Announcements

• Call for papers to issue on GIS and city planning (in the light of COVID 19)

  17-09-2020

  Urban planners, policy makers, designers and engineers are increasingly looking at Big Data as a tool to upgrade the lives of citizens. Data is already being produced and used for various solutions e.g. tracking vehicles to get a better idea of ​​traffic movements at different times in the city, mapping trees to ensure a greener urban space, or installing sensors to get a better insight on air quality in more local areas of the city.

  The shutdown of communities caused by COVID-19 affects both our social lives as well as the social economy, and it affects the way we use our cities. In this context, we are faced with an unprecedented opportunity and momentum in being able to understand the basic principles of how we use and work together in our cities.

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• Special issue on Performative maps publish

  30-06-2016

  Things mapped and planned as part of municipal planning have a tendency to become “real”, but also other mapping exercises have proven themselves to be performatory in the sense that, “once mapped – it will be”. Hence, the scope of this volume is to address the performative role of maps and mapping at various scales and across different mapping traditions. Read More Read more about Special issue on Performative maps publish

• New scientific paper published

  30-06-2016

  The cloud offers great advantages for internet hosting of applications and data. In this paper, we review and discuss some of these advantages in relation to a new cloud-hosted Web-GIS application for the Danish Road Directorate, serving live traffic geodata to Danish road users.

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• New paper published

  25-04-2016

  Read the paper "Zones of belonging
  Experiences from a Danish study on belonging, local community and mobility"

  You can find the paper here

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• Call for contributions on Geodemographics

  14-02-2016

  As part of the upcoming Nordic Workshop on Geodemographics, this issue of Geoforum Perspektiv is dedicated to Geodemographics. Read More Read more about Call for contributions on Geodemographics

• Special issue on Smart City publish

  20-01-2016

  Guest editor Jakob Fredslund, Alexandra Instituttet, has created an exciting special issue on Smart Cities. 

  You can find the issue here

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• Call for contributions to a special issue on performative maps

  08-09-2015

  Certainly, things mapped and planned as part of municipal planning have a tendency to become “real”, but also other mapping exercises have proven themselves to be performatory in the sense that, “once mapped – it will be”. Hence, the scope of this volume is to address the performative role of maps and mapping at various scales and across different mapping traditions.

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• A consolidated editorial board

  02-06-2015

  Since 2002, Geoforum Perspektiv has throughout the years contributed to fostering research within the field of geographical (spatial) information and to disseminating this knowledge to Danish authorities, private businesses, as well as Danish research institutes. Due to new demands from The Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science, the journal has formalized the review process (and implemented a double-blind review supported by Open Journal System (OJS)), as well as consolidated the editorial board.

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