Steinbeis Transfer Center Geoinformatics

• Consulting of companies and their management in the selection and implementation of geographic information systems (GIS)
• Studies, market research and expert reports related to GIS
• Design and development of GIS applications
• Applied research and development in the area of GIS and the Internet
• Feasibility studies regarding global positioning systems (GPS) and remote sensing as a modern data collection technique for GIS
• Further education and training related to GIS, GPS, computer-aided cartography and remote sensing

Facilities and equipment:

• GIS lab with Arc/Info, ArcView Internet Map Server
• Modern computers including UNIX workstations and PCs with corresponding input/output peripheral devices
• Remote sensing lab with Erdgas Imagine, Easi/Pace and ERMapper
• Cartography workstation with PCMap
• Near area photogrammetry system ELCOVision 10
• Modern geographic data devices (Leica and Sokkia tacheometry, Leica and Garmin GPS receivers)

• Remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS) for environmental applications
• Remote sensing photogrammetry in urban areas
• WebGIS and geodata infrastructure (GDI) development
  

• Consulting of ministries (e.g., Ministry for the Environment in Baden-Wurttemberg), administrative agencies (e.g., Forestry Office of Baden-Wurttemberg, city of Rostock) and data processing centers for municipalities (e.g., KDVZ Iserlohn) in the selection and implementation of GIS products
• Feasibility studies for the use of high-resolution satellites to capture changes in land usage in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (commissioned by BLUM Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
• Comprehensive cartography of actually used areas for the city of Rostock based on satellite data; commissioned by the environmental agency of the city of Rostock
• Aerial photography and photogrammetric image analysis in agriculture (e.g., agricultural association, KSG Kassow), in landfill planning (Parkentin landfill), in coastline protection (Greifswalder Bodden), and in urban areas (city of Rostock)
• Near area photogrammetry for the documentation of construction and reconstruction (main university building, several manor houses, estates and farmers’ cottages in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania)
• 3D city models and 3D city planning with virtual reality approaches (e.g., for the suburb of Kröpeliner Tor-Vorstadt, see website)
• Multimedia city information systems, for example, virtual city tours of Rostock (see websites)
• Development of multimedia further education and training programs with authoring systems (see websites)
• Internet-based GIS developments with ArcView Internet Map Server (see websites)
• Further training courses on GIS and GPS

Steinbeis Transfer Magazine

• Smart Ways to Safeguard Research Data in the Long Term (Transfer 3/2016)
  Steinbeis experts develop online geodata framework
• Reaching Patients when Every Second Counts (Transfer 1/2015)
  Steinbeis analyzes roadside and air rescue systems
• kvwmap - GIS development for communities and district councils (Transfer 2/2008)
  Geodata geared to each user