1st phase Projects

These are the projects we worked on in the first phase from 2017 to 2019 of the VGIscience Priority Programme. You can find the list of projects in the second phase here.

• Extraction and visually driven analysis of geography and dynamics of people's reaction to events (EVA-VGI)
  • Dr. Eva Hauthal, Dresden
  • Prof. Dr. Ross Purves, Zürich
  • Prof. Dr. Stefan Wrobel, Bonn
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dirk Burghardt, TU Dresden
  • Dr.-Ing. Alexander Dunkel, TU Dresden
  • Prof. Dr. Gennady Andrienko, Bonn
  • Prof. Dr. Natalia Andrienko, Bonn
• Cognitive Effects of Landmarks in VGI-based Maps (Landmarks VGI)
  • Julian Keil, Ruhr University Bochum
  • Lars Kuchinke, Berlin
  • Frank Dickmann, Bochum
• Algorithmically-Guided User Interaction: Smart Crowdsourcing and the Extraction of Metadata from Old Maps (AGUI)
  • Dr. Thomas Christian van Dijk, Würzburg
  • Prof. Dr. Alexander Wolff, Würzburg
• Enabling enhancement of scientific environmental data by volunteered geographic information: Extraction and visual assessment of data from social media images (ENAP)
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joachim Denzler, Jena
  • Prof. Dr. Doris Dransch, Potsdam
  • Dr. Andrea Unger, Potsdam
  • Dr. Bin Yang
  • Björn Barz M.Sc., Jena
• Visual analysis of volunteered geographic information for interactive situation modeling and real-time event assessment (VA4VGI)
  • Prof. Dr. Thomas Ertl, Stuttgart
  • Dr. Steffen Koch, Stuttgart
  • Dennis Thom, Stuttgart
• A framework for measuring the fitness for purpose of OpenStreetMap data based on intrinsic quality indicators (QualityOSM)
  • Dr.-Ing. Hongchao Fan, Heidelberg
• Motivation and Participation of Digital Volunteer Communities in Humanitarian Assistance: Models and Incentives for Closing the Gap to Decision Makers (DVCHA)
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Fiedrich, Wuppertal
  • Ramian Fathi, University of Wuppertal Institute for Public Safety and Emergency Management
• Lightweight Acquisition and Large-scale Mining of Trajectory Data (Trajectories)
  • Stefan Funke, Stuttgart
  • Sabine Storandt, Konstanz
• Human-Centered Relational Feature Classification for VGI (HCRFC)
  • Prof. Christian Freksa, Bremen
  • Ahmed Loai Ali, Bremen
• Learning Environmental Maps - Integrating Participatory Sensing and Human Perception (P2MAP)
  • Prof. Dr. Andreas Hotho
  • Florian Lautenschlager
  • Martin Becker
• Guiding the Crowds: Uncertainty and Trust-Aware Visual Analytics for Mobility based on Heterogeneous Volunteered Geographic Information (Uncertainty)
  • Nida Cilasun
  • Prof. Dr. Daniel Keim, Konstanz
  • Dr. Alexandra Diehl
• Collaborative Low-Effort Topological and Topical-Social Indoor Mapping (TOPIKOS)
  • Prof. Dr. Gerd Stumme, Kassel
  • Bastian Schäfermeier, Kassel
• Context-Sensitive Qualitative Spatial Reasoning for Interpreting Vague Place Descriptions (QSR4VGI)
  • Prof. Dr. Diedrich Wolter, University of Bamberg
  • Madiha Yousaf, Bamberg
• Comprehensive Conjoint GPS and Video Data Analysis for Smart Maps (COVMAP)
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bodo Rosenhahn
  • Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Ying Yang
  • Dr. Hanno Ackermann
• Spatial Correlations in Social Media Data: Identification and Quantification of Spatial Correlation Structures in Georeferenced Twitter Feeds (Spatial Correlations)
  • Dr.-Ing. Hongchao Fan, Heidelberg
  • Prof. Dr. Alexander Zipf, Heidelberg University, Institute of Geography, GIScience / Geoinformatics Research Group
  • René Westerholt M.Sc.