In the Geomass Data project, the processing of geomass data in the cloud with Docker containers was demonstrated using the example of a solar potential analysis with vegetation model for the entire Munich city area. The results can be viewed in a 3D online demo. [read more]

The Chair of Geoinformatics, in cooperation with the Leibnitz Institute for Ecological and Regional Development (IöR) and Fraunhofer ISE, has determined the theoretical area potential of building facades throughout Germany. At 12,000 square kilometres, it is twice as large as the… [read more]

At the graduation ceremony of the Department of Aerospace and Geodesy on Friday, 13.11.2020, our employees Son Nguyen and Dr. Tatjana Kutzner were awarded two teaching prizes in the category "Bachelor Geodesy Exercise" for the courses "Introduction to Computer Science 2 -… [read more]

To test automated driving functions, highly-detailed reference maps are created and described in the road networks standard OpenDRIVE. As OpenDRIVE was developed for the very specific field of vehicle simulation, the tool support within the GIS domain is limited. To bridge this… [read more]

Zhihang Yao, research associate at the Chair of Geoinformatics until 2018, successfully defended his doctoral thesis on "Domain Extendable 3D City Models – Management, Visualization, and Interaction" on 9.1.2020. The picture shows from left to right the chairman of the… [read more]

The Chair of Geoinformatics held three presentations at the annual event Center Day at the Leonhard Obermeyer Center (LOC) on 15.11.2019 in Munich.  Prof. Dr. Thomas H. Kolbe gave a speech about "ZD.B Themenplattformen 'Smart Cities & Regions' & 'Digitales Planen und… [read more]

The Chair of Geoinformatics took part in the internal fair of the Stadtwerke München (SWM) on 17.10. on the topic of digital transformation. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the installation of the first computer at SWM, digitisation projects from all areas of the… [read more]

As part of INTERGEO 2019 , version 2.0 of the Geodesy and BIM Guidelines was published. The Chair of Geoinformatics contributed to the guideline as member of the editorial team and by writing articles to the part describing the foundations of BIM and Geodesy. The guideline… [read more]

The Chair of Geoinformatics will be participating in the upcoming event OGC CityGML Hackathon in London on 11-12 June, 2019. The Hackathon will build upon the outcomes of the OGC's CityGML Standard Working Group as well as provide Hackathon participants with detailed insights… [read more]