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  • Tomorrow Semester closing Mapathon and talk by Kerstin Meyer on the use of OSM data in Togo

    Dear Mapping-Enthusiasts, before the start of the semester break, we would like to take the chance to round the semester up with a “SPECIAL” Mapping event at Heidelberg University Many of you have supported the Mapping for Togo during our last Mapathon or/ and the GIS tutorial. This data was collected for the use by…

  • Report from last OSM Mapathon for Sokodé, Togo at Heidelberg

    Below you find a short report by the students that were organizing the last months OpenStreetMap Mapathon for Sokodé in Togo at the Institute of Geography, Heidelberg University: Mapping Event: Sokodé Am 08. Juni 2016 war es wieder soweit! Im Rahmen des „Citizens as Sensors“ Seminar in Kooperation mit Missing Maps und den lokalen Behörden…

  • Impressions from ISPRS Congress 2016 in Prague

    As we mentioned earlier, we contributed four papers to the ISPRS congress and participated in the CATCON contest for brilliant Computer Assisted Teaching tools. Our new LiDAR Simulator called HELIOS developed by Sebastian Bechtold received a lot of attention. You can also find us in this video of congress day 3. Our young researchers Katharina,…

  • Geospatial Analysis of Disasters – Measuring Welfare Impacts of Emergency Relief, Workshop Heidelberg University

    IWH Symposium: Geospatial Analysis of Disasters Measuring Welfare Impacts of Emergency Relief today & tomorrow: July 18-19, 2016 at Heidelberg University, Germany (by invitation only) Natural disasters and man-made catastrophes pose a serious threat to the stability and prosperity of countries and the well-being and lives of many individuals worldwide. Methodological advances and better availability…

  • GIScience HD @AGIT 2016

    Last week members of the GIScience Research Group were attending the AGIT – Symposium and Exhibit for applied Geoinformatics in Salzburg. Beside the interesting welcome note given by Anita Graser from AIT talking about the Open Data, Open Source and Open Services and the impact for Geospatial Information Systems, further keynotes and conference talks followed,…

  • Vortrag zur amtlichen Geodatenerfassung der Stadt Heidelberg

    Im Rahmen der Vorlesung “Geodatenerfassung” wird am Montag, 25. Juli 2016, 9:15h, Hörsaal Berliner Str. 48, Herr Hubert Zimmerer zur Amtlichen Geodatenerfassung in Heidelberg referieren. Herr Zimmerer ist Abteilungsleiter des Geographisch Technisches Informationssystems (GTIS) am Vermessungsamt der Stadt Heidelberg. Herr Zimmerer bringt eindrückliche Beispiele aus Heidelberg mit und wird einen direkten Praxisbezug der gelernten Theorie…

  • Establishing the “Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology” at Heidelberg University – A new project funded by the Klaus Tschira Foundation (KTS)

    A major project funded by the Klaus Tschira Foundation (KTS) Heidelberg is starting this July. The KTS will support the establishment of the “Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology” ( HeiGIT for short) within the Institute of Geography at Heidelberg University. This new project aims at improving knowledge and technology transfer from fundamental research into practice…

  • Location matters – GIS in the humanitarian sector – Presentation by S. Sudhoff (CartONG)

    On next monday, Sandra Sudhoff will give a public talk on the integration of GIS and other IT technologies with the humanitarian sector. Sandra is technical director at CartONG, a french NGO commited to providing geotools, geodata and professional guidance to decision makers and respondents in emergency relief and humanitarian aid. Like GIScience Heidelberg CartONG…

  • Let’s go biking – celebrating 200 years of the invention of the bicycle in Mannheim

    please vote for the project of collaboratively visualizing the hidden bicycle in the city plan of Mannheim in order to celebrate the invention of the bicycle 200 years ago in Mannheim. (Deadline June 10th) Wer hat’s erfunden? Monnem! GeoNet.MRN e.V. möchte das im Stadtplan verborgene Radmuster sichtbar machen. Nächstes Jahr feiert die Stadt Mannheim das…

  • Carlo Ratti from MIT Senseable City Lab talks in Heidelberg today

    Professor Carlo Ratti, Director of the Senseable City Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), US is giving a public presentation this evening in the context of the Internationale Bauausstellung IBA Heidelberg – Wissen schafft Stadt. He will present some of his works and ideas with respect to the senseable city and how this…

  • Volunteered geographic (mis)information? Measuring quality in crowdsourced maps – Colloquium Presentation by Andrea Ballatore this Monday

    We invite anybody interested to the following open talk in our GIScience colloquium series this Monday: Volunteered geographic (mis)information? Measuring quality in crowdsourced maps Dr. Andrea Ballatore Dept of Geography, Environment and Development Studies Birkbeck, University of London Lecturer in GIS and Big Data Analytics Mon, June 27, 2016, 2.15 pm, Institute of Geography, Heidelberg…

  • PhD Defence Lucy Mburu on Geographic Criminal Profiling

    This Friday – the hottest day of the year so far – Lucy Waruguru Mburu from the GIScience Research Group Heidelberg University successfully defended her PhD thesis on Criminal Geographic Profiling methods. Her thesis is entitled: “ A Framework for Prediciting Criminal Behavior and Area-Specific Crime Risk through Retrospective Analysis of Geographic Data“. Complemented by…