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SPINlab researchers Vasco Diogo and Eric Koomen have written a paper for the OECD identifying opportunities to refine OECD’s indicators of land cover and land use and their regular production for all OECD and G20 countries. A comprehensive review is
Promotie SPINlab-onderzoeker Chris Jacobs-Crisioni 30 november 2016, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam De verhitte concurrentie tussen spoorexploitanten heeft gezorgd voor overinvestering op het netwerk en bijgedragen aan een te dicht spoornetwerk in Nederland. Het 19e-eeuwse Nederlandse spoorwegnetwerk is voornamelijk ontwikkeld voor winst
The Dutch 20 o’clock news today reported about a study of the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL). Their study (in Dutch) is entitled ‘Dalende bodems, stijgende kosten’. It discusses the consequences of soil subsidence and describes possible alternative measures for
This week the GeoBIM Europe conference 2016 will take place in Amsterdam (Novotel). Registration is still possible (students 100 euro) Aimed at highlighting the critical role of geospatial technology in BIM processes within the European construction sector, Geospatial Media and Communications
SPINlab PhD candidate Chris Jacobs-Crisioni recently contributed some of his research data to a Dutch TV-show, ‘Onzichtbaar Nederland’ (‘The invisible Netherlands’). That show takes the viewer through physical and societal changes in the country with often spectacular GIS visualizations. The
The SPINlab has signed a partnership initiative for common implementation of environment-related sustainable development goals. At the conference Science, business and environment. GEO-6 Assessment for the pan-European region (15 September 2016, Warsaw), this initiative was undertaken by UNEP/GRID-Warsaw Centre in
The Centre for International Cooperation of VU Amsterdam (CIS-VU) has been awarded a grant worth €1.8 mln. to implement a project on Spatial Planning for Agribusiness and Public Policy Development in Kenya. The grant is part of the Netherlands Initiative
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
Since a few months, the walls of the offices and hallways of the department of Spatial Economics at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam are decorated with very nice photo-art. Most of the art can be linked directly to the themes and