Summary Thread
When and where?
The first Geomob Cologne took place at 18:00 on Thursday the 16th of April, 2026.
We will meet at the office of GRAS GmbH at Hohenzollernring 72 (OSM link), which is conveniently located literally above the Friesenplatz metro station (lines 3, 4, 5, 12, 15) and close to Hbf and Hansaring (for S-Bahn, RB, RE). Paid parking is available below the building.
When arriving, please ask at the reception for the elevator to be called to the 10th floor. (Yes, we do have a nice view.)
Signup required
~If you want to attend, please sign up, as for both venue capacity as well as compliance reasons, we must prepare a guest list in advance.~
SIGNUP IS NOW CLOSED AS WE ARE AT CAPACITY, SORRY!
Agenda
Our format for the evening will be as it always has been:
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doors open at 18:00, set up and general mingling – drinks and snacks provided by GRAS
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at 18:30 we begin the talks with a very brief introduction
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Each speaker will have slides and speak for 10-15 minutes. After each talk there will be time for 2-3 questions.
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Discussion over #geobeers at Enchilada (Friesenstraße 80, within the same building complex as our office, drinks generously paid for by our sponsors OpenCage and the OGC)
The speakers:
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Ed Freyfogle, The joy of geocoding
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Christian Beiwinkel, Traffic-Aware Routing in Valhalla
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Christoph Friedrich & Simon Pena Pereira, GRAS GmbH, Satellite Images and Sustainability
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Lennart Meine, mundialis, Open-Source AI for Earth Observation Analytics
Would you like to speak at this or the next edition? Volunteers are always needed!
The organizers:
Geomob Cologne is organized by Christoph Friedrich
Thanks
Geomob would not be possible without speakers and sponsors.
See the list of past speakers.
Please get in touch if you would like to speak at a future Geomob event.
