Category: Events

  • Third International Mapathon on Mon 17.05.2021 by disastermappers heidelberg, MAMAPA, CartONG, HuMap and OSM Ghana

    Dear mappers, on Monday 17.5.2021, 18.00pm a third international mapathon together with disastermappers heidelberg, MAMAPA, CartONG, HuMap and OSM Ghana will take place, which will give you some insights in mapping for humanitarian purposes from the perspective of different organizations and people around the world! For beginners we will offer a mapping introduction as usual,…

  • HGG-Vortrag: Afrikanische Zukünfte nach COVID-19, 18.Mai, Prof. Müller-Mahn (Bonn)

    Am kommenden Dienstag 18.05.21 um 19:15 geht Prof. Dr. Detlef Müller-Mahn von der Universität Bonn in seinem Vortrag bei der Heidelberger Geographischen Gesellschaft HGG auf “Afrikanische Zukünfte nach COVID-19” ein: Noch steckt die ganze Welt mitten in der Pandemie, aber schon jetzt stellt sich die Frage, wie es danach weitergeht. In Afrika wirkt COVID-19 als Krisenverstärker…

  • Deriving indicators for Points of Interest and analyzing mixed activities in urban areas

    We are pleased that our research paper “Deriving indicators for Points of Interest and analyzing mixed activities in urban areas” (Ullah, Lautenbach, Zipf 2021) has been accepted at the 12th International Symposium on the Digital Earth (ISDE) scheduled within the GI Week 2021 in Salzburg. The conference will take place from July 5th to July…

  • Reminder – starting THIS week: Evaluating Two-part OSM Mapathons on Mai 05 and May 11

    The project “25 Mapathons“ goes into the next phase. Based on the experience of until today 17 OSM mapathons with German Red Cross (GRC) chapter and an extensive literature review on the success of mapathons, the “25 Mapathons” team has identified several points of possible improvement in the way how mapathons are conducted in general:…

  • LOKI at vEGU 2021 on 26 and 29 April

    Join us and many European researchers from the Earth, planetary and space sciences in the virtual European Geosciences Union (EGU) assembly from 19 to 30 April 2021! Are you interested in innovative methods and concepts applied to natural hazards? Then join our 2-minute talks on research within the LOKI project on Monday, 26 April, and…

  • SYSSIFOSS at EGU21 on 26 April

    From 19 to 30 April 2021, European researchers from the Earth, planetary and space sciences are gathering in the virtual European Geosciences Union (EGU) assembly. On Monday, 26 April, two SYSSIFOSS presentations will be opening the block “Point clouds for forestry applications” in session BG11 – Remote sensing for forest applications. Dr. Fabian E. Fassnacht…

  • COVID-19 – Geographien der Zäsur: CfP

    Call for papers für vier Sessions zu “COVID-19 – Geographien der Zäsur” im Rahmen der #GeoWoche2021 Die COVID-19-Pandemie verändert nun bereits im zweiten Jahr Gesellschaften weltweit in tiefgreifender Weise. Diese Veränderungen sind so fundamental und betreffen so viele Bereiche des Lebens, dass sie als Zäsur bezeichnet werden können. In vier thematischen Sitzungen im Rahmen der…

  • Two-part Mapathons for better new user retention?

    The project “25 Mapathons“ goes into the next phase. Based on the experience of until today 17 OSM mapathons with German Red Cross (GRC) chapter and an extensive literature review on the success of mapathons, the “25 Mapathons” team has identified several points of possible improvement in the way how mapathons are conducted in general:…

  • SocialMedia2Traffic – Kick-Off presentation 13.04.21

    Up-to-date traffic information is a prerequisite for navigation solutions to determine the best route and travel time. In the SocialMedia2Traffic project by HeiGIT and GIScience Heidelberg , conclusions about current traffic density and speed will be derived based on data from social media. For intro blog post, click here. Schematic workflow: Tomorrow, Tuesday 13.04.2021, 10am…

  • Mapathon “Mapping for International Solidarity” on 06.04

    Hello dear friends of the disastermappers heidelberg! At the moment, the Heidelberg International Weeks against Racism 2021 are running – and the disastermappers are also taking part! Why? The unequal distribution of resources is often a consequence of historical (and neo-) colonialism and related racism. This increases the vulnerability of societies in many parts of…

  • Talk: Deep Learning for Point Cloud Processing

    Lukas Winiwarter of the 3DGeo group was invited by the Austrian Society of Surveying and Geoinformation (OVG) to give a talk on the application of deep learning on point clouds, which took place on March 24. In his talk, Lukas presented four different state-of-the-art approaches to consider the irregular, unordered structure of point clouds, which…

  • Successful PhD Defense by Amin Mobasheri on OSM quality enrichment for wheelchair routing

    Last Friday Amin Mobasheri of the GIScience Research Group Heidelberg University successfully defended his PhD in Geoinformatics. Due to the Corona pandemy the defense was conducted in hybrid mode with the committee members participating virtually and only Prof. Zipf and Amin being physically in the room. What a shame there was no joint celebration possible…