Cartography & GIS focusses on the techniques for analysing geographical data and for visualizing these on maps.
On Tuesday 25 June 2024, Zhicheng Zhan successfully defended his PhD: "Analyzing Crowdsourced Indoor Route Descriptions to Facilitate Indoor Navigation".
Supervisors: Prof Nico Van de Weghe (UGent), Prof Haosheng Huang (UGent).
Members of the examination committee: Chairman: Prof Alain De Wulf (UGent), Prof Georg Gartner (Vienna University of Technology), Prof Philippe De Maeyer (UGent), Dr Pepijn Viaene (HoGent), Dr Laure De Cock (UGent).
Cartography & GIS focusses on geographical information, as this underpins both the domain of cartography and geographical information science.
A broad multidisciplinarity (computer sciences, archaeology, cognition, sport sciences) characterizes the conducted projects.
Important in the research is the use of modern methodologies (e.g. eye tracking, WiFi tracking, UAVs, etc.) and development of innovative technologies (e.g. navigation apps, 3D webGIS, etc.).