Forschungsprojekte Geoinformatik / GIScience

HeiGIT

Wir kooperieren eng mit der HeiGIT gGmbH, An-Institut an der Universität Heidelberg. Das Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology (HeiGIT gGmbH) betreibt im Bereich Geoinformatik angewandte Forschung und Technologietransfer von der Forschung in die Praxis.

Schwerpunkte:

• Navigation Intelligence and Location-based Services
• Big Spatial Data Analytics
• Volunteered Geographic information for Humanitarian Aid

Current GIScience Projects

• Multidirectional 3D topographic change
• M3C2-EP: Error propagation for topographic 3D change detection
• 4D Objects-By-Change: Change Analysis of Natural Surfaces using 3D Time Series
• geoEpi
• Sketch Map Tool
• SocialMedia2Traffic – Derivation of traffic information from social media data
• HELIOS++ – Heidelberg LiDAR Operations Simulator, a highly flexible laser scanning simulation framework (BMBF, DFG)
• E-TRAINEE – E-learning course on Time Series Analysis in Remote Sensing for Understanding Human-Environment Interactions
• NACHWUCHS
• LOKI – Airborne Assessment of Critical Infrastructures (BMBF)
• Project Tardur
• OpenStreetMap Exposure & Vulnerability datasets to support risk assessment
• HCE: Klimahandeln fundiert gestalten - Fallstudie Heidelberg/Rhein-Neckar-Kreis
• HCE: Klimahandeln fundiert gestalten - Fallstudie Baden-Württemberg/Kalifornien
• IDEAL-VGI – Information Discovery from Big Earth Observation Data Archives by Learning from Volunteered Geographic Information
• GEODYNAMO4D – Tracing geographic dynamics on 4D Point Clouds
• AHK-4D – High-resolution and high-frequency monitoring of the rock glacier Äußeres Hochebenkar (AHK) in Austria
• Geomorph4D – Characterising multi-process geomorphic change through high spatial- and high temporal-resolution monitoring
• SYSSIFOSS – Synthetic structural remote sensing data for improved forest inventory models (DFG)
• ER3DS – Emission Reduction in Smart Cities Using 3D Spatial Sensing and Analysis (BMBF)
• Auto3Dscapes – Autonomous 3D Earth Observation of Dynamic Landscapes
• meinGrün - information and navigation on urban green spaces in cities
• Waterproofing Data
• Heterogeneity and Convergence in Shared Data Sources. The Importance of cognitive Coherence in Collective Decision Making (Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities)
• Accessibility Routing
• DeepVGI – Deep Learning Volunteered Geographic Information
• LandSense – A Citizen Observatory and Innovation Marketplace for Land Use and Land Cover Monitoring (EU Horizon 2020)
• A framework for measuring the fitness for purpose of OpenStreetMap data based on intrinsic quality indicators (DFG VisVGI)
• Spatial Correlations in Social Media Data: Identification and Quantification of Spatial Correlation Structures in Georeferenced Twitter Feeds (DFG VisVGI)
• Zur agentenbasierten und qualitätsbewussten Integration von Daten aus geosozialen Netzwerken – Datenintegration als gemeinschaftlicher Verhandlungsprozess (DFG)
• WeGovNow – Towards We Government: Collective and participative approaches for addressing local policy challenges (EU Horizon 2020)
• Campus Mobil – Routing and Navigation (extending ORS)
• HeiMap – Virtueller Kartentisch
• Psychogeography – Psychoepidemiology and HealthGIS in the Metropole Region Rhein-Neckar (Psychoepidemiologisches Zentrum PEZ @ ZI Mannheim)
• OpenrouteService.org
• Netzwerk – Geoinformation der Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar, GeoNet.MRN
• OSM Landuse/Landcover – Karte über Landnutzungsinformationen basierend auf OpenStreetMap

Laufende Promotionsvorhaben

• Development of gully identification and measurement methods combining remote sensing and crowdsourcing techniques
• GEODYNAMO4D – Tracing geographic dynamics on 4D Point Clouds
• Auto3Dscapes – Autonomous 3D Earth Observation of Dynamic Landscapes
• VGI Data quality for special needs
• Quality Assurance in Citizen Science Data
• Cultural Influcences on Landmark Specific Navigation
• Generating Indoor Data from the Crowd

Abgeschlossene Promotionsvorhaben

• Dr. Johannes Lauer: Extraction of routing relevant geodata using telemetry sensor data of agricultural vehicles
• Dr. Rene Westerholt: The analysis of spatially superimposed heterogeneous random variables – using the example of geosocial media data
• Dr. Clemens Jacobs: Data Quality of Citizen Science Observations of Organisms: Plausibility Estimation Based on Volunteered Geographic Information Context
• Dr. Michael Auer: Advancing 3D WebGIS – browser-based Methods for Visualization and Analysis and their Integration in Virtual Research Environments in the Context of Cultural Heritage
• Dr. Carolin Klonner: Participatory Geographic Information for Disaster Risk Reduction - Sketch Maps can Visualize Flood Risk Perception
• Dr. Martin Hämmerle: The Analysis of 3D Point Clouds Acquired with Low-Cost Methods for Geoscientific Research on Natural Objects
• Dr. Ming Li: Leveraging the Wisdom of the Crowd from Location-based Social Networks: Theoretical Potentials and Practical Applications
• Dr. Enrico Steiger: Explorative Spatial and Temporal Human Mobility Analysis from User-Generated Data
• Dr. Julian Hagenauer: Artificial Neural Networks: Methods and Applications in Spatial Data Mining
• Dr. Yeran Sun: Investigating Potential of VGI Data for Revealing Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Human Activity
• Dr. Lucy Mburu: Geographic profiling of crime patterns
• Dr. Pascal Neis: Analyse der Qualität nutzergenerierter Geodaten zur Realisierung von Routenplanungen für Menschen mit Einschränkungen
• Dr. Marcus Götz: Using Volunteered Geographic Information for an Automated Provision of Indoor Location Based Services
• Dr. Maksim Rylov: Models and Methods for Cartographic Label Placement
• Dr. Arne Schilling: 3D Spatial Data Infrastructures for web-based Visualization
• Dr. Hossein Shafeezahdeh: Exploring and Simulating Spatial Patterns of Urban Growth Using Data-driven and Knowledge-based approaches