Month: July 2015
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Editor’s choice – Information fusion infrastructure for remote-sensing and in-situ sensor data to model people dynamics
Our paper “Information fusion infrastructure for remote-sensing and in-situ sensor data to model people dynamics” by Hillen et al. (2014) has been selected by the editor of the International Journal of Image and Data Fusion to be freely accessible for downloading (editor’s choice). The paper presents a novel concept for an information fusion infrastructure to…
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Invitation to the 2nd GeoNet.MRN GeoBusiness Breakfast (28. July Heidelberg) of the Network Geoinformation of the Metropolitan Region Rhine-Neckar
Die Leiner & Wolff GmbH läd am Dienstag, den 28.7.2015 herzlich zum zweiten GeoNet.MRN Business-Frühstück des Netzwerks Geoinformation der Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar (GeoNet.MRN) ein! 8.30 – 9.00 Uhr Ankommen mit Frühstückssnack und informeller Austausch 9.00 – 9.30 Uhr Vorstellung der Leiner & Wolff GmbH 9.30 – 10.00 Uhr Ausklang Ort: Leiner & Wolff GmbH, Hauptstraße 90…
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Post-disaster damage assessment – combining remote sensing image analysis and crowdsourcing (Dr. Norman Kerle, ITC), GIScience HD Colloquium, Wednesday 22.07.15
We cordially invite anybody to our final GIScience colloquium in this summer term. Dr. Norman Kerle from ITC will talk about Post-disaster damage assessment – combining remote sensing image analysis and crowdsourcing on Wednesday, Jul 22, 2015, 4:00 pm, at Hörsaal, Berliner Straße 48, Institute of Geography, Heidelberg University Following a disaster event a rapid…
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OpenRouteService Update to Version 2.2
It has been less than two months since the major update of OpenRouteService. Today we announce the next sound update of the service. In this release, we were mostly concentrated on fixing bugs both on the server and client sides. The full list of changes can be found on github. We summarize some improvements below…
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The Past, Present and Future of Cartography – Talk by Prof. Kainz
We cordially invite everybody to another interesting talk in the anniversary GIScience Colloquium Series at Heidelberg University. Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Wolfgang Kainz (Professor for Cartography and Geoinformation, Institut for Geographie and Regional Research, University of Vienna) will talk on Thursday, Jul 16, 2015, 4.15 pm in the Lecture Hall, Berliner Straße 48, Heidelberg about the…
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ISPRS Innsbruck PhD Summer School of Alpine Research 2015
The first summer school of its kind on Close Range Sensing Techniques in Alpine Terrain took place in Obergurgl, Ötztal Valley, Austria, from July 5 – 11 2015. The event was co-hosted by the ISPRS, the main organizer University of Innsbruck and several other European universities including the GIScience Group of Heidelberg University. More than…
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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…
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GIScience @AGIT/GI Forum conference 2015
Last week members of the GIScience Research Group were attending the AGIT – Symposium and Exhibit for applied Geoinformatics in Salzburg. Beside the interesting welcome note given by Manfred Hauswirth from TU Berlin talking about the impact of Linked Data, the Internet of Things, and Clouds for Geospatial Information Systems, further keynotes and conference talks…
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Visit to Hambach Castle
Recently the members of the Department of Geography, Heidelberg University visited Hambach Castle nearby across the Rhine valley in Rhineland-Palatinate. It is considered the symbol of the German Democracy movement because of the Hambacher Fest from 1832. (see playmobil photo) The trip of the institute included a nice hike through the hilly forests, a guided…
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MappingParty 4 India and Chile at Heidelberg University
on Wednesday, July 8, we invite you to a mapping event organized by students, similar to the earlier mapping events in Heidelberg, where numerous people had participated. This time we chose two regions which suffer on the one hand from high vulnerability and many natural hazards and where on the other hand OpenStreetMap still has…