GeoIT Geomonday Talks editions

GeoMonday 2015.1 – Does this place have stairs at the entry?

2. April 2015 by geoit.org@wordpress

Holger and Raul, who is using a wheelchair, had to ask this question a lot when they wanted to go somewhere. So they build Wheelmap.org, a map to find wheelchair accessible places. Since it’s launch 5 years ago over 500.000 places have been tagged by volunteers all over the world, making it the biggest database of it’s kind. Wheelmap.org is online in 22 languages and also available as iOS and Android apps. Being an OpenStreetMap project all it’s data is available under an open license. Wheelmap.org is run by SOZIALHELDEN, a non-profit based in Berlin which launched many follow-up project since then. One is the service BrokenLifts.org where visitors can see which elevators are currently out of service in the Berlin public transportation system.

Holger is the co-founder of Wheelmap.org and will tell us about the opportunities and challenges they saw when building these projects on top of open data, what things they tried and failed and how he sees projects like these in the long run.

About Holger Dieterich
When Holger is not at SOZIALHELDEN, he is active in the Berlin Startup scene as coach and mentor for entrepreneurs, curator of the StartupDigest and running events like the Lean Startup Meetup and Usabilityfix. He has a degree from the University of the Arts Berlin and worked as product manager before.

Associated Links:
http://wheelmap.org
http://brokenlifts.org
http://sozialhelden.de
http://holger-dieterich.de/

Filed Under: archive Tagged With: Barrier-Free, GeoMonday 2015, Holger Dieterich, OSM, Sozialhelden, Wheelmap.org

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

20. March 2015 by geoit.org@wordpress

As 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.

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.

Marc 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.

Filed Under: archive Tagged With: Barrier-Free, Marc Ullrich, MDV, Mentz, OSM, Routing

Partnership Announcement

15. March 2015 by geoit.org@wordpress

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

6. March 2015 by geoit.org@wordpress

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.

Filed Under: archive Tagged With: Announcement, GeoMonday 2015, Handicapped People, Navigation, Orientation

GeoMonday 2015

5. March 2015 by geoit.org@wordpress

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:

Filed Under: archive Tagged With: GeoMonday 2015

GeoMonday the 4th – Impressions

10. October 2014 by geoit.org@wordpress

For those of you, who missed GeoMonday 4, here are some pictures illustrating the talks all around Internet of Things and Location.

Thanks again to our Speakers:

Howard Hunt from DustCloud (http://blog.geomonday.org/2014/08/29/geomonday-the-4th-multiplayer-tracking-on-multiple-devices/)
Malte Windwehr from Vimcar (http://blog.geomonday.org/2014/09/01/geomonday-the-4th-carspotting-vimcar-turns-car-data-into-hard-cash-for-its-users/)
Lars Schmitz from Esri (http://blog.geomonday.org/2014/09/08/geomonday-the-4th-using-spatial-data-streams-in-real-time/)
Tamer Nassif from HERE, a Nokia company (http://blog.geomonday.org/2014/09/18/geomonday-the-4th-developing-location-based-apps-for-gear-challenges-and-lesson-learned/)

We had a lot of hands on sessions and the topics crossed the domains of gaming, car, governmental and enterprise business up to consumer gadgets.

This was the first and last GeoMonday for 2014 😉

Please bear with us in 2015 and don’t miss the WhereCamp Berlin 2014 (tickets / info at http://wherecamp.de) which happens 13th till 15th of November. The GeoMonday team will be there as well.

Bye and stay Geotastic.

: Richard Süselbeck

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GeoMonday the 4th – Using spatial data streams in real-time (presentation material)

6. October 2014 by geoit.org@wordpress

This is the presentation material of the talk from Lars Schmitz (ESRI), as announced here: http://blog.geomonday.org/2014/09/08/geomonday-the-4th-using-spatial-data-streams-in-real-time/

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[youtube=http://youtu.be/NDkNwuZ3oYo]

Filed Under: archive Tagged With: Esri, IoI, Lars Schmitz, Realtime, Sensors

GeoMonday the 4th – Developing location based apps for Gear; challenges and lesson learned

18. September 2014 by geoit.org@wordpress

Motorola, LG, Samsung, Sony, TomTom, Garmin, Apple and few more companies have recently launched or announced connected or smart watches. While some people are still challenging the user benefits of a connected watch, let ‘s look at the developer opportunities and challenges to deliver Location Services to a wearable with the example of the “Navigator” app developed by HERE for the new Samsung Gear S.

Tamer Nassif is Senior Software Engineering Manager at HERE, a Nokia company and leading, building Local/international engineering teams (up to HC of 25) within North America, Europe and Asia. Working closely with customers, engineering, sales, and product owners, marketing and human factors (UX) to conceive, plan, design, develop, and deliver mobile/embedded and client/server software consumer product. He worked for and with the world’s top mobile handset OEM‘s and chipset makers. Delivered successfully on broad spectrum of software programs, products and services ranging from low tier (Emerging markets) to high tier (smartphones) products and consumer devices. Motorola RAZOR, Q9, CN620, DROID, BB Z10, BB 8920, Samsung Redwood Tizen, Gear S are examples of such products I worked or currently working on

Get in contact via mail or connect with him on Google+ or Linkedin.

Filed Under: archive Tagged With: HERE, IoT, Navigation, Nokia, Samsung Gear, Tamer Nassif

GeoMonday the 4th – Using spatial data streams in real-time

8. September 2014 by geoit.org@wordpress

Many sensors that make up the Internet of Things generate and stream data that have a spatial reference. Examples are flood gauges, positions of vehicles like planes or cars, but also geocoded tweets in social media. See how these spatial data streams can be used in real-time. This includes reading and analyzing the data as well as triggering subsequent actions.

Lars Schmitz is Product Manager at Esri Germany. He is responsible for all Esri developer tools and heads a program dedicated to developers and startups. Find his LinkedIn profile here: http://de.linkedin.com/in/larsschmitz.

Check out Esri’s developer portal at http://developers.arcgis.com for free developer subscriptions. Read Esri’s developer blog at http://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/category/developer.

Filed Under: archive Tagged With: Esri, IoI, Lars Schmitz, Realtime, Sensors

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