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Keywords

Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, Computer Vision, Geographic Information System

Countries

Ireland

Biography

Am a conscientious person with a solid research background, industry experience and a teaching portfolio. Am guided by uncompromising virtues of hard work, discipline and selfless. Am adaptable, ambitious, quick and eager to take on daily challenges. I have extensive expertise in photogrammetry, remote sensing, GIS, computer vision and machine learning.

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Employment (4)

National University of Ireland, Maynooth: Maynooth, IE

2019-10-01 to present | Graduate Teaching Assistantship (Geography)
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Bernard Essel

Ziongate Geospatial and Research Services: Cape coast, Central region, GH

2017-11-01 to 2019-08-30 | GIS and Environmental Specialist (GIS and Remote Sensing)
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Cape Coast Technical University: Cape Coast, Central, GH

2016-11-01 to 2017-11-04 | Part-Time Tutor of Introduction to GIS module (Civil Engineering)
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University of Cape Coast: Cape Coast, Central, GH

2014-08-01 to 2015-08-30 | Assistant GIS officer (Directorate of Physical Development and Estate Management)
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Education and qualifications (2)

Maynooth University Department of Geography: Maynooth, Kildare, IE

2019-09-15 to present | PhD Candidate (Geography Department)
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University of Greenwich: London, London, GB

2015-09-01 to 2016-10-01 | Msc Student (Natural Resource Institute)
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Professional activities (1)

Ghana Institute of Planners: Accra, Greater Accra, GH

2018-11 to present | Member
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Funding (3)

Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem between the Coast of Anomabo, Egya and Saltpond, prominent fishing communities in the central region of Ghana, through integrated Community-Based Approach and Geographic Information Science Techniques to Enhance Biodiversity and Promote Climate Change Mitigation.

2017-09 to 2018-11 | Grant
National Geographic Society (DC, DC, US)
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WW-178EC-17
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Conservation of Fosu lagoon and the protection of wading birds through community-based approach and development of GIS database to enhance biodiversity

2017-04 to 2018-04 | Grant
Rufford Foundation (London, GB)
GRANT_NUMBER: 21775-1
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Centre for Agriculture and Rural Co-operation Grant

Grant
Centre for Agriculture and Rural Co-operation (Wageningen, NL)
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Works (9)

SatelliteSkill5—An Augmented Reality Educational Experience Teaching Remote Sensing through the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Remote Sensing
2023-11-23 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/rs15235480
Part of ISSN: 2072-4292
Contributors: Eimear McNerney; Jonathan Faull; Sasha Brown; Lorraine McNerney; Ronan Foley; James Lonergan; Angela Rickard; zerrin doganca kucuk; Avril Behan; Bernard Essel et al.
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The role of teacher agency in using GIS to teach sustainability: an evaluation of a lower secondary school story mapping GIS initiative in Ireland

International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education
2023-06-01 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1080/10382046.2023.2214044
Part of ISSN: 1038-2046
Part of ISSN: 1747-7611
Contributors: Sasha Brown; zerrin doganca kucuk; Angela Rickard; James Lonergan; Rachel Abernethy; Lorraine McNerney; Eimear McNerney; Ronan Foley; Avril Behan; Aengus Byrne et al.
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DEVELOPING A THEORETICAL ASSESSMENT METHOD FOR AN ASSISTED DIRECT GEOREFERENCING APPROACH TO IMPROVE ACCURACY WHEN MAPPING OVER WATER: THE CONCEPT, POTENTIAL AND LIMITATIONS

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
2023-05-25 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5194/isprs-archives-xlviii-1-w1-2023-139-2023
Part of ISSN: 2194-9034
Contributors: B. Essel; M. Bolger; J. McDonald; C. Cahalane
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INITIAL STUDY ASSESSING THE SUITABILITY OF DRONES WITH LOW-COST GNSS AND IMU FOR MAPPING OVER FEATURELESS TERRAIN USING DIRECT GEOREFERENCING

The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
2022-05-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.5194/isprs-archives-xliii-b2-2022-37-2022
Part of ISSN: 2194-9034
Contributors: B. Essel; J. McDonald; M. Bolger; C. Cahalane
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The Tale of a Disappearing Lagoon: A Habitat Mapping and Ecological Assessment of Fosu Lagoon, Ghana

OpenAlex
2019-11-04 | Other
DOI: 10.60692/rsrk2-q6716
Contributors: Bernard Essel; Justice Kwame Gyesi; Richmond Kofi Addo; Wisdom Galley; Gideon MacCarthy
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The Tale of a Disappearing Lagoon: A Habitat Mapping and Ecological Assessment of Fosu Lagoon, Ghana

OpenAlex
2019-11-04 | Other
DOI: 10.60692/d7dqn-t5402
Contributors: Bernard Essel; Justice Kwame Gyesi; Richmond Kofi Addo; Wisdom Galley; Gideon MacCarthy
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The Tale of a Disappearing Lagoon: A Habitat Mapping and Ecological Assessment of Fosu Lagoon, Ghana

International Journal of Ecology
2019-11-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1155/2019/6931329
Part of ISSN: 1687-9708
Part of ISSN: 1687-9716
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Urban green space depletion and its adverse effect: A case of Kumasi, former garden city of West-Africa

Journal of Environment and Ecology
2017-07-07 | Journal article
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The application of GIS in mapping of flood hazard areas and assessing of risk in kumasi, Ghana

Journal of Energy and Natural Resource Management (JENRM)
2016-07-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Bernard Essel
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