Category: Events
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HeiGIT at QGIS User Conference
HeiGIT will present two sessions on openrouteservice. ORSTools – using a global routing engine directly from QGIS Monday, June 2 2025, 16:30–17:00 (Europe/Stockholm), Statisten Getting from A to B fast and efficiently is central to mobility analysis and requires both road network data and a route calculation algorithm capable of using it. This session introduces…
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Mapathon – Silver Ways Project
This time, we will map smoothness and surface tags within the Mannheim area. This mapping effort will contribute to delivering the data needed for our ongoing Silverways project. Silver Ways is a project aiming to improve the mobility of senior citizens by developing an empirically informed and validated routing system tailored to their needs. The…
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HGG lecture – Why do tree lines exist?
The second HGG lecture of this semester answers the question of why tree borders exist and how climate change influences them.
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3DGeo April Recap: Conferences
It was an exciting month for the 3DGeo research group in April. Three major conferences took place: Let’s give you some impressions below! JISDM The Joint International Symposium on Deformation Monitoring (JISDM) brings together experts on deformation monitoring from a range of fields such as photogrammetry, remote sensing and of course geodesy. It is a…
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Heidelberg Geographical Society Lecture Series
The Heidelberg Geographical Society (HGG) has invited leading experts to present on urgent contemporary issues in an open lecture series.
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Climate Action Navigator Launch
The Climate Action Navigator is a new dashboard by HeiGIT that displays high-resolution spatial indicators related to climate action. The dashboard can help communities, organizations, and decision-makers identify local strengths and highlight areas for improvement. Join the launch event to learn how it can be used to develop locally tailored solutions for more sustainable cities…
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Public lecture on “Habitat-Scale Environmental Suitability Mapping for Aedes aegypti”
On December 18, 2024, GIScience PhD candidate Steffen Knoblauch will present his research on “Habitat-Scale Environmental Suitability Mapping for Aedes aegypti.” The public lecture will take place at 9:00 AM in the Conference Room, 5th Floor, Mathematikon, Im Neuenheimer Feld 205, 69120 Heidelberg, and will be followed by a non-public PhD defense examination. Geoinformatics Research…
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Teaching at Heidelberg Center Latin America in the master program “Governance of Risk and Resources”
Recently, our colleagues traveled to Chile as part of our ongoing collaboration with the Heidelberg Center Latin America. During their visit, they hosted a block course, met with local research institutes, and participated in an alumni meeting for the master’s program “Governance of Risk and Resources” at the Heidelberg Center Latin America. Anne Schauss and…
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EUGEO 2025: Call for Papers on greenhouse gas emission inventories and active mobility indicators
The Call for Papers for the 10th EUGEO Congress 2025 is open! The Climate Action team at HeiGIT is looking forward to actively participate in next year´s congress with two sessions chaired by Kirsten von Elverfeldt, Maria Martin and Sebastián Block.
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Mapathon on November 18
As part of the annual “Geography Awareness Week”, we are organizing a mapathon together with Doctors Without Borders, the German Red Cross and the University of Würzburg. When: Monday, November 18th, 7p.m. Where: Heidelberg, Berliner Straße 48 in the “Hörsaal” lecture hall What is a Mapathon?In order to be able to help people in crisis…
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HeiGIT at the Global Dialogue Platform Berlin
Stuntmen, jugglers, humanitarians stacking and climbing boxes, wildcard sessions – not the usual things you would expect at a conference. But all of these shaped this year’s Global Dialogue Platform and helped participants to leave their usual comfort zones. In dynamic discussions, interactive workshops, plenaries and side sessions, humanitarian practitioners, policymakers, tech experts and many…
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Meet HeiGIT and Discover Our AI and Anticipatory Action Related Projects at the Global Dialogue Platform in Berlin
Join us at this year’s Global Dialogue Platform on Anticipatory Humanitarian Action, themed “Mainstreaming Anticipatory Action: Collaboration in Complex Contexts.” This topic has been a focal point for HeiGIT over the past few years, and its prominence as the core theme of this year’s event underscores its relevance in today’s humanitarian landscape. How can we best…