Archives for March 2015

GeoMonday 2015.1 – Barrier-Free Routing for Increased Mobility and Accessibility Using OSM

mdv2As part of the SIMBA (Safe and Mobile with Assistance Systems) research project, Mentz Datenverarbeitung (mdv) has integrated data from the OpenStreetMap (OSM) project into its trip planner system, enhancing the routing algorithm to increase mobility and accessibility using the available attributes in OSM.

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The project goals are to ensure autonomy of the elderly and disabled and to provide safe and comfortable trips that account for their specific mobility limitations.

One of the new improvements is the consideration of specific link types and attributes, which are imported from the OSM source data and integrated into the routing network graph.

mdv1Marc Ullrich has studied civil engineering at the TU Munich and works as a Senior Software Engineer at mdv (Mentz Datenverarbeitung GmbH). He is member of the EFA journey planner developer team and works on national and international projects. Find his LinkedIn profile here:http://de.linkedin.com/in/marcullrich.

Partnership Announcement

The Cluster ICT, Media and Creative Industries Berlin-Brandenburg combines business, academic institutions, operators and service providers of information and communications industry, as well as media and creative industries in the German capital region with the aim of joint innovation and value creation. Particularly in the areas of digital media, games/interactive media, geoinformation, open IT, data management, ambient assisted living/cloud, mobile solutions, VFX and animation Berlin-Brandenburg has extensive potential.

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GeoMonday 2015.1 – Navigation and Orientation for Handicapped People

Intro

Navigation devices have dramatically changed the way we drive. Systems are so easy to use, you could say we are dependable. However there are a lot of people out there, which have physical limitations and have real dependencies. This GeoMonday want to shade some light into clever solutions, that help those people everyday.

Agenda:

When: Monday April 13th, 2015, starting 7pm sharp
Where: Mobilesuite, Pappelallee 78/79, 10437 Berlin

You are interested in getting to know some great ideas on this topic and discuss them with us, or even have your own Projects helping to improve every day situations for people with limitations? Join our event and get part of the GeoMonday community.

Get your free tickets here: https://geomonday2015-1.eventbrite.com


If you have your own idea you want to share with others just send us an e-mail to info@geomonday.org. We still have some free slots for the event and are grateful for every contribution. Also see our other events for 2015.

GeoMonday 2015

Geomonday enters the next round with some great new events. Thanks to the support of Berlin Partner (http://www.berlin-partner.de/) and ZAB Brandenburg (http://www.zab-brandenburg.de/) we plan to continue our series of talks with the following topics:

  • 13th of April 2015: Navigation and Orientation for Handicapped People – Mobile Suite Berlin
  • 15th of June 2015: Location Based Services for Smarter Cities – Mobile Suite Berlin
  • 14th of September 2015: GeoDrones and Aerial Imagery – Potsdam Bildungsforum
  • 7th of December 2015: GeoMonday X-Mas Special – Mobile Suite Berlin

We are looking forward to see you in one or even better all our next events. If you have own ideas or projects related to one of those topics quickly write us at: info@geomonday.org

Please visit our partner pages:

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