{"id":272,"date":"2022-08-29T14:33:01","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T12:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gis-hub.whptest.uzh.ch\/apps\/?page_id=272"},"modified":"2025-05-23T12:09:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T10:09:58","slug":"blog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gis-hub.uzh.ch\/en\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Find out how other people at UZH use a GIS software to improve their research. Read their story.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Schneller als die Postkutsche erlaubt?<\/a><\/h2>

Was heute Emails sind, waren im 18. Jahrhundert Briefe. Wir zeigen, wie sich die digitalisierten Briefe von und an Johann Caspar Lavater in einem GIS visualisieren lassen.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Continue Reading Schneller als die Postkutsche erlaubt?<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

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GIS Hub: Review in pictures<\/a><\/h2>

Looking back on 2.5 years of the GIS Hub.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Continue Reading GIS Hub: Review in pictures<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

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Geoparsing: from place names in text to a map<\/a><\/h2>

In this brief blog post, we\u2019ll explain what geoparsing is and how you can use the Python library developed by a former geography student at UZH.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Continue Reading Geoparsing: from place names in text to a map<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

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DIY: Linking R with Web Mapping<\/a><\/h2>

If you missed yesterday\u2019s workshop with Stefan from ESRI about the R-ArcGIS Bridge, we are happy to share the workshop material with you. You can read the theory part and do the exercises independently.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Continue Reading DIY: Linking R with Web Mapping<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

\"Wrecks<\/a><\/div>

\u201cThere are hot spots of wrecks in places I did not expect\u201d<\/a><\/h2>

What can shipwrecks of the 19th century in the Indian Ocean tell us about the climate of the past? And what can the records of these wrecks tell us about climate knowledge production? Debjani Bhattacharyya, Professor for the History of the Anthropocene at UZH, explores these questions.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Continue Reading \u201cThere are hot spots of wrecks in places I did not expect\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

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Was sagen Volksmusik-Sendungen \u00fcber uns aus?<\/a><\/h2>

Volksmusik-Sendungen sind mehr als nur Unterhaltung. Was sie \u00fcber die Gesellschaft, Kultur und Heimat aussagen, dem geht ein SNF-Forschungsprojekt nach. Wir vom GIS Hub durften f\u00fcrs Projekt eine Karte der Sendeorte erstellen.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Continue Reading Was sagen Volksmusik-Sendungen \u00fcber uns aus?<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

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Using GIS to tackle the SDGs<\/a><\/h2>

How do companies, NGOs and public institutions monitor their progress towards the sustainable development goals (SDGs), and how can GIS software contribute? Five speakers provided answers from different perspectives at the event \u201cUsing GIS to tackle the SDGs\u201d, organized by the GIS Hub and ESRI Switzerland.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Continue Reading Using GIS to tackle the SDGs<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

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\u201cI love to see my data on a map\u201d<\/a><\/h2>

As a dialectologist, Carlota de Benito Moreno is interested in how linguistic features change over time and space. By plotting her data on a map and combining it with historical data, she can detect diffusion patterns, divides, or clusters. Sometimes, she even discovers something she did not expect.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Continue Reading \u201cI love to see my data on a map\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

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A new generation of desktop GIS for the Swiss Parks<\/a><\/h2>

This summer, the Competence Centre for Geoinformation (CCG) of the Swiss Parks Network, in collaboration with the Department of Geography of the University of Zurich (GIUZ), organised an introductory training course on ArcGIS Pro for employees of the Swiss parks. <\/p>\n<\/div>

Continue Reading A new generation of desktop GIS for the Swiss Parks<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

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Was uns Ortsnamen verraten<\/a><\/h2>

Wie sind Ortsnamen mit \u00abWiese\u00bb und mit \u00abMatte\u00bb \u00fcber die Schweiz verteilt? Wie l\u00e4sst sich diese r\u00e4umliche Verteilung erkl\u00e4ren? Im Mastermodul \u00abEinf\u00fchrung in die Onomastik\u00bb haben sich Germanistikstudierende unter anderem mit solchen Fragen befasst. Die Kartierung hat ihnen geholfen, Muster zu entdecken und Antworten zu finden.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Continue Reading Was uns Ortsnamen verraten<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

\"Choleraf\u00e4lle<\/a><\/div>

Cholera 1855 in Basel: Between History, Epidemiology and Geographic Visualisation<\/a><\/h2>

In 1854, Dr. John Snow creates a map of cholera cases in London\u2019s Soho district. He can thus show that the disease is transmitted through contaminated water. In her Master\u2019s thesis, Inga Birkh\u00f6lzer investigated what can be extracted today from the cholera figures of 1855 in Basel using geographical visualisation.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Continue Reading Cholera 1855 in Basel: Between History, Epidemiology and Geographic Visualisation<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

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From background maps and time series to toilet tiles in the national map look<\/a><\/h2>

The GeoVITe platform provides topographic raster and vector maps, digital elevation models and orthophotos for research. Roman Walt, who supports and advises the users of the platform, explains in an interview how the data from GeoVITe can be used, what the added value is compared to the data from Swisstopo \u2013 and he reveals the funniest request.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Continue Reading From background maps and time series to toilet tiles in the national map look<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

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Seven reasons to try ArcGIS Online<\/a><\/h2>

ArcGIS Online is the little brother of ArcGIS Pro, a GIS software developed and maintained by ESRI. We collected seven reasons for you to try out the light version.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Continue Reading Seven reasons to try ArcGIS Online<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

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GIS Hub officially launched!\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>

On Friday, the 11th of November, we officially launched the GIS Hub together with the participants of the workshop, members of the Advisory Board and the entire GIS Hub Team.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Continue Reading GIS Hub officially launched!\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

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Auf der Suche nach Mehrdimensionalit\u00e4t in Raum und Zeit<\/a><\/h2>

Eine Nation, eine Sprache \u2013 nach diesem Grundsatz wurde die Ausbreitung von Sprachen fr\u00fcher oft kartiert. \u00abDoch Sprachen sind nicht nur territorial\u00bb, sagt Johannes Kabatek, ordentlicher Professor f\u00fcr romanische Philologie an der Universit\u00e4t Z\u00fcrich. Er sucht deshalb nach M\u00f6glichkeiten, wie sich Sprachen mehrschichtig im Raum und \u00fcber die Zeit darstellen lassen.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Continue Reading Auf der Suche nach Mehrdimensionalit\u00e4t in Raum und Zeit<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

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Was die Karte dem Linguisten enth\u00fcllt<\/a><\/h2>

Als Niederlandist untersucht Chris De Wulf zum Beispiel, wie sich Diminutivendungen* in verschiedenen Dialekten \u00fcber die Zeit ver\u00e4ndern. Die Endungen extrahiert er aus Dokumenten wie Tageb\u00fcchern oder Urkunden \u2013 automatisch versteht sich \u2013 und speichert sie in Tabellen. Doch erst durchs Kartieren enth\u00fcllen sich ihm die Zusammenh\u00e4nge.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Continue Reading Was die Karte dem Linguisten enth\u00fcllt<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

\"Berner<\/a><\/div>

Von der Wundermaschine zum kritischen Tool<\/a><\/h2>

Als sich Arch\u00e4ologe Timo Geitlinger vor ein paar Jahren zum ersten Mal an eine GIS-Software wagt, meint er, eine Wundermaschine vor sich zu haben. Heute hingegen weiss er, wie die Wunder zustande kommen und wie vielseitig und geschickt er die Software in seiner Forschung einsetzen kann.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Continue Reading Von der Wundermaschine zum kritischen Tool<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n

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\u201cI will use GIS software again in my career\u201d<\/a><\/h2>

Lovasoa Rakotozafy, a PhD student in Ecology at UZH, used a GIS software to prepare her field work in Madagascar. \u00abThere are a lot of things of which I don\u2019t know how I would have done them without the software\u00bb, she admits.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Continue Reading \u201cI will use GIS software again in my career\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/article>\n<\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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