Jacinto Estima

Assistant Professor at the Department of Informatics Engineering - University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Researcher at the Information Systems Group of CISUC.

Short Bio: Jacinto Estima is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Informatics Engineering - University of Coimbra, Portugal, and a researcher at the Information Systems Group of CISUC. He works on problems related to the areas of Information Systems, Geographical Information Science, and Citizen Science. Jacinto has been involved in several research projects related to the participation of volunteers in different environmental initiatives, and he has accumulated expertise in addressing challenges that intersects volunteered geographic information and machine learning.

I'm looking for highly motivated students to work on a range of projects.
Drop me an email if you are interested.

Contacts

Address:
Jacinto Estima
CISUC/DEI, University of Coimbra
Rua Sílvio Lima, Univ. Coimbra - Pólo II
3030-790 Coimbra
Portugal
Office: D1.12

Google Scholar: Jacinto Estima
ORCID: 0000-0001-8837-4637
ResearcherID: J-5367-2013
Scopus Author ID: 55804072900
Publons ID: 1520984
Academia: Jacinto Estima

E-mail:
Web: https://jestima.github.io
GitHub: https://github.com/jestima
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jacintoestima

Teaching

2024-2025 • Information Systems Management (MEI, MES, MEIG, MFM)
2024-2025 • Service Engineering (MEI, MES, MECD)
2024-2025 • Information Systems (LEI)
2023-2024 • Information Systems Management (MEI, MES, MEIG, MFM)
2023-2024 • Service Engineering (MEI, MES, MECD)
2023-2024 • Information Systems (LEI)
2022-2023 • Business Process Management (MEI)
2022-2023 • Service Engineering (MEI, MES, MECD)
2022-2023 • Information Systems (LEI)

2021-2022 • Applied Machine Learning (IADE-UE, MCCAI)
2021-2022 • Project Factory (IADE-UE, LEI, LIG)
2021-2022 • Creative Programming (IADE-UE, MCCAI)
2021-2022 • Creative Programming (IADE-UE, LCT)
2021-2022 • Databases (IADE-UE, LCT)
2021-2022 • Databases (ESTS-IPS, CTeSP-DVAM)
2021-2022 • Machine Learning (ESTB-IPS, LBioinformatics)
2021-2022 • Geographic Information Systems (IADE-UE, LEI, LIG)
2021-2022 • Digital Marketing (ESTS-IPS, MES)
2021-2022 • Spatial Planning and Geographic Information (ESTS-IPS, LTAM)
2020-2021 • Programming in Design (IADE-UE, LD)
2020-2021 • Databases (IADE-UE, LEI, LIG)
2020-2021 • Project Factory (IADE-UE, LEI, LIG)
2020-2021 • Structuring of Logical Thinking (IADE-UE, LEI, LIG)
2020-2021 • Geographic Information Systems (IADE-UE, LEI, LIG)
2020-2021 • Databases (ESTS-IPS, LEI)
2020-2021 • Machine Learning (ESTB-IPS, LBioinformatics)
2020-2021 • Digital Marketing (ESTS-IPS, MES)
2020-2021 • Spatial Planning and Geographic Information (ESTS-IPS, LTAM)
2019-2020 • Databases (IADE-UE, LEI, LGAD)
2019-2020 • Project Factory (IADE-UE, LEI)
2019-2020 • Geographic Information Systems (IADE-UE, LEI, LIG)
2019-2020 • Information Technologies I (IADE-UE, LCC)
2019-2020 • Digital Studio III - Programming (IADE-UE, LDG)
2019-2020 • Machine Learning (ESTB-IPS, LBioinformatics)
2019-2020 • Information Systems Modelling (ESTS-IPS, LEI)
2019-2020 • Digital Marketing (ESTS-IPS, MES)
2019-2020 • Spatial Planning and Geographic Information (ESTS-IPS, LTAM)
2018-2019 • Information Systems for Decision Support (IADE-UE, MSIG)
2018-2019 • Databases (IADE-UE, LEI, LGAD)
2018-2019 • Geographic Information Systems (IADE-UE, LEI, LIG)
2018-2019 • Information Technologies II (IADE-UE, LIG)
2018-2019 • Knowledge Integration (IADE-UE, LIG)
2018-2019 • Digital Marketing (ESTS-IPS, MES)
2018-2019 • Machine Learning (ESTB-IPS, LBioinformatics)
2018-2019 • Spatial Planning and Geographic Information (ESTS-IPS, LTAM)
2018-2019 • Object Oriented Programming (ESTS-IPS, CTeSP-SEC)
2017-2018 • Information Systems for Decision Support (IADE-UE, MSIG)
2017-2018 • Distributed Systems (IADE-UE, MSIG)
2017-2018 • Data Analytics (ESTS-IPS, MEI)
2017-2018 • Databases (IADE-UE, LIG, LGAD)
2017-2018 • Business Intelligence (IADE-UE, LIG)
2017-2018 • Geographic Information Systems (IADE-UE, LEI, LIG)
2017-2018 • Information Systems Modelling (ESTS-IPS, LEI)
2017-2018 • Internet Programming Technologies (ESTS-IPS, CTeSP-RSI, CTeSP-PWDAM)

2010-2011 • Geographic Information Sistems I (ESTGA-UA, CET-SIG)
2010-2011 • Geographic Information Sistems II (ESTGA-UA, CET-SIG)
2010-2011 • GIS Programming (ESTGA-UA, CET-SIG)
2010-2011 • Geographic Information Technologies (ESTGA-UA, CET-TDAC)
2010-2011 • Global Positioning Systems (ESTGA-UA, CET-TDAC)
2009-2010 • Geographic Information Technologies (ESTGA-UA, CET-TDAC)
2009-2010 • Global Positioning Systems (ESTGA-UA, CET-TDAC)
2008-2009 • GIS Programming (ESTGA-UA, CET-SIG)
2008-2009 • Databases (ESTGA-UA, CET-SIG)
2008-2009 • Geographic Information Technologies (ESTGA-UA, CET-TDAC)
2008-2009 • Global Positioning Systems (ESTGA-UA, CET-TDAC)
2007-2008 • Cartographic Representation (ESTGA-UA, CET-TDAC)
2007-2008 • Geographic Information Technologies (ESTGA-UA, CET-TDAC)
2007-2008 • Global Positioning Systems (ESTGA-UA, CET-TDAC)
2006-2007 • Cartographic Representation (ESTGA-UA, CET-TDAC)
2006-2007 • Geographic Information Technologies (ESTGA-UA, CET-TDAC)
2006-2007 • Global Positioning Systems (ESTGA-UA, CET-TDAC)

Research Areas

Information Systems • Geographical Information Science (GIS) • Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) • Machine Learning

Publications

International Journal Papers

  1. Ricardo, A. M., Ferreira, R. M. L., Rodrigues da Silva, A., Estima, J., Marques, J., Gamito, I., & Serra, A. (2024). Flood simulation with the RiverCure approach: the open dataset of the 2016 Águeda flood event. Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 16, 375–385, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-375-2024
  2. Magalhães Serra, A., Estima, J., & Rodrigues da Silva, A. (2023). Evaluation of Maestro, an extensible general-purpose data gathering and data classification platform. Information Processing & Management, 60(5), 103458. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2023.103458
  3. Rodrigues da Silva, A.; Estima, J.; Marques, J.; Gamito, I.; Serra, A.; Moura, L.; Ricardo, A.M.; Mendes, L. (2023) Ferreira, R.M. A Web GIS Platform to Modeling, Simulate and Analyze Flood Events: The RiverCure Portal. ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2023, 12, 268. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi12070268
  4. Ricardo, A. M., Ferreira, R. M. L., Rodrigues da Silva, A., Estima, J., Marques, J., Gamito, I., and Serra, A. (2023) Flood simulation with the RiverCure approach: The open dataset of the Águeda 2016 flood event, Earth Syst. Sci. Data Discuss. [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-2023-100, in review, 2023
  5. Cardoso, A. B.; Martins, B.; Estima, J. (2022) A Novel Deep Learning Approach Using Contextual Embeddings for Toponym Resolution. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 11(1), 28; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi11010028 [Scimago Q1] [indexed by ISI and Scopus]
  6. Dias M., Monteiro J., Estima J., Silva J., Martins B. (2020) Semantic Segmentation and Colorization of Grayscale Aerial Imagery with W-Net Models, Expert Systems. 37:e12622; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/exsy.12622 [Scimago Q1] [indexed by ISI and Scopus]
  7. Pereira, J., Monteiro, J., Silva, J., Estima, J., Martins B. (2020). Assessing Flood Severity from Crowdsourced Social Media Photos with Deep Neural Networks. Multimedia Tools and Applications; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-020-09196-8 [Scimago Q1] [indexed by ISI and Scopus]
  8. Patriarca, J., Fonte, C. C., Estima, J., de Almeida, J. P., Cardoso, A. (2019). Automatic conversion of OSM data into LULC maps: comparing FOSS4G based approaches towards an enhanced performance. Open Geospatial Data, Software and Standards, 4(11); DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40965-019-0070-2
  9. Estima, J., & Painho, M. (2016). User Generated spatial Content-Integrator: conceptual model to integrate data from diverse sources of User Generated spatial Content. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 5(10), 183; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi5100183 [Q1 do Scimago] [indexed by ISI and Scopus]
  10. Antoniou, V., Fonte, C., See, L., Estima, J., Arsanjani, J., Lupia, F., Minghini, M., Foody, G., & Fritz, S. (2016). Investigating the Feasibility of Geo-Tagged Photographs as Sources of Land Cover Input Data. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 5(5), 64. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi5050064 [Scimago Q1] [indexed by ISI and Scopus]
  11. See, L., Mooney, P., Foody, G., Bastin, L., Comber, A., Estima, J., Fritz, S., Kerle, N., Jiang, B., Laakso, M., Liu, H., Milčinski, G., Nikšič, M., Painho, M., Pődör, A., Olteanu-Raimond, A., & Rutzinger, M. (2016). Crowdsourcing, Citizen Science or Volunteered Geographic Information? The Current State of Crowdsourced Geographic Information. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 5(5), 55. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi5050055 [Scimago Q1] [indexed by ISI and Scopus]
  12. Estima, J., & Painho, M. (2014). Photo based Volunteered Geographic Information initiatives: a comparative study of their suitability for helping quality control of Corine Land Cover. International Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Information Systems (IJAEIS) 5.3 (2014): 73-89. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4018/ijaeis.2014070105 [Scimago Q4] [indexed by Scopus]

Conference and Workshop Papers

  1. Carreira, F., Rupino da Cunha, P., Barata, J., Estima, J. (2024). Tamper-proof blockchain-based contracts for the carriage of goods by road. Information Systems Development (ISD2023 Proceedings). Gdańsk, Poland. [PDF]
  2. Antunes, J., Barata, J., da Cunha, P.R., Estima, J., Tavares, J. (2024). A Reference Architecture for Dry Port Digital Twins: Preliminary Assessment Using ArchiMate. In: Araújo, J., de la Vara, J.L., Santos, M.Y., Assar, S. (eds) Research Challenges in Information Science. RCIS 2024. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 513. Springer, Cham. [PDF]
  3. Júnior, D.G.S., Hernández-Ramírez, R., Estima, J. (2024). Investigating Usability Indicators for the Adoption of AI Models in Heuristic Evaluation. In: Martins, N., Brandão, D. (eds) Advances in Design and Digital Communication IV. DIGICOM 2023. Springer Series in Design and Innovation , vol 35. Springer, Cham. [PDF]
  4. Gonçalves, M., Martins, B., & Estima, J. (2023). A Detailed Analysis on the Use of General-purpose Vision Transformers for Remote Sensing Image Segmentation. In Proceedings of the 6th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on AI for Geographic Knowledge Discovery (GeoAI '23). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 20–29. [PDF]
  5. Caetano, A., Estima, J.,& Lima, E. (2023). Cyclist Route Assessment Using Machine Learning. In A. R. da Silva, M. M. da Silva, J. Estima, C. Barry, M. Lang, H. Linger, & C. Schneider (Eds.), Information Systems Development, Organizational Aspects and Societal Trends (ISD2023 Proceedings). Lisbon, Portugal: Instituto Superior Técnico. ISBN: 978-989-33-5509-1. [PDF]
  6. Martins, A.M., Rodrigues da Silva, A., & Estima, J. (2023). Streamlining Literature Reviews Using an Automatic and Flexible Data Gathering and Classification Platform. In A. R. da Silva, M. M. da Silva, J. Estima, C. Barry, M. Lang, H. Linger, & C. Schneider (Eds.), Information Systems Development, Organizational Aspects and Societal Trends (ISD2023 Proceedings). Lisbon, Portugal: Instituto Superior Técnico. ISBN: 978-989-33-5509-1. [PDF]
  7. Rupino da Cunha, P., Estima, J. (2023). Navigating the landscape of AI ethics and responsibility. 2023 22nd Portuguese Conference on Artificial Intelligence (EPIA2023), [PDF]
  8. Lagos Rojas, C., Estima, J., & Dias, J. A. (2023). Generative data representations to improve free-text answers in online qualitative surveys. 2023 6th Experiment International Conference (exp.at’23), [PDF]
  9. Magalhães, A., Estima, J., & Cardoso, A. (2023). Vessel Voyage Trajectory Extrapolation: Comparing the Performance of Kalman Filters. 2023 6th Experiment International Conference (exp.at’23), [PDF]
  10. Fonte, C., Cardoso, A., Estima, J., Almeida, J.P., Patriarca, J. (2022) The FireLoc System - Geolocating Forest Fires with Crowdsourced Data. In X. Viegas and L. Ribeiro (Eds.), Advances in Forest Fire Research 2022, pp. 394–399-394–399, 2022 [PDF]
  11. Fonte, C., Jesus, I., Pereira, C., Cardoso, A., Estima, J., Patriarca, J., Almeida, J.P. (2022) The FireLoc system - methodologies for geolocating the observed fires. In X. Viegas and L. Ribeiro (Eds.), Advances in Forest Fire Research 2022, pp. 400–404-400–404, 2022 [PDF]
  12. Magalhães Serra, A., da Silva, A. R., & Estima, J. (2022). Maestro: An Extensible General-Purpose Data Gathering and Classification Platform. In R. A. Buchmann, G. C. Silaghi, D. Bufnea, V. Niculescu, G. Czibula, C. Barry, M. Lang, H. Linger, & C. Schneider (Eds.), Information Systems Development: Artificial Intelligence for Information Systems Development and Operations (ISD2022 Proceedings). Cluj-Napoca, Romania: Babeș-Bolyai University. [PDF]
  13. Hernández-Ramírez, R., Estima, J., Boavida, M. (2022) Enhancing learning of interaction design and web app development through interdisciplinarity: a pedagogical experiment. In: EDULEARN22 Proceedings, pp. 7677-7683 [PDF]
  14. Júnior, D. G. S., Hernández-Ramírez, R., & Estima, J. (2021, November). Systematic Mapping of Methods Used to Evaluate the Usability and UX of Learning Management Systems. In International Conference on Design and Digital Communication (pp. 122-133). Springer, Cham. [PDF] [indexed by Scopus]
  15. Fonte, C. C., Cardoso, A., Estima, J., Almeida, J. P. D., & Patriarca, J. (2021). The FireLoc Project: Identification, Positioning and Monitoring Forest Fires with Crowdsourced Data. FIG e-Working Week 2021, 11192-11192 [PDF]
  16. Cardoso, M., M., Bruno & Estima, J. (2020). Spatio-Temporal Forecasting with Gridded Remote Sensing data using Feed-Backward Decoding. In: Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems (pp. 393-396) [PDF] [indexed by Scopus]
  17. Pereira, J., Monteiro, J., Estima, J., Martins, B. (2019). Assessing flood severity from georeferenced photos. In: Proceedings of the 13th Workshop on Geographic Information Retrieval (GIR '19). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 5, 10 pages [PDF] [indexed by Scopus]
  18. Dias D., Martins B., Pires J., de Sousa L.M., Estima J., Damásio C.V. (2019). Soil Classification Based on Physical and Chemical Properties Using Random Forests. In: Moura Oliveira P., Novais P., Reis L. (eds) Progress in Artificial Intelligence. EPIA 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 11804. Springer, Cham [PDF] [indexed by Scopus]
  19. Cardoso A.B., Martins B., Estima J. (2019). Using Recurrent Neural Networks for Toponym Resolution in Text. In: Moura Oliveira P., Novais P., Reis L. (eds) Progress in Artificial Intelligence. EPIA 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 11805. Springer, Cham [PDF] [indexed by Scopus]
  20. Dias M., Monteiro J., Estima J., Silva J., Martins B. (2019). Semantic Segmentation of High-Resolution Aerial Imagery with W-Net Models. In: Moura Oliveira P., Novais P., Reis L. (eds) Progress in Artificial Intelligence. EPIA 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 11805. Springer, Cham [PDF] [indexed by Scopus]
  21. Bittencourt, C. A., Estima, J., Pestana, G. (2019). Open Data Initiatives in Brazil: An analysis of the public entities’ portals. 14ª Conferência Ibérica de Sistemas e Tecnologias de Informação – CISTI’2019. Coimbra, Portugal. 19-22 June [PDF] [indexed by Scopus]
  22. Fonte, C. C., Patriarca, J., Estima, J., de Almeida, J. P., Cardoso, A. (2018). Consistency and relevance of vgi available from social networks for emergency mitigation and municipal management. International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences - ISPRS Archives. 2018, Vol. 42 Issue 4, p217-224. 8p. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-4-217-2018 [indexed by Scopus]
  23. Fonte, C., Patriarca, J., Estima, J., Almeida, J.P., & Cardoso, A. (2018). Preliminary analysis and comparison of the potential of VGI available in social media for emergency response and municipal management. ISPRS Technical Commission IV Symposium 2018: 3D Spatial Information Science - The Engine of Change. October 1 - 5, 2018, Delft, The Netherlands
  24. Fontes, D., Fonte, C., Cardoso, A., Almeida, J., & Estima, J. (2017). A platform to integrate crowdsourced, physical sensor and official geographic information to assist authorities in emergency response. 20th AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science. Wageningen, Netherlands, 9-12 May [acessível através de https://agile-online.org/conference_paper/cds/agile_2017/posters/122_PosterAbstract_in_PDF.pdf]
  25. Tuomiranta, A., Jayyousi, M., Calisto, L., Sgouridis, S., Beegum, N., Ibarra, M., Estima, J., & Ghedira, H. (2015). Geospatial Quantification of the Energy Economic Potential for Utility-Scale Photovoltaics: Case of the United Arab Emirates. Proceedings of the SWC 2015: ISES Solar World Congress. Daegu, Korea. 8-12 November. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18086/swc.2015.05.26 [indexed by ISI and Scopus]
  26. Fonte, C., Bastin, L., See, L., Foody, G., & Estima, J. (2015). Good Practice Guidelines for Assessing VGI Data Quality. 18th AGILE International Conference on Geographic Information Science. Lisboa, Portugal. 9-12 June [acessível através de https://agile-online.org/conference/proceedings/proceedings-2015]
  27. Arsanjani, J., See, L., Milcinski, G., Fonte, C., Bastin, L., Estima, J., Lupia, F., & Fritz, S. (2015). Assessment of the added value of OpenStreetMap for land cover/land use mapping. The 36th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment. Berlin, Germany. 11-15 May
  28. Jayyousi, M., Estima, J., & Ghedira, H. (2014). Spatial Multi Criteria Decision Analysis Based Assessment of Land Value in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Proceedings of the Joint INFORMS-GDN and EWG-DSS International Conference, GDN 2014. Toulouse, France. June 10-13. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07179-4_13 [CORE rank B] [indexed by Scopus]
  29. Estima, J., Fonte, C., & Painho, M. (2014). Comparative study of Land Use/Cover classification using Flickr photos, satellite imagery and Corine Land Cover database. In: Huerta, Schade, Granell (Eds): Connecting a Digital Europe through Location and Place. Proceedings of the AGILE'2014 International Conference on Geographic Information Science, Castellón, Spain. 3-6 June. ISBN: 978-90-816960-4-3
  30. Estima, J., Fichaux, N., Menard, L., & Ghedira, H. (2013). The Global Solar and Wind Atlas: a unique Global Spatial Data Infrastructure for all renewable energy. First ACM SIGSPATIAL Workshop on MapInteraction. 5 November 2013. Orlando, FL, USA. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/2534931.2534933 [CORE rank A] [indexed by Scopus]
  31. Estima, J., & Painho, M. (2013). Exploratory analysis of OpenStreetMap for land use classification. Second ACM SIGSPATIAL International Workshop on Crowdsourced and Volunteered Geographic Information (GEOCROWD) 2013. 5 November 2013. Orlando, FL, USA. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/2534732.2534734 [CORE rank A] [indexed by Scopus]
  32. Estima, J., & Painho, M. (2013). Flickr geotagged and publicly available photos: Preliminary study of its adequacy for helping quality control of Corine land cover. In International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications (pp. 205-220). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39649-6_15 [CORE rank C] [indexed by ISI and Scopus]
  33. Estima, J., & Ghedira, H. (2012). Dissemination of the UAE Solar Resource ATLAS over the Web: Preliminary Results. 1st Geospatial Scientific Summit. American University in Dubai. Dubai, UAE.12-13 November [atas da conferência disponíveis em http://www.gistec.com/events/gss/proceedings.html]
  34. Lazzarini, M., Estima, J., Marpu, P., & Ghedira, H. (2012). The use of remote sensing and geospatial techniques for urban climate analysis: case study of Abu Dhabi City area. 1st Geospatial Scientific Summit. American University in Dubai. Dubai, UAE. 12-13 November [atas da conferência disponíveis em http://www.gistec.com/events/gss/proceedings.html]
  35. Kaabi, M., Estima, J., & Ghedira, H. (2012). Analyzing the Spatial and Temporal Variability of Water Turbidity in the Coastal Areas of the UAE Using MODIS Satellite Data. 1st Geospatial Scientific Summit. American University in Dubai. Dubai, UAE. 12-13 November [atas da conferência disponíveis em http://www.gistec.com/events/gss/proceedings.html]
  36. Shehhi, M., Gherboudj, I., Estima, J., & Ghedira, H. (2012). Geospatial Analysis of the Red-Tide over the Arabian Gulf. 1st Geospatial Scientific Summit. American University in Dubai. Dubai, UAE. 12-13 November [atas da conferência disponíveis em http://www.gistec.com/events/gss/proceedings.html]
  37. Estima, J. (2012). Using Volunteered Geographic Information to help Land Use/Land Cover mapping. GIScience 2012. Columbus, OH, USA. 18-21 September
  38. Estima, J. (2012). Land Cover assessment using VGI. Doctoral Symposium of the 7th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI'2012). Madrid, Spain. 20-23 June [comprovável através de http://www.aistic.org/cisti2012/oc12/modules/request.php?module=oc_program&action=summary.php&id=138]
  39. Silva, A., Ramos, A., Estima, J., Tavares, M., & Calvão, C. (2007). Registering Point Geographic Features via PDA. Proceedings of the Joint International Symposium & Exhibition on Geoinformation and GPS/GNSS 2007. Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. 5-7 November

Books and Book Chapters

  1. Rodrigues da Silva, A., Mira da Silva, M., Estima, J., Barry, C., Lang, M., Linger, H., & Schneider, C. (2023) Information Systems Development, Organizational Aspects and Societal Trends (ISD2023 Proceedings). Lisbon, Portugal: Instituto Superior Técnico. ISBN: 978-989-33-5509-1
  2. Jiménez-Badillo, D., Murrieta -Flores, P., Martins, B., Gregory, I., Favila-Vázquez, M., Liceras-Garrido, R., Bellamy, K., Won, M., & Estima, J. (2021). Análisis histórico-geográ!co de documentos novohispanos del siglo XVI mediante técnicas de lingüística computacional y análisis espacial. In: D. Jiménez-Badillo (Eds.). Patrimonio Digital: Métodos computacionales y medios interactivos paraestudiar y divulgar el patrimonio cultural (pp. 35-64). Ciudad de México, México: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Secretaría de Cultura.
  3. See, L., Estima, J., Pődör, A., Arsanjani, J., Laso-Bayas, J., & Vatseva, R. (2017). Sources of VGI for Mapping. In: G. Foody et al. (Eds.), “Mapping and the Citizen Sensor”. Ubiquity Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/bbf.b
  4. Fonte, C., Antoniou, V., Bastin, L., Estima, J., Arsanjani, J., Laso-Bayas, J., See, L., & Vatseva, R. (2017). Assessing VGI Data Quality. In: G. Foody et al. (Eds.), “Mapping and the Citizen Sensor”. Ubiquity Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/bbf.g
  5. Minghini, M., Antoniou, V., Fonte, C., Estima, J., Olteanu-Raimond, A., See, L., Laakso, M., Skopeliti, A., Mooney, P., Arsanjani, J., & Lupia, F. (2017). The Relevance of Protocols for VGI Collection. In: G. Foody et al. (Eds.), “Mapping and the Citizen Sensor”. Ubiquity Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/bbf.j
  6. Lupia, F., & Estima, J. (2016). Discussing the Potential of Crowdsourced Geographic Information for Urban Areas Monitoring Using the Panoramio Initiative: A Case Study in Rome, Italy. In Capineri, C et al. 2016. European Handbook of Crowdsourced Geographic Information. Ubiquity Press. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/bax
  7. Estima, J., & Painho, M. (2015). Investigating the Potential of OpenStreetMap for Land Use/Land Cover Production: A Case Study for Continental Portugal. In: Jokar Arsanjani, J., Zipf, A., Mooney, P., Helbich, M., OpenStreetMap in GIScience: experiences, research, applications. ISBN:978-3-319-14279-1, PP. 273-293, Springer Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14280-7_14 [indexed by Scopus]

Technical reports and other publications

  1. Fonte, C.C., Patriarca, J., Almeida, J.P., Cardoso, A., Estima, J., Silvestre, D. (2022) Quality assessment of positioning and orientation data collected by mobile devices. Technical Report. INESC - Coimbra. ISSN 1645-2631 [PDF]
  2. Calisto, L., Estima, J., & Ghedira, H. (2016) DubaiSat Vegetation Monitoring Tool for Mobile Devices. FOSS4G 2016, 16(1), 119.
  3. Estima, J., & Painho, M. (2013). Volunteered Geographic Information to help Quality Control of Land Use/Cover production. 13ª Conferência da Associação Portuguesa de Sistemas de Informação. University of Évora, Portugal. 4 October [comprovável através de http://www.capsi2013.uevora.pt/index.php?/event/CAPSI-2013/Posters]
  4. Estima, J., Rocha, J., & Cabral, P. (2010). Porque é que a componente transacional da norma WFS não é muito usada?. Short paper presented at III Journeys of Open Source Software for Geographic Information Systems. Lisboa, Portugal. 3-5 November
  5. Estima, J., & Cabral, P. (2009). O Web Feature Service – Transaction Standard – Exemplo de um protótipo de implementação. II Journeys of Open Source Software for Geographic Information Systems. Évora, Portugal. 2-4 November

PhD Thesis

  1. Estima, J. (2015). User Generated spatial Content sources for Land Use/Land Cover validation purposes: suitability analysis and integration model. Tese de Doutoramento. Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal [disponível através de https://run.unl.pt/handle/10362/17881]

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