Prof. Dr. Thomas H. Kolbe, head of the Chair of Geoinformatics, has been elected chairman of the association Runder Tisch GIS e.V. (Round Table GIS). The election took place at the general meeting of the association on 8 May 2014.
The non-profit association Runder Tisch GIS e.V. comprises about 200 members from science as well as the public and private sectors in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Core fields of activity include supporting communication and cooperation between stakeholders in the geospatial information market, providing education and training programs, promoting young talents and funding research and development projects.
Knowledge transfer from science to the public and private sectors and vice versa, is the underlying principle of Runder Tisch GIS e.V. The main topics dealt with currently are Spatial Data Infrastructures, Mobile GIS, and 3D city models and their areas of application.
For further information on the elections, please visit: http://www.rtg.bv.tum.de/index.php/en/aktuelles-v15-42/top-infos/910
For further information on the Runder Tisch GIS e.V., please visit: http://www.rundertischgis.de