Tag: crisis mapping
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Call for Particiption: Conference “Web 2.0 und Social Media in Disaster Prevention and Flood Risk Management” Heidelberg, 17.10.2013
Call for Participation: Conference “Web 2.0 und Social Media in Disaster Prevention and Flood Risk Management” Heidelberg, 17.10.2013 The summer 2013 floods which hit areas in parts of Germany and adjacent countries devastated large areas and caused a huge amount of economic losses. Against the backdrop of this “centennial flood” this conference deals with the…
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Updated Programme for Conference “Web 2.0 und Social Media in Katastrophenschutz und Hochwassermanagement”
The draft programme and list of presentations for the conference “Web 2.0 und Social Media in Katastrophenschutz und Hochwassermanagement” has been updated. A very promising list of experts in Disaster Response, CrowdMapping, Social Media, GIScience etc. will gather at Studio Villa Bosch, Heidelberg on 17.10.2013. Further there will be two social events (icebreaker and cool…
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Draft Programme for conference “Web 2.0 und Social Media in Katastrophenschutz und Hochwassermanagement”
A first draft list of talks and presentations for the conference “Web 2.0 und Social Media in Katastrophenschutz und Hochwassermanagement” (17.10.2013, Heidelberg, Studio Villa Bosch) is available. In addition there will be several short presentations during the workshop-part of the event. This is a draft programme subject to change: some titles are still working titles.…
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Registration form for conference “Web 2.0 und Social Media in Katastrophenschutz und Hochwassermanagement” is available online
The Registration Form for the conference “Web 2.0 und Social Media in Katastrophenschutz und Hochwassermanagement” on 17.10.2013 in Heidelberg is now online. The programme will follow soon!
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Fachtagung: Web 2.0 und Social Media in Katastrophenschutz und Hochwassermanagement
Vorankündigung / Save the Date: Fachtagung: Web 2.0 und Social Media in Katastrophenschutz und Hochwassermanagement am 17.10.2013 in Heidelberg (Studio Villa Bosch) Nicht nur vor dem Hintergrund des diesjährigen „Jahrhunderthochwassers“ befasst sich die Fachtagung mit der Frage wie Freiwillige und Nicht-Fachkräfte mittels sozialer Medien und moderner Web-basierter Methoden bei der Erfassung und Kommunikation aktueller Vor-Ort-Informationen…
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GIScience Offices Have Been Transformed Into a TV Studio
On Monday the 27th of May a camera team from the NDR visited the offices of the GIScience Research Group. The intent was to produce an introduction to the OpenStreetMap project and its potential for different applications like for instance special needs routing (such as rollstuhlrouting.de as a special version of OpenRouteService.org), emergency management and Disaster…
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Blog on Volunteered Geographic Information for Crisis Mapping
This semester we are doing a course on “Volunteered Geographic Information for Crisis Mapping” It deals with Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI), the Fundamentals and its Applications in Humanitarian Affaris and Crisis Management. Within the course we have started a Blog on VGI and Crisis Mapping http://vgi4crisismapping.blogspot.de/