Geographic Information Visualization and Analysis (GIVA)
The GIVA group is responsible for teaching and research in geographic information science at the GIScience Center of the Department of Geography, together with the GIS and Geocomputation groups.
GIVA Mission
Discover and teach new insights on how to creatively design geographic information displays that encourage healthy engagements with the world.
Our Vision
Smart geographic information displays that offer equitable access to knowledge, are engaging to use, and empower all citizens to live a healthy and environmentally sustainable life, in a diverse, democratic, and mobile digital information society.
More on our research interests...
News
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New Publication
Can Big Data Be Used to Monitor the Mental Health Consequences of COVID-19?
Int J Public Health
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SRF: Swisstopo
Geografische Daten der Schweiz für alle verfügbar
Tagesschau vom 21.03.2021
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New Publication
Geospatial Analysis of COVID-19: A Scoping Review
Munazza Fatima 1, Kara J. O’Keefe, WenjiaWei, Sana Arshad and Oliver Gruebner
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health
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New Publication
Public Health Interventions, Epidemic Growth, and Regional Variation of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic Outbreak in a Swiss Canton and Its Greater Regions
Annals of Internal Medicine
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New Publication
Susceptibility of domain experts to color manipulation indicate a need for design principles in data visualization
Markus Christen, Peter Brugger, Sara Irina Fabrikant
PLOS ONE
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Ist das Navi in der Hand der erste Schritt zum betreuten Wohnen?
Unser Gehirn ist wie ein Muskel. Wir müssen es benutzen, damit es leistungsfähig bleibt. Je mehr wir Navigationssysteme nutzen, desto schlechter können wir uns selbständig in der Welt zurechtfinden.
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"The Eyes Have It!" - Where we look while navigating
How do you navigate to a place you have never been to before? Do you look for clues in the environment, or do you follow the blue dot on your navigation system? Landmarks help us to learn the layout of a traveled space.
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«I see and I remember. I do and I understand.»
What if you could immerse yourself and experience a future transport system in a realistic looking virtual environment through your VR goggles, instead of reading about it in a printed booklet before casting your vote?
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Numbed by navigation technologies: How can we counteract?
Do you remember how to get to your favorite coffee shop? What is the shortest path to your best friend's apartment? For this you need to rely on your navigation and spatial learning abilities.
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Use of Location-Based Information for Smart Governance
Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. Dariusz Gotlib, Prof. Dr. Georg Gartner, Dr. Tumasch Reichenbacher
The Smart Cities journal is currently looking for submissions to a special issue on 'Use of Location-Based Information for Smart Governance‘
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