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Heat-Resilient Mobility in 80 Major German Cities and an Invitation to Shape Its Future

The new HeiGIT application shows how digital geodata can make…

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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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New Global Satellite Dataset for Humanitarian Routing and Tracking Infrastructure Change

A new global dataset released by the HeiGIT (Heidelberg Institute…

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Empowering cities to act: The Climate Action Navigator highlights where climate action is most needed

Empowering cities to act: The Climate Action Navigator highlights where climate action is most needed

What does a climate-neutral, livable city look like – and…

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Accurate road surface data for transportation, safety, and economic development

Researchers at HeiGIT (Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology) have publicly…

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Staying Safe in the Heat: Routing App for Heidelberg

As summer temperatures soar, the health risks associated with heat…

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Unveiling the Sketch Map Tool 2.0: A Comprehensive Overview of New Features and Training Opportunities

The HeiGIT gGmbH (Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology) team has…

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Advancing Climate Action: HeiGIT’s New Climate Action Team

HeiGIT is embarking on an initiative to address one of…

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‘Waterproofing Data’ Project wins ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize 2023

The “Waterproofing Data” project has won the ESRC Celebrating Impact…

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More food, more water, less carbon? Costs and benefits of global land-use optimality

Re-arranging food production: How we could use the vegetation zones…

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Safely through the heat with HEAL: Transdisciplinary project helps at-risk groups in everyday life

The transdisciplinary project HEAL involves citizens in the research process…

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New Publication in “Nature Communications” on the Unequal Distribution of Building Data in OSM

Benjamin Herfort and his colleagues Sven Lautenbach, João Porto de…

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Participatory Mapping taken one step further – The new version of the Sketch Map Tool

Sketch Map Tool (SMT) – An easy-to-use way to create…

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Activation of the Disaster Portal for the earthquake in Türkiye/Syria

During catastrophic events such as the recent Türkiye/Syria earthquake, the…

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Press Release: New tool allows look into the history of OpenStreetMap

With the OSHDB Ver. 1.0, the Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation…

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Social Media Data for better routing of open-source navigational services

Geoinformatics researchers from Heidelberg are helping to improved the usability…

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Spatial Data for Society – Leading HeiGIT to the Future

Underpasses, stairs, and high curbsides are a challenge for people…

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UndercoverEisAgenten – “UndercoverEisAgenten” – Enabling Citizen Scientists to Monitor Permafrost Degradation

The impact of climate change is particularly strong in higher…

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AUF DIREKTEM WEG ZUR CORONA-IMPFUNG – Meldung der Universität Heidelberg

Die Universität Heidelberg berichtet aktuell über impfzentrum.openrouteservice.org NEUER ROUTENPLANER ERMITTELT…

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New Paper: “Object-Level Detection of Hand-Drawn Annotations in Participatory Sketch Maps Using Paired Clean and Annotated Basemaps”

A new paper presented at the AGILE 2026 conference investigates…
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New Paper “Detour-based metrics of alcohol availability along walking commutes”

New Paper: “Detour-based metrics of alcohol availability along walking commutes”

This study introduces detour-based indices for alcohol exposure along walking…
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New Paper: Analysis of the spatial and temporal pattern of COVID-19 incidence rate across Germany

New Paper: “Analysis of the spatial and temporal pattern of COVID-19 incidence rate across Germany”

This study analyzes five socio-economic factors shaping COVID-19 incidence rates…
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New Paper: “Food Insecurity Projections for Anticipatory Action: Comparative Spatiotemporal Analysis of FEWS NET and the IPC in Somalia”

Food insecurity projections are a central component of anticipatory action…
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Filling In The World Map With Street-Level Imagery and Deep Learning: MapSwipe and Hug-a-Panorama

HeiGIT has been working with deep learning models and street-level…

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Use-case: Combining openrouteservice with emission model data to visualize emissions along a route

This article is based on a talk presented by Leonie…
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Introducing the technology behind heat-avoiding routing: How a Heidelberg research initiative became a nationally scalable open-source tool

The origin In 2021, HeiGIT, the GIScience Research Group, and…

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New paper “Guiding Deep Learning with Landscape Metrics for LULC Mapping Applications”

Deep Learning (DL) has become a core methodological pillar in…

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Dynamic Routing for Disaster Response: Integrating Earth Observation into Humanitarian Logistics Systems

As disasters grow more frequent and complex, the REER project…
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One Year with the Climate Action Navigator: How Open Data is Powering Climate Action in Cities

A year after its launch, the Climate Action Navigator has…
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OpenStreetMap for Land-Use Monitoring at AGIT 2026 

The AGIT conference is held every year and serves as…

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HeiGIT at State of The Map Africa

The State of the Map Africa conference is held every…

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Conference slide titled 'Open Geodata for Rooftop Solar Detection at FOSS4G Europe' with details about a talk on detecting rooftop solar panels using deep learning and open remote sensing data, dated 29 June to 3 July 2026 in Timișoara, Romania, and a blurred portrait of a person in a checkered shirt.

Open Geodata for Rooftop Solar Detection at FOSS4G Europe

The FOSS4G Europe conference, a European extension of the Open…

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HGG Lecture: The Return of the Gunboat Diplomacy? The Trump Administration‘s Neo-Imperial Agenda in Venezuela

Speakers: Dr. Hamid Alberto Abud Russell (Universität Heidelberg President Donald…

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HGG Lecture: Snow and Ice in the Anthropocene: Changes and Challenges in the Polar Regions

Speakers: Prof. Dr. Birgit Sattler University of Innsbruck, Austrian Polar…

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