RNDr. Josef Laštovička, Ph.D.

Department of Applied Geoinformatics and Cartography
Address:
Department of Applied Geoinformatics and Cartography (academic activity): Legerova 5, 120 00 Prague 2 (2nd floor, room n. 321)
Map and Data Centre (scientific activities within Geographical Institute department): Na Slupi 17, 128 43 Prague 2 (1st floor, room n. 2)
Consultation hours: with previous e-mail notice
Research group: EO4Landscape
Education:
2021 Master degree (RNDr.) – Applied Geoinformatics, Cartography and Remote Sensing
Charles University, Faculty of Science, Albertov 6, Praha 2, 128 00
2016 – 2020 Doctor degree (Ph.D.) – Applied Geoinformatics, Cartography and Remote Sensing
Charles University, Faculty of Science, Albertov 6, Praha 2, 128 00
2018 Internship
Humboldt University in Berlin, Geomatics, Alfred-Rühl-Haus, Rudower Chaussee 16, Berlin, 124 89
2016 – 2017 Lifelong learning – Pedagogy
Charles University, Faculty of Science, Albertov 6, Praha 2, 128 00
2013 – 2016 Master degree (Mgr.) – Applied Geoinformatics, Cartography and Remote Sensing
Charles University, Faculty of Science, Albertov 6, Praha 2, 128 00
2010 – 2013 Bachelor degree (Bc.) – Geography and Cartography
Charles University, Faculty of Science, Albertov 6, Praha 2, 128 00
Research Interest:
- Remote sensing
- GIS
- 3D models
- Creating web and web applications (HTML, PHP, JavaScript)
- Teaching students and teachers of primary and secondary schools
- Popularization
- Old globes
- Programming in Matlab, R, JavaScript
- Observation of bark beetle calamities using remote sensing methods
- Cloud based platforms (GEE and Sentinel Hub)
Publications:
Buriánek, D., Martínek, K., Šíma, J., Janderková, J., Verner, K., Megerssa, L., Hroch, T., Pacherová, P., Balke, G., Getaneh, S., Abuye, M., Jelének, J., Arefayne, T., Berhanu, N., Dure, T., Hejtmánková, P., Laštovička, J., Melka, B., Dvořák, Š., Štych, P., Tute, M., Valenta, J., Čermáková, D., Zelenková, K., Hrabalíková, M., Ureš, J., Valchářová, D., Spálovský, V., Amare, T., Abdella, M., Wubishet, Y., Nol, O., Vaverka, L., 2022. Geology, Soil Environment and Hydrogeology of the Gedeo Zone, Ethiopia. Explanatory notes to the thematic geoscientific maps at a 1:100,000 scale. Czech Development Agency, Czech Republic. Praha. 104.
Brůha, L., Laštovička, J., Palatý, T., Štefanová, E., Štych, P., 2020. Reconstruction of Lost Cultural Heritage Sites and Landscapes: Context of Ancient Objects in Time and Space. ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Information 9, 604. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi9100604
Grešlová, P., Horáková, K., Dastychová, V., Hloušek, L., Seidlová, J., Laštovička, J., Havránek, M., Koblížková, E., Kochová, T., 2021. Tvář české krajiny v prostoru a čase: mapování CORINE Land Cover 1990-2018 v socioekonomických souvislostech. Vydání 1. Praha: CENIA. 131. ISBN 978-80-7674-025-9.
Grešlová, P., Laštovička, J., Štych, P., Kabrda, J. 2023. Land cover flows and land use intensity in the three decades of the post-communist Czechia: Changing trends and driving forces. In Anthropocene (Vol. 43, p. 100395). Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ancene.2023.100395
Hladky, R., Lastovicka, J., Holman, L., Stych, P., 2020. Evaluation of the influence of disturbances on forest vegetation using Landsat time series; a case study of the Low Tatras National Park. Eur. J. Remote Sens. 53, 40–66. https://doi.org/10.1080/22797254.2020.1713704
Kabrda, J., Laštovička, J., Štych, P., 2014. Stabilní prvky v české venkovské krajině – dědictví minulých staletí. Geografické rozhledy 5/2014. 13–14.
Klsák, A., Laštovička, J., Netrdová, P., Sauerová, K., Korčák, M., 2024. Mapový a datový portál PřF UK DataHub. ArcRevue 1/2024. 3–6.
Lastovicka, J.; Hladky, R.; Stych, P.; Holman, L., 2017. Evaluation of Forest Disturbances in the Low Tatras National Park Using Time Series of Satellite Images. 17th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2017, 87–100.
Lastovicka, J., Svec, P., Paluba, D., Kobliuk, N., Svoboda, J., Hladky, R., Stych, P., 2020. Sentinel-2 Data in an Evaluation of the Impact of the Disturbances on Forest Vegetation. Remote Sens. 12. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12121914
Laštovička, J., Palatý, T., Štych, P., 2018. Ostrovský klášter ožívá ve 3D. Přírodovědci 04/18, 4–5.
Laštovička, J., Palatý, T., Štych, P., Juřinová, Š., Vizner, J., Kulkovský, M., Kaňůrek, M. (2025): Ora et labora II. Kočka muzejní, ročník II / číslo 1 (únor 2025), 6–7.
Mareš, P., Stockmann, J., Štros, M., Holman, L., Oubrechtová, V., Laštovička, J., Šimková, Z., 2014. Geoinformatika kolem nás. Učebnice pro střední školy do zeměpisu z oblasti DPZ a geoinformatiky. Agentura Scientica. 125.
Paluba, D., Laštovička, J., Mouratidis, A., Štych, P., 2021. Land Cover-Specific Local Incidence Angle Correction: A Method for Time-Series Analysis of Forest Ecosystems. Remote Sens. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13091743
Paluba, D., Papale, L. G., Laštovička, J., Perivolioti, T.-M., Kalaitzis, P., Mouratidis, A., Karadimou, G., Štych, P., 2024. Tracking Burned Area Progression in an Unsupervised Manner Using Sentinel-1 SAR Data in Google Earth Engine. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing (Vol. 17, pp. 15612–15634). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). https://doi.org/10.1109/jstars.2024.3427382
Paluba, D., Papale, L. G., Perivolioti, T.-M., Štych, P., Laštovička, J., Kalaitzis, P., Karadimou, G., Papageorgiou, E., Mouratidis, A., 2023. Unsupervised Burned Area Mapping in Greece: Investigating the Impact of Precipitation, Pre- and Post-Processing of Sentinel-1 Data in Google Earth Engine. IGARSS 2023 - 2023 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (Vol. 540, pp. 2520–2523). IGARSS 2023 - 2023 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/igarss52108.2023.10283130
Paluba, D., Štych, P., Laštovička, J., 2018. Hodnotenie metód a dát DPZ pre účely klasifikácie krajinnej pokrývky na príklade bývalých vojenských obvodov Brdy a Ralsko. Kartogr. List. / Cartogr. Lett. 26, 76–90.
Senf, C., Laštovička, J., Okujeni, A., Heurich, M., van der Linden, S., 2020. A generalized regression-based unmixing model for mapping forest cover fractions throughout three decades of Landsat data. Remote Sens. Environ. 240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2020.111691
Stych, P., Jerabkova, B., Lastovicka, J., Riedl, M., Paluba, D., 2019a. A Comparison of Worldview-2 and Landsat 8 Images for the Classification of Forests Affected by Bark Beetle Outbreaks Using a Support Vector Machine and a Neural Network: A Case Study in the Sumava Mountains. Geosci. 9. https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences9090396
Stych, P., Lastovicka, J., Hladky, R., Paluba, D., 2019c. Evaluation of the Influence of Disturbances on Forest Vegetation Using the Time Series of Landsat Data: A Comparison Study of the Low Tatras and Sumava National Parks. ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Information 8, 71. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi8020071
Stych, P., Kabrda, J., Bicik, I., Lastovicka, J., 2019b. Regional Differentiation of Long-Term Land Use Changes: A Case Study of Czechia. Land 8, 1–20.
Svoboda, J., Štych, P., Laštovička, J., Paluba, D., Kobliuk, N, 2022. Random Forest Classification of Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) Using Sentinel-2 Data—A Case Study of Czechia. Remote Sens. 2022, 14, 1189. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14051189
Štych, P., Laštovička, J., 2016. Země viděná z kosmu. Přírodovědci 03/16, 14-15.
Štych, P., Laštovička, J., 2017. České lesy od neolitu po současnost. Přírodovědci 03/17, 12–13.
Štych, P., Laštovička, J., Holman, L., Mareš, P., 2016. Inspirujme se vesmírem a družicemi ve výuce zeměpisu. Geografické rozhledy 26, 1, 16–17.
Štych, P., Laštovička, J., Kryshenyk, P., 2016. Zmizelá místa ožívají ve 3D. Přírodovědci 02/16, 16–17.
Štych, P., Laštovička, J., Paluba, D., 2019. Změny české krajiny okem družic. Vesmír 98, 218, 4.
Štych, P., Paluba, D., Laštovička, J., Outrata, D., Hladký, R., 2018. Hodnocení změn krajinného pokryvu bývalého vojenského újezdu Brdy pomocí dálkového průzkumu Země. Bohemia cent. 34, 51–73.
Štych, P., Paluba, D., Laštovička, J., Svoboda, J. 2016. Satelity nad Lusakou – Stav a změny životního prostředí v Zambii hodnocené pomocí družic. Přírodovědci 03/24, 20–21.
Švec, P., Perglová, I., Fröhlich, V., Laštovička, J., Seidl, J., Růžičková, K., Horáková, I., Lukavský, J., Ferko, M., Štych, P., Pergl, J., 2024. Perseverance of management is needed – Efficient long-term strategy of Reynoutria management. NeoBiota (Vol. 94, pp. 261–288). Pensoft Publishers. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.94.122337
Viehrig, K., Notter, N., Siegmund, A., Hämmerle, M., Fuchs, S., Naumann, S., Väljataga, T., Savitski, P., Tammets, P., Stych, P., Lastovicka, J., 2018. YCHANGE – Fernerkundung in der Schul- und Lehrerbildung. Geoagenda 01/2018. 32–33.
Projects:
2024 – 2025: ESPON CleanEnergy4CE
2024 – 2025: NPO Grean Deal
2024 – 2025: NPO Geoinformatics for Environmental Sustainability
2024: SLIM project (Czech Development Agency; Zambia)
2023–2024: The reintroduction of the Przewalski's horse in Mongolia and Kazakhstan (Prague Zoo)
2023–2024: NPO Spatial Data Analyst
2020 – 2024: Erasmus+ EO4Edu (education in Remote Sensing)
2020 – 2024: Project of mapping Ethiopia (Czech Geological Survey, Geology and Geography UK)
2020 – present: Copernicus Academy (education in Remote Sensing)
2019 – 2024: H2020 project Pulchra (education project in Remote Sensing)
2018 – 2024: UNCE and Progres Charles University (creation of scientific articles and web maps)
2016 – 2022: DG Clima (European Commision)
2019 – 2021: NAKI: LIVE Map (GIS and Web)
2017 – 2019: GA UK (Charles University Grant Agency, Evaluation of the impact of disturbances on the forest in Czechia and Slovakia using remote sensing)
2016 – 2018: Erasmus+ YCAHNGE (education project in Remote Sensing)
Publication Statistics and Databases:
- ORCID ID:
- 0000-0002-2430-1479
- ResearcherID:
- AAB-6892-2020
- Scopus Author ID:
- 57205754245