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

Monday, 22 May 2023, Long Zhang successfully defended his doctorate. “Attribute trajectory analysis: analyzing the dynamics of non-spatial data as trajectories”.

Supervisors are Prof. dr. Nico Van de Weghe (UGent), Prof. dr.…

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Projects

Public safety is one of the most pressing concerns in the cities of today. Whenever multiple citizens gather in public space, crowd dynamics can cause hazardous situations. To avoid evacuations and disasters, it is pertinent …

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Staff

Prof. dr. Haosheng Huang
Tenured Academic Staff
Prof. dr. Nico Van de Weghe
Tenured Academic Staff
Prof. dr. Philippe De Maeyer
Tenured Academic Staff
Prof. dr. Alper Sen
Visiting Research Professor
Dr. Laure De Cock
Scientific Staff
Dr. Samuel Van Ackere
Scientific Staff
Dilawar Ali
PhD Student
Cap. Axel Annaert
PhD Student
Sien Benoit
Scientific Staff, PhD Student
Soheila Bigdeli
PhD Student
Fengqi Cui
PhD Student
Lars De Sloover
Assisting Academic Staff
Aji Gao
PhD Student
Hongkai Gu
PhD Student
Fangli Guan
PhD Student
Huili He
PhD Student
Shuangyan Huang
PhD Student
Mario Matthys
PhD Student
Ing. Kenzo Milleville
Scientific Staff, PhD Student
Jiabin Peng
PhD Student
Amna Qayyum
PhD Student
Tong Qin
Scientific Staff, PhD Student
Haiyang Shi
PhD Student
Naibi Sulei
PhD Student
Sara Top
Scientific Staff, PhD Student
Jana Verdoodt
Scientific Staff
Robbe Viville
PhD Student
Min Wang
PhD Student
Xiaobing Wei
PhD Student
Zhicheng Zhan
PhD Student
Long Zhang
PhD Student
Xucai Zhang
Scientific Staff, PhD Student
Yu Zhang
PhD Student
Luc Zwartjes
Scientific Staff

Voluntary Staff