AmeiN! has not been maintained by terrestris for a number of years but every so often someone would like to have a manual. Since this also is not being kept up to date we provide it ‘as is’ under a Creative Commons Licence on the internet today and are happy with the people for whom it is of use. You can download the manual here.
AmeiN! manual online
29. April 2010terrestris sponsoring FOSS4G 2010
28. April 2010
The international meeting place for the GIS industry using free and open source software is the FOSS4G conference. This year it takes place in Barcelona lasting from September 06 – 09. terrestris as an active member of this community will contribute to the agenda through various talks and, for the first time this year, acts as Bronze Sponsor to also support the event financially.
We are overjoyed!
26. April 2010
The happy parents ....
“IT – THE BOOK”
17,6 x 24,1 x 1,8 cm
approx. 400 grams
saw the light of day after a lot of parental care.
Although still very young it likes to talk about
OpenLayers and web development using dynamic maps and geo data.
These stories, although not fairy tales, are so riveting that we don’t want to deny you this joy. Just follow this link and get your personal copy today (sorry, in german only).
Till Adams und Marc Jansen
Developer needed!
21. April 2010The company terrestris is still looking for a developer to reinforce our team. You can find the job description here. We look forward to your application!
ILEWS: Integrative Landslide Early Warning Systems
20. April 2010In April 2010 a lot of things are going on on earth: The eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano underneath the like named glacier in Iceland keeps most of Europe busy and airplanes on the ground, while in Brasil and South Tyrol landslides took the lives of numerous people.
The last mentioned event is somewhat connected to the work of terrestris: Since 2007 terrestris is involved in a project funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) dealing with “Integrative Landslide Early Warning Systems – ILEWS” led by researchers from the University of Bonn and the University of Vienna. The project is researching methods for landslide early warning systems with one study area located in the Swabian Alb and another site in South Tyrol. The project will end on April 30, 2010 but current events underline that these research activities are still hot topics.
ifgi Spring School in Münster
7. April 2010An employee of terrestris participated in this years Spring School at the ifgi (Institute for Geoinformatics) of the University of Münster. Within the 10-day program three short block courses with innovative topics of GIScience were attended:
- Ontology, Vagueness and Geography (Brandon Bennett, University of Leeds, UK)
- Similarity: Concepts, measures, and applications in (cognitive) spatial sciences (Alexander Klippel, Penn State University, USA )
- Self-organizing Maps (Fernando Bação. ISEGI, New University of Lisbon, Portugal)
Besides introductive and deepening lectures the knowledge was consolidated by practical exercises:
Within the block “Similarity” a research proposal about the perception of “near and far” was developed. Therefore an analysis of the cammunity-based geonames data set and its “nearby” tag was introduced in order to determine the different understandings of “near and far”.
Developing a raw concept of integrating self-organizing maps (SOM) in current research projects was another task. Here a possible usage of SOM in a landslide early warning system was presented. Therefore the applicability of SOM within the ILEWS project, in which terrestris is partner, was analyzed: By sensor observations on endangered slopes and information on real landslides a derivation of critical measurement combinations could be possible.
We thank the organizer for the free of charge participation including a felicitous social program.
OpenLayers trainings
1. April 2010The authors Marc Jansen and Till Adams wrote the book “OpenLayers – web development using dynamic maps and geodata” (sorry, in german only), which is being published in April by Open Source Press. Who would be more suited to introduce interested people to the subject of OpenLayers than the two authors. The company terrestris is very happy that the Open Source School has included this training course in its’ agenda. There is more information on contents, requirements, costs, etc. (sorry, also in german only) here.
