Ana-Maria Olteanu-Raimond

Ana-Maria Olteanu-Raimond is a Senior Researcher (Directrice de Recherche DR2) at the Institut National de l'Information Géographique et Forestière (IGN), where she co-directs the LASTIG Laboratory and leads the MEIG research team. She is actively involved in national and international research projects, including ANR IntForOut (2024–2027), and has previously coordinated ANR CHOUCAS and H2020 LandSense. She teaches in the M2IGAST Master program at ENSG, focusing on spatial statistics and geographic data quality.

Her educational background includes a PhD in Geographical Information Science from Université Paris-Est (2008) and a Habilitation (HDR) from Université Gustave Eiffel (2020) on the integration of Volunteered Geographic Information with institutional data.

Her research interests center on Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI), citizen science, spatial data quality, fuzzy spatial reasoning, and the integration of heterogeneous geographic data. She explores how crowdsourced data can enhance authoritative datasets, particularly in urban monitoring, land use classification, and emergency response in mountainous regions.

The recent articles highlight a strong trend in integrating multi-source data for land use and land cover mapping, assessing VGI quality, developing ontologies for emergency response, and advancing spatial analysis techniques such as network evolution and polygon matching. Her work bridges theoretical GIS advancements with practical applications in urban planning, environmental monitoring, and public safety.

• ANR IntForOut (2024–2027): Integration of multisource spatial data for ecosystem monitoring under recreational pressure.
• ANR CHOUCAS (2017–2022): Heterogeneous data integration and spatial reasoning for mountain rescue.
• H2020 LandSense (2016–2020): Citizen Observatory for Land Use and Land Cover monitoring.

She supervises multiple PhD students including Stefan Ivanovic, Mattia Bunel, Ibrahim Abdi Maidaneh, Raphaël BRES, Martin CUBAUD, John Dawson, and Amir Badawi. Her leadership extends to international scientific networks, where she co-chairs ISPRS WG IV/8 on Digital Twins and has held roles in GdR CNRS MAGIS and COST Actions.

She is also involved in developing tools and methodologies for metadata generation, spatial reasoning ontologies, and collaborative platforms for land use monitoring. Her work emphasizes methodological rigor, interdisciplinary collaboration, and real-world impact in geospatial science.