About
Michaels focus is on remote sensing of agriculture areas as well as Urban/Settlement environments in different semi arid Regions. Technically he is specialized in image analysis with eCognition (object based), ENVI/IDL, ArcGIS and develops his skills in R, QGIS and IDRISI.
Dept. of Remote Sensing
email: michael.thiel@uni-wuerzburg.de
phone: +49 (0)931 31 84690
Recent News
EAGLE Innolab Presentation: Comparing intra-urban thermal patterns using high-resolution HotSat-1 and Landsat 8 data from 14 U.S. cities
On July 24, 2026, Wajiha Yasmeen will present her inno lab results on " Comparing intra-urban thermal patterns using high-resolution HotSat-1 and Landsat 8 data from 14 U.S. cities " at 12:00 at the EORC meeting room/1st floor in John-Skilton-Str. 4a From the...
EAGLE Internship Presentation: Detection of OffRoad Tyre Dumpsites at Mining Operations Using Sentinel-2 Imagery and Deep Learning Segmentation
On July 21, 2026, Wajiha Yasmeen will present her internship results on " Detection of Off-The-Road Tyre Dumpsites at Mining Operations Using Sentinel-2 Imagery and Deep Learning Segmentation " at 12:00 at the seminar room 3 in John-Skilton-Str. 4a. From the abstract:...
EAGLE MSc Defense: Evaluating Surface Urban Heat Islands in Bavarian Cities through a Multi-Variable Analysis
On July 07, 2026, Farimah Abdolzadeh will present her Master Thesis on " Evaluating Surface Urban Heat Islands in Bavarian Cities through a Multi-Variable Analysis " at 13:00 at the seminar room 3 in John-Skilton-Str. 4a. From the abstract: Surface Urban Heat Island...
EAGLE Internship Presentation: ” Global Water Detection and Thermal UAV Data Analysis”
On July 14, 2026, Elena Scholz will present her internship results on " Global Water Detection and Thermal UAV Data Analysis" at 12:00 in seminar room 3, John-Skilton-Str. 4a. From the abstract: Internship 1 - DLR-DFD “Watersecurity and Coastal Systems” The majority...
EAGLE Internship Presentation: Svalbard
On July 07, 2026, Aoibhin Murphy and Marlene Sehrbrock will present her internship results on " Svalbard" at 12:00 in seminar room 3, John-Skilton-Str. 4a. From the abstract: Using thermal and RGB imagery collected via UAVs, we investigated the potential of thermal...
EAGLE MSc Defense: Machine Learning Inference of Building Basement Presence Using Street-Level Imagery and Multi-Source Geospatial Attributes: A Case Study of Mannheim, Germany
On July 01, 2026, Gökçe Yağmur Özcan will present her Master Thesis on " Machine Learning Inference of Building Basement Presence Using Street-Level Imagery and Multi-Source Geospatial Attributes: A Case Study of Mannheim, Germany " at 11:00 at the EORC...
EAGLE Internship Presentation: Fire and drought research in savanna ecosystems – Kruger National Park
On June 16, 2026, Sebastian Rothaug and Clemens Schömig will present their internship results on " Fire and drought research in savanna ecosystems – Kruger National Park" at 12:00 PM in seminar room 3, John-Skilton-Str. 4a. From the abstract: Climate change is...
EAGLE MSc Defense: Feasibility of Unoccupied Aerial System-Based Active Fire Monitoring in African Savannas
On June 09, 2026, Anna Bischof will present her Master Thesis on " Feasibility of Unoccupied Aerial System-Based Active Fire Monitoring in African Savannas" at 12:00 in seminar room 3, John-Skilton-Str. 4a. From the abstract: Fire is a fundamental Earth system process...
EAGLE Innolab Presentation: Temporal Analysis of Lava Dome Morphology and Crevasse Development at Great Sitkin Volcano
On June 02, 2026, Daniel Voellner will present his Innolab results on " Temporal Analysis of Lava Dome Morphology and Crevasse Development at Great Sitkin Volcano" at 12:00 in seminar room 3, John-Skilton-Str. 4a. title of presentation: From the abstract: Volcanic...
EAGLE MSc Defense: Evaluating the Potential of a Deep Learning Framework for Detecting Mowing Events in German Grasslands with Sentinel-1 InSAR Coherence
On May 22, 2026, Laura Obrecht will present her Master Thesis on " Evaluating the Potential of a Deep Learning Framework for Detecting Mowing Events in German Grasslands with Sentinel-1 InSAR Coherence" at 11:00 a.m. in room 01.B.03 (EORC meeting room 1st floor). From...