Today we present a current project from our Maps & Navigation business unit:
In cooperation with the Museum of Natural History Chemnitz (Naturkundemuseum Chemnitz), we have brought one of the museum’s discovery tours into the digital age. The 4.7 km family-friendly route through the Zeißigwald forest in Chemnitz, known as the Chemnitzer Vulkanwanderweg (Chemnitz volcano hiking trail), is one of many exciting leisure activities offered by the Museum of Natural History Chemnitz.
Using our in-house map service Gabeo, we now provide a digital map of the Chemnitz volcano hiking trail and other hiking routes. At https://gabeo.de/Vulkanwanderwege.html, two of the museum’s hiking routes can currently be accessed, with the individual stations and further links and information. The stop timetables of the local public transport operator CVAG are also integrated into the digital map.
By the way, the map of the volcano hiking trail is just one of many possible applications of our map service. Our developers and a master’s student at Chemnitz University of Technology (TU Chemnitz), as part of his master’s thesis, are currently working on the graphical and technical improvement Gabeo 2.0. If you have ideas for your own individually designed interactive map, we look forward to hearing from you! We are also open to suggestions and ideas for improvement!
Further information on the digital offerings of the Museum of Natural History Chemnitz can be found here: https://www.naturkundemuseum-chemnitz.de/de/virtueller-Besuch.html
Here is the article “Entdeckungstour auf den Spuren der Erdgeschichte” (A discovery tour in the footsteps of Earth’s history), which was published in the Freie Presse on 3 July 2020: https://www.freiepresse.de/chemnitz/entdeckungstour-auf-den-spuren-der-erdgeschichte-artikel10920622
We hope you enjoy the discovery tour!
