Month: November 2017

  • Today OpenRouteService at 7th GeoIT WhereCamp Conference Berlin

    Today we present the latest version and details on the technical API of OpenRouteService at the 7th GeoIT WhereCamp Conference Berlin. Tim from the Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology (HeiGIT) will talk about Consuming Open Data for Highly Customizable Route Planning He will show some examples of the very rich feature set and API of OpenRouteService…

  • A novel test on the influence of spatial structure on the variance in local conditions

    Statistical parameters often vary across geographic landscapes. For instance, when the the variance of georeferenced random variables is not stable, this might hint on variegated processes or contextual conditions in different sub-regions. Analysing such heterogeneous areas is challenging because an explicit consideration of this so-called spatial heterogeneity is required. Various approaches exist that take account…

  • GIScience at Fachaustausch Geoinformation 2017

    On November 23d, the 9th “Fachaustausch Geoinformation“, a yearly networking  event  for professionals in the geodata and geoinformation domain organised by GeoNet.MRN, took place in Heidelberg’s Print Media Academy. GIScience research group at Heidelberg University and HeiGIT (Heidelberg Center for Geographic Information Technology) presented current research and projects at the event’s exhibition. Theresia Bauer, Baden-Württemberg’s Minister…

  • Routing through open spaces – a performance comparison of algorithms

    Finding the shortest path through open spaces is a well-known challenge for pedestrian routing engines. A common solution is routing on the open space boundary, which causes in most cases an unnecessarily long route. A possible alternative is to create a subgraph within the open space. In a recently published paper authors from GIScience Research…

  • GIScience Colloquium talk on Event Detection from Geo-tagged Twitter Data by Diao Lin

    we cordially invite everybody interested to our next open GIScience colloquium talk State of the Art of Event Detection from Geo-tagged Twitter Data Diao Lin Chair of Cartography, Technical University of Munich Time and date: Mon, November 27, 2:15 pm Venue: INF 348, Room 015, Department of Geography, Heidelberg University The speaker tries to give…

  • New Main Research Group “3D Geospatial Data Processing” at Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR)

    The Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR) at Heidelberg University is a leading institution in research and education in scientific computing in a multitude of interdisciplinary topics – covering science, engineering and humanities. Computational methods are a very important foundation in GIScience / Geoinformatics with particular focus on the investigation of geospatial data and geospatial…

  • Cover Story of ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

    Not undercover but on the cover: We were selected as cover story of the ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, Volume 6, Issue 11. In our research on “Historic Low Wall Detection via Topographic Parameter Images Derived from Fine-Resolution DEM“, we apply rapid landscape line detection to extract historic vegetable garden walls based on topographic information…

  • Keynote at ‘Fachaustausch Geoinformation’ Heidelberg / Meet GIScience Heidelberg and HeiGIT

    The regional GI Conference “Fachaustausch Geoinformatik” of the GeoNet.MRN is taking place on this Thursday Nov 23rd at the Print Media Academy Heidelberg. Prof. Alexander Zipf is giving one keynote about analysis and usage potential of free and open geodata. He will present some of the related work of the GIScience Research Group Heidelberg and…

  • Today “First Lego League” at Mathematikon Heidelberg

    Here you find some impressions from the regional tournament of the First League League (FLL), that today took place for the first time at Mathematikon Heidelberg and was co-organized by NanoGiants Academy e.V. and IWR (Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing) Heidelberg University. This is part of a world wide event with over 1000 teams participating. School…

  • GIScience visit to Haus der Astronomie Heidelberg

    Members of the GIScience Research Group Heidelberg and Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology (HeiGIT) had a really great visit to the fancy “Haus der Astronomie” (Wow, the architecture mimics a spiral galaxy!), the Max Plank Institute of Astronomie and the historic Landessternwarte Königstuhl (state observatory) from 1898. An interactive trip through the galaxy and beyond was…

  • Einladung: HGG-Vortrag: Verkehrsplanung in Heidelberg – derzeitige Konzepte und Zukunftsvisionen

    Die Heidelberger Geographische Gesellschaft lädt ein: Verkehrsplanung in Heidelberg – derzeitige Konzepte und Zukunftsvisionen Dienstag, 21. November 2017, 19:00 Uhr Dipl.-Geogr. Sebastian Gieler (Stadt Heidelberg) Ort der Abendvorträge Kleiner Hörsaal (HS2) des Kirchhoff -Instituts für Physik (KIP) Heidelberg ist in den letzten Jahren um 10.000 Einwohner und ebenso viele Arbeitsplätze gewachsen. Ein ähnlicher Zuwachs ist…

  • TODAY at Heidelberg: Join OSM Mapathon for ‘Geography Awareness Week’

    Dear Geographers and Mapping Enthusiasts, November 12th-18th is the international OpenStreetMap GeoWeek as part of the Geography Awareness Week. Since 1987, in the third week of November all around the world different kind of projects and activities are planned to raise awareness about the significance of geography and spatial data and how we affect and…