Tag: LBS

Healthy Routing presented at the SemGeoSoc Workshop

The current status of ou Healthy Routing research was presented in the SemGeoSoc Workshop hosted by the Zürich University and organized by prominent researchers in the area of geoinformatics. The workshop offered the opportunity for presenting and discussing ongoing work on the areas of location-based services supported by VGI, social media, citizen & science and…

2017-10-09
OpenRouteService with Locations, SAC-scale and more!

Less restrictions; added SAC In the past you might have noticed that by using dynamic options – for instance avoidables or vehicle characteristics – your routes were restricted to a much smaller distances than without using any kind of profile parameters. The latest version of the API resolves this issue and lets you compute routes…

2017-09-12
First Impressions HeiGIT @ CeBIT: Smart GeoServices for Smart Cities

This week you still have the chance to meet colleagues from HeiGIT team at CeBIT 2017 in Hannover. We present Smart GeoServices for Smart Cities in Halle 7 at the Smart City Forum booth together with our colleagues from heidelberg mobil.

2017-03-22
Location-based sampling strategies for GPS-triggered electronic diaries

Self-reporting is a well-established approach within the medical and psychological sciences. In order to avoid recall bias, i.e. past events being remembered inaccurately, the reports can be filled out on a smartphone in real-time and in the natural environment. This is often referred to as ambulatory assessment and the reports are usually triggered at regular…

2016-12-13
HeiGIT presentation on OSM analysis and routing at WhereCamp Berlin

This Friday, Nov 4th, Alexander Zipf from GIScience Heidelberg will give a presentation at the WhereCamp 2016 conference in Berlin about some current activities and developments in the currently being established Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformatics (HeiGIT), core funded by the Klaus Tschira Foundation. This includes latest developments in Routing and Navigation solutions, such as OpenRouteService…

2016-11-03
Establishing the “Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology” at Heidelberg University – A new project funded by the Klaus Tschira Foundation (KTS)

A major project funded by the Klaus Tschira Foundation (KTS) Heidelberg is starting this July. The KTS will support the establishment of the “Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology” ( HeiGIT for short) within the Institute of Geography at Heidelberg University. This new project aims at improving knowledge and technology transfer from fundamental research into practice…

2016-07-08
Open Position GIScience HD: Navigation, Routing & mobile LBS with OpenStreetMap

Stellenausschreibung Geoinformatik, Universität Heidelberg Navigation, Routing & LBS mit OSM (VGI) Am Lehrstuhl Geoinformatik der Universität Heidelberg ist baldmöglichst eine Stelle als Wissenschaftl. Mitarbeiter (100%, TVL) – gerne als PostDoc – zu besetzen. Die relevanten Themengebiete beinhalten insbesondere Forschung und Entwicklung in min. einem der folgenden Bereiche (Schwerpunktsetzung möglich): • Navigation (In- / Outdoor) mit…

2016-02-23
Keynote on VGI & Social Media for LBS at International Conference on Location Based Services 2015

The 12th International Symposium on Location Based Services 2015 (LBS 2015) will take place this year in Augsburg (Germany), on Sept. 16-18, 2015. Prof. Dr. Alexander Zipf is one of the invited keynote speakers and will give a talk about “Enriching Location Based Services with VGI and Social Media” on Thursday, 17/Sep/2015 (1:45pm – 2:30pm).…

2015-09-02
Talk on Smart Urbanism by Prof. Matthew W. Wilson (Kentucky/Harvard): Quantified Self-City-Nation

We cordially invite everybody to an open presentation on our colloquium series tomorrow (Tuesday, 14.07.2015) at 10am by Dr. Matthew W. Wilson to the Department of Geography, Heidelberg University Lecture Hall EG, Berliner Straße 48, 69198 Heidelberg. The title of the talk is Quantified Self-City-Nation. New devices and techniques have emerged to better quantify an…

2015-07-13
Open Position Scientist / PostDoc: “People as Sensors”

We offer a new position in a new DFG project. More Info here.

2014-02-21
Open PostDoc Position @ GIScience Heidelberg: VGI/OSM & Navigation/LBS/Routing

We offer an PostDoc Position in Geoinformatics on VGI / OSM / Navigation / Routing / LBS. The position is funded for at least three years. More information can be found here. We are looking forward to your applications.

2013-11-07
Open Data Opportunities for LBS

The advent of web technologies and the promotion of data sharing practices have fostered open data initiatives. The main motivation of governments in sharing data with the public is to stimulate economic growth by enabling the creation of new products. One of the areas that could benefit from open data initiatives is that of location-based…

2013-10-29