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yep that's me in Argentina 2010

Stefan Steiniger

contact

  • ssteiniger[-at-]uc.cl (work)
  • perriger[-at-]gmx.de (private)
  • current location: Valparaiso & Santiago de Chile (CHL)

interests

  • areas I have touched in the past 19 years, since I started my MSc research: geographical analysis, (geographic) software development, geo-visualization, cartography, geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial data infrastructures (SDIs), urban dashboards, (Java + a little Python) programming, computational geometry, pattern recognition and data mining, machine learning, agent based systems, optimization, location based services (LBS), (land) surveying, geomatics, software development, user centered design, urban planning, walkability, sustainability indicators, mobility, transportation planning, landscape ecology, wildlife ecology, remote sensing, e-planning, participatory mapping, social networking, writing articles, e-learning,
  • and less so: spatial databases, visual perception and cognition

bio-sketch

  • Since 2013 I am working at Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile (PUC) as coordinator of the GIS Unit (since 2021 solely technical coordinator) at CEDEUS, the Chilean Centre for Urban Sustainable Development : cedeus.cl. Or, as they prefer to say here to the GIS Unit: the Observatorio CEDEUS. At the moment, this observatory consist of a web-accessible geodata repository (made with GeoNode), some websites on urban indicators, but most importantly, a lovely team of 3 full time GI analysts, 2 contract software developers (back and front) and a contract designer.
  • From 2015 to 219 I run my own research project "AccesoBarrio" to develop CiudadCaminable.com, a Spanish accessibility analysis web-platform similar to Walkscore.com, and also - in collaboration with the Walk21 Foundation the Android App STRIDE to collect pedestrian walking experiences.
  • Before coming to Chile, and also while being there, I worked with Dr. Andrew Hunter at the University of Calgary (CAN), on the PlanYourPlace project and the WalkMyPlace platform from July 2011 until December 2012.
  • I took a break from research from Oct. 2010 to June 2011 and went hosteling in Argentina, Chile and Bolivia, to get to know these beautiful South American countries, and to learn Spanish from scratch.
  • From Sept. 2009 to Sept. 2010 I was a postdoctoral fellow within the team of Dr. Andrew Hunter at the University of Calgary (UofC) developing tools and methods for Movement Analysis (i.e. Home Range Analysis) of grizzly bears based on GPS collar data.
  • I have also been a postdoctoral fellow in the GIScience, Remote sensing and Landscape ecology lab directed by Dr. Geoffrey J. Hay (and Dr. Greg McDermid) from Feb 2008 to July 2009 at the UofC.
  • From 2004 until 2007 I did my PhD research on Automated Map Generalization within the GIS Division of the University of Zurich, under supervision of Dr. Robert Weibel and Dr. Dirk Burghardt.
  • From 2005 until my travels in October 2010, I was coordinating the JUMP Pilot Project which maintains the free desktop GIS OpenJUMP.

internships

Research Interests

Pattern aware map generalization - a picture from the my PhD thesis

Before you start reading this, I like to note that my ResearchGate profile may give you, perhaps, a more recent picture on what I am doing: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stefan_Steiniger

Anyway, my research (as of 2020) is focusing on the following areas within GISystems & Science and its application:

  1. urban mobility and accessibility, and in particular walkability,
  2. urban sustainability indicators implementation and their visualization,
  3. spatial data infrastructures for urban research,

Work-wise, I am in charge of (1) running GeoNode, a mini spatial data infrastructure, (I manage a couple of servers for that) (2) the calculation and updating of 30 urban indicators for 16 cities - together with a team of people, as well as (3) the development of urban dashboard web applications for the visualization of urban indicators at municipal level. All of this at the (Urban) Observatory of CEDEUS.cl.

In the past I have also looked at:

  1. development of spatial analysis algorithms for landscape and wildlife ecology,
  2. participatory web platforms for urban planning,
    • see results of the PlanYourPlace.ca project,
  3. map generalization,
    • see picture on the right and some OpenJUMP GIS extensions,
  4. free and open source GIS software developments and adoption in teaching, research, and business.

Well, I am of course still looking at whats happening in the free and open source geo world.

Publications

journal articles and book chapters (peer-reviewed) : 26

please send an email if you are interested in a copy. With a * star marked articles are ISI listed journals.

  1. Rojas Quezada, C.A., Aguilera Sáez, F., Vecchio, G. and S. Steiniger (2022)
    Perception of green space preparedness and accessibility during COVID-19: an exploratory survey in two intermediate Chilean cities. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities 4. DOI: 10.3389/frsc.2022.816688 On Frontiers Media
  2. *Vecchio, G., Tiznado-Aitken, I. and S. Steiniger (2021)
    Viewpoint: Vulnerable individuals and institutions: the double territorial burden of COVID-19 in Chile. Town Planning Review 92(2): 271-277. On Liverpool Univ. Press manuscript on ResearchGate
  3. *Steiniger, S., Wagemann, E., de la Barrera, F., Molinos-Senante, M., Villegas, R., et al. (2020)
    Localising urban sustainability indicators: The CEDEUS indicator set, and lessons from an expert-driven process. Cities 101:102683. Online Link PDF
  4. Vecchio, G., Castillo, B. and S. Steiniger (2020)
    Movilidad urbana y personas mayores en Santiago de Chile: el valor de integrar métodos de análisis, un estudio en el barrio San Eugenio. Revista de Urbanismo 43: 26-45. Online Link
  5. Fernandes, V. A., Rothfuss, R., Hochschild, V., Silva, M. A. V., Silva, W. R., Steiniger, S. and T. F. Santos (2019)
    Urban resilience in the face of fossil fuel dependency: the case of Rio de Janeiro’s urban mobility. urbe. Revista Brasileira de Gestão Urbana 11:e20180160. Online Link
  6. Steiniger, S., C. Fuentes, R. Villegas, R. Ardiles, C. Rojas and M.E. Poorazizi (2017)
    AccesoBarrio - Medición de la accesibilidad urbana usando perfiles demográficos y OpenStreetMap. Ingeniería de Transporte 21(1): 721-736. Online Link
  7. Coetzee, S., Steiniger, S., Köbben, B., Iwaniak, A, Kaczmarek, I., et al. (2017).
    The Academic SDI—Towards Understanding Spatial Data Infrastructures for Research and Education In M.P. Peterson (ed): Advances in Cartography and GIScience : Selections from the International Cartographic Conference 2017, LNG&C, Springer, Heidelberg, p. 99-10.3 Springer Link
  8. *Sagaris, L., Tiznado-Aitken, I. and S. Steiniger (2017).
    Exploring the social and spatial potential of an intermodal approach to transport planning. Int. J. of Sustainable Transportation 11(10): 721-736. DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2017.1312645 - Taylor & Francis Online First Link
  9. Steiniger, S. and A.J.S, Hunter (2017).
    Data Structure: spatial data on the web. In D. Richardson et al. (eds): The International Encyclopedia of Geography: People, the Earth, Environment, and Technology, Wiley. (DOI: 10.1002/9781118786352.wbieg0454 , manuscript on ResearchGate)
  10. Steiniger, S., Poorazizi, M. E., and A.J.S. Hunter (2016).
    Planning with Citizens: Implementation of an e-Planning Platform and Analysis of Research Needs. Urban Planning 1(2): 49-64. DOI: 10.17645/up.v1i2.607 - Open Access/free download: pdf
  11. Alvarado, N., de la Barrera, F., and S. Steiniger (2015).
    Evaluación ecológica rápida de las plazas del norte de chile: una técnica de teledetección para identificar arbolado urbano. Chloris Chilensis 18(2). Open Access Link
  12. *Poorazizi, M.E., Hunter, A.J.S., and S. Steiniger (2015).
    A volunteered geographic information framework to enable bottom-up disaster management platforms. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 4(3): 1389-1422. (MDPI Open Access Link)
  13. *Poorazizi, M.E., Steiniger S., and A.J.S. Hunter (2015).
    A service-oriented architecture to enable participatory planning: an e-planning platform. Int. J. of Geographical Information Science 29(7): 1081-1110. (Taylor & Francis Link, on ResearchGate)
  14. Touya, G., Bucher, B., Falquet, G., Jaara, K., and S. Steiniger (2014).
    Modelling geographic relationships in automated environments. Chapter 3 in D. Burghardt, C. Duchene and W.A. Mackaness (eds): Abstracting Geographic Information in a Data Rich World, 2014, LNG&C, Springer, Heidelberg, pp. 53-82. ISBN 978-3-319-00202-6 manuscript on ResearchGate
  15. *Steiniger, S. and A.J.S. Hunter, (2013).
    A scaled line-based kernel density estimator for the retrieval of utilization distributions and home ranges from GPS movement tracks. Ecological Informatics 13:1-8. (at Elsevier DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2012.10.002, manuscript on ResearchGate, for the software toolbox see also http://horae.geosteiniger.cl/)
  16. *Steiniger, S. and A.J.S. Hunter, (2013).
    The 2012 free and open source GIS software map - a guide to facilitate research, development, and adoption. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 39:136-150. (manuscript on ResearchGate, at Elsevier DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2012.10.003)
  17. *Steiniger, S. and A.J.S. Hunter, (2012).
    OpenJUMP HoRAE – A free GIS and toolbox for home range analysis. The Wildlife Society Bulletin 36(3):600-608. (Wiley DOI: 10.1002/wsb.168, on ResearchGate, for the software toolbox see also http://horae.geosteiniger.cl)
  18. Hunter, AJS., S. Steiniger, B.A. Sandalack, S.H.L. Liang, et al., (2012).
    PlanYourPlace – A geospatial infrastructure for sustainable community planning. Revue Internationale de Geomatique 22(2):223-253. (Hermes link, 1st manuscript on ResearchGate)
  19. Steiniger, S. and A.J.S. Hunter (2012).
    Free and open source GIS software for building a spatial data infrastructure. In E. Bocher and M. Neteler (eds): Geospatial Free and Open Source Software in the 21st Century: Proceedings of the first Open Source Geospatial Research Symposium, 2009, LNG&C, Springer, Heidelberg, pp. 247-261 (2nd manuscript, slides of the COSSFest 2010 talk, video of COSSFest 2010 talk)
  20. Steiniger, S. and R. Weibel (2010).
    GIS software. In: B. Warf (ed): Encyclopaedia of Geography, SAGE Publications, pp. 1318-1321 [1] --- note: a similar version is downloadable as "GIS software - A description in 1000 words", pdf (year 2009)
  21. *Steiniger, S., P. Taillandier and R. Weibel (2010).
    Utilising urban context recognition and machine learning to improve the generalisation of buildings. Int. J. of Geographical Information Science 24(2): 252-283. (Informaworld Link, on ResearchGate)
  22. *Steiniger, S. and G.J. Hay (2009).
    Free and open source geographic information tools for landscape ecology. Ecological Informatics 4(4): 183-195. (at ScienceDirect DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2009.07.004; manuscript)
  23. *Steiniger, S. and E. Bocher (2009).
    An overview on current free and open source desktop GIS developments. Int. J. of Geographical Information Science 23(10): 1345-1370. (Informaworld Link, 1st manuscript)
  24. *Steiniger, S., T. Lange, D. Burghardt and R. Weibel (2008).
    An approach for the classification of urban building structures based on discriminant analysis techniques. Transactions in GIS 12(1): 31-59. (Blackwell Link; on ResearchGate)
  25. *Steiniger, S., and R. Weibel (2007).
    Relations among map objects in cartographic generalization. Cartography and Geographic Information Science (CaGIS) 34(3): 175-197. (Ingenta Link; on ResearchGate)
  26. *Meier, S. and S. Steiniger (2005).
    Linieglättung mit Snakes als Filteroperation. Photogrammetrie, Fernerkundung und Geoinformation (PFG) 8(4): 311- 320. (German - on ResearchGate) [the extended english version "Snakes: a technique for line smoothing and displacement in map generalisation." can be found below]

conference and workshop papers (full paper review) : 9

with a * marked contributions are ISI indexed

  1. Steiniger, S., C. Fuentes Garrido, D. Flores Ramirez, B. Castillo, G. Vecchio, J. Walker and J.A. Carrasco (2021)
    STRIDE - una aplicación Android para recolectar experiencias de peatones para apoyar a las intervenciones con un foco en la caminabilidad. In: Tirachini et al. (eds.): 20th Congreso Chileno de Ingeniería de Transporte, Valparaiso, Chile. PDF on ResearchGate
  2. Steiniger, S., R. Villegas, H. de la Fuente, J.C. Herrera, J.C. Muñoz and J.A. Carrasco (2019)
    Cinco indicadores para una accesibilidad urbana sustentable. In: J.A. Carrasco et al. (eds.): 19th Congreso Chileno de Ingeniería de Transporte, Santiago de Chile, Chile. PDF on ResearchGate
  3. Steiniger, S., C. Rojas and G. Vecchio (2019)
    Evaluating walkability with WalkMyPlace - Five reasons why the utility of Walkscore.com may be limited in South America. In: Kyriakidis, P., Hadjimitsis, D., Skarlatos, D. & Mansourian, A. (Eds.), 2019. Accepted Short Papers and Posters from the 22nd AGILE Conference on Geo-information Science. Cyprus University of Technology 17-20 June 2019, Limassol, Cyprus. ISBN 978-90-816960-9-8, Publisher: Stichting AGILE. PDF on AGILE website
  4. Steiniger, S. and H. de la Fuente (2018)
    Running a Spatial Data Infrastructure for Interdisciplinary Research - How we did it & what we learned so far. In: Mansourian, A., Pilesjö, P., Harrie, L., & von Lammeren, R. (Eds.), 2018. Geospatial Technologies for All : short papers, posters and poster abstracts of the 21th AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science. Lund University 12-15 June 2018, Lund, Sweden. ISBN 978-3-319-78208-9. Accessible through https://agile-online.org/conference/proceedings/proceedings-2018
  5. Steiniger, S., C. Fuentes, R. Villegas, R. Ardiles, C. Rojas and M.E. Poorazizi (2017)
    AccesoBarrio - Medición de la accesibilidad urbana usando perfiles demográficos y OpenStreetMap. In: H. Silva (ed.): XVIII Congreso Chileno de Ingeniería de Transporte, La Serena, Chile.
  6. *Steiniger, S., H. de la Fuente, C. Fuentes, J.R. Barton and J.C. Muñoz (2017).
    Building a geographic data repository for urban research with free software – learning from Observatorio.CEDEUS.cl In: FOSS4G-Europe 2017, Marne La Vallée, France, Int. Arch. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., XLII-4-W2:147-153. PDF from ISPRS Archives website
  7. *Steiniger, S., D. Burghardt and R. Weibel (2006).
    Recognition of Island Structures for Map Generalization. In: Proceedings of ACM-GIS'06, Arlington, Virginia, pp. 67-74. PDF available on ResearchGate "© ACM, (2006). This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of ACM for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in ACM-GIS, November 10-11, 2006. http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1183471.1183484"
  8. Steiniger, S. and R. Weibel (2005).
    Relations and structures in categorical maps. In: 8th ICA Workshop on Generalisation and Multiple Representation, A Coruña, Spain. PDF available on ResearchGate
  9. Steiniger, S. and S. Meier (2004).
    Snakes: a technique for line smoothing and displacement in map generalisation. In: 7th ICA Workshop on Generalisation and Multiple Representation, Leicester, GB. PDF available on ResearchGate

conference and workshop papers and extended abstracts (abstract review) : 17

  1. ToDo: Add Intersecciones 2018 paper on Walkability Scores of Barrios?
  2. Steiniger, S., M.E. Poorazizi, D.R. Scott, C. Fuentes, and R. Crespo (2016).
    Can we use OpenStreetMap POIs for the Evaluation of Urban Accessibility? GIScience 2016, Montreal, Canada. (short paper - download pdf at eScholoarship)
  3. Steiniger, S., H. de la Fuente, and N. Tugas (2016).
    DatosUrbanos.cl – una fuente de datos públicos para análisis e investigaciones urbanas. Intersecciones, Santiago de Chile, Chile, pp. 276-280. (in spanish, Extended Abstract - pdf)
  4. Steiniger, S., M.E. Poorazizi, and A.J.S. Hunter (2015).
    WalkYourPlace – Development of a web-based tool to evaluate urban accessibility. In L. Rizzi, R. Hurtubia, P. Galilea et al. (eds): XVII Congreso Chileno de Ingeniería de Transporte, Concepcion, Chile. Paper - pdf
  5. De La Barrera, F., N. Alvarado-Barrera, and S. Steiniger (2015).
    Rapid ecological assessment of green spaces using easily accessible remote sensing data: A vegetation analysis of 7 arid and semiarid cities. The 2015 IGU Regional Conference, Moscow, Russia.
  6. Steiniger, S., M.E. Poorazizi, and A.J.S. Hunter (2013).
    WalkYourPlace – Evaluating Neighbourhood Accessibility at Street Level. In C. Ellul, S. Zlatanova, M. Rumor, and R. Laurini (eds): 29th Urban Data Management Symposium. ISPRS Archives – Volume XL-4/W1, 2013, pp. 1-6. Paper - pdf
  7. Steiniger, S., M.E. Poorazizi, C.A.M. Bliss Taylor, E. Mohammadi and A.J.S. Hunter (2012).
    PlanYourPlace: Merging Social Networks and Participatory GIS for Participatory Planning FIG Working Week 2012, Rome, Italy. Paper - pdf
  8. Steiniger, S., T.L. Timmins and A.J.S Hunter (2010).
    Implementation and comparison of home range estimators for grizzly bears in Alberta, Canada, based on GPS data. GIScience 2010, Zurich, Switzerland. Extended Abstract - pdf, Poster - pdf
  9. Steiniger, S. and A.J.S Hunter (2010).
    Teaching GIScience with free and open source software? - A first assessment. GIScience 2010, Zurich, Switzerland. Extended Abstract - pdf
  10. Hunter, A.J.S. and S. Steiniger (2010).
    Implementing a spatial data infrastructure successfully with free and open source software? ISPRS Com I and Canadian Geomatics Conference. Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Extended Abstract - pdf, the full paper is published in the OGRS 2009 proceedings book - see above.
  11. Steiniger, S. and G.J. Hay (2008).
    An experiment to assess the perceptual organization of polygonal objects. In A. Klippel and S. Hirtle (eds): You-Are-Here-Maps - Creating a Sense of Place through Map-like Representation. Spatial Cognition 2008, Freiburg, Germany, pp. 38-44. Extended Abstract - pdf
  12. Steiniger, S., G. Castilla and G.J. Hay (2008).
    From image-objects to maps: an assessement of cartographic requirements for GEOBIA. GEOBIA 2008, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Abstract - pdf, presentation
  13. Steiniger, S. and P. Taillandier (2007).
    Improving map generalisation of buildings by introduction of urban context rules. In: Proceedings of GeoComputation 2007, Maynooth, Ireland. Extended Abstract - pdf
  14. Steiniger, S., R. Weibel and D. Burghardt (2006).
    Recognition of large island structures for map generalization. In: M. Raubal, H. J. Miller, A. U. Frank and M. Goodchild (eds): Geographic Information Science. 4th Int. Conf., GIScience 2006, IfGIprints 28, pp. 351-254. Extended Abstract - pdf - 3.6 MB, Poster - pdf - Format A3.
  15. Steiniger, S. (2006).
    Classifying urban structures for mapping purposes using discriminant analysis. In: G. Priestnall and P. Aplin (eds): Proceedings of GISRUK Conference 2006, Nottingham, pp. 107-111. Extended Abstract - pdf
  16. Neun, M. and S. Steiniger (2005).
    Modelling cartographic relations for categorical maps. In: Proceedings of the XXII. International Cartographic Conference, A Coruña, Spain (CD-ROM). pdf
  17. Burghardt, D. and S. Steiniger (2005).
    Usage of principal component analysis in the process of automated generalisation. In: Proceedings of the XXII. International Cartographic Conference, A Coruña, Spain (CD-ROM). pdf
  18. Steiniger, S. and R. Weibel (2005).
    A conceptual framework for automated generalization and its application to geologic and soil maps. In: Proceedings of the XXII. International Cartographic Conference, A Coruña, Spain (CD-ROM). pdf

other (reports, thesis & educational docs) : 9

  1. add CEDEUS Indicators document 2021
  2. add CEDEUS Policy Paper 2020
  3. add COP25 doc 20XX
  4. add CEDEUS Indicators report 2018
  5. Steiniger, S. and A.J.S. Hunter (2013).
    A User Manual to perform Home Range Analysis and Estimation with OpenJUMP HoRAE. University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada. pdf
  6. Steiniger, S. and M. Michaud (2009, 2010, 2011, 2013).
    The Desktop GIS OpenJUMP: A hands-on introduction. Software tutorial held at OGRS 2009, Nantes, France. pdf, data and software can be downloaded there as well
  7. Steiniger, S. (2007).
    Enabling Pattern-Aware Automated Map Generalization. PhD thesis. Department of Geography, University of Zürich. pdf - low-res; pdf-medium-res
  8. Steiniger, S., M. Neun and A. Edwardes (2006).
    Lecture Notes: Foundations of Location Based Services. Department of Geography, University of Zürich. pdf (see also project CartouCHe )
  9. Steiniger, S. (2003).
    Vergleichende Untersuchungen zur Linienglättung mit Snakes und Wavelets. MSc./Diploma thesis. Technical University Dresden. (engl. translation: Comparative Tests on Cartographic Line Smoothing Using Wavelets and Active Splines.) German - pdf

OpenJUMP GIS Extensions

Over the years I programmed a couple of plugins for OpenJUMP. Lots of my work was directly integrated into the core of OpenJUMP. However, I also produced several separate extensions for JUMP/OpenJUMP like the ones below:

  • Home Range Analysis Toolbox (HoRAE) - see also Movement Analysis (it's actually an own OpenJUMP distribution)
  • Attribute classification and plotting functions - now integrated in OpenJUMP
  • Landscape Pattern Extension - An extension to extract edges, core area, patches, corridors, branches and shortcut areas as described in (Vogt et al. 2007- Ecol. Ind.) but with buffer operations. The extension provides also a set of metrics to describe single polygons and their neighboorhood: e.g. x-centroid, y-centroid, area, perimeter, concavity, elongation, shape index, Schumm's shape index, fractal dimension, MBR orientation, three buffer density indices, R-Index. Download here.
  • Selection Toolbox - now integrated in OpenJUMP
  • Save Image As SVG PlugIn - now integrated in OpenJUMP
  • MapGen Toolbox (download) - contains a number of map generalization algorithms (mostly for building generalisation), such as (i) Building Spread Narrow Parts, (ii) Enlarge Building to Rectangle, (iii) Square Building Walls, (iv) Eliminate Small Buildings, (v) Eliminate “Points in Line” of Building, (vi) Simplify Building, (vii) Simplify Building to Rectangle, (viii) Change Elongation of Building, (ix) Displace Lines, (x) Line Smoothing Simple Version, (xi) Line Simplify JTS 1.5 Algorithm, (xii) Merge Polygons ... Note, the source code is available on the OpenJUMP project SVN