Florian Ledermann – Research Unit Cartography

Senior Lecturer Dipl.‑Ing. Dr.
florian.ledermann@tuwien.ac.at

Florian Ledermann is senior lecturer and researcher at the Research Unit Cartography. He received his Dipl.-Ing. degree in 2004 and his Dr.techn. (≙PhD) degree in 2022, both at TU Wien. Florian has previous research experience in the fields of augmented reality and information visualization. As a freelance web developer, Florian implemented award-winning web applications before joining the Research Group Cartography in 2014.

Florian is currently co-chair of the ICA Commission on Geovisualization, vice-chair of the Austrian Cartographic Commission (ÖKK), and co-founder and mentor in the Next Generation Cartographers initiative.

Florian publishes updates on his research on mapstodon.space, the social network for cartographers !

Research interests

Interactive cartography, web cartography, urban cartography, cartographic symbology, geovisualization, cartographic generalisation, information visualization, usability & user experience.

Publications

My publications in TU Wien ReposiTUm

Teaching

My current courses at TU Wien (TISS)

Awards

Henry Johns Award, 2022 (British Cartographic Society, most outstanding paper of the year in the “Cartographic Journal”) for paper “The Effect of Display Pixel Density on the Minimum Legible Size of Fundamental Cartographic Symbols”
Best Paper Award, GI_Forum, 2018 (category “Best student paper”) for paper “Analysing Digital Maps Online: A Reverse Engineering Approach”
Best Teaching Award, TU Wien, 2017 (category “Best lecture of the faculty”) for Lecture+Lab “Web Mapping”
1st prize, International Cartographic Exhibition 2017 (category “Educational Products”) for project “genderATlas”
Best of Google Maps 2008 for project “Senghor on the Rocks”
AT Award 1999 (category “Online Games”) for map-based online game “Netcaptn”

Awards for Students and Collaborators

“Inspiring Presentation Award” (2nd place) at EuroCarto 2024 for Natalie O’Dell’s presentation “Mapping the X-Minute City: Visualizing how different types of residents interact with their 15-Minute Cities”. (Master’s Thesis project)

Projects and Software at the Research Group Cartography

stimsrv — A system for distributed user studies and behavioral experiments
mapmap.js — Thematic mapping API for JavaScript
genderatlas.at — Online atlas on gender equality for Austria

Memberships in professional networks and institutions

Next Generation Cartographers (co-founder & mentor)
Österreichische Kartographische Kommission ÖKK (vice chair)
ICA Commission on Geovisualization (co-chair)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kartographie DGfK
Arbeitskreis Digitale Geographien (founding member)