Over mij
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 2 year 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
-Researcher in GIS and cartographic visualisation in the Department of Geo-Information Processing (
GIP) at ITC, and at the University College Twente.
My teaching subjects include Cartographic Theory, WebCartography and WebGIS, Geo-webservices, web application building and Visualisation Pipelines. Furthermore, I supervise Bachelor Capstones and MSc theses. I also am coordinator of the thesis semester of the Erasmus Mundus Joined Master in Cartography that UT-ITC runs together with the Technical Universities of Munich, Dresden and Vienna. I am also a member of the core team of the ATLAS Bachelor of the University College Twente.
My teaching subjects include Cartographic Theory, WebCartography and WebGIS, Geo-webservices, web application building and Visualisation Pipelines. Furthermore, I supervise Bachelor Capstones and MSc theses. I also am coordinator of the thesis semester of the Erasmus Mundus Joined Master in Cartography that UT-ITC runs together with the Technical Universities of Munich, Dresden and Vienna. I am also a member of the core team of the ATLAS Bachelor of the University College Twente.
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), Department of Geo-information Processing (GIP)Onderzoek
I participate in the research activities of the departemental Research Theme STAMP (Spatio–Temporal Analytics, Maps and Processing). My main research interest is “automated mapping in a services environment”, combining cartographic visualisation knowledge (with a large visual perception and a design component) with a keen interest in computer science, especially web application development. I specifically
design and build visualisation pipelines with middleware services and Open Web clients (using tools such as the D3 library and the Vega/Vega-lite framework).
Publicaties
Recent
Köbben, B. J. (2023).
Ruimte voor Transitie.
Geografie,
32(7), 21-21.
https://kartoweb.itc.nl/kobben/publications/2023/RvT-Barend%20Geografie-2023-7.pdf
Köbben, B. J., & Zee, van der, E. (2023).
Kritisch (leren) kijken naar 'snelle kaarten'.
Geografie,
32(6), 28-31.
https://kartoweb.itc.nl/kobben/publications/2023/Kritisch%20leren%20kijken%20naar%20kaarten.pdf
'Afifah, Z. N.
, & Köbben, B. (2022).
THEMPE: THEmatic Mapping Practice and Explanation, an Open Educational Resource for Teaching Thematic Mapping.
Abstracts of the ICA,
5.
https://doi.org/10.5194/ica-abs-5-16-2022
Coetzee, S., Griffin, A.
, Köbben, B., Kubicek, P., Harvey, F., Varanka, D. E., Camboim, S. P., Behr, F.-J., Plews, R., Moellering, H., & Midtbo, T. (2021).
Mapping in words: Standardizing cartographic terminology. 1-3. Abstract from 30th International Cartographic Conference, ICC 2021, Firenze, Italy.
https://doi.org/10.5194/ica-abs-3-54-2021
Mocnik, F.-B.
, Raposo, P.
, Feringa, W.
, Kraak, M.
, & Köbben, B. (2020).
Epidemics and pandemics in maps: The case of COVID-19.
Journal of maps,
16(1), 144-152.
https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2020.1776646
Köbben, B. J.
, & Kraak, M. J. (2020).
Mapping, Web. In A. Kobayashi (Ed.),
International Encyclopedia of Human Geography (2 ed., Vol. 8, pp. 333-337). Elsevier.
https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-102295-5.10565-7
Köbben, B. (2019).
Cartograaf in de wijde web wereld.
Agora,
35(4), 12-15.
https://kartoweb.itc.nl/kobben/publications/2019/Agora_2019_4_Kobben.pdf
Overige bijdragen
Maps & Infographics
Apart from scientific and other papers, in the last few years I have published over 500 maps & infographics, mainly in the Dutch journal "Geografie". You can find them in this searchable list, with PNG previews ...
Apart from scientific and other papers, in the last few years I have published over 500 maps & infographics, mainly in the Dutch journal "Geografie". You can find them in this searchable list, with PNG previews ...
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Onderwijs
My
teaching subjects include Cartographic Theory, WebCartography and WebGIS, Geo-webservices, web application building and Visualisation Pipelines. Furthermore, I supervise Bachelor Capstones and MSc theses. I also am coordinator of the thesis semester of the Erasmus Mundus Joined Master in Cartography that UT-ITC runs together with the Technical Universities of Munich, Dresden and Vienna. I am also a member of the core team of the ATLAS Bachelor of the University College Twente.
Verbonden aan Opleidingen
Bachelor
Master
Vakken Collegejaar 2023/2024
Vakken in het huidig collegejaar worden toegevoegd op het moment dat zij definitief zijn in het Osiris systeem. Daarom kan het zijn dat de lijst nog niet compleet is voor het gehele collegejaar.
Vakken Collegejaar 2022/2023
Projecten
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.
Contactgegevens
Bezoekadres
Universiteit Twente
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation
Langezijds
(gebouwnr. 19), kamer 1311
Hallenweg 8
7522NH Enschede
Postadres
Universiteit Twente
Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation
Langezijds
1311
Postbus 217
7500 AE Enschede