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Month: January 2016

  • New Open-Source 3D WebGIS API GIScene.js released

    Easily visualize your 3D data on the web using up-to-date web technologies without additional plug-ins. The GIScene.js framework is easy to use and extendable. Based on the famous Three.js API, it introduces GIS concepts like Layers, Controls, Coordinates, Projections and more. If you are familiar with the web mapping library OpenLayers you will find this…

  • OpenRouteService.org Update with full Coverage for Eurasia, Africa and Australia

    Just before Christmas OSM-based OpenRouteService.org has seen some significant enhancements and new features, in particular live traffic data for Germany, improved route profiles, new leaflet client with height profiles for bike routing, a beta wheelchair profile and more. See Details: http://giscienceblog.uni-hd.de/2015/12/22/new-openrouteservice-now-with-live-traffic-data-improved-route-profiles-new-leaflet-client-and-more Since then some further updates, improvements and bug fixes have been made by the…

  • GeoNet.MRN erstes Business Frühstück 2016 bei GEO12 GmbH Wiesloch

    Im Januar lädt Sie das Netzwerk Geoinformation der Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar (GeoNet.MRN) recht herzlich zum ersten Business Frühstück 2016 ein! Dieses Mal besuchen wir eines unserer Mitglieder, die GEO12 GmbH in Wiesloch. Zeit: 19.01.2016, 8:30-10:00 am. Ort: Gerbersruhstraße 2/1, 69168 Wiesloc Bitte melden Sie sich bei Interesse im Formular für die Veranstaltung an! Über GEO12 GEO12 ist…

  • PhD on spatio-temporal Social Media Analysis by Yeran Sun

    Just before Christmas Yeran Sun from GIScience Heidelberg successfully defended his PhD about Investigating Potential of VGI Data for Revealing Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Human Activity. He investigated the use of social media from several social network and social media plattforms like Flickr or Foursquare in several different use cases such as tourism or…

  • MyAccessible.EU OpenStreetMap Tools for People with Reduced Mobility Released

    As part of the MyAccessible.EU project (CAP4Access) several tools have been developed at GIScience in Heidelberg. These tools aim at collecting information about accessibility of places and to assist in movement through environments for people with reduced mobility. These tools include a mobile (Android) and web application for the collection and display of obstacles in…

  • Multi-Source 3D Point Clouds in Geosciences and Environmental Research

    The LRG of the GIScience Research Group will welcome 2016 with a talk on “Multi-Source 3D Point Clouds in Geosciences and Environmental Research” in the Computer Science Colloquium of the University of Wuerzburg: http://tinyurl.com/grwzxtb. Monday, 11 January 2016, 16.15h, Turing Lecture Hall, University of Wuerzburg The talk will address the question how a small thing…