🌍 Doctoral Researcher | Geospatial Scientist | Remote Sensing Enthusiast
Welcome to my GitHub profile! I'm currently a PhD candidate at Karlstad University, Sweden, working on spatial modeling and mapping of deprived urban areas as part of the DEPRIMAP project. My research blends GIS, Earth Observation, and Machine Learning to tackle urban inequality, vulnerability, and environmental change in the Global South.
- 🛰️ Remote Sensing & Earth Observation
- 🏙️ Urban Analytics & Slum Mapping
- 🧠 Machine Learning for Spatial Data
- 📦 Python Automation for Geospatial Workflows
- 🌊 Coastal Vulnerability & Drone-Based Monitoring
- Languages: Python, SQL, Javascript (basic)
- Libraries: GeoPandas, Rasterio, Scikit-learn, Xarray, rioxarray and many more
- Tools: ESRI Suite, QGIS, Jupyter, Drone2Map, VSCode, Git and many more
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📄 JURSE 2025 Paper Published
Towards a Spatial Measure of SDG 11.1.1: Open Data for Urban Deprivation Mapping -
✈️ ESA Living Planet Blog
New EO tools, workflows, and reflections from ESA LPS 2025. -
🌍 EARSeL 2025 Conference
Understanding Informal Settlement Transformation through Google’s 2.5D Dataset and Street View based Validation
- 🌐 Website/Portfolio
- 📝 Blog / Articles
- 📫 Reach me:
saiganeshveeravalli@gmail.comor DM via LinkedIn
“Maps are more than just data. They’re stories of people, patterns, and places — and I use them to drive change.”
Thanks for stopping by 👋
