{"id":7977,"date":"2022-10-13T11:14:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T11:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/?p=7977"},"modified":"2026-03-24T12:31:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T12:31:19","slug":"pixel-twins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/en\/pixel-twins\/","title":{"rendered":"PixelTwins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-group section-post has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f3f3f4;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark>PixelTwins<\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns section-post-wrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Post_Forschungsprojekt_PixelTwins.png\" alt=\"Post Forschungsprojekt PixelTwins\" class=\"wp-image-1527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Post_Forschungsprojekt_PixelTwins.png 2560w, https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Post_Forschungsprojekt_PixelTwins-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Post_Forschungsprojekt_PixelTwins-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Post_Forschungsprojekt_PixelTwins-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Post_Forschungsprojekt_PixelTwins-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Post_Forschungsprojekt_PixelTwins-2048x1366.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Post_Forschungsprojekt_PixelTwins-178x119.png 178w, https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Post_Forschungsprojekt_PixelTwins-124x83.png 124w, https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Post_Forschungsprojekt_PixelTwins-82x55.png 82w, https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Post_Forschungsprojekt_PixelTwins-24x16.png 24w, https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Post_Forschungsprojekt_PixelTwins-182x121.png 182w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The project <strong>\u201cPixelTwin\u201d<\/strong> aims to define small fragments of the Earth&#8217;s surface (\u201cpixels\u201d) as identifiable and addressable IoT objects. Earth observation data from the ESA are integrated with local sensor data into an open-source platform based on Fiware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Currently, this project is being implemented with the first selected use case: Smart Farming. Once deployed, users will be able to monitor agricultural fields for each pixel of interest\u2014even on cloudy days\u2014since IoT data is continuously available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The potential of such a system is as versatile as it is sustainable, and several additional use cases are planned once the initial use case has been realized.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Post_Forschungsprojekt_PixelTwins_Infografik-1024x440.png\" alt=\"Post Forschungsprojekt PixelTwins Infografik\" class=\"wp-image-1528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Post_Forschungsprojekt_PixelTwins_Infografik-1024x440.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Post_Forschungsprojekt_PixelTwins_Infografik-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Post_Forschungsprojekt_PixelTwins_Infografik-768x330.png 768w, https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Post_Forschungsprojekt_PixelTwins_Infografik-1536x660.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Post_Forschungsprojekt_PixelTwins_Infografik-2048x880.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Post_Forschungsprojekt_PixelTwins_Infografik-277x119.png 277w, https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Post_Forschungsprojekt_PixelTwins_Infografik-193x83.png 193w, https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Post_Forschungsprojekt_PixelTwins_Infografik-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Post_Forschungsprojekt_PixelTwins_Infografik-35x16.png 35w, https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Post_Forschungsprojekt_PixelTwins_Infografik-182x78.png 182w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n    <div  class=\"section-card-person bg-gray-300-30\">\n        \t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-person\">\n                <div class=\"card-person-img\">\n                                            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"222\" height=\"222\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Ansprechpartner_Website_Nader.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail_229x229 size-thumbnail_229x229\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Ansprechpartner_Website_Nader.png 222w, https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Ansprechpartner_Website_Nader-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Ansprechpartner_Website_Nader-50x50.png 50w, https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Ansprechpartner_Website_Nader-119x119.png 119w, https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Ansprechpartner_Website_Nader-83x83.png 83w, https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Ansprechpartner_Website_Nader-55x55.png 55w, https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Ansprechpartner_Website_Nader-16x16.png 16w, https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Ansprechpartner_Website_Nader-182x182.png 182w, https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Ansprechpartner_Website_Nader-90x90.png 90w, https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Ansprechpartner_Website_Nader-120x120.png 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/>                                                                <div class=\"logo\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"35\" height=\"15\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lcm.at\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/logo-short.svg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-person-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"note\">Your Contact for Research Inquiries<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"h3\">Dipl.-Ing. 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