Posted in Jobs on Jan 3rd, 2022
Job advertisement HeiGIT gGmbH
Do you want to use your machine learning expertise for the benefit of society and the environment? Do you want to improve the availability and quality of geospatial data and further develop geoinformatics methods used for open, non-profit applications in the field of sustainability, mobility and humanitarian aid? That’s our mission too!
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Posted in Jobs on Dec 4th, 2021
Stellenausschreibung Universität Heidelberg – GIScience
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter:in Geoinformatik - Projekt GeCO
GeCO: Generating high-resolution CO2 maps by Machine Learning-based geodata fusion
Du hast Interesse an Klimawandel, Treibhausgasemissionen und innovativen Geoinformatik-Methoden?
Im Rahmen des vom Heidelberg Center for the Environment (HCE) durch die Exzellenzstrategie geförderten Kooperationsprojektes GeCO suchen wir baldmöglichst nach einer wissenschaftlichen Mitarbeiter:in (m/f/d). Die Abteilung Geoinformatik entwickelt [...]
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Posted in Research on Nov 22nd, 2021
Recently a new project has been starting in the context of Climate Change Action research:
GeCO: Generating high-resolution CO2 maps by Machine Learning-based geodata fusion and atmospheric transport modelling
The spatiotemporal distribution of greenhouse gases and their sources on Earth has so far been considered mainly at relatively coarse resolutions. There is a lack of sound [...]
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Large-scale mapping activities can benefit from the vastly increasing availability of earth observation (EO) data, especially when combined with volunteered geographical information (VGI) using machine learning (ML). High-resolution maps of inland surface water bodies are important for water supply and natural disaster mitigation as well as for monitoring, managing, and preserving landscapes and ecosystems.
In a [...]
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Urban green spaces (UGSs) can provide important ecosystem services for citizens and their well-being. To make use of these services according to UGS user demands, urban residents, tourists, and city administrations should know where UGSs are located, what qualities they have and how to reach them on convenient routes. A new open access paper at [...]
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The AGILE 2021 conference is taking place this week. It is the the 24rd AGILE conference on GIScience. AGILE is the Association of Geographic Information Laboratories in Europe and the 2021 conference is for the first time held as a virtual conference. As in earlier years GIScience Heidelberg and HeiGIT are contributing to the conference with several [...]
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Posted in Research on Apr 30th, 2021
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Die Folgen des Klimawandels sind besonders stark in den höheren Breiten unseres Planeten zu spüren. Die Arktis erwärmt sich derzeit überdurchschnittlich schnell. Dies führt zum Auftauen von Permafrost (dauerhaft gefrorenen Böden) mit ernsthaften Konsequenzen für das arktische Ökosystem. Etwa ein Viertel der Landfläche in der Nördlichen Hemisphäre ist durch Permafrost gekennzeichnet. Darin sind [...]
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Posted in OSM, Publications, Research, VGI Group on Mar 24th, 2021
Online knowledge projects such as OpenStreetMap (OSM) and Wikipedia have gained high importance, trust and even economic value. These projects and their content are maintained and enhanced by online communities that evolve around them. Yet, these communities and their members are often ignored when the respective data or knowledge is used.
In a recent publication a [...]
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Posted in Publications on Nov 9th, 2020
Worldwide, more and more people are affected by flooding. Local knowledge provides a valuable source of information for disaster risk reduction. We present an approach for visualizing and formalizing this local knowledge.
More information can be found in the paper:
Klonner, C., Usón, T.J., Aeschbach, N. Höfle, B. (2020): Participatory Mapping and Visualization of Local Knowledge: An [...]
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Posted in OSM, Publications, VGI Group on Sep 6th, 2020
A recently published paper provides a bibliometric review between integration of authoritative and volunteered geographic information (VGI) for the specific purpose of cartographic updating of urban mappings. The adopted methodology was through a bibliometric survey of the literature published by Web of Science and Science Direct. The period was evaluated from 2005 to 2020 and [...]
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