The core members from Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) visited the JC STEM Lab of Earth Observations (JC STEM Lab) and discussed with the principal investigator – Prof. Qihao Weng and some major lab members about the potential collaborations on 6th Feb, 2023. ASTRI was founded by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 2000 with the mission of enhancing Hong Kong’s competitiveness throug

7 Feb 2023

On 7 Feb 2023, the Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics (LSGI) successfully organized a research seminar. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Heipke from Leibniz Universität Hannover, Departmental Academic Advisor of LSGI, was invited to give a presentation on “Photogrammetric Computer Vision”. More than fifty staff, students, and guests from PolyU attended the seminar. Prof. Weng Qihao, a Chair Professor of Geomatics and Artificial Intelligenc

7 Feb 2023

Our Higher Diploma (HD) Second Year Student, Nimbus Kwun Ho TSANG, represents PolyU participating the Hong Kong Universities Rowing Championships 2022 held on 25 December 2022. Together with a first-year undergraduate student, Anakin Chun Hei CHAN from BRE, they took the first place in the Heat round, and 2nd runner up in the Final in the Men’s double sculls event. Nimbus is also the class representative of the HD programme in LSGI.   

20 Jan 2023

To share the latest career opportunities in various related disciplines for undergraduate and master’s degree students, the LSGI Career Talk 2023 was successfully held on 13 Jan 2023, at PolyU Campus. Ir Dr Wallace Lai, Associate Head in Teaching and Associate Professor, welcomed our guest speakers and kicked start the seminar with admission information for senior place of our bachelor's progrmame in 2023/24. Prior to this talk, we also invited t

16 Jan 2023

Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics (LSGI) received a delegation of six top-rank Malaysian land surveyors from Board of Land Surveyor Malaysia during 10-16 November 2022 and 9 – 13 January 2023. The purpose of the visit is to attend the 2-phase underground utility survey training at Q-Leak of Water Supplies Department of HKSAR Government, conducted by Ir Dr. Wallace Lai of LSGI, his research team, and several overseas/local trainers

13 Jan 2023

On 9 Jan 2023, LSGI received 2 delegations, 39 members from Hong Kong Institution of Engineers – ITD and 40 members from FCE alumni group. The first delegation was led by Ir Ricky Kwong, Chairman of IT Division while the second delegation composed PolyU alumni from different departments led by AAO colleagues. Tours to 2 laboratories of LSGI was arranged: i. Laboratory for Smart City and Spatial Big Data Analytics (Smart City Lab) (ZN607) ii. Remo

9 Jan 2023

We are glad to announce that 11 students from LSGI have earned a place in the Dean's Honours List of the Faculty of Construction and Environment at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. These students have been recognized for their outstanding academic performance during the 2021/2022 academic year. BSc (Hons) in Land Surveying and Geo-informatics (34478) FONG Tung Sum HUI Man Kwong HUNG Ling Sum LAU Chung Tung LEUNG Lok Hei

9 Jan 2023

The first LSGI Research Retreat was held on 3 Jan and 4 Jan 2023 at the Hong Kong Ocean Park Marriott Hotel. Prof. Wu Chen, Head of LSGI, kicked off the retreat with a welcome speech for the 1.5-day event. Following the welcome speech, Prof. Bo Wu, Departmental Research Committee Chairman, provided an overview of the departmental research performance, which covered research performance in recent years, the new policy on PhD student recruitment, a

4 Jan 2023

The Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics (LSGI) holds an Innovative for Smart City Competition for senior secondary school students in 2023. A seminar for introduction of smart city development in Hong Kong was held on 17 Dec 2022 (Sat) at PolyU. It is a great honor to invite three representatives from different government departments to share the latest development with the audience. Secondary school teachers and students from differ

19 Dec 2022

The International Graduate Workshop on Geoinformatics 2022 was successfully held online on December 5-6. IGWG 2022 was hosted by the Department of Land Surveying and Geoinformatics (LSGI), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and co-organized by the Institute of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System (IRSGIS), Peking University, and the State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Survey, Mapping and Remote Sensing (LIESMARS), Wu

12 Dec 2022