Category: Research
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Support für Wheelmap – #MapMyDay
Unser CAP4Access Projektpartner, der Berliner Verein Sozialhelden e.V., entwickelt seit mehreren Jahren die online frei verfügbare „Wheelmap.org“. Diese Karte basiert auf der OpenStreetMap und wird von Freiwilligen erstellt, die Informationen über die Barrierefreiheit von Orten, die sie schon selbst besucht haben, eintragen. Die Wheelmap enthält die Ziele, die barrierefrei erreicht werden können, unser OpenRouteService Wheelchair…
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Castle accessibility mapping is part of a short documentary
Our efforts related to the mapping of the accessibility of places and ways at Heidelberg castle are now part of a short documentary produced by Beirat von Menschen mit Behinderung Heidelberg (Advisory Board of people with disabilities Heidelberg), with whom we cooperate in the scope of the CAP4ACCESS project. As a follow-up of this event,…
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Public Workshop – Multidimensional Perceptibility of Cultural Heritage (MUSIEKE)
Workshop: Kulturerbe: Erfassbar – Sichtbar – Erfahrbar Ergebnisse und Erfahrungen aus Forschungsprojekten zur Sicht- und Erfahrbarmachung von Kulturerbe 1. Dezember 2015 09:30-15:00 Uhr ZAK | Zentrum für Angewandte Kulturwissenschaft und Studium Generale Rüppurrer Str. 1a, Haus B 76137 Karlsruhe Zur Anmeldung Flyer (PDF, ca. 1MB) Programm 9:30-9:45 Get Together 9:45-9:55 Prof. Dr. Caroline Y. Robertson-von…
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High-end survey capacities at GIScience for research and teaching in and around Heidelberg
At the chair of GIScience, highly accurate RTK GNSS surveying is used for teaching and research. In the area in and around Heidelberg, surveys within the same coordinate reference system are now possible thanks to a fixed point recently installed by the group on the top of a university building. Teaching projects similar to the…
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3D-MicroMapping of Big 3D Geo-Datasets in the Web (3D-MAPP)
Our new research project 3D-MAPP develops a web-based methodology to obtain digital geodata via the combination of data analysis by human and machine. Through a quick and easy-to-use 3D Web visualization users are able – in a few seconds – to solve 3D micro mapping tasks, which can hardly or even not be solved by…
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GIScience HD participated in 1st International Land Use Symposium
Between November 11-13 our group actively participated in the 1st edition of the International Land Use Symposium (#ILUS2015) held in Dresden. The symposium was organized by the Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IÖR, also based in Dresden), who greatly braved the challenges of organizing this symposium for the first time and who…
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Invitation to 2nd CrowdAnalyser Workshop with speaker Prof. Paul Longley (UCL London)
On behalf of the research training group “CrowdAnalyser” at Heidelberg University (www.uni-heidelberg.de/crowdanalyser), we would like to invite you to participate in our second “CrowdAnalyser Workshop 2015”. The objective of this workshop is to bring together academics and practitioners that are interested in exploring knowledge and developing methods, operational frameworks and systems for spatio-temporal data generated…
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Matching OpenStreetMap Road Networks with Authority Data – a Polygon-based Approach
Matching road network is an essential step for data quality assessment by using reference data. Conventionally, road network from two data sets are matched by using line-based approach which checks the similarity of properties of line segments. In new method recently published in IJGIS, a polygon-based approach is proposed to match OpenStreetMap road network with…
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Being a Polar Researcher
Mid of October Inga Beck was invited by a local primary school to talk about her research and to give the students an impression about the work of a Polar Researcher. The entire school (around 200 children and 15 teachers) gathered in the assembly hall of the school and listened carefully to the presentation. Beside…
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Statistical investigation of geo-tagged shipping information
Inspection and analysis of geo-tagged shipping information could provide insights to the transformation of a variety of “global spaces” during times of rapid globalization. One of the famous resources of shipping data is a shipping newspaper called LLOYDS lists. The list contains weekly and later daily information on global shipping since the late seventeenth century…
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New Collaboration on Crowdsouring for Forensic Disaster Analysis with KIT
The aftermath of disasters – such as the recent Nepal earthquake – have shown that the general public can contribute to the response of a disaster event and moreover is able to organize and engage itself across national borders. Digital volunteerism is offering unique capabilities to bridge information gaps, particularly in crisis situations where infrastructure…