (link)

Magazines / online articles

The Forester (IFA), Satellite-based early fire detection, Feb/March 2021

Conference presentations / Invited talks

Multi-temporal LIDAR data for forestry –an approach to investigate timber yield changes, Geosmart Asia 2018, 11 April 2018. (link)

Research

Current research & highlights

See my personal website (click H E R E) to explore more about my ...

Research and Teaching Activities and Outcomes
Possible Ba/Honours/Ma/PhD topics
Completed student projects (published Web Mapping Applications)

Ongoing and recently completed research projects:

Examine the direct impact of plantation forests on wetlands using plantation growth as an indicator (GTFIH, 04.2021-07.2021)
Shelters and nectar for mammals affected by bushfires on Kangaroo Island (KI Wildlife Recovery, CI: Topa Petit)
Evidenced informed metropolitan planning (Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute 2020, CI: Stefanie Dühr)
Downsizing to the city: Older Australians’ mobility patterns, experiences of living in central Adelaide and challenges for urban planning and housing (RTIS 2020, CI: Damian Madigan)
Promoting Aboriginal Cultural Storytelling using Web-GIS based Participatory Map Applications and Interactive Story Maps (RTIS 2020, CI: Tina Du)
Quantifying climate moderation by vegetation to create realistic climate surfaces (PEGS 2019)
Growth and Yield Modelling for the Future (NIFPI NS020-a)
Weed infestation and survival counts (NIFPI NS020-b, CI: Anthony Finn)
Future Proofing SA Blue Gum Plantations through early detection and improved management processes related to koalas (NIFPI NS021, CI: Delene Weber)
Optimizing the management of plantation, water and environmental assets (NIFPI NS024, CI: Baden Myers)
Scoping an Automated Forest Fire Detection and Suppression Framework (NIFPI NS034, CI: Jim O’Hehir)
Project LIVE-MM: Learning through Immersive Virtual Environments for Minerals and Mining (AUSIMM, CI: Tom Raimondo)
Forest Yield Predictions from Multi-Temporal LiDAR (06.2017 - 01.2018)

My general research interests:

Use of airborne LiDAR in forestry applications
Applied GIS/RemoteSeensing (data modelling, analysis and visualization) for environmental problems
Visual analytics of spatio-temporal phenomena
Open Source Web Cartography
Participatory Web-Mapping
GeoVirtual and Augmented Reality
3D Reconstruction of historical man-made structures

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Highlights

Chair Research@Locate'18 conference (Adelaide 9-11 Apr 2018)
Vice-chair of the ICA Commission on Education and Training (ICA-CET) since 2016 (ongoing)
UniSA Representation on the Government Spatial Imagery Committee
SSSI membership

Reviewer for:

ISPRS TC IV 2018
JGGSA Journal of Geovisualization and Spatial Analysis
ISPRS-IJGI International Journal of Geo-Information
JIGC’2015 Joint International Geoinformation Conference
EuroCarto’2015
LBS’2012 Location Based Service conference

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Abaca Village	FIJI
Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO)	IRAN
Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources	AUSTRALIA
Griffith University	AUSTRALIA
Maynooth University	IRELAND
Nature Glenelg Trust	AUSTRALIA
NatureFiji-MareqetiViti	FIJI
nowcast GmbH	GERMANY
Private Individual	AUSTRALIA
Queensland Herbarium	AUSTRALIA
Technical University Munich	GERMANY
Technische Universität Wien	AUSTRIA
TU Dresden	GERMANY
University of Adelaide	AUSTRALIA
University of Concepción	CHILE
University of Magallanes	CHILE
University of Melbourne	AUSTRALIA
University of Newcastle	AUSTRALIA
University of Perugia	ITALY
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Technology Malaysia	MALAYSIA
University of Tehran	IRAN
University of the South Pacific	FIJI

External engagement & recognition

Engagement/recognition	Year
Chair Research@Locate conference	2018
Member Australasian Spatial Information Education and Research Association (ASIERA)	2018
Member Australia Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute (SSSI)	2018
Member Commission on Geovisualization of the International Cartographic Association	2018
Member European Geosciences Union	2018
Reviewer International Journal of Geo-Information	2018
Reviewer Journal of Geovisualization and Spatial Analysis	2018
Vice-chair ICA Commission on Education and Training (CET)	2018
Vice-chair ICA Commission on Education and Training (CET)	2017
Vice-chair ICA Commission on Education and Training (CET)	2016
Best paper award Spatio Temporal Density Mapping of a Dynamic Phenomenon International Academy, Research and Industry Association (IARIA) - GEOprocessing	2014
Best paper award Directed kernel density estimation (DKDE) for time series visualization Taylor and Francis - Annals of GIS	2012

Other

Awards

Geoinformatics conference 2011: Student Paper Competition - 2nd best paper “Quadtree Based Point Selection of Lightning Data”
Runder Tisch GIS e.V. Advancement - award for outstanding Diploma thesis in Geoinformatics 2009 "Ein Vergleich räumlicher Interpolationsverfahren für Ertragwerte im Weinanbau (Comparison of spatial interpoaltion methods for viticulture parameter)"

Teaching & student supervision

Highlights

Over the last 10 years I have been teaching various lectures and pracs related to Geospatial Science , including:

Introduction to Geospatial Science
Fundamentals in GIS
Cartographic Foundations
Open-source GIS using Quantum-GIS
Geodata processing and management
Spatial data analysis
Web mapping
Topographic Cartography
Thematic Cartography
Geostatistics and Geomarketing
Generalisation of Geodata
Introduction to Remote Sensing
Geospatial Field Project
Geodetic Science

Teaching & student supervision

Research degree supervision

Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
Investigating transfer learning methods to improve the transferability of yield prediction models in agriculture industry	Current

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Best paper award Spatio Temporal Density Mapping of a Dynamic Phenomenon

Best paper award Directed kernel density estimation (DKDE) for time series visualization

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