Tag: corona
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Openrouteservice for complex route optimization in new QGIS extension by Regionalverband Ruhr
(Deutsche Version unten) The Regionalverband Ruhr (Team 9-2 Geodata Technology) has used the potential of HeiGIT’s openrouteservice (ORS) in a new QGIS extension and thereby created another possible application for the ORS: The tool “Location and Route Optimization of Addresses” allows to search and locate addresses and to find the optimal routes between them. This…
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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…
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Find the route to your nearest Covid-19 vaccination center in Germany — new App by HeiGIT based on OpenStreetMap and openrouteservice
Where is is the closed Covid-19 vaccination center and what is the best way to get there? A new route planning app helps you answer this questions by suggesting ways to the nearest vaccination center. You can use this route planner now at https://impfzentrum.openrouteservice.org You only have to enter a starting location or allow the automatic…
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Accessibility to pharmacies in Germany with 15km Covid-19 restriction
Current lockdown regulations in Germany state that – in many but not all federal states – travel in COVID-19 hotspot regions is only allowed up to 15km distance. This has raised concerns since a 15km radius has been perceived by some as a serious constraint especially in rural regions. Clearly, this might prevent visits to…
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Accessibility of covid-19 vaccination centers in Germany
Updated based on newly available vaccination center locations at the 14th of January 2021. Vaccination of a sufficiently large share of the population is considered the most important action to fight the spread of SARS-CoV -2 and resulting COVID-19 infections. Germany has started together with the majority of EU member states at the 27th of…
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Exploring OSM for healthcare access analysis in Sub-Saharan Africa
[tl;dr] Using hospital locations and the ORS Isochrone service, we have created a method for comparing physical access to healthcare in Sub-Saharan Africa. Hospital locations were derived from OpenStreetMap and compared against another free available dataset. Results indicate strong similarity in both hospital datasets, however the uncertainty of our method requires further evaluation. Figure 1…
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Data Journalism WebApp about Accessibility in Sweden according to Corona Travel Recommendations
Sveriges Television AB (the public Swedish television company) has published a data journalism WebApp showing how far one can travel according to the recommendations from the Swedish Public Health Authority. Of course the safest recommendation is not to travel at all during the corona crises – but if one absolutely has to, shorter trips of…
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Map of COVID-19 Research shows Clinical Trials related to Corona-virus
Many informative maps are available to follow the spread of COVID-19. This is important information but only part of the story. The global scientific and medical communities have immediately responded to the outbreak with focused research activities. This has led to clinical trials and scientific publications worldwide. The Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology (HeiGIT) at…