Campus reporter Nils Birschmann spoke with Prof. Alexander Zipf about our Disaster Portal. The interview was broadcast on Radio Regenbogen. You can listen to the full length of the article here (please note: the interview is only available in … Read More
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Looking back at FOSS4G Conference 2023
Figure 1: FOSS4G 2023, QGIS daily openings This years FOSS4G conference took place from 26 June – 2 July 2023 in beautiful Prizren, Kosovo. Since 2006 FOSS4G, the largest global gathering for geospatial software, is organized by the Open … Read More
Disaster openrouteservice response to Pakistan flooding
Over the past weeks, monsoon flooding in Pakistan has left over 1,000 dead and millions without homes. As reports and photos of skyrocketing food prices, residents wading through shoulder-deep water, and satellite images of flooded rivers highlight the magnitude of … Read More
Revamped openrouteservice client for disaster management
We are happy to announce a revamped openrouteservice maps client for disaster management. It was built based on the new openrouteservice maps client, that is an open source route planner with plenty of features. Specific disaster features were incorporated via … Read More
A safe way through the heat: Transdisciplinary project HEAL makes everyday life easier for at-risk groups
As part of a transdisciplinary collaboration, the Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology (HeiGIT), the GIScience research group and the TdLab Geography at Heidelberg University are jointly developing adaptation strategies to support and protect at-risk groups during hot weather conditions. Individual … Read More
Becoming ohsome in R – analysis of the completeness of the road network and health sites in Jakarta
Data quality is an important issue then performing analysis based on OpenStreetMap data. We have recently demonstrated how the effects of the 2013 flood in Jakarta on the accessibility of hospitals and clinics could be analyzed based on network analysis … Read More
A fresh new ORS maps client
We are happy to announce that the new openrouteservice maps client has been finished and released. It is an open source route planner with plenty of features for car, heavy vehicles, hiking, cycling and wheelchair, designed to be mobile friendly … Read More
Accessibility of covid-19 vaccination centers in Germany
Vaccination of a sufficiently large share of the population is considered the most important action to fight the spread of SARS-CoV -2 and resulting COVID-19 infections. Germany has started together with the majority of EU member states at the 27th … Read More
New embedded mode for OpenRouteService map client available
The new openrouteservice map client development is in the final phase and has now a new feature that allows to show routes, isochrones and other features from openrouteservice (ORS) integrated on other websites. This allows webmasters and editors to embed … Read More
A revamped ORS map client to celebrate the 16th OpenStreetMap anniversary
#OpenStreetMap is turning 16! Happy Birthday from the HeiGIT team. After 16 years OSM is a reference of collaborative work and how we can give our best to create and maintain global, free and multipurpose projects that bring benefits to … Read More
Advanced time-dependent routing soon available in Openrouteservice
We are thrilled to give you a sneak peak into routing with time-dependent road restrictions, the outcome of our collaboration with GraphHopper GmbH in the research project TARDUR supported by the mFUND initiative of the Federal Ministry of Transport and … Read More
Einladung zum Beta Test der meinGrün App
Beim Konsortialtreffen letzte Woche haben wir die erste Beta Version der meinGrün App fertiggestellt. Jetzt benötigen wir Grünflächen-Enthusiasten, die mit uns zusammen die App testen, um sie weiter zu verbessern. Diesen Samstag findet unser erstes Test-Event statt: WO: Volkshochschule Heidelberg … Read More
New OpenRouteService API playground
After the release of the new OpenRouteService dashboard the team has worked on a new interactive API documentation application named API Playground , that allows the users to explore all the OpenRouteService API services, parameters and responses in an intuitive … Read More
Openrouteservice Developers Dashboard Revamped
Over the past few months the openrouteservice team has worked on a new developers dashboard in order to make the registration and usage of the API more easy and accessible. Now the developers using the openrouteservice API will experience a … Read More