Dear #mapstodon community, we are moving! ๐ฆ๐ผ
We have made the difficult decision to move our account to another fediverse instance, in order to better comply with our data protection regulations.
But we do love this map-loving community and we hope not to loose any contacts!
If you want to stay in touch and keep seeing our posts, follow us here: @heigit
๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป - ๐ฆ๐๐ฏ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐๐ถ๐น ๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ
Interested in #walkability? ๐ถโโ๏ธ
Attending #AGILE2025? ๐ผ
Join our workshop on June 10 to explore methods in walkability and pedestrian accessibility assessment.
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New submission deadline to present your own research: 06 April 2025
๐ Info: https://heigit.org/events/call-for-participation-walking-the-x-min-city-methods-and-implementations-to-assess-walkability-and-pedestrian-accessibility-workshop-at-the-agile-conference/
Our colleagues are now back in the office, after a fruitful and fun FOSSGIS conference in Mรผnster last weekโand they are already looking forward to #FOSSGIS 2026 in Gรถttingen next year ๐
๐ฝ๏ธ If you missed our sessions or want to rewatch them, you can find them here:
โซ๏ธ ๐๐ฏ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ต๐ณ๐ขร๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ-๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ-๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ: https://media.ccc.de/v/fossgis2025-58261-anreicherung-von-straendaten-mittels-deep-learning-methoden-und-mapillary-bildern
โซ๏ธ ๐๐๐-๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ โ ๐๐ฆ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ๐ด๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐๐-๐๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ท๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐งรผ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด: https://media.ccc.de/v/fossgis2025-65696-ohsome-planet-osm-daten-aus-geoparquet#t=0
Event tip in #Heidelberg:
If you are interested in how Heidelbergยดs urban layout looks like when it comes to urban green spaces and other climate adaptation measures, check out the exhibition "๐๐ช๐ฆ ร๐ด๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ข๐ฏ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ" (๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐น๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป):
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April 3, 6:00 pm
๐ Gadamerplatz 1, Heidelberg
๐๏ธ Free admission
Thermal drone images show how Heidelberg's Bahnstadt district can adapt to climate change.
โน๏ธ https://heigit.org/events/exhibition-the-aesthetics-of-climate-adaptation/
Climate mitigation and protection against heat have many facets. The exhibition โThe Aesthetics of Climate Adaptationโ aims to present urban measures for adapting to the consequences of climate change with a focus on Heidelberg's Bahnstadt district.
๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ป๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ? ๐ฃ๏ธ
Accurate road surface information is crucial for emergency responses and route planning. But #OpenStreetMap has comprehensive surface attributes for only 30โ40% of the roads worldwide.
Using state-of-the-art GeoAI methods, we created an openly available ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐.
A new paper presents the methods behind the dataset.
โซ๏ธ Studyยดs highlights: https://heigit.org/new-paper-paved-or-unpaved-a-deep-learning-derived-road-surface-global-dataset-from-mapillary-street-view-imagery-2/
โซ๏ธ Full paper: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0924271625000784
โซ๏ธ Dataset: https://data.humdata.org/organization/heidelberg-institute-for-geoinformation-technology
๐โ We have just released ๐ผ๐ต๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ-๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐, a new software library on GitHub that facilitates the transformation of raw OpenStreetMap history data into the ๐๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐ format, making it more accessible and efficient for spatial data analysis.
With ohsome-planet, we make a big step toward the development of ๐ผ๐ต๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ.๐ฌ.
๐ฐ A short read on what ohsome-planet can do: https://heigit.org/first-release-of-ohsome-planet-osm-history-data-in-geoparquet-format-2/
๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ป The ohsome-planet software library: https://github.com/GIScience/ohsome-planet/releases/tag/1.0.0
We are #hiring โ
We are looking for a Project and Finance Controller (m/f/d, part time) for third-party fund management.
โซ๏ธ Are you experienced in controlling and project funding management for non-profit organizations?
โซ๏ธ Would you like to put your experience and knowledge to work for the benefit of society and the environment in a research organization?
We are looking forward to your application: https://heigit-jobs.softgarden.io/job/54692587?l=de
We are looking forward to meaningful exchange on disaster preparedness in the context of climate change at this yearยดs ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐๐ฎ๐ด๐๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ by the German Red Cross in Berlin next week.
Our colleagues Anne Schauss and Melanie Eckle-Elze will be there to talk about ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ป๐ผ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฅ๐ถ๐๐ธ ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ and our experiences with assessing riverine flood risk in Pakistan.
More info: https://heigit.org/events/heigit-at-fachtagung-katastrophenvorsorge-in-berlin/
This year, Anne Schauss and Melanie Eckle-Elze will take part in the German Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (Fachtagung Katastrophenvorsorge), which will be held on March 26โ27, 2025. The theme of the conference is From Climate Change to Crisis: Integrating Disaster Preparedness and Climate Action. Together with other participants, we will explore the opportunities, challenges, and current developments in disaster risk reduction within the context of a changing climate.
Anyone going to #FOSSGIS 2025 in Mรผnster ๐ฉ๐ช ?
We will be at the conference with a talk by Benjamin Herfort & Sukanya Randhawa (๐๐ฏ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ต๐ณ๐ขร๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ-๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ-๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ) and a workshop by Julian Psotta & Jakob Schnell (๐๐๐-๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ โ ๐๐ฆ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ๐ด๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐๐-๐๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ท๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐งรผ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด).
More info: https://heigit.org/events/heigit-at-fossgis-2025/
We are looking forward to innovative talks and fruitful discussions!
Last week, we talked with the German Red Cross and the Somali Red Crescent Society about the challenges of developing of an Early Action Protocol for Drought in Somalia, in a webinar by #AnticipationHub.
If you missed it, you can watch it here to see how geoinformation and data science can strenghten preparedness for humanitarian crises like severe droughts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4AG7FeAJ94
