Research at the Lab for Geoinformatics and Geovisualization (g2lab) is about visualizing spatio-temporal data to enable the understanding of complex problems and decision making, applying task-oriented approaches to generate effective and efficient visualizations, and modeling and communicating uncertainties to make decisions more certain
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Sea Level Map
g2lab has develop a web-based visualization of sea level rise
simulations for Northern Germany.
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New Project!
g2lab participates in the joined project "ABM4Energy
- Alternative
bedding materials for the techno-ecological and economic optimization
of district heating pipeline construction", funded by the Federal
Ministry for Economics and Energy (BMWE)
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Teaching Award for Güren Dinga
Gürern Dinga received the Teaching Award of the City
of Hamburg for his outstanding efforts in teaching Computer Science and
Programming.
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Henry Johns Award for Jochen Schiewe
Jochen Schiewe received the prestigious Henry Johns Award of
the British Carographic Society for his paper on data classification.
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Maps in dark mode
g2lab has developed an online tool for selecting color
schemes
that are suitable for maps in dark mode.
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Textbooks
The textbooks Kartographie (in
German) and Cartography
(in English), written
by Jochen
Schiewe, describes the fundamentals of Cartography
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The textbook on "Geoinformatics" (in
German), written
by Jochen
Schiewe together with Manfred Ehlers (University of
Osnabrück), covers the basics of GI Science.
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In the media
Jochen Schiewe in a podcast of Hamburg Research Academy on the power of visualizations"The NDR reports from the project "Sea Level Map"
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