Tag: OSM
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CAP4Access e-Newsletter No. 2, 2015 (Part 2) – toilets, survey, crowdcrafting and news
This is the Second Part of the CAP4Access e-Newsletter No 2. 2015. The First Part can be found here. (It needed to be splitted in two parts for technical reasons) Finding accessible toilets made easy People in wheelchairs and other people with mobility impairments must be able to find an accessible toilet when needed. What…
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CAP4Access e-Newsletter No. 2 – 2015 (Part 1, Geoinfo for Mobility Impaired
CAP4Access e-Newsletter No. 2, 2015 (Part 1) First tools released + + + “Mapping parties” raise awareness for disability issues Dear Readers, The CAP4Access project has kick-started its second year by publishing first versions of a range of tools. They are intended to raise awareness about accessibility of the built environment and for providing concrete…
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How to combine OpenStreetMap and Airborne Laser Scanning data for updating Digital Elevation Models?
The answer can be found in our most recent paper “Updating Digital Elevation Models via Change Detection and Fusion of Human and Remote Sensor Data in Urban Environments” that has just been finally released in the International Journal of Digital Earth. You can find a preprint version of the article freely accessible here: http://koenigstuhl.geog.uni-heidelberg.de/publications/2015/Hoefle/Klonner_et_al_2015_preprint.pdf Citation…
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Deadline Extended: VGI Quality Session at ISSDQ 2015
Dear colleagues, We are happy to inform you that the deadline for paper submission for almost all events at the ISPRS Geospatial Week 2015 is extended to 15 April 2015 in order to faclicitate a consistent logistics and because of several demands to extend the deadline. This applies also to our session on “Quality analysis…
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This week extended OpenRouteService Demo @ CeBIT
This week you have the chance to visit a demonstration of our extended and specialized routing services based on OpenRouteService and the IBM Cloud solutions at the international computer fair CeBIT. Please visit our partner Heidelberg Mobil at the IBM booth | hall 2 A10 in the CeBIT “Cloud Area” from March 16. – 20.…
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Major Update for OpenRouteService Frontend
Last few months, we have been working hard on a new Web frontend for OpenRouteService.org. The new service provides all features from the old OpenRouteService (Check the advanced version from the Options page) but is much faster and also covers all of Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia! Also further new route profiles will come within…
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Derivation of an OSM graph with TMC LCL traffic information to provide real time traffic services
Increasing traffic, especially in urban areas, leads to more and more infrastructural bottlenecks and congestion inside transportation networks. The aim is therefore to use existing transport networks as efficiently as possible. Current traffic and incident reports from the Traffic Message Channel (TMC) are an important source of information to provide further services in the context…
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Our edited book “OpenStreetMap in GISciene: Experiences, Research, and Applications” is now Online and orderable.
Dear colleagues, I am pleased to inform you that a book edited by Jamal Jokar Arsanjani, Alexander Zipf, Peter Mooney, Marco Helbich entitled “OpenStreetMap in GISciene : Experiences, Research, and Applications” has been eventually published online and also in print format. The book contains 16 chapters on different aspects of OpenStreetMap in GIScience including 1) Data…
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Major Update for OpenRouteService Backend
Last few months, we have been working hard on a new backend for OpenRouteService.org. The new implementation is much more flexible and faster than before and supports more sophisticated routing profiles. The services are deployed on a new and more powerful server that makes it possible to update routing graphs based on OpenStreetMap data more…
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AGILE 2015 Workshop:::”VALID-LAND: assessing the fitness of citizens observatories for LAND cover/use mapping & VALIDation purposes”
Dear colleagues, In addition to our RICHVGI workshop in AGILE 2015, which will be held on June 9, 2015 in Lisbon, we are organizing a hands-on session called “VALID-LAND: Assessing the fitness of citizens observatories for land cover/land use mapping and validation purposes“. We would be delighted to see you joining along with spreading the word. Topics:…
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Quality analysis of VGI: Our session at the 9th International Symposium on Spatial Data Quality (ISSDQ 2015)
Dear colleagues, we are pleased to announce our session called “Quality analysis of Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) towards effective use” at the 9th International Symposium on Spatial Data Quality (ISSDQ 2015), which will take place in Montpellier, France, from September 28th to October 3rd 2015. Please consider submitting and presenting your relevant research in the…
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Coverage of OSM highway features with corresponding GPS tracks
As can be seen in the WebGL visualisation of the GPS data collected by the OSM contributors in Heidelberg (reported earlier in this blog), the quantity of recorded GPS tracks along an OSM highway features depends on the feature class. It has already been found before that the GPS data is not equally distributed among…