Spatial Information laboratory
On October 7, our SPINlab-colleague Panayiotis Sophronides has successfully defended his PhD dissertation at the National Technical University of Athens. His thesis is entitled ‘Decision Support Systems for Participatory Flood Risk and Disaster Management’ and purports to critically review the
The SPINlab is proud to present a free geocoding tool. It can be used to attach X,Y-coordinates to Dutch addresses and uses the Dutch Basic Administration of Addresses and Buildings (BAG) as it’s geocoding source. Using an open source GIS-platform
Spinlab researcher Xander Wilcke is working on a solution to release archaeological knowledge that is now often stored on hard drives and only accessible by request. The Archaeological Protocol 0102 provides a specification as to how rich XML summarizations, aptly
Our path-finding project Mapping the Via Appia featured at the Dutch National Science Agenda`s Eureka Festival last November. GIS Magazine published a nice article (in Dutch) on the achievements of the project.
The national research school for Classical Studies (OIKOS) presents two annual awards for the best research master’s theses written in the previous academic year. One award is offered to the best thesis in the disciplines of Greek, Latin and Ancient
Is Minecraft a useful teaching tool? Researchers at SPINlab (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) are trying to find the answer to this question. Their focus group are teachers who use Minecraft in the classroom in three Dutch schools in Lelystad, Zaandam and
Op 15 december namen het SPINlab, GeoFort en Geodan – onder de noemer van GeocraftNL- deel aan de verhalenmarkt van de Slotbijeenkomst van het Jaar van de Ruimte in Amersfoort. Op de beurs presenteerden zij hun bevindingen over Minecraft als
In GIS Magazine nr. 8 besteedt redacteur Remko Takken aandacht aan de Geodesign Summit Europe, gehouden afgelopen oktober in Salzburg. De Nederlandse inbreng was groot. Natuurlijk was ook het SPINlab van de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam vertegenwoordigd. Lees er alles over
A small SPINlab delegation visited the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris last week to present a land-use data inventory to delegation members from across the globe. The report for this meeting was prepared by Vasco Diogo,
HERWIJNEN – Heel Nederland nabouwen in de virtuele werkelijkheid, dat start vandaag in het GeoFort in Herwijnen. Het landelijke Minecraftproject is het initiatief van het GeoFort. Met behulp van echte gegevens van het Kadaster en Rijkswaterstaat kan iedereen vanaf vanmiddag