Ann Hitchcock, Autor auf 52°North Spatial Information Research GmbH

July 2, 2020

CITRAM’s Test Phase Off to a Good Start

Citizens test apps to improve traffic flow

Chemnitz, the last of the three cities to start testing the CITRAM (Citizen Science for Traffic Management) technology, just recently started its pilot project to further environmentally-friendly urban tranport. The smartphone apps [ui!]ecomat and enviroCarr help drivers adapt their driving styles according to traffic light synchronization.

Hamm kicked off the testing phase in mid June, with Krefeld following shortly after. Since the beginning of the testing phase, close to 600 tracks have been recorded.

Stay tuned for more!

June 18, 2020

IJGI Special Issue: Geospatial Sensing 2020

We are pleased to announce that there will be a special issue “Geospatial Sensing 2020 – from Sensing to Understanding Our World” to the International Journal of Geoinformation!

This special issue, along with our Geospatial Sensing | Virtual 2020, provides a platform for scientists, developers, and users to examine current challenges, present best practices, and discuss future developments on sharing, managing, discovering, analyzing, and visualizing geospatial sensor data. While selected presentations from the conference will be featured in this Special Issue, we invite anyone engaged in any work related to the theme of “Geospatial Sensing – from Sensing to Understanding our World” to submit a manuscript for publication.

Please note: This open access journal issue is dedicated but not limited to the selected papers of this conference.

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June 9, 2020

CITRAM begins test phase

Today’s virtual kick-off initiates the CITRAM – Citizen Science for Traffic Management research project’s testing phase.

Hamm’s city administration employees are the first participants to test the CITRAM app. Today’s virtual kickoff informs the participants of the enviroCar driver fleet on the use of ODB (On-Board-Diagnose) adapters with the enviroCar and [ui] ECOMAT apps. Equipped with a car, an Android smart phone and an OBD adapter, the participants will anonymously track their driving along predefined routes for approximately 2 months.

The first fleet of cars will take to the streets on June 15, 2020. The cities of Krefeld (testing in Krefeld) and Chemnitz (testing in Chemnitz) will follow in the coming weeks. Testing should be completed by the end of August.

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June 2, 2020

mVIZ @ EGU20

Supporting Users to Find Appropriate Visualizations of Spatio-Temporal Open Data Sets

In order to facilitate efficient and user-friendly exploration of available data sets, it is essential to visualize the data as quickly and easily as possible. Selecting appropriate visualization approaches for potentially highly-dynamic spatio-temporal data sets is still a challenge. At the recent EGU2020: Sharing Geoscience Online, members of the mVIZ consortium introduced a methodology to support the selection and creation of user-friendly visualizations for data discoverable via the open data portals such as the mCLOUD.

Presentation…

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