About Me
I hold an MSc in Geography, specialising in Cartography, from Utrecht University in The Netherlands. I worked for 9 years as a Lecturer in cartography at that university and then moved to the International Institute for Geo-information Sciences and Earth Observation (
ITC) in 1997. The ITC is an international school providing courses on GIS and Remote Sensing to students from all around the world, ranging from short courses, through 12 month Professional Master and 18 month MSc degree courses, as well as a PhD programmes. Since 1 January 2010, ITC is a Faculty of the
University of Twente. Currently I am
Senior Lecturer in GIS and cartographic visualisation in the Department of Geo-Information Processing (
GIP) at ITC, and at the University College Twente, the UT's Honours Bachelor College.
My teaching subjects include Cartographic Theory, WebCartography and WebGIS, Geo-webservices, web application building and 3D visualisation. Furthermore, I supervise the PM Case Study and Final Assignments and MSc theses. Outside ITC, I am involved in teaching short courses and workshops in Open Source GIS & WebMapping, promoting the use of the Open Source geospatial applications and data.
My teaching subjects include Cartographic Theory, WebCartography and WebGIS, Geo-webservices, web application building and 3D visualisation. Furthermore, I supervise the PM Case Study and Final Assignments and MSc theses. Outside ITC, I am involved in teaching short courses and workshops in Open Source GIS & WebMapping, promoting the use of the Open Source geospatial applications and data.
Expertise
Gis
Atlas
Cartography
Teaching
Infrastructure
Spatial Data
Location Based Services
Data
Disaster
Visualization
Software
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), Department of Geo-information Processing (GIP)Research
I participate in the research activities of the departemental Research Theme STAMP (Spatio–Temporal Analytics, Maps and Processing). My main research interests are:
- Automated mapping in a services environment, with middleware services and Open Web clients (using the D3 library).
- Animated vector map services, using among others the RIMapper WMS Open Source platform I developed.
- The SDIlight concept. The term SDI for Spatial Data Infrastructure may be usually connected with (very) large regional or national spatial data warehouses, but the principles of SDI can also be applied in more simple and cost–effective ways. The down–to–earth approach of SDIlight provides students and researchers with a platform for relatively simple, low–cost, yet powerful ways of sharing data amongst various distributed offices and institutions as well as the general public. To achieve this, we use open standards whenever available and open source solutions where possible.
Publications
Recent Articles
Berg van den , J., Köbben, B. J., Drift van der, S., & Wismans, L. J. J. (2017). Towards a Dynamic Isochrone Map: Adding Spatiotemporal Traffic and Population Data. In P. Kiefer, H. Huang, N. Van de Weghe, & M. Raubal (Eds.), Progress in Location Based Services 2018 (pp. 195-209). ( Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography). Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-71470-7_10
Köbben, B. J. (2017). GML2GEOJSON: Python Middleware Services for a Web Atlas Integrated in a Spatial Data Infrastructure. Journal of GeoPhyton, 2(1), 7-10.
Köbben, B. J., & Lemmens, R. L. G. (2017). ILWIS : een oude (on)bekende : powerpoint.. 1s-14s. GeoBuzz, 's Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.
Coetzee, S., Steiniger, S., Köbben, B. J., Iwaniak, A., Kaczmarek, I., Rapant, P., ... Moellering, H. (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 (pp. 99-113). Cham: Springer.
Wang, X., van Elzakker, C. P. J. M., Kraak, M. J., & Köbben, B. J. (2017). GeoFARA : design, development and evaluation of a mobile human geography fieldwork application : powerpoint. 1s-20s. 28th International Cartographic Conference, Washington, D.C., United States.
Köbben, B. (2016). De nationale atlas : goede kaarten in de nationale GeoData infrastructuur : powerpoint. 1s-27s. GeoBUzz 2016, 's Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.
Köbben, B. (2016). Combination and comparison tools for thematic maps in a webservices environment : powerpoint. 1s-31s. Graphical web, Exeter, United Kingdom.
Anand, S., Badard, T., Behr, F. J., Coetzee, S., Delzari, L., & Köbben, B. J. (Eds.) (2015). Open geospatial science and applications : special issue of: ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 4(2015)2. ISPRS international journal of geo-information, 697-1981.
Köbben, B. J. (Ed.) (2015). FOSS4G.PDX.2014 : special issue of: OSGeo Journal, 14(2015)1. 14(July).
Broex, B., van Elzakker, C. P. J. M., Heere, E., & Köbben, B. (2015). Verslag van de 27e internationale kartografische conferentie (ICC2015), Rio de Janeiro, 24-28 augustus 2015. Geo-info, 12(5), 60-65.
Köbben, B. (2015). From the editor... Selected papers from FOSS4G 2014. 14(1).
Köbben, B. (2015). An interactive carto dashboard for distributed statistical data in an SDI : abstract. In C. R. Sluter, & . [et al] (Eds.), Maps connecting the world : proceedings of ICC 2015: 27th international cartographic conference : 16th general assembly : 23-28 August 2015, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Rio de Janeiro: International Cartographic Association.
Köbben, B. (2015). FOSS4G.PDX.2014 : papers from FOSS4G, Portland 8-13 September, 2014. Portland: The Open Source Geospatial Foundation.
Anand, S., Badard, T., Behr, F. J., Coetzee, S., Delzari, L., & Köbben, B. (Eds.) (2015). Open geospatial science and applications. (ISPRS journal of Geo-Information; No. 4/2). Amsterdam: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI).
Behr, F. J., & Köbben, B. J. (Eds.) (2014). FOSS4G 2013 : OSGeo's global conference for open source geospatial software : special issue of: Transactions in GIS, 18(2014)4. Transactions in GIS, 18(4), 477-631.
Köbben, B. J. (Ed.) (2014). FOSS4G Nottingham 2013 : proceedings : Special issue of OSGEO journal 13(2014). 13(February), 1-114.
Köbben, B. (2014). Reports from the 50th annual summer school : session 8. Society of Cartographers newsletter, (November), 13-14.
Behr, F. J., & Köbben, B. (2014). Selected papers from FOSS4G 2013 : OSGeo's global conference for open source geospatial software : editorial. Transactions in GIS, 18(4), 477-479. DOI: 10.1111/tgis.12074
Köbben, B. (2014). FOSS4G Nottingham 2013 : proceedings. 13, 114-.
Kraak, M. J., Köbben, B., & Tong, Y. (2014). Integrated time and distance line cartogram : a schematic approach to understand the narrative of movements. Cartographic perspectives, 77, 7-16. DOI: 10.14714/CP77.1234
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Education
My teaching subjects include Cartographic Theory, WebCartography and WebGIS, Geo-webservices, web application building and 3D visualisation. Furthermore, I supervise the PM Case Study and Final Assignments and MSc theses. Outside ITC, I am involved in teaching short courses and workshops in Open Source GIS & WebMapping, promoting the use of the Open Source geospatial applications and data.
Affiliated Study Programmes
Bachelor
Master
Courses
Projects
I have been involved in various
consultancy projects in The Netherlands, India, Iran, Italy, Malaysia, Namibia, South Africa, Thailand and Zambia. For a full list see
this page.
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Contact Details
Visiting Address
University of Twente
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation
ITC
(building no. 75), room 1-065
Hengelosestraat 99
7514AE Enschede
The Netherlands
Mailing Address
University of Twente
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation
ITC
1-065
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands