Mapping Outside the Box
In our blog we often talk about geodata in the road domain. In the last years some interesting geodata from outside the box got released and we have a sneak peak into it...
Show the Flow
Sometimes it happens that huge cargo ships lose containers and their cargo re-emerges somewhere else. In principal this is waste polluting the oceans but it get's interesting if we know when and where the cargo got dropped and when and where it re-appeared...
Show the Invisible
With the help of a good map you can find traces you barely can see in reality. This story is about preserving history using geodata...
Experts’ Voices: 3 Years – 3 Guys – 3d
Since the foundation of our think tank almost three years ago, Hannsjörg Schmieder, a unique expert on visualization systems for driving simulators, has been one of our most loyal readers and commentators...
Neglecting Accuracy
Public transport is part of our daily mobility business. But since some decades public transport is mapped in a schematic way. The question is why, because it started with geographically accurate representation...
The Meaning of Live of a Digital Twin
Data is the fuel of our modern industry 4.0. Digital Twins are the solution for developing and operating more complex systems and systems of systems. But what is a Digital Twin? We mentioned that term already in our mission posting and now it’s time to dig into this buzzword...
Experts’ Voices – Getting Traction on Geodata
We had the pleasure to talk to two geodata experts in the railway domain about collecting, processing, storing and providing geodata in the railway domain and the specific challenges...
Halloween Special: Constant Change
For Halloween we are opening hell and have and dive deep into the subtle changes of Mother Nature...
Experts’ Voices: Sum – es – est – SUMO – estis – sunt
How often do you get a chance to talk first-hand to the brain behind an established product with worldwide impact? Well, we did and had a great chat with Jakob Erdmann, chief designer, developer, support etc. of the open-source tool Simulation of Urban MObility...
Educating Settlements
In the last years the hype started to make cities smart. Before autonomous driving got popular and after the mobile phones got smart there was the idea to advance the infrastructure of our cities to support mobility and living. Let's check what makes a city smart...