Manuel Baer
PhD Candidate in GIScience
I am a PhD candidate in the Geocomputation Group at the University of Zurich exploring novel methods of gamification in landscape perception and preference research. Besides being psyched about space im also mad about mapping, devious with drones and wild about windsurfing!
The story behind StarBorn
The landscapes we interact with on a daily basis influence not only our behaviour but also our physical and mental well-being [1]. For example, providing access to “green lungs” in the form of urban parks, was already considered important in
Where’s Waldo? What’s Tobler? Why’s it a law?
Every geographer and geographic information scientist has heard the phrase “everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant things” at one point in his or her career. Some have even had to endure the
Wind Barbs in Leaflet – Leaflet.windbarb
As a windsurfer, I am particularly interested in good spatial visualisations concerning wind including wind speeds and the wind direction. Wind barbs were invented to be the standard of visualising wind, but to my disappointment, leaflet offered no plugin to
2019
Baer, MF, Wartmann, FM, Purves, RS. StarBorn: Towards making in‐situ land cover data generation fun with a location‐based game. Transaction in GIS. 2019; 00: 1– 21. https://doi.org/10.1111/tgis.12543
- Presentation
- Workshop
- Research Visit
- Publication
2019
Zurich, Switzerland
StarBorn: Towards making in‐situ land cover data generation fun with a location‐based game.
Accepted and published paper exploring the advantages and limitations of using a location based game as a means of collecting land cover data
Zurich, Switzerland
URPP Language and Space Funding Evaluation
Presentation of the planned future of the Spatial References Focus Group in the University Research Priority Programm Language and Space
Zurich, Switzerland
PhD Concept Talk
Presentation of my PhD concept to the department and guests
2018
Zurich, Switzerland
Mapathon – Polygons Against Poverty
Scientific input presentation
Melbourne, Australia
GIScience18
Presentation of my accepted extended abstract at the GIScience 2018 conference in Melbourne
Berlin, Germany
Coding Geographic
Participation in the workshop Coding’Geographic
Edinburgh, Scotland
Collaboration for publication
Research visit to the Institute of Geography at the University of Edinburgh to work on a publication
Zurich, Switzerland
Who is behind your data? A conversation across geographic disciplines
Presentation of my work in crowdsourcing
Zurich, Switzerland
Citizen Science in Linguistics
Presentation of my experiences in Citizen Science relevant for linguists.
Experience
2018 - Present
PhD Candidate
I am currently a PhD Candidate in the Geocomputation Group at the University of Zurich. My main focus is gamification of crowdsourcing in landscape perception and preference research.
2017 - 2018
Research Assistant
I worked as a research assistant in the Geocomputation Unit of the University of Zurich. Tasks involved administrative work, aid in research and writing papers.
2015 - 2017
Freelance GIS Specialist
I completed various contract work projects as a self employed freelancer specialising in web-design and geographic information systems.
2013 - 2015
GeoplanTeam AG
At GeoplanTeam AG I was employed as a part time geographic information system specialist and worked on a variety of projects. I used a multitude of tools including AutoCAD 3D, Spatial Databases, Leaflet, d3.js
Education
2017
MSc in GIScience University of Zurich
with distinction
2014
BSc Geography University of Bern
magna cum laude
Languages
Contact
- www.spatialsparks.com
- spatialsparks [at] gmail [dot] com
- Research Gate
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