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  • Geographic information analysis and web-based geoportals to explore malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa

    In our new paper we present a systematic literature review on geographic information analysis and web-based geoportals to explore malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa. 563 articles are identified from the searches, from which a total of nine articles and eight geoportals meet inclusion criteria. The review suggests that the spatial dimension of malnutrition is analyzed most…

  • GIScience Heidelberg visit ACM Sigspatial conference

    Last week members of the GIScience Research Group were attending the International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems in Dallas. Beside the interesting welcome note given by Luc Vincent talking about the Google Street View project and further follow-up keynote talks, the first conference day was opened up for full day workshops covering various…

  • Collaboration with Kathmandu Living Labs: innovative teaching for improving resilience against disasters with collaborative maps

    Germany is the leading country when it comes to OpenStreetMap (OSM), and here this online map as well as the OSM data are well recognized. But what about other parts of the world? What kind of possibilities can OSM offer for fostering development and building resilience against disasters? Last Friday the students attending of the…

  • MayaArch3D: 60-seconds-science-countdown

    The project MayaArch3D presents itself in the “60-seconds-science-countdown” in the context of the “Wissenschaftsjahr 2014” (Year of Sciences 2014) of the german Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The Year of Sciences 2014 is a series of events and projects dealing with impact of the digitisation on our society. Check out the video at: http://www.digital-ist.de/aktuelles/60-seconds-science-countdown/mayaarch3d.html

  • LVISA video tutorials

    Watch out” New video tutorials of “how to use our LVISA system” are available at http://www.youtube.com/user/TheLRGHeidelberg The videos give an introduction of the general usage of LVISA as well as an introduction of the visualization, exploration and analysis of LVISA reference data as well as of own (external) data. LVISA is a novel system for…

  • TV broadcast: Information fusion infrastructure for remote-sensing and in-situ sensor data to model people dynamics

    The German TV station NDR broadcasted a short interview (in German) with Florian Hillen (Univ. Osnabrück) talking about our paper on Information Fusion Infrastructure for Remote Sensing and In-Situ Sensor Data to Model People Dynamics in the International Journal of Image and Data Fusion. Vol. 5(1), pp. 54-69. DOI: 10.1080/19479832.2013.870934, by Hillen, F., Höfle, B.,…

  • Ravenstein-Förderpreis 2014 for automated map labelling

    Two our colleagues, Maxim Rylov and Andreas Reimer have received a Ravenstein Recognition award from the German Cartographic Society. Their work in automation of map lettering has been recognized by jury members as a compelling and relevant topic that is undoubtedly interesting to all who concerns oneself with digital cartography. Their considerable achievements are the…

  • Report on CAP4Access meeting in Elche, Spain

    The 3rd official meeting for CAP4Access project took place in the beautiful city of Elche in Spain during 28 to 30th of October 2014. The morning of the first day was spent in a press conference at the municipality of Elche where the mayor of the city gave a talk regarding the importance of this…

  • Twitter Point Clouds

    Not just LiDAR sensors, but also social media sources produce point clouds. We compiled two new visualisations showing spatiotemporal Twitter Tweet locations. One of them is centered at Maracanã stadium during the football world cup 2014. The point cloud allows seeing various games that appear in the form of pronounced discs. In the centre of…

  • An assessment of a collaborative mapping approach for exploring land use patterns for several European metropolises

    A new research paper entitled “An assessment of a collaborative mapping approach for exploring land use patterns for several European metropolises” has been published in International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. Abstract: Until recently, land surveys and digital interpretation of remotely sensed imagery have been used to generate land use inventories. These techniques however,…

  • Disastermappers Heidelberg- Educating Today the Disaster Mappers of Tomorrow

    Starting this winter semester the disastermappers heidelberg initiative is organizing a colloquium to provide a platform for all interested volunteers, students and lecturers to share ideas, experience and knowledge on disaster mapping. The events will consist of guest lectures, in which researchers and practitioners of humanitarian aid organizations will present their work and show ways…

  • ISPRS Innsbruck Summer School of Alpine Research 2015 in Obergurgl/Austria – Close Range Sensing Techniques in Alpine Terrain

    Together with colleagues from all over Europe we are organizing a Summer School of Alpine Research, which takes place from 5.7.2015-11.7.2015 in Obergurgl, Tyrol, Austria. Motivated students from geosciences/Earth sciences, environmental sciences, geomatics, GIScience, remote sensing, computer science, etc. will be working together in multidisciplinary teams to address challenges in Alpine Research using state of…