• Projekt: SafeMotion – integrated mobility safeguarding assistance system for patients suffering from dementia

    The project “SafeMotion” will develop and evaluate a new, integrated mobility safeguarding assistance system for patients suffering from dementia with “medium severity”. The goal is to adapt the system for the needs of the patients as well as their immediate surrounding by using an adaptive rule based system so that the best possible support is provided in everyday situations. The cornerstones of this concept are: complete integration of system components into everyday objects, a minimal configuration overhead, and highest reliability of alarms in a distress situations.

  • Publikation: update 2|2011
  • Event: Report: AGIT_2011 Special Forum: OpenStreetMap – Next.Level

    Salzburg Research and Trafficon are organised the Special Forum on within the scope of AGIT 2011, the Austrian Trade Fair and Symposium on Applied Geoinformatics.

  • Publikation: Annual Report 2010

    (German only)

  • Event: Report: Smarter Salzburg Circle: Digital Innovations for the Future of Traffic

    IBM and Salzburg Research invited representatives from research and industry in Salzburg to the networking event “Smarter Salzburg Circle – Digital Innovations for die Future of Traffic”.

  • Post: Future Waste Management

    Salzburg Research developed a unique computer based planning system for optimised waste management.

  • Event: Report: GeoTalk 4 – Geoinformation for Emergency Forces

    The GIS Cluster Salzburg organised the 4th Geo Talk on April 7th, 2011 den 4. GeoTalk. Geoinformation for Emergency Forces in Real Time Thursday, April 7, 2011, 6:00-8:00 p.m. Venue: Fortbildungsinstitut der Bayerischen Polizei, Zwieselstraße 1, 83404 Ainring More information: see the programme and www.geotalks.at (in German)

  • Publikation: Raum-zeitliche Auswertungen von Personenströmen
  • Publikation: GPS-based Voice Guidance as Navigation Support for Pedestrians, Alpine Skiers and Alpine Tourers.
  • Publikation: The FEMroute Project – A Gender-Sensitive Approach to Route Planning Systems for Pedestrians
  • Event: Report: Development of Location-based Services for iPhone and Android Smartphones

    Within the scope of the “16. Münchner Fortbildungsseminars Geoinformationssysteme” at the Technical University of Munich, Salzburg Research offered  a tutorial on mobile applications for smartphones. “Runder Tisch GIS e.V.” organised in cooperation with the Technical Univerisity of Munich the “16. Münchner Fortbildungsseminar Geoinformationssysteme” (German only) from March 21-24, 2011. On March 22, Salzburg Research offered a tutorial on mobile Applications for  Smartphones: Course Number: K7/11 Date/Time: March 22, 2011, 09:00 a.m. – 05:00 p.m. Venue: TU Mnich, Arcisstraße 21, 80333 München For more information please visit (in German): Kurs 7: Entwicklung von Location-based Services für iPhone und Android-Smartphones Einladung 16. Münchner Fortbildungsseminar Geoinformationssysteme Weiterlesen…

  • Publikation: Geographic Information as an Economic Good

    Abstract: Geographic information is an intangible economic good determined by the high fix cost of production and low marginal cost of reproduction. Its characteristics and the properties of the geoinformation market cause difficulties in applying neoclassical economic principles of pricing to geoinformation. We present cost based pricing that is still used by many data providers and value -based pricing. Value based pricing is pricing according to the value the buyer attaches to the characteristics of the product. It represents an alternative approach in pricing of geoinformation and is generally independent of the geoinformation production cost. Publisher: Taylor&Francis

  • Publikation: Combined indoor/outdoor Smartphone navigation for public transport travellers

    Pedestrian navigation on Smartphones has recently gained high attention due to capable devices, off-board based navigation software and increased transmit rates of cellular networks. However, most of the available applications for pedestrian navigation are slightly adapted car-navigation systems and do not cope with specific requirements. Thus, in this paper we describe basic concepts of pedestrian navigation in indoor and outdoor environments. We focus on aspects of orientation and guidance for public transport travellers in complex interchange buildings. Moreover the paper describes the implementation of the proposed concepts on Off-the-shelf Smartphones.

  • Publikation: Offene Plattformen für intermodale Reiseinformationen und Navigationshilfen
  • Publikation: Economic Benefit of Using Location Based Services.

    A location based service provides location information to the user. This information has an economic value for the user only if it improves his decision-making process. We select driving in a city as an example of a decision-making process, every intersection represents a decision making point where the driver has to decide where to drive. In order to prove our methodological approach for measuring the benefits of using location based services we construct an agent-based model. In this paper we present our methodological approach and the basic elements of the agent-based model.

  • Publikation: Requirements for an Efficient Value Pricing of Geoinformation.

    Value pricing is pricing according to the value the buyer attaches to the characteristics of the product. It is market based pricing that is generally independent of the production cost. In order to be able to apply value pricing the producer has to identify the characteristics of geoinformation that have an economic value for the buyer. Such analysis can be done with metric conjoint analysis which is concerned with quantitative descriptions of the buyer?s preferences and his value trade-offs. Additional requirement for the implementation of the value pricing is product differentiation where the producer differentiates his products in such a way as to better satisfy the varieties of the buyer’s needs. The problem with value pricing is price dispersion. Price dispersion is a variation in prices for the same good and, consequently, can create perceptions of unfairness among buyers if they are able to share information about prices.

  • Publikation: Vienna-SPIRIT – Intermodale Reiseinformation als Beitrag zu einer nachhaltigeren städtischen und regionalen Verkehrsentwicklung.

    Ziel dieses Konferenzbeitrages ist es, die Potenziale zur Förderung einer nachhaltigen städtischen als auch regionalen Verkehrsentwicklung durch die Integration von Reise- und Verkehrsinformationen des öffentlichen und Individualverkehrs in ein intermodales Reiseinformationssystem zu zeigen. Studien gehen davon aus, dass intermodale Reiseinformationen einen Beitrag zur Effizienzerhöhung im Individualverkehr und zur verstärkten Nutzung des öffentlichen Verkehrs liefern. Durch diese Verlagerung zum öffentlichen Verkehr – zumindest auf Teilwegen – können der Verkehrsaufwand des motorisierten Verkehrs und somit auch die negativen Umweltwirkungen des Verkehrs reduziert werden. Ausgehend von der Identifizierung des State-of-the-art werden im ersten Teil die Ziele, Innovationen und das technische sowie wirtschaftliche Konzept des Projektes Vienna-SPIRIT beschrieben. Im Rahmen dieses Projektes (gefördert innerhalb des Impulsprogrammes “Intelligente Infrastruktur” des BMVIT) wird unter der Führerschaft des Verkehrsverbundes Ost-Region (VOR) ein Pilotsystem für ein intermodales und interoperables Reiseinformationssystem für die Vienna Region entwickelt. Mittels mobiler Endgeräte wird dem Nutzer ermöglicht, unter Berücksichtigung der aktuellen Verkehrssituation intermodale Routen sowohl vor Reiseantritt […]

  • Publikation: An Agent-Based Model for Quantifying the Economic Value of Geographic Information
  • Publikation: Key Reduction in Transaction Costs.
  • Publikation: What is spatial about geographic data?