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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. Since 2010, the ITC became a Faculty of the University of Twente. Here I am at present Senior Lecturer/Researcher in GIS and cartographic visualisation, in the Department of Geo-Information Processing (GIP).
My teaching subjects include Cartographic Theory, WebCartography, Geo-webservices and web application building. Furthermore, I coordinate the thesis semester of the Cartography MSc programme, a joint Erasmus Mundus master of the Technical Universities Munich, Vienna, Dresden and Twente.
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).
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.
I am Map Editor and member of the Editorial Board of Geografie (Journal of KNAG - Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig Genootschap, ISSN 0926-3837); Charter Member of OSGEO, the Open Source Geospatial Foundation; Within the International Cartographic Association (ICA), I am chairing the Working Group on Standardisation in Cartography.
Maps & Infographics
Apart from papers, in the last few years I have published over 1000 maps & infographics, mainly in the Dutch journal "Geografie". I have published a database to turn this into a searchable list with PNG previews...
Member of 'Commissie Aardrijkskundige Namen' (advisory commission on geographic names), Nederlandse Taalunie
1 Sept 2023 → …
Kaartredacteur / Map Editor, Koninklijk Nederlands Aardrijkskundig Genootschap
4 Aug 1999 → …
Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Academic
Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › Academic
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › Professional
Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products › Professional
Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site › Professional
Mocnik, F.-B. (Recipient), Raposo, P. (Recipient), Feringa, W. (Recipient), Kraak, M.-J. (Recipient) & Köbben, B. (Recipient), 2020
Prize
Köbben, B. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Köbben, B. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Köbben, B. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Köbben, B. (Speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Coetzee, S. (Invited speaker) & Köbben, B. (Invited speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk