GIS Institute

The GIS-institute of Gävle (GiG) is a centre formation within the University of Gävle. Here can companies, driven by the state, the municipalities or privately held, collaborate through different research and development projects, concentrated on applications in Geographical information systems (GIS). The aim is to promote the competence and the development within the region, and thus create prerequisites for commercial activities.

News from the GIS Institute

2011-01-28
Lantmäteriet i samverkan med ESRI S-GROUP Sverige och Linfo Norrbotten utlyser ett resestipendium till minne av Stefan Stenlunds betydelsefulla och banbrytande insatser inom GIS-tekniken i Sverige (link: PDF) (pdf, 17 kB). Stipendiet riktar sig till GIS-verksamma i Sverige. Sista ansökningsdag är 6 maj 2011.

2011-01-18

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2010-10-04
The sixth newsletter (link:HTML, PDF) for the HUMBOLDT project has now been published. The regular runtime of the project ended in September 2010, but it got granted an extension by six months. In this newsletter, the state of the following main achievements are presented: The HUMBOLDT Framework for Data Harmonisation, the Scenario Application and the Training Framework.

2010-06-21
The fifth newsletter (link: HTML, PDF) for the HUMBOLDT project has now been published. In the newsletter, much attention is drawn to the INSPIRE conference in Krakow, Poland. Furthermore, there is information about the current Open Sources releases, the participation of recent conferences and the current state of the HUMBOLDT Scenario Demonstrators. Finally, upcoming events and activities are presented.

2010-05-03
The sixth newsletter from VESTA-GIS is now available and can be downloaded here. (pdf, 2 MB) It contains a general overview about the VESTA-GIS tools used to support the training, i.e. the e-learning platform and the Geoportal. Moreover, the functionalities of the VESTA-GIS Course catalogue is described, and some of the courses in the catalogue are presented.

2010-04-19
The second newsletter from the EU-project Nature-SDIplus is now available at their homepage. The project started in October 2008 and aims to improve the harmonisation of national and sectoral datasets on nature conversation. The projects supports the implementation of the INSPIRE Directive by making the datasets accessible and exploitable.

The newsletter contains information about the results from the user needs analysis, data policy survey and dataset analysis. Moreover, the Nature-SDIplus Thesaurus, conferences, workshops and other news are presented.

2010-04-09
The HUMBOLDT project is now entering its final phase, and the fourth newsletter has recently been published. The main issues are the current Open Source releases, HUMBOLDT meetings, User Involvement activities and the activation of the HUMBOLDT Training Platform. There are also information about ongoing activities and upcoming events.

2009-10-07
The third newsletter from the HUMBOLDT Project is now available. It concerns their Open Source release and the related community website, new HUMBOLDT Scenarios and further ongoing activities.

2009-09-10
The fifth newsletter from VESTA-GIS is now available at their web page.It contains a detailed guide to the online mobility database (where newly graduated can upload their CVs for chances to get internships at organisations in Europe, and where organisations can post internship announces), information about important events regarding VESTA-GIS, an overview of the next events in field of GIS and two new partners to VESTA-GIS are introduced.

2009-04-01
First newsletter from the European project Nature-SDIplus: click here. See the projects page for more information about Nature-SDIplus

2008-08-24: ISPRS CATCON5 Gold  Award: The GIS Institute and its manager Professor Anders Östman have, together with the Berlin University of Technology, won the ISPRS first price for E-learning at the 21st congress in Beijing 2008. The price, CATCON5 Gold Award, was given for the work with the course packet of EduServ6 CityGML.

2008-04-02: Travel grant GIS 2008. The Swedish Mapping Agency announces, together with ESRI S-GROUP Sweden AB and Linfo Norrbotten, a grant in memory of Stefan Stenlund important and pioneering work in the GIS-techniques in Sweden. He worked in the Swedish Mapping Agency for more than 20 years and he was a pioneer in the GIS-technique. Last day for application is May 15, 2008. Information about the application(pdf).