Completed Projects

These are the projects we worked on in the first phase of the VGIscience Priority Programme. You can find the list of current projects 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.