Author: Dominik Neumann

  • Advancing Geospatial Techniques for Vector-Borne Disease Research: Insights from GIScience-CSIAD Collaboration – a conference recap

    Advancing Geospatial Techniques for Vector-Borne Disease Research: Insights from GIScience-CSIAD Collaboration – a conference recap

    Recently, Hanse-Wirtschaftskolleg hosted its meeting which brought together experts from GIScience and CSIAD lab, along with renowned researchers from universities in Germany, Thailand, and Ghana, serving as a platform for interdisciplinary collaboration on vector-borne diseases. This event brought together esteemed researchers to share their expertise and insights into combating mosquito-borne illnesses. As an invited speaker,…

  • Join the team: Public Relations Manager (m,f,d) up to 100%

    Do you want to use your know-how and experience in science communications, digital marketing, and international outreach for the benefit of society and the environment? Help us at HeiGIT as we innovate towards that goal! We need your expertise to strengthen our outreach and partner network so that organizations and people in need can learn about our geospatial…

  • Integration of OQT into the ohsome dashboard: Computing data quality metrics for OpenStreetMap

    The ohsome dashboard has been and continues to be an easy access point to generate accurate statistics about the historical development of OpenStreetMap data for arbitrary regions. Now, the ohsome dashboard got extended to be able to compute data quality metrics for OpenStreetMap through the ohsome quality analyst (OQT) which is also developed by HeiGIT. The source code is now…

  • Unleashing the Power of AI-Assisted Mapping in OpenStreetMap? – a webinar with HOT and Masaryk University

    The ever-increasing volume and speed of corporate or machine learning-assisted mapping present unique challenges for individual volunteer mappers, particularly in terms of monitoring and validation. While the global impact and evolution of AI-assisted mapping in OpenStreetMap (OSM) remain largely unknown, there is a need to engage with mappers to understand their perspectives on this emerging…

  • Workshop on Intelligent Systems for Vector-Borne Disease at HWK

    Heidelberg as a GeoHealth Hub: GIScience team member Steffen Knoblauch was invited by the Hanse-Wirtschaftskolleg to an event of the working group for Intelligent Systems for Vector-Borne Disease. Various sessions will be held, amongst others the session about Mosquito Monitoring first thing tomorrow. At 11 am Steffen will talk about “Key drivers for inner-urban dengue occurrence” during the Mosquito Monitoring session.  He will elaborate…

  • OSM Element Vectorisation Tool Version 1

    OSM Element Vectorisation Tool Version 1

    The IDEAL-VGI research project is nearing its end. And while that won’t be the end of our research into social data sources, data quality analyses and land-use information, we are happy to announce a major outcome: the version 1 release of the OSM Element Vectorisation Tool (OEV). The tool was first presented to the public…

  • HeiGIT’s contributions to the 2nd UN Maps Conference

    HeiGIT’s contributions to the 2nd UN Maps Conference

    The United Nations Maps program, created in 2019, held its 2nd UN Maps Conference, this time in Valencia, Spain. Prof. Alexander Zipf of HeiGIT and the GIScience Research Group at Heidelberg University and Benjamin Herfort of HeiGIT attended the conference to talk about “Open Ecosystems in Practice”, “Partnerships and Cooperation with Academia” and how to “build better…

  • HeiGIT to hold hands-on workshop about OSM data quality at FOSSGIS Berlin 15.-18.03.2023

    HeiGIT to hold hands-on workshop about OSM data quality at FOSSGIS Berlin 15.-18.03.2023

    HeiGIT will present its software “ohsome quality analyst” (OQT) at the FOSSGIS Conference in Berlin this week. In the demo session, Benjamin Herfort will show the numerous possibilities of the tool and how everyone can use OQT to evaluate completeness, level of detail, currentness and more in just a few steps. Join him on Thursday…

  • Cooperation between HeiGIT, the German Red Cross and the German Aerospace Center

    Welche Gebäude sind nach einem Erdbeben am schwersten beschädigt? Welche Gegenden haben keinen Zugang zu Gesundheitseinrichtungen? Wie verändert sich die Routenplanung und somit die Notfallversorgung, wenn bestimmte Straßen und Brücken nicht nutzbar sind? Das Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology gGmbH (HeiGIT) arbeitet seit einigen Jahren mit dem Deutschen Roten Kreuz (DRK) und mit dem Deutschen Zentrum für…

  • Disaster openrouteservice to support the current response efforts to the Türkiye/Syria earthquake

    On February 6, a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck southern Türkiye at 4:17 a.m. This is Türkiye’s most powerful earthquake recorded since 1939. The Government of Türkiye has since issued a Level 4 alarm, calling for international assistance. The quake also heavily impacted north-west Syria, a region where 4.1 million people depend on humanitarian assistance already…

  • Job Offer: Deep Learning Engineer (m/f/d, up to 100%)

    Are you a highly motivated individual who loves designing and developing machine learning and deep learning systems? Do you want to use your machine learning expertise for the benefit of society and the environment? Do you want to improve the availability and quality of geospatial data and further develop geoinformatics methods used for open, non-profit…

  • GIScience Postdoc/Senior Researcher Opportunity for OpenStreetMap Road Quality Analysis

    If you’re on the job market or know someone who is, check out this exciting new opening from our partners at GIScience. The offer is included as text below. You are interested in enhancing methods for analyzing & improving OpenStreetMap data? You are an experienced Spatial Data Scientist innovating geoinformatics methods & workflows? You have…