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Efficient waste collection remains a major challenge in many rapidly growing cities. In a pilot study in Kenya, openrouteservice (ORS) is being used to improve solid waste collection planning and identify underserved areas.

Optimizing solid waste collection in underserved regions using openrouteservice: a pilot study in Kisumu, Kenya

Efficient waste collection remains a major challenge in many rapidly…
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Why access to satellite imagery continues to limit humanitarian aid and research

Satellite imagery has become so embedded in research and humanitarian…

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Close-up of a mosquito on a green plant leaf with text about a scientific study on Ae. albopictus and Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis in Heidelberg, Germany

New Paper “Fine-scale temporal and spatial dynamics of Ae. albopictus response to larviciding with Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis in Heidelberg, Germany”

A new study published in Scientific Reports examines the effectiveness…
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OpenStreetMap data as a basis for routing—how well does it really work?

The article is based on the talk Benjamin Herfort (HeiGIT)…
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Global Data on Healthcare and Education Accessibility with OpenAccessLens

The new OpenAccessLens platform provides open, global data on accessibility…
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Behind The Scenes: How We Are Developing New Climate Action Indicators

At HeiGIT, we focus on developing useable and useful tools…

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Building a Global GIS Learning Community for the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

In 2023, a shared vision emerged to make geospatial skills…

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AI assisted mapping: Efforts towards opening the door to transparency

AI-assisted mapping: Efforts towards opening the door to transparency

What role does the human-in-the-loop play in AI-assisted mapping? AI-assisted…

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Can German Cities Still Meet Climate Goals? A look at Historic Emission Trends and CO₂ Budgets

Germany has already cut its greenhouse gas emissions substantially since…
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Five Datasets to Support Humanitarian Aid, Infrastructure Planning and Climate Action

Reliable geodata is essential for informed decisions, such as preparing…

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A map is better than a thousand words: global data reveals gaps in access to education and healthcare

Numbers alone do not show whether a child can reach…

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How Street-Level Imagery and Deep Learning Are Helping Map Global Infrastructure

Street-level imagery combined with deep learning methods is transforming how…
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Measuring What You Never Notice: A Computer Vision Approach to Accessible Paths

This blog article was originally posted on Medium by Maciej…

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Strengthening national risk management using the Sketch Map Tool in Colombia

The Sketch Map Tool was strategically used within Colombia’s National…

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Open Risk Assessment Datasets for Easier Humanitarian Action

New open, ready-to-use global risk assessment datasets can simplify risk…
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Use-case: evaluating urban cycling across several European cities with openrouteservice

The study introduces a BIKE Index, a multi-dimensional framework for…
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