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Maurice de Kleijn (SPINlab) and co-workers have developed a Spatial Data Infracstructure (SDI) to support the management and research of the history and heritage of Testaccio, a quarter in Rome, Italy. The project is part of the Challenging Testaccio research
Deel 1: De digitale kaart van landschap, architectuur en verstedelijking. Met een inleiding door Piek Vossen (VU) en lezingen van Marianne Linde (TNO) en Maurice de Kleijn (VU) De virtuele en de fysieke wereld worden in toenemende mate één. Google
After already having won the prestiguous national ESRI Young Scholar Award 2013, Joris Tieleman, educated in GIS by the SPINlab during his VU-master studies in Spatial, Transport and Environmental Economics has now also won the NVM Thesis Award 2013. The NVM
The University Library (UBVU) together with the Spatial Information Laboratory (SPINlab) have redesigned and upgraded the Geoplaza Spatial Data Portal. VU Geoplaza is the portal for all matters related to GIS (Geographical Information Systems) and geodata at the VU University
The SPINlab of VU University Amsterdam has reached an agreement with Bridgis about their Populator online information service, ensuring access for research and education purposes to this rich online data environment. The VU University is the first university in the
PhD researcher Vasco Diogo, who is visiting the University of Melbourne as part of his activities in the Tools for adaptation strategies project, presents his work at the Biofuel Forum in Traralgon, Victoria. He will highlight the use of a
During the UNIGIS International annual network meeting, held this year in Krakow – Poland, the 2013 winner and runners-up in the UNIGIS Academic Excellence Award, dedicated to the network’s top Master’s theses, were announced. Jeroen Steenbeek was elected by the
Climate change is likely to affect living conditions in urban areas, causing, for example, an increase in the urban heat island effect. Understanding why urban areas have a higher temperature than their rural surroundings and finding appropriate adaptation measures are
Joris Tieleman, educated in GIS by the SPINlab during his VU-master studies in Spatial, Transport and Environmental Economics (STREEM), has won the prestiguous national ESRI Young Scholar Award 2013 for his UvA master thesis in Human Geography entitled The Shifting Cityscape
The updated land-use projections related to the Global Economy (GE) and Regional Communities (RC) scenarios have been released. These scenarios were initially developed by a consortium of Dutch research institutes (CPB et al., 2006) and translated into land-use projections in