It´s been a year since we released hiWalk: a free resource for cities and NGOs to assess walkability and discover the potential for making their cities more livable. Use it to see where infrastructure improvements would have the most impact in your city: climate-action.heigit.org/dashboard/pl...

Our very first newsletter is out! It´s about big changes in openrouteservice, heat-aware mobility projects from Germany to Tanzania, new geoinformatics publications & more: mailings.heigit.org/m/17210084/5... Sign up to have the next one delivered to your inbox: mailings.heigit.org/f/386599-406...

We have a new tool to visualize which buildings have solar panels, and where there is potential to produce more sustainable energy. Cities and NGOs can use it to develop targeted strategies to make their city less dependent on fossil fuels. Find out more: heigit.org?p=43119

HeiGIT started as a university project 10 years ago. Today, we are a non-profit organization with 70+ people and dozens of running projects on open-source geodata, GIS software and research for the benefit of the environment and society. A great reason to celebrate at our team retreat this week! 🎂

𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝟰.𝟲 𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵’𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 #𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 🌍 Deep Time Walk turns Earth’s history into a 4.6 km walk, where every meter represents one million years. Using OpenStreetMap data, the Route Creator helps facilitators plan accurate routes. More info 👉 buff.ly/oH09FYF

Looking for high-res data for your work in climate-resilient urban planning, sustainable mobility, or local emission reduction policies? Explore the potential for climate action in your city on the Climate Action Navigator dashboard: climate-action.heigit.org More info: heigit.org/climate-acti...

One major help might come in the form of an #opensource app created by @heigit.org called #shaded. The #app identifies #heatstress along a route and suggests alternative paths that lead through parks and shaded areas. Full article:

Shady Routes in Times of Climate Crisis: How a Routing App Protects Against Heat Stress

In Heidelberg and Worms, the shaded.ors app is already helping people navigate the shade. However, HeiGIT’s routing application can also be adapted for use in other cities – and has the potential to become an important tool for climate adaptation.

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🧵Imagine: Its the middle of #June and the first #heatwave has already hit. It's so hot outside that when you open your window, it feels more like opening an oven door on full blast and when the sun touches your skin it has no mercy... 👇

We are starting our own newsletter! It will be sent out every few weeks, to give you a glimpse behind the scenes of geoinformation technologies for humanitarian aid and climate action. 📩 Subscribe here to have it delivered to you email inbox: mailings.heigit.org/f/386599-406...

Our latest article writes about an app, developed by @heigit.org that shows you the shadiest routes to walk on hot sunny days 👇

Shady Routes in Times of Climate Crisis: How a Routing App Protects Against Heat Stress

In Heidelberg and Worms, the shaded.ors app is already helping people navigate the shade. However, HeiGIT’s routing application can also be adapted for use in other cities – and has the potential to b...

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🎉 Great news: Our project HEAL has been nominated for the Blue Compass Community Award! 🆒😎 What started in Heidelberg is now helping people find cooler routes in more than 80 cities across Germany. 🌇 👉 Vote for HEAL: www.umweltbundesamt.de/form/voting-... @uniheidelberg.bsky.social & @heigit.org

How do you calculate shade for multiple cities in real time? We want to share the technology behind our heat-avoiding routing and explain how it can be adapted to the specific needs of cities & municipalities. heigit.org/introducing-... #hitzeaktionstag

Climate change challenges every city differently. What are you tackling in your city? One year ago, we launched the Climate Action Navigator, an open dashboard with actionable data to build climate-resilient cities: buff.ly/vZZiNG8 Read more about its journey and applications: buff.ly/OgOc8zx

We´ve built a heat-avoiding routing app available in 80 German cities. It calculates pedestrian routes based on high-resolution shadow data, steering people away from sun-exposed roads. Want to co-develop it further based on your city`s data & needs? 📩 heal@heigit.org 👉 heigit.org/heat-resilie...

Another summer is approaching. What if routing could account for heat? Soon, we are releasing heat-avoiding routing for 80 major German cities & looking for municipalities to co-develop it and shape it to their local needs. 👉 heal@heigit.org #HeatAdaptation #SmartCity #OpenSource #Klimaanpassung

🚗💨New #OpenData tool to assess traffic emissions: The Climate Action Navigator, our interactive dashboard to aid urban #ClimateAction, can now also estimate transport emissions for all main roads in Germany, showing where policy changes (e. g. car-free areas) are most needed: buff.ly/h9vxgyW

🗺️ ohsomeNow Stats got a major upgrade! Individual statistics of #OpenStreetMap mappers are now available. Log in with your HeiGIT account to explore your OSM contribution history. 📑 Read more on our blog: heigit.org/new-user-sta... 📊 Explore OSM stats with ohsomeNow: stats.now.ohsome.org

Karten geben Daten Kontext – und machen sichtbar, wo Chancengerechtigkeit im Alltag fehlt. HeiGIT hat einen offenen Datensatz entwickelt, der weltweit zeigt, wie weit Menschen von der nächsten Schule oder dem nächsten Krankenhaus entfernt sind. Hier geht es zum Datensatz: shorturl.at/RNQM6

🗺️𝗠𝗮𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 – 𝗦𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗶𝗸𝗲𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗭𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵, 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝘁𝘇𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 Urban cycling depends also on the terrain. This map shows the slope of bike paths in Zurich, showing where action might be needed to make urban mobility more inclusive and accessible. More bikeability data: climate-action.heigit.org

We are proud to support the Common Space initiative of creating an #OpenData infrastructure with an independent, high-resolution humanitarian satellite mission. More on our blog: heigit.org/why-access-t... Common Space initiative website: www.commonspace.world Our letter of support 👇️

How reliable is #OpenStreetMap data for routing?🚙 In our latest blog post, we take a closer look at routing distance and travel time estimations and explain what drives the differences between OSM and commercial alternatives like Google Maps, with the help of the ohsome dashboard: buff.ly/6vLATVQ

Would you like to assess how accessible schools and healthcare are in your region? In our blog, we dive deeper into how OpenAccessLens works and what it can (and can´t) do: heigit.org?p=41765 ➡️OpenAccessLens web app: giscience.github.io/open-access-... ➡️Full dataset: data.humdata.org/organization...

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How far is too far to reach a school or clinic? OpenAccessLens maps global access to education & healthcare using travel-time data, helping humanitarian orgs, planners & researchers find the gaps. Open-source. Community-driven. 🌍 👉 heigit.org/a-map-is-bet... #OpenData #PublicHealth

Our team has been working in a collaborative sprint format to explore new features for the Climate Action Navigator. Some of the indicators we worked on in our latest development sprint: 🚗daily road traffic volume 💧wastewater treatment emissions 🚵slope-based mobility Blog: heigit.org/behind-the-s...

It´s been a fun and insightful week at the #FOSSGIS2026 in Göttingen. See you again next year... in Heidelberg! We are looking forward to being the host of the FOSSGIS conference 2027 and welcoming the DACH open source GIS community at Heidelberg University. #FOSSGIS2027 #opensource #GIS

How can cities turn data into real climate action? At #REALCORP 2026, HeiGIT will present how the #ClimateActionNavigator supports data-driven decision-making on emissions, active mobility, and renewable energy. 🔍 More info: buff.ly/hzZDTdO 🔗 CAN: buff.ly/JEd0eqD

Germany halved its CO2 emissions since 1979 . Yet emissions are still too high to comply with the Paris Agreement. We´ve looked at historic emissions trends and remaining emission budgets for 5 German cities: Berlin, Bonn, Hamburg, Heidelberg & Karlsruhe: 🔗 buff.ly/6tMvWcO

How far is too far to reach a school or clinic? OpenAccessLens maps global access to education & healthcare using travel-time data, helping humanitarian orgs, planners & researchers find the gaps. Open-source. Community-driven. 🌍 👉 heigit.org/a-map-is-bet... #OpenData #PublicHealth

🗺️ 𝗠𝗮𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵: 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 💡 The Heating Emissions tool in HeiGIT's climate action navigator estimates CO2 emissions from residential heating. 🔗 Tool: buff.ly/Oc4zTJN 🔍 More Info: buff.ly/h0mk1F4

We are proud to share that the Sketch Map Tool was strategically used in Cali, Colombia In Cali, the project worked with the communities of Pance and Comuna 18, encouraging participatory mapping that puts citizens at the heart of risk analysis. 🔍 Read More: buff.ly/ibg7zF6 #SketchMapTool #CaliCo

We´ve released a #QGIS plugin and new datasets to make it easier for humanitarian organizations to assess disaster risk. Now they can run tailored risk assessments without advanced coding. And even skip most data processing. All #OpenData. Video tutorial & datasets: heigit.org/open-risk-as...