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Aerial view of an abandoned sugarcane processing facility with a tall chimney and surrounding green fields under a clear sky.

New Paper “Predisposing Factors of Sugarcane Abandonment in Rio de Janeiro: Exploring Policy Implications”

This study investigates sugarcane farmland abandonment in Rio de Janeiro…

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Alexander Zipf, Stefan Gumbrich

HeiGIT welcomes Stefan Gumbrich as new Managing Director

We are very happy to welcome Stefan Gumbrich as the…

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hiWalk 3.0: Accessibility of Benches and Drinking Fountains

hiWalk assesses the quality and accessibility of walking infrastructure by…

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Climate Action Navigator, Land Consumption

Unveiling the HeiGIT Climate Action Navigator Part 6 – Land Consumption

In May this year we officially launched the Climate Action…

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Silver Ways travel diaries

Silver Ways & Travel Diaries: Mapping Age-Friendly Routes with Sketch Map Tool

The Silver Ways project aims to make it easier for…

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Streetscape Intelligence: GeoAI at Eye Level

Streetscape Intelligence: GeoAI at Eye Level

Crowdsourced street-level imagery can be used to detect and map…

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Person in patterned shirt working on a computer displaying a colorful topographic map, with text 'Advancing Disaster Preparedness in Madagascar with Data-Based Anticipatory Action'

Advancing Disaster Preparedness in Madagascar with Data-Based Anticipatory Action

Anticipatory Action (AA) is becoming an increasingly vital approach in…

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Map of Berlin with a graph showing CO2 emissions development from 2000 to 2040, titled 'CO2 Budget Unveiling the Climate Action Navigator'

Unveiling the Climate Action Navigator Part 5 – CO₂ Budget

Thanks to the newest addition to the Climate Action Navigator,…

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New ohsome dashboard feature: land use thematic accuracy quality indicator

Enhancing OSM Data Quality Analysis: The Thematic Accuracy of Land Cover in Germany displayed in the ohsome Dashboard

Together with the German Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy…

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openrouteservice use-case: Enhancing Sustainable Travel in Small Cities and Outer Metropolitan Areas

The ENHANCE project explores how 15-minute city principles can be…

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Scholarship for outstanding PhD students from West & Central Africa (focus on Ghana) in Geography (Geoinformatics) or Political Science at Heidelberg University.

Call for Application: Robert and Christine Danziger Scholarship

The Robert and Christine Danziger Scholarship supports outstanding doctoral students…

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New paper “Mapping High-Resolution Carbon Emission Spatial Distribution Combined with Carbon Satellite and Multi-Source Data”

This study develops a framework integrating satellite observations with spatial…

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map of Heidelberg showing solar exposures

New paper “Mitigating heat stress by reducing solar exposure in pedestrian routing”

Using Heidelberg as a case study, researchers modeled time-dependent solar…

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Cartagena, Chile, beach

Participatory mapping for disaster risk reduction: Cartagena, Chile

The Sketch Map Tool was used in Cartagena, Chile, to…

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post banner: 5 Open-Source Tools to Harness Geographic Knowledge for Disaster Management. the image shows the Sketch Map Tool and the openrouteservice.

Five open-source tools to harness geographic knowledge for disaster management

Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) is a valuable resource for an…

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Map series showing energy poverty indices across Santiago de Chile at urban scale, with varying shades indicating levels from 0 to 5

New paper: Mapping energy poverty indices in urban scale: A case study of Santiago de Chile

This study evaluates the applicability of macro-scale energy poverty indices…

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