GIS-relevant

Institutions-Organisations-Departments-Companies

1.a Institutions of the Federal Republic of Germany

  • The Federal Environmental Agency of Germany (UBA)
  • Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR)The central geoscientific institution of the German Federal Government.
  • Federal Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Technology (bmbf)
  • The Federal Office for Nature Conservation (BfN)

    • 1.b Institutions of the German States

  • Ministry of Environment of Lower Saxony
  • Lower Saxony Geological Survey (NLfB)
  • Hessisches Landesvermessungsamt : Digital products of the Hesse surveying adminitration (ALK, ATKIS) and "A B C" of the specialism terms.
  • Ministerium für Umwelt,Raumordnung und Landwirtschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen (MURL)
  • Bayerische Vermessungsverwaltung (only in german)

    • 2. Research Centres

  • The Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Member of the Hermann von Helmholtz Association of National Research Centres
  • The Forschungszentrum für Umwelt und Gesundheit (GSF),a National Research Center, supported by the Federal Government and the State of Bavaria
  • Forschungszentrum Geesthacht GmbH (GKSS)
  • The Karlsruhe Research Center (FZK): main areas: Environment, Energy, Microsystems, engineering, Fundamental research.
  • DLR Forschungszentrum Stuttgart

    • 3. Projects

  • BMBF-Verbundprojekt Weiherbach
  • Datenzentrum Weser MAIN Page(german)
  • The Berlin Digital Environmental Atlas
  • Forschungsverbund Agrarökosysteme Muenchen (FAM)(german)
  • Kommunales Raumbezogenes Informationssystem des Landkreises Osnabrueck (KRIS)(german)

    • 4. Organisations and Work Groups

  • American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM)- serves members practicing in the fields of surveying, cartography, geodesy, geographic and land information systems, and other disciplines in the spatial data information industry.
  • American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS)
  • Association of American Geographers (AAG)
  • Arbeitskreis Geographische Informationssysteme (AK GIS)
  • Arbeitskreis Informations- und Wissensverarbeitung in der Umweltplanung NRW (AK-IWU)
  • Bay Area Automated Mapping Association (BAAMA) - non-profit, professional organization dedicated to promoting the education of automated-mapping, geographic information systems, and related technology. chapter of URISA.
  • Bay Area Shared Information Consortium (BASIC)- not-for-profit Northern California-based consortium provides geographic information through the Web to the San Francisco Bay Area.
  • Deutscher Dachverband für Geographische Information (DDGI)
  • Deutscher Verband für angewandte Geographie (DVAG) - Facharbeitsgruppe GIS (FAG GIS)
  • Europ. Dachorganisation GIS (EUROGI)
  • Geographical Information Systems International Group (GISIG)
  • Geographic Information Systems Data Integration and Data Base Design (GISDATA)(European Science Foundation Social Science Programme)
  • Geospatial Analysis of Glaciated Environments (GAGE)- GIS and remote-sensing techniques for glaciated terrain.
  • ILR - Kommunale UIS
  • International Geographical Union Study Group on GIScience ISPRS (IGU/GISc)
  • Multipurpose European Ground Related Information Network (MEGRIN)
  • P.H.Sun Foundation for Information Technology - local GIS data, Geographic Information System, remote sensing, and software localization.
  • Russian GIS-Association- geographic information systems market support association.
  • The Association for Geographic Information (AGI)
  • The GIS Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers (AAGIS)
  • University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS)
  • Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA)

    • 5. Companies

  • GIS at Autodesk
  • con terra - Gesellschaft für Angewandte Informationstechnologie mbH
  • CMG Industrie GmbH
  • GEOCOM Informatik AG
  • Geospace Austria: Satellite Remote Sensing
  • GEOSYSTEMS
  • Geospace Satellitenbilddaten GmbH
  • Geomatics International, Inc. Home Page
  • Hansa Luftbild - German Air Surveys
  • Harvard Design and Mapping Co., Inc.
  • IBM GIS home page
  • INTERGRAPH Deutschland
  • LANDSCAPE GmbH – Agentur für Geotechnik Geoinformatik und Geowissenschaften
  • Laser-Scan Geographic Information Systems
  • KIT - Keck InformationsTechnologie
  • Open GIS Consortium, Inc. (OGC)
  • PRO DV Software GmbH
  • Professional Geo Systems (PGS)
  • Siemens Nixdorf Geographical Information System (SICAD)
  • Smallworld Systems
  • StrateGIS - Geographische Informationssysteme
  • TERRAPLAN
  • ThinkSpace Inc., Canada

    • 6. Universities and Departments

    Aachen: Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management at the RWTH Acchen
    Department of Geography at the RWTH Aachen
    Berlin:  Department of Geodesy and Geo-Information technique 
    Bochum:  Institute for Hydrology, Water Management and Environmental Engineering at the Ruhr-University Bochum 
    Bremen: Department of Geosciences at the University of Bremen
    Buffalo: Geographic Information and Analysis Lab (UB GIAL)
    Cambridge: Department of Geography: GIS + RS
    Edinburgh: Geographical Information Systems
    Frankfurt: Department of Geography
    Greenwich: School of Earth and Environmental Sciences 
    Hannover Department of Geography at the University of Hannover
    Institut für Landesplanung und Raumforschung
    Heidelberg:
    Department of Geography at the University of Heidelberg
    Karlsruhe: Institute for Geography and Geoecology
    Kingston: Centre for GIS
    Mainz: Department of Geoinformatics and Surveying (FH)
    Münster: Institute for Geoinformatics 
    Oldenburg: Fachhochschule Oldenburg
    Potsdam: GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam
    Institut für Angewandte Geodäsie
    Rostock: Institute for Geodesy and Geo-Informatics
    Salzburg:
    Department of Geography
    Tübingen: 
    Department of Geography at the University of Tüingen (AgGIS)
    Vechta: ISPA Institute for Spatial Analysis and Planning in Areas of Intensive Agriculture, University of Vechta, Germany
    Wien:  Department of Geography

    Center for Geo-Information Sciences (BOKU)
    Zürich: Department of Geographyat the University of Zurich

    Chair of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Theory of Errors (IGPF),Institute of Geodesy and Photogrammetry Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich

     
    		Benedikt Haack

    benedikt.haack@cmg.de
    last modified 25.10.1999