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Here you will find current degree projects. You are of course welcome to come up with your own suggestions.
Property valuation and property assessment
Contact: simon.ek@lm.se or anders.bogghed@lm.se.
Ongoing, already assigned degree theses:
- Value area division for forest - do location-related values need to be taken into account more in property valuation?
- The market for vacant land.
Property law and property formation
Contact: Lina Blackmon.
Right now we have no current, searchable, degree theses.
Ongoing, already assigned degree theses:
- The materiality condition in ch. 7 § 1 FBL
- Timber handling in the case of rights grants in forest land
Geodesy and GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems)
Contact: Kent Ohlsson
Unfortunately, we are not able to receive more applications for degree projects at this time.
Ongoing, already assigned degree theses:
- Analysis of geodetic control network needs and the possibility of measuring with GNSS in an urban environment
- Tests and analysis of measurement with Galileo High Accuracy Service
- Analysis of impact from plexiglas snow cover at corner reflectors for InSAR measurement
Geodata and information supply
We currently have following student thesis’s open for application.
Correction of building geometries (using ML or GIS/photogrammetry)
The unit for Geographic Information at Lantmäteriet uses ML to automatically detect buildings in aerial images. The detected buildings are then used as support for manual updating.
To reduce the manual handling when keeping buildings up to date, it is of interest to investigate whether different types of analysis methods can improve the geometry of the ML-detected buildings, in order to better represent the actual buildings.
The purpose of this work is to investigate the possibility of using different types of analysis methods to improve the geometry of ML-detected buildings.
The map as a societal document (the map as a mirror of societal challenges)
Lantmäteriet provides society with reliable geographical information. The information support societal development by reflecting important objects and how they relate to each other.
In an era of new societal challenges, it is important that the information collected supports these challenges. It is therefore of interest to investigate how information in map data in different countries reflects the societal challenges within respective country.
The purpose of this work is to investigate how map content in different countries' base maps reflect societal challenges in respective country.
Place names as geodata in a GIS environment
Place names, unlike most other objects in a map, are language expressions. As such, they acquire meaning and are negotiated in constantly new communicative situations. This means that the relationship between the expression in the map and the physical reality that the expression represents, works differently with place names than with other geodata.
Today, however, most place name archives since the beginning of the 20th century lack GIS connectivity, and there seem not to be any best cases on how to bring place names into a GIS environment in a way that fully accounts to the unique nature of place names.
The purpose of this work is to explore viable options on how to fully lift place names into a GIS environment.
Several delimited tasks are possible, for example:
- How have national mapping agencies around the world chosen to handle place names in terms of information models, data storage and the connection to maps and search services today? What are the plans for the future? What research and development work is underway?
- What does the research history and the research front look like, internationally, in terms of information models for digital handling of large amounts of place names?
- What are the pros and cons of the different models for managing digital place name data, currently in use or described in research? Are there other, new, ways to structure place name data? If so: which ones?
- Describe from a linguistic perspective what place names represent in the context of geographical information, are and how place name information can best be structured for different contexts and needs. Compare with other linguistic information where large data sets are structured, stored and made searchable.
Application
We would like to receive your application by October 31 at the latest. Attach a brief description of your educational background and why you are applying for the respective degree project, as well as the number of applicants (if there are more than one person applying).
Are you interested? Send your application to Anders Rydén: anders.o.ryden@lm.se.
Geodata and property information
Right now we have no current degree projects.
Ongoing, already assigned degree theses:
- My marking
Geodata, Image and Elevation Unit
Unfortunately, we cannot offer master's thesis to those who are not Swedish citizens as we have a strict security classification.
Law and real estate economics
Unfortunately, we are not able to receive more applications for degree projects until further notice.
System development
Unfortunately, we are not able to receive more applications for degree projects this semester.