Research at the Lab for Geoinformatics and Geovisualization (g2lab) is about visualizing spatio-temporal data to enable the  understanding of complex problems and decision making, applying task-oriented approaches to generate effective and efficient visualizations, and modeling and communicating uncertainties to make decisions more certain

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Sea Level Map

SeaLevelMap

g2lab has develop a web-based visualization of sea level rise simulations for Northern Germany.
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New Project!

ABM4Energy

g2lab participates in the joined project "ABM4Energy - Alternative bedding materials for the techno-ecological and economic optimization of district heating pipeline construction", funded by the Federal Ministry for Economics and Energy (BMWE)
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MobiDoc

unGESUND

g2lab works on modeling, simulating and visualizing the accessibility of medical facilities.
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Maps in dark mode

DarkMode

g2lab has developed an online tool for selecting color schemes that are suitable for maps in dark mode.
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Textbooks

Book 'Kartographie'

The textbooks Kartographie (in German) and Cartography (in English), written by Jochen Schiewe, describes the fundamentals of Cartography
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Book 'Geoinformatik'

The textbook on "Geoinformatics" (in German), written by Jochen Schiewe together with Manfred Ehlers (University of Osnabrück), covers the basics of GI Science.
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In the media

Jochen Schiewe in a podcast of Hamburg Research Academy on the power of visualizations"

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The NDR reports from the project "Sea Level Map"

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