Tag: OpenStreetMap
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GIScience Research Group support for Humanitarian OpenStreetMap team Fundraising Campaign
One main focus of the GIScience Research Group is the research and education with respect to advancing methods, technologies and applications of Volunteered Geographic Information – in particular OpenStreetMap – for applications from logistics to humanitarian aid. In this vein, the group has been also been supporting the work of the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap (HOT) team…
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Mapping ramps on the ocassion of the UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities at Heidelberg
On Saturday 3rd December 2016 the CAP4Access team from GIScience group of Heidelberg university led a Wheelmap mapping event on the ocassion of the United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) at Heidelberg. Wheelmap.org is a map for finding wheelchair accessible places and it is run by one of our CAP4Access project partners,…
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Christmas Mapping event in cooperation with GFZ to support earthquake management in Kyrgyzstan
Dear Mapping Enthusiasts, in the upcoming week we want to invite you to our last Mapathon of the year 2016! When: 08.12.2016, 18:00 Where: Hörsaal, Berliner Straße 48 In this mapping event we will map buildings and other infrastructures in Karakol, the fourth largest city in Kyrgyzstan, which is located in a seismically active area…
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MapSwipe2HOT_Tasking_Manager is OSM_Wiki “Image of the Week”
This week’s “OSM Wiki “Image of the Week”” shows two maps from our efforts to use MapSwipe data for defining and prioritising OSM Hot Tasking Manager tasks. We appreciate the recognition 🙂 The workflow and respective tools have been introduced recently and are based on the “Heidelberg Process“, that lead to the development of MapSwipe…
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Introducing OSMLanduse.org : OpenStreetMap Landuse Landcover (LULC) WebMap is Online
Today a new global WebMap prototype “OSMLanduse.org” has been launched by GIScience Research Group Heidelberg. The map provides worldwide Landuse/Landcover information on the basis of OpenStreetMap (OSM) data. This is based on our earlier work on testing the suitability of OpenStreetMap for deriving landuse and landcover information (LULC). LULC data is highly relevant for many…
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Upcoming Wheelmap mapping event at Heidelberg on December 3rd
December 3rd is the United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD). In this scope the CAP4Access team from GIScience group of Heidelberg University invites any interested person to a public Wheelmap mapping event on Saturday 3rd December at Heidelberg. Similiar to previously organized Mapping Events we would like to improve the Wheelmap project…
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Integrating MapSwipe and HOT Tasking Manager
The MapSwipe app allows you to mark buildings and roads on satellite imagery within just a few seconds by tapping on your smartphone. Thousands of volunteers contributed to MapSwipe so far and it is just incredible how big the areas are that have been scanned (also see : With one swipe or tap you put…
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Successful Wheelmap event with volunteers of SAP at Heidelberg
On Thursday 27 October 2016 the CAP4Access team from GIScience group of Heidelberg university organised a Wheelmap mapping event for SAP volunteers in the course of the “SAP month of service“. Volunteers of SAP already supported us in merging volunteered accessibility data (from Wheelmap.org) and expert accessibility data (from Heidelberg Hürdenlos) last year. This time…
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LandSense Kick-Off Meeting – EU Citizen Science Observatory on Landuse
this week sees the Kick-Off Meeting of a new EU Horizon 2020 project called LandSense at International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IASA) Laxemburg Austria. The overall aim of the LandSense project is to build an innovative citizen observatory in the field of LandUse LandCover (LULC), which collects data both actively (through citizens) and passively…
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CAP4ACCESS team active on the Freiwilligentag 2016 in Heidelberg
On the occasion of the Freiwilligentag 2016 (September 17th), organised by the MRN GmbH to realize charitable projects based on volunteer engagement, the CAP4Access team from GIScience group of Heidelberg university contributed by leading a Wheelmap mapping event at Heidelberg. Wheelmap.org is a map for finding wheelchair accessible places and it is run by one…
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FOSS4G Bonn
Last week, the worldwide FOSS4G (Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial) conference took place in Bonn. The GIScience department was represented by Jakob Miksch. He presented a poster and gave a presentation with the topic “Routing through Open Spaces”. Before and after the conference a code sprint took place. More than 100 developer from…