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Vienna University of Technology

Geoinformation and Cartography

Contact data

Street	Gusshausstr. 27-29
ZIP, City, Region	1040 - Vienna (Vienna)
Phone	+43-1-58801-2712
Fax	+43-1-58801-12799
Email	Send Email
Web	www.geoinfo.tuwien.ac.at

Contact person

Dr. Gerhard Navratil (Deputy)

Employees (Total)

Total: 11-50 number of researches: 8

Competencies

Central aim of organisation

Providing a theoretical basis in geographic information science.

Briefly describe your organisation

The Department of Geoinformation is one of the leading institutions in theoretical aspects of geoinformation science worldwide. Research topics range from economic aspects and problems of data quality to the perception of space. The team consists of researchers with various backgrounds (geodesy, geography, planning, computer science).

The department has strong connections to the research community and the members regularly present their work on international conferences. Recent projects deal with revision of geographic data, 3D-aspects of GIS, and navigation of pedestrians.

Core Competency

Research & Development

ICT sectors:

   - E-Government
   - ICT Applications for Tourism
   - Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
   - Databases, Database Management

   - Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Middleware
   - Usability Engineering
   - Internet Technologies
   - Data Mining

RTD Experiences & Publications

My organisation has been involved in projects funded by the following EU-programmes

	Coordinator	Partner
EU Framework Programme (FP)
Other international co-operative research

Austrian Research and Development Projects

	Coordinator	Partner
Cooperative Projects

RTD Experience

http://www.geoinfo.tuwien.ac.at/projects/index.php

Publications

http://www.geoinfo.tuwien.ac.at/publications/index.php

Inserted / Updated

2004-12-06 / 2009-01-14