CARTOGRAPHY & GIS
The research group CartoGIS focusses on the techniques for analysing geographical data and for visualizing these on maps.
Research
The CartoGIS research group in centred on geographical information, as this underpins both the domain of cartography and geographical information science.
A broad multidisciplinarity (computer sciences, archaeology, cognition, sport sciences) characterizes the conducted projects.
In these, the group focusses on the use of modern methodologies (e.g. eye tracking, WiFi tracking, UAVs, etc.) and development of innovative technologies (e.g. navigation apps, 3D webGIS, etc.).
Keywords: transport, accessiblity and GIS — cartography and map use — historical cartography — 4D GIS for archaeology — flood risks — indoor wayfinding — moving objects — GIS in education
News
On July 8th Lieselot Lapon defended successfully her PhD entitled Unraveling the global-scale cognitive map: a worldwide study. Her research revealed that map projections have a minor influence on our global-scale cognitive m…
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This collaborative project with TU Wien follows the trends towards location-based services (LBS) and personalized/contextualized content and investigates them in the context of cultural heritage collections of European city a…
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