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ProjectsGOAT22 October 202610 min read
Five months to the new VerkehrsInfo BW, and the years of work that made it possible
Baden-Württemberg spent years making its mobility data open and standardised. Its new web platform, VerkehrsInfo BW, took five months. That order of events is the whole story of this project.
By Camila NarbaitzCartographer and UI/UX expert
Elias PajaresCEO
GOATDevelopment15 October 20268 min read
30,000 datasets, one click: how the GOAT AI-powered Catalog is built
By Camila NarbaitzCartographer and UI/UX expert
ProjectsInsights1 October 202614 min read
Space matters: setting parking requirements with data
By Cyrine KamounTransport Engineer
GOATDevelopmentNews14 September 20266 min read
GOAT v3.0: 30,000 datasets, project templates, and your own routing network
By Camila NarbaitzCartographer and UI/UX expert
InsightsProjects3 September 20269 min read
How do cities and municipalities use climate indicators to shape their decisions?
By Camila NarbaitzCartographer and UI/UX expert
InsightsGOAT5 August 20268 min read
Detail on demand: how to design and build pop-ups for your maps
By Camila NarbaitzCartographer and UI/UX expert
GOATInsights14 July 20265 min read
GIS Workflows: Automate & Reuse Your Spatial Analysis
By Cyrine KamounTransport Engineer and developer
DevelopmentProjects30 June 20266 min read
Park-Stark: Building an open-source accessible parking and navigation app for Mannheim
By Nihar ThakkarFull-Stack Developer
GOATUse cases16 June 20264 min read
322 hectares of buildable farmland around Schwabach — found with open data
By Gokul GopanGIS Analyst
InsightsGOAT9 June 202610 min read
The quiet layer: where to find, make, and host your basemaps
By Camila NarbaitzCartographer and UI/UX expert
InsightsGOAT5 May 20268 min read
From Data to Message: How to Design a Map-Based Dashboard for Spatial Planning
By Camila NarbaitzCartographer and UI/UX expert
InsightsGOAT14 April 20266 min read
Map-based Dashboards: The Spatial Tool Behind Better Decisions
By Camila NarbaitzCartographer and UI/UX expert
GOATInsights2 April 20267 min read
Accessibility Analysis Methods: A Practical Guide to GOAT's 8 Tools
By Cyrine KamounTransport Engineer and developer
GOATDevelopmentNews9 March 20265 min read
GOAT 2.4.0 “Toggenburg” is here
By Camila NarbaitzCartographer and UI/UX expert
Use casesInsights10 February 20266 min read
On-Demand Transport, a missing layer in Public Transport planning
By Cyrine KamounTransport Engineer and developer
GOATDevelopmentNews13 January 20265 min read
GOAT 2.3.0 "Tarn" is here
By Camila NarbaitzCartographer and UI/UX expert
Use casesGOAT18 December 20255 min read
Four natural elements, one WebGIS tool: mapping climate change and extreme events in Tunisia with GOAT
By Cyrine KamounTransport Engineer and developer
GOATDevelopmentNews16 December 20253 min read
GOAT 2.2.0 "Cashmere" is here
By Camila NarbaitzCartographer and UI/UX expert
Insights11 December 20255 min read
Why Europe needs its own geospatial softwares – and why Open Source is part of the answer
By Camila NarbaitzCartographer and UI/UX expert
InsightsGOAT4 December 20256 min read
30 Days, (almost) 30 Maps, One Team
By Camila NarbaitzCartographer and UI/UX expert
GOATDevelopmentNews21 October 20252 min read
GOAT 2.1.0 "Ibex" is here
By Camila NarbaitzCartographer and UI/UX expert
ProcessInsights2 October 20257 min read
How we work with QGIS for Data Analysis and Visualization at Plan4Better
By Camila NarbaitzCartographer and UI/UX expert
ProjectsGOAT20 August 20255 min read
Assessing Public Transport Quality Classes Across Germany: Key Takeaways from our White Paper (2025)
By Noémi NagyUrban Planner
GOATDevelopment30 April 20253 min read
Successful Completion of the GOAT 3.0 Project
By Elias PajaresCEO
Use casesGOAT5 February 20253 min read
Healthcare Accessibility in Germany: Analyzing the Closure of Maternity wards
By Camila NarbaitzCartographer and UI/UX expert
Use casesGOAT18 December 20244 min read
A Comparison of Accessibility to Christmas Markets Across Germany
By Camila NarbaitzCartographer and UI/UX expert
GOATDevelopmentNews19 September 20248 min read
GOAT v2 is here!
By Elias PajaresCEO
InsightsUse cases29 November 20234 min read
The 15-minute city: an analysis from the perspective of different user groups
By Alva Zakariasson
Use cases22 August 20233 min read
GOAT as a cross-stakeholder planning platform in the MRN
By Ulrike JehleCo-CEO
Use cases1 August 20233 min read
Mobility concepts for parking space reduction: Innovative approaches and tools
By Ulrike JehleCo-CEO
Use cases30 May 20234 min read
Green Spaces in Urban Areas: The Key to Resilient Cities
By Ana SassoUI/UX Designer
Use cases17 April 20233 min read
GOAT Use Cases: urban development concepts
By Sophie Meining
Projects31 December 20223 min read
Map4Citizens-Beta goes public
By Ana SassoUI/UX Designer
Use cases21 October 20223 min read
GOAT Use Cases: local supply strategy
By Isabel Reynartz
Use cases8 September 20223 min read
GOAT Use Cases: planning tool in bike traffic concepts
By Isabel Reynartz
Use cases28 July 20225 min read
Is Munich 15-minute city ready?
By Joelean Hall
GOAT9 May 20221 min read
GOAT is now available for the whole of Germany
By Sophie Meining
News24 March 20222 min read
Survey on GOAT 3.0 - Join in!
By Sophie Meining
News17 February 20221 min read
Our move to WERK1
By Sophie Meining
News4 February 20224 min read
Sustainability at GOAT – Our contribution
By Sophie Meining
GOATProjects28 December 20213 min read
New research project “GOAT 3.0”!
By Joelean Hall
GOAT24 November 20212 min read
Startup Award – Digital Innovation
By Helga Haxhiu
Projects10 November 20213 min read
Getting market-ready with XPRENEURS Incubator
By David Bozanovic
Projects28 October 20211 min read
Startup Award at Smart Country Convention
By Helga Haxhiu
Projects6 August 20214 min read
Project WALKIE successfully completed
By Helga Haxhiu
Development26 June 20216 min read
High quality data, now automatic
By German Santiago Linares Ramirez
Projects8 June 20213 min read
Innovation Contest by the City of Munich
By Joelean Hall
Development6 April 20213 min read
Hackathon: Development of a Walkability Index
By Helga Haxhiu
GOATInsights21 March 20213 min read
Let's plan a balanced future together!
By Helga Haxhiu
GOATDevelopmentNews7 March 20215 min read
Release 1.0
By Ulrike JehleCo-CEO
Use casesGOAT8 December 20206 min read
Planning the 15-minute city with GOAT
By Rafael Leonardo Munoz Nieto
ProcessInsights15 November 20203 min read
Testing innovative data collection approaches
By German Santiago Linares Ramirez
Projects25 April 20204 min read
Covering Fürstenfeldbruck with Mapillary
By German Santiago Linares Ramirez
ProjectsGOAT21 March 20205 min read
Additional walkability analyses
By Ulrike JehleCo-CEO
GOATDevelopment27 May 20196 min read
Development path of GOAT
By Elias PajaresCEO
GOATDevelopmentNews15 January 20193 min read
GOAT-beta goes public!
By Elias PajaresCEO

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