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Lukas Loos

Office address:
Mathematikon
Berliner Straße 45
4th Floor, Room 005

Postal address:
Geographisches Institut
Abt. Geoinformatik
Im Neuenheimer Feld 348
69120 Heidelberg

lukas.loos@uni-heidelberg.de
Phone: +49 6221 54-19704
Fax: +49 6221 54-4529

 
Office Hours
by appointment
 

Lukas Loos, Diplom Geographer

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Research interests

Big Spatial Data, web-mapping, Volunteered Geographic Information, Spatio-temporal analysis, Geographic information retrieval, Historical GIS

Projects
  • HeiGIT - Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology
  • heiMAP" . Development of an online research platform for project and data management and for the collaborative work with and on historical maps and geographic information in the humanities.
  • Reallabor "Urban Office" . Teilprojekt 4: "Wissen schaffen für die Stadt – neue Methoden der Bürgerbeteiligung durch interaktive Stadtplanung im Web 2.0 am Beispiel der Energiewende"
  • OSMatrix – A web-based application to visualize characteristics of OpenStreetMap.
  • MayaArch3D – A web-based 3D-GIS for analysing the archaeology of Copan, Honduras.
  • Rigeo.net – Spatio-temporal analysis of historical data.
Offered Courses
  • WS 2018-19: Seminar: Geospatial Web Development - Einführung in WebGIS Techologien (Auer / Loos)
  • WS 2018-19: Interdisziplinärer Arbeitskreis Historical GIS
  • SS 2017: Seminar: Projektorientierte Entwicklung von Geodateninfrastrukturen
  • SS 2017: Interdisziplinärer Arbeitskreis Historical GIS
  • WS 2016-17: Webmapping - Grundlagen von WebGIS
  • WS 2016-17: Interdisziplinärer Arbeitskreis Historical GIS
  • SS 2016: Geodatenmodellierung für Geodatenbanken
  • WS 2015-16: Webmapping - Grundlagen von WebGIS
  • WS 2015-16: Interdisziplinärer Arbeitskreis Historical GIS
  • SS 2015: Geodatenmodellierung für Geodatenbanken
  • SS 2015: Interdisziplinärer Arbeitskreis Historical GIS
  • WS 2014-15: Webmapping - Grundlagen von WebGIS
  • WS 2014-15: Interdisziplinärer Arbeitskreis Historical GIS
  • SS 2014: Geodatenmodellierung für Geodatenbanken
  • SS 2014: Interdisziplinärer Arbeitskreis Historical GIS
  • WS 2013-14: Geoinformatik für Geschichte und Archäologie
  • WS 2013-14: Interdisziplinärer Arbeitskreis Historical GIS
  • SS 2013: Interdisziplinärer Arbeitskreis Historical GIS
  • WS 2012-13: Interdisziplinärer Arbeitskreis Historical GIS
  • SS 2012: Geoinformatik für Geschichte und Archäologie
  • SS 2012: Interdisziplinärer Arbeitskreis Historical GIS

See LSF for further information.

>Book articles:
  • Bakillah, M., Lauer, J., Liang, S., Zipf, A., Jokar Arsanjani, J., Loos, L., Mobasheri, A. (2013): Exploiting Big VGI to Improve Routing and Navigation Services. Karimi H. Big Data Techniques and Technologies in Geoinformatics. CRC Press.
>Publications
  • Martin Raifer, Rafael Troilo, Fabian Kowatsch, Michael Auer, Lukas Loos, Sabrina Marx, Katharina Przybill, Sascha Fendrich, Franz-Benjamin Mocnik and Alexander Zipf (2019): OSHDB: a framework for spatio-temporal analysis of OpenStreetMap history data. In: Open Geospatial Data, Software and Standards 2019 4:3. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40965-019-0061-3.
  • Auer, M., Eckle, M., Fendrich, S., Loos, L., Kowatsch, F., Marx, S., Raifer, M., Schott, M., Troilo, R. & Zipf, A. (2018): Eine Plattform zur Analyse raumzeitlicher Entwicklungen von OpenStreetMap-Daten für intrinsische Qualitätsbewertungen. AGIT Symposium, Salzburg, Austria.
  • Mobasheri, A., Sun, Y., Loos, L., Ali, A.L. (2017): Are Crowdsourced Datasets Suitable for Specialized Routing Services? Case Study of OpenStreetMap for Routing of People with Limited Mobility. Sustainability, 9(6), 997.
  • von Schwerin, J., Lyons, M., Loos, L., Billen, N., Auer, M., Zipf, A. (2016): Show me the Data!: Structuring Archaeological Data to Deliver Interactive, Transparent 3D Reconstructions in a 3D WebGIS. Münster, S., Pfarr-Harfst, M., Ioannides, M. Kuroczynski, P., Quak, E. (eds.): How to manage data and knowledge related to an interpretive digital reconstruction of cultural heritage? (Lecture Notes in Computer Science LNCS 10025), Springer
  • von Schwerin, J., Richards-Rissetto, H., Remondino, F., Spera, M.G., Auer, M., Billen, N., Loos, L., Stelson, L., Reindel, M. (2016): Airborne LiDAR acquisition, post-processing and accuracy-checking for a 3D WebGIS of Copan, Honduras. In: J. Archaeol. Sci. Reports 5, 85–104. doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2015.11.005
  • Auer, M., Richards-Rissetto, H., von Schwerin, J., Billen, N., Loos, L., Zipf, A. (accepted): MayaArch3D: Web based 3D Visibility Analyses in Ancient Cityscapes – the role of visible structures at the Maya Site of Copán, Honduras. 43rd Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology Conference 2015 (CAA 2015). Siena, Italy.
  • Jokar Arsanjani, J., Helbich, M., Bakillah, M., Loos, L., (2014). The emergence and evolution of OpenStreetMap: A cellular automata approach. International Journal of Digital Earth. (iFirst), 1–30. doi:10.1080/17538947.2013.847125
  • Auer, M., Agugiaro, G., Billen, N., Loos, L. & Zipf, A. (2014): Web-based Visualization and Query of semantically segmented multiresolution 3D Models in the Field of Cultural Heritage. In: ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, II-5, doi:10.5194/isprsannals-II-5-33-2014, pp. 33-39.
  • Auer, M., Richards-Rissetto, H., von Schwerin, J., Billen, N., Loos, L., Zipf, A. (accepted): MayaArch3D: Web based 3D Visibility Analyses in Ancient Cityscapes - the role of visible structures at the Maya Site of Copán, Honduras. 43rd Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology Conference 2015 (CAA 2015). Siena, Italy.
  • von Schwerin, J., Auer, M., Billen, N., Loos, L., Richards-Rissetto, H., Reindel, M., Zipf, A., Remondino, F., Fernández-Palacios, B.J. (accepted): A 4DWebGIS for the Documentation and Analysis of Complex Archaeological Sites. 43rd Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology Conference 2015 (CAA 2015). Siena, Italy.
  • Jokar Arsanjani, J., Loos, L., Helbich, M. & Bakillah, M. (2013): Individuals' contribution to cells: a cellular automata approach for simulation of collaboratively mapped areas. Workshop: Action and Interaction in Volunteered Geographic Information (ACTIVITY) at 16th AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science. Leuven, Belgium.
  • Billen, N., Auer, M., Loos, L. (2013): MayaArch3D: An integrative analytical platform for 3D archaeological data, SCCH2013, Heidelberg.
  • Loos L., Zipf, A., Schultes, K. (2013): Rigeo.net – Spatial Exploration of Historical Data, SCCH2013, Heidelberg.
  • Loos, L., Auer, M., Billen, N. & Zipf, A. (2013): MayaArch3D - a 3D webgis for archaeological research. In: Proceedings of Digital Geoarchaeology 2013. Heidelberg, Germany, p. 16.
  • Billen, N., Loos, L., Auer, M., Richards-Rissetto, H., Reindel, M. & von Schwerin, J. (2013): Development of a 4D-webgis for archaeological research, Workshop on Integrating 4D, GIS and Cultural Heritage, 16th AGILE 2013, Leuven.
  • Loos, L. Zipf, A (2012): Aufbau eines Raum-zeitlichen Gazetteers am Beispiel der Daten der Regesta Imperii. Geoinformatik 2012, Braunschweig, March 2012.
  • Roick, O., Loos, L., Zipf, A. (2012): A Technical Framework for Visualizing Spatio-temporal Quality Metrics of Volunteered Geographic Information. Geoinformatik 2012, Braunschweig, March 2012.
Posters
Curriculum Vitae

Education:

  • 10/2008–02/2012 Studies of Geography and Computer Science at Heidelberg University
  • 01/2008–09/2008 Studies of Geography at Universitatea de Vest din Timisoara, Romania
  • 10/2005–12/2007 Studies of Geography at University of Tübingen

Professional Occupation:

  • 2011 – 2012: Assistant at the Geoinformatics Research Group, Prof. Dr. Alexander Zipf, Heidelberg University.
  • 2008 – 2011: Assistant at the Database Systems Research Group, Prof. Dr. Michael Gertz, Heidelberg University.
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