Category: Events

  • Save the Date: Workshop “Open Data”, (OSM in disaster management), Heidelberg, 15. April 2016

    As a follow-up of the IWR HGS Modellierungstag on “Open Data” from last December IWR HGS MathComp will organize an additional Workshop on “Open Data” in Heidelberg on April 15th. Again GIScience Heidelberg as well as GeoNet.MRN will participate with contributions. GIScience Heidelberg will present potentials and tools for the usage of OpenStreetMap in the…

  • GeoNet.MRN :: Next Business Breakfast at Asseco BERIT, 08.03.2016

    Nächstes GeoNet.MRN Business-Frühstück am 08.03.2016 bei Asseco BERIT Im März lädt Sie das Netzwerk Geoinformation GeoNet.MRN recht herzlich zum nächsten Business Frühstück 2016 ein! Dieses Mal besuchen wir eines unserer Mitglieder, die Asseco BERIT GmbH in Mannheim. Termin: 08.03.2016, 8:30 – 10.00 Uhr Ort: Asseco BERIT GmbH, Mundenheimer Straße 55, 68219 Mannheim Teilnahme: Kostenlos. Bitte melden…

  • Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, GIScience Heidelberg participates in Expert Hearing

    The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 is the first major agreement of the post-2015 development agenda. This framework was confirmed by the UN General Assembly following the 2015 Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) and is the successor instrument to the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) 2005-2015. It declares seven…

  • Save the Date: “Fachaustausch Geoinformation 2016”, 24.Nov.2016 Heidelberg

    Wir freuen uns, dass das Netzwerk Geoinformation der Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar auch dieses Jahr wieder den Fachaustausch Geoinformation in der besonderen Atmosphäre der Print Media Academy, Heidelberg ausrichten wird. Die zentrale Netzwerkkonferenz des GeoNet.MRN e.V. hat sich mit 150 – 200 Besuchern (Tendenz steigend) als Austauschplattform inzwischen etabliert und wird dieses Jahr am 24.11.2015 stattfinden. Merken…

  • Save the Date: Two GIScience colloquium talks by Eric Delmelle Feb 17

    We are happy to invite to two open colloquium talks by Dr. Eric Delmelle, Associate Professor, Department of Geography & Earth Sciences, University North Carolina Charlotte about the two interesting topics: “Evaluating Travel Impedance Agreement among Online Road Network Data Providers” & “Visualizing the dynamics of health-related tweets: opportunities and computational challenges” The talks will…

  • Soup & Socks Tour – a volunteers food truck for refugees

    During Christmas break Sebastian Döring of the GIScience group Heidelberg went with his friends from the Soup & Socks team as volunteer for two weeks to Greece for supporting refugees. In coordination with other NGOs the team helped out with two vans full of kitchen equipment, food, medicine and donations of many kinds at the…

  • CFP: Link-VGI: LINKing and analyzing Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) across different platforms, AGILE Workshop, Helsinki

    Link-VGI: Pre-Conference Workshop at 19th AGILE International Conference on Geographic Information Science 2016. Helsinki Announcement and Call for Paper The number of Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) and social media platforms is continuously growing, providing massive datasets of georeferenced content that is either actively contributed (e.g. adding data to OSM, Mapillary, or Flickr) or collected through…

  • Workshop Reallabor “Sustainable Urban Development in the Knowledge Society”

    Last week members of GIScience Heidelberg from the TP4 of the Project Urban Office at Heidelberg University participated in a transdisciplinary two days workshop at Heidelberg University together with urban planners, urban geographers, architects and researchers from the social sciences as well as practitioners discussing the current state and future steps in the Reallabor Urban…

  • GeoNet.MRN erstes Business Frühstück 2016 bei GEO12 GmbH Wiesloch

    Im Januar lädt Sie das Netzwerk Geoinformation der Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar (GeoNet.MRN) recht herzlich zum ersten Business Frühstück 2016 ein! Dieses Mal besuchen wir eines unserer Mitglieder, die GEO12 GmbH in Wiesloch. Zeit: 19.01.2016, 8:30-10:00 am. Ort: Gerbersruhstraße 2/1, 69168 Wiesloc Bitte melden Sie sich bei Interesse im Formular für die Veranstaltung an! Über GEO12 GEO12 ist…

  • GIScience got the mayor

    On last Thursday (17.12.), the GIScience group participated in a discussion about open data in Heidelberg within the city’s #getthemayor series. The discussion was initiated by the Open Data Rhein Neckar activists (thanks to Oliver Rack). Melanie Eckle, student assistent in the CAP4Access project, contributed by articulating our needs for open data from the perspective…

  • Save the Date: Link-VGI: LINKing and analyzing Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) across different platforms, Workshop at AGILE 2016 Conference

    Our workshop proposal for the 19th AGILE International Conference on Geographic Information Science 2016 in Helsinki has been accepted. Save the date: June 14th 2016 in Helsinki Finland. The number of Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) and social media platforms is continuously growing, providing massive datasets of georeferenced content that is either actively contributed (e.g. adding…

  • Merry Christmas!

    The GIScience Research Group Heidelberg University wishes a nice and happy Christmas time to all of you. Enjoy and relax!