How is your city preparing for the summer heat?

We have built a heat-avoiding routing application available in 80 major German cities. It calculates pedestrian routes based on high-resolution shadow data, steering people away from sun-exposed roads.

We are actively looking for collaboration partners that want to co-develop it further based on their own data and needs.
📩 [email protected]
👉 https://heigit.org/heat-resilient-mobility-in-80-major-german-cities-and-an-invitation-to-shape-its-future/

#Klimaanpassung #SmartCity #Stadtplanung #UrbaneMobilität #Hitze

How complete and reliable is #OpenStreetMap data in your region?

We are introducing country reports on the Humanitarian Data Exchange platform.

The new reports show #OSM #dataquality across a country & identify where important gaps remain. They provide insights on roads, buildings, currentness, and spatial distribution.

The reports are powered by the ohsome quality API & are also available as datasets in CSV & GPKG formats.

More topics are planned.

👉 https://heigit.org/introducing-ohsome-quality-api-country-reports-for-openstreetmap-data-quality-on-the-humanitarian-data-exchange-platform/

#humanitarian

Another summer is approaching. And with it, the familiar detours through parks, the instinct to cross to the shaded side.

What if routing could account for heat?

Soon, we are releasing heat-avoiding routing for 80 major German cities that steers people through shaded corridors & away from sun-exposed roads.

We are looking for municipalities that want to co-develop the tool further & shape it to their local needs. Reach out: [email protected]

#SmartCity #OpenSource #Klimaanpassung

We have a new #OpenData tool to assess traffic emissions🚗💨

𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘌𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 is the latest addition to the Climate Action Navigator, our interactive dashboard to aid urban #ClimateAction.

It estimates transport emissions for all main roads in Germany. It shows which streets and districts are most impacted by traffic, and where policy changes (e. g. car-free areas) are most needed.

📑Read more: https://heigit.org/assessing-road-traffic-emissions-with-the-climate-action-navigator/
📊Try it out and check your city: https://climate-action.heigit.org/

🗺️ ohsomeNow Stats got a major upgrade!

With ohsomeNow, you can now explore individual stats of #OpenStreetMap mappers.
Log in with your HeiGIT account to explore your contribution history with the same depth and flexibility already available for campaigns.

🔑 A free HeiGIT account gives you access to our other tools: openrouteservice (ORS) and the Climate Action Navigator (CAN).

📑 Read more on our blog: https://heigit.org/new-user-statistics-in-ohsomenow/
📊 Explore OSM stats with ohsomeNow: ohsome-now.heigit.org

🚧service announcement for #openrouteservice (ORS) users🚧

As we are moving to a unified structure for all HeiGIT APIs, we are deprecating the URL https://api.openrouteservice.org. From now on, please use the new URL https://api.heigit.org.

(This is only a deprecation of the URL, not a deprecation of our services: openrouteservice remains accessible!)

More info on the openrouteservice forum: https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/deprecating-api-openrouteservice-org-in-favour-of-api-heigit-org/7912

🗺️𝗠𝗮𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 – 𝗦𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗭𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵, 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝘁𝘇𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱

Urban cycling depends also on the terrain. This map shows the slope of bike paths in Zurich, using #OpenStreetMap and elevation data. This shows where action might be needed to make urban mobility more inclusive and accessible.

More bikeability assessments on the Climate Action Navigator: https://climate-action.heigit.org/

#opendata #cycling #urbanmobility #climateaction

How can open-source routing tools support better waste collection in rapidly growing cities?

In Kenya, #openrouteservice (ORS) was used to improve planning for solid waste collection in underserved areas. APHRC organized #GIS trainings for environmental officers, introducing #QGIS, ORS, and Datawrapper.
Participants learned how to optimize waste collection routes, generate isochrone maps, & estimate travel times between collection points and disposal sites.

The project: https://heigit.org/optimizing-solid-waste-collection-in-underserved-regions-using-openrouteservice-a-pilot-study-in-kisumu-kenya/