Institute for Geoinformatics - Dr. Theodor Foerster

theodor.foerster [at] uni-muenster [dot.] de

Institute for Geoinformatics (ifgi) -
sensor web, web-based processing and simulation lab (SWSL)

Weseler Strasse 253, 48151 Muenster, Germany

Telephone: +49 - (0) 251 83 30063

short CV (as pdf)

Research Profile @ the University of Muenster

Dr. Theodor Foerster (1980) is a research associate at the Institute for Geoinformatics (ifgi) and leads the Sensor web, Web-based geoprocessing and Simulation Lab (SWSL). He has 5+ years of job experience with a strong focus on design and development of web-based architectures for geographic applications. Until November 2009 he was a PhD candidate at the International Institute for Geoinformation Science and Earth Observation (ITC) in Enschede, the Netherlands, where he received his PhD degree from the University of Twente for his research about Web-based Architecture for On-demand Maps - Integrating Meaningful Generalization Processing. Before that he worked at ifgi as a researcher. In 2004 he obtained a Diploma degree in Geoinformatics from the University of Muenster.
He is active member of the 52°North open source initiative (www.52north.org) and contributes to the 52°North Geoprocessing Community. Besides that he is participating in the standardization of geo-processing services at OGC.

Sensor Web, web-based geoprocessing, standardization, mobile applications, automated generalization, software development.

ifgicopter (on-going)
opennoisemap.org (on-going)
OGC SAA Pilot (2011)
OGC OWS-8 (2011)
OGC OWS-7 (2010)
DURP ondergronden (2005-2009)
OGC OWS-4 (2006)
Balance (2003-2005)

Open Floor Map study project - together with Prof. C. Kray & Dr. C. Kesseler (Fall term 2011)
GIS Practicals (Fall term 2011)
Geosoftware II, java development project of applications for android smart phones (Fall term 2011)
Developing a noise map community (Spring term 2011)
Geosoftware I (Spring term 2011)
GIS Practicals (Spring term 2011)
Geosoftware II, java development project of applications for android smart phones (Fall term 2010)
GIS Practicals (Fall term 2010)
Spatial Information Infrastructures (supporting lecturer, Fall term 2010)
Geosoftware I, introductory java course (Spring term 2010)
GIS Practicals (Spring term 2010)

(Co-)organized Workshops

Integrating Sensor Web and Web-based Geoprocessing - in conjunction with AGILE conference 2011, Utrecht, the Netherlands
UAV workshop - in conjunction with Geoinformatik 2011, Muenster, Germany

Scientific Review

Computers & Geosciences (scientific journal), Computers, Environment and Urban Systems (scientific journal), Deegree day2010 (conference), Foss4G (conference), GeoChange Symposium 2010 (conference), Geospatial Web Services (book chapter), GIN symposium 2008, International Journal for Geographic Information Science (scientific journal), Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering (scientific journal), OS GIS UK.

Thesis supervision/examination

A. Tamayo Fong (2011). XML Data Binding for Geospatial Mobile Applications. PhD thesis. University of Castellon, ES. external examiner
A. Korzen (2011). Mobile Lärmkartierung mit ArcGIS für Android und ArcGIS Server. BSc. thesis. University of Muenster. examined
K. Bollu Ganesh (2011). An Exporative Interface for Events. MSc. thesis. University of Muenster. examined
A. Roß (2011). Konzeption und Optimierung einer webbasierten Kartenanwendung für mobile Endgeräte. BSc. thesis. University of Muenster. supervised & examined
H. Hopmann (2011). Visualisierung von Community-basierten Lärmmessungen in einer Android-basierten Augmented Reality Umgebung. BSc. thesis. University of Muenster. supervised & examined
M. Robbers (2011). Crowdtasking mit Twitter. BSc. thesis. University of Muenster. supervised & examined
S. Voß (2011). Konzeption eines SIP Application Servers zur Anreicherung SIP basierender Nachrichten um Geoinformationen. BSc. thesis. University of Muenster. supervised & examined
M. Appel (2011). Parallel Implementation of Spatial Operators. BSc. thesis. University of Muenster. examined
I. Casablanca (2011). Development of modular risk assessment services. MSc. thesis. University of Twente. examined
B. Tsadik (2011). A unified data model for spatial data access. MSc. thesis. University of Twente. examined
E. Beyene Tesfamariam (2011). Distributed Processing Of Large Remote Sensing Images Using MapReduce. MSc. thesis. University of Muenster. examined & supervised
S. Rakhmonov (2011). A Crop Land Allocation Model - A Case Study in La Rioja, Spain. MSc. thesis. University of Castellon, Spain. examined & supervised
Erasmus Mundus Cohorte 2011 Master theses - external examiner.
A. Bruehl (2010). Restful WPS - Geoprozessierung für das Web 2.0, Diploma thesis, University of Muenster. examined & supervised
T. Deelmann (2010). Ad-hoc pay-per-use von standardisierten Geoprozessierungsdiensten in der Cloud, Diploma thesis, University of Münster. examined
A. Mobasheri (2010). Automated quality evaluation in the context of Spatial Data Infrastructure, Msc. thesis, University of Twente. examined
H. Tsega (2010). Spatial Database Modeling and Consistency in Web Frameworks, Msc. thesis, University of Twente. examined
D. Bika (2008). Smart Storage of Process Results in a Web Service Environment, Msc. thesis, ITC.supervised
S. Araya (2007). Process Level interoperability of OGC Web processing Services, ITC. supervised
B. Schäffer (2007). Integrated Web Geoprocessing Workflow Composition and Deployment. Diploma thesis. University of Muenster. supervised
A. Bröring (2007). Entwicklung eines Frameworks zur Visualisierung standardisierter Geodaten im Rahmen der SWE Initiative. Diploma thesis. University of Muenster. supervised

ISI Journals

Stasch, C., Foerster, T., Autermann, C., & Pebesma, E. (2011). Spatio-temporal aggregation of european air quality observations in the sensor web. Computers & Geosciences. doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2011.11.008 [publisher link | manuscript link]
Foerster, T., Stoter, J., & van Oosterom, P. (2011). On-demand base maps on the web generalized according to user profiles. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 1-23. doi:10.1080/13658816.2011.574292 [publisher link | manuscript link]
Baranski, B., Foerster, T., Schäffer, B., & Lange, K. (2011). Matching INSPIRE Quality of Service Requirements with Hybrid Clouds. Transactions in GIS, 15(s1), 125-142. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9671.2011.01265.x. [publication link | manuscript link]
Kobben, B., de By, R., Foerster, T., Huisman, O., Lemmens, R., & Morales, J. (2010). Using the SDIlight approach to teaching a geoinformatics Master. Transactions in GIS, 14(s1), 25-37. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9671.2010.01204.x.[publisher link | manuscript link]
Foerster, T., Stoter, J. E., & Kraak, M. (2010). Challenges for Automated Generalisation at European Mapping Agencies - A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis. Cartographic Journal, 47(1), 41-54. doi:10.1179/000870409X12525737905123. [publisher link | manuscript link]
Foerster, T., Lehto, L., Sarjakoski, L. T., Sarjakoski, T., & Stoter, J. E. (2010). Map Generalization and Schema Transformation of Geospatial Data Combined in a Web Service. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 34(1), 79-88. doi:10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2009.06.003 [publisher link | manuscript link]

Other Journals

Foerster, T., Schaeffer, B., Jirka, S., & Brauner, J. (2009). Integrating Web-based Sensor Information into Geospatial Mass-market Applications through OGC Web Processing Services. International Journal on Advances in Intelligent Systems, 2(2 & 3), 278-287. [full journal]
Brauner, J., Schaeffer, B., & Foerster, T. (2009). Web Service Chains Based on Monolithic Geoprocessing Functionality. South African Computer Journal, (43), 17-24.
Schaeffer, B., & Foerster, T. (2008). A Client for Distributed Geo-Processing and Workflow Design. Journal for Location Based Services, 2(3), 194-210. doi: 10.1080/17489720802558491. [publisher link]

Book Chapters

Foerster, T., Nüst, D., Bröring, A., & Jirka, S. (2012). Discovering the Sensor Web through Mobile Applications. In G. Gartner & F. Ortag (Eds.), Advances in Location-Based Services (pp. 211-224). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg. [publisher link | manuscript link | slides]
Foerster, T., Schaeffer, B., Baranski, B., & Brauner, J. (2011). Geospatial Web Services for Distributed Processing - Applications and Scenarios. In P. Zhao & L. Di (Eds.), Geospatial Web Services: Advances in Information Interoperability (pp. 245-286). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. [publisher link | manuscript link]
Schaeffer, B., Baranski, B., & Foerster, T. (2010). Towards Spatial Data Infrastructures in the Clouds. In M. Painho, M. Santos, & H. Pundt (Eds.), Geospatial Thinking, Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography (pp. 399-418). Springer Verlag. [publisher link | manuscript link] (best paper 3rd prize)
Schaeffer, B., Baranski, B., Foerster, T., & Brauner, J. (2009 in press). A Service-Oriented Framework for Real-time and Distributed Geoprocessing. In International Opensource Geospatial Research Symposium. Held at OGRS 2009, Nantes, France: Springer Verlag.
Foerster, T., Stoter, J. E., & Lemmens, R. (2008). An interoperable Web Service Architecture to Provide Base Maps Empowered by Automated Generalization. In A. Ruas & C. Gold (Eds.), Headway in Spatial Data Handling, Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography (S. 255-76). Montpellier, France: Springer.[publisher link | manuscript link]
Foerster, T., & Schaeffer, B. (2007). A client for distributed geo-processing on the web. In G. Tayler & M. Ware (Eds.), W2GIS, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Bd. 4857, S. 252-263). Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-76925-5.[publisher link | manuscript link]

Edited Publications

Foerster, T., Broering, A., Baranski, B., Pross, B., Stasch, C., Everding, T., & Maes, S. (Eds.). (2011). Integrating Sensor Web and Web-based Geoprocessing. CEUR Workshop proceedings (Vol. 712). Utrecht, Netherlands: CEUR. [publisher link]

Conferences (full papers)

Rieke, M., Foerster, T., Geipel, J., & Prinz, T. (2011). High-precision Positioning and Real-time Data Processing of UAV-Systems. Unmanned Aerial Vehicle in Geomatics (Vol. XXXVIII-1/C22). Presented at the UAV-g 2011, Zurich, Switzerland: ISPRS. [article | slides]
Lasnia, D., Foerster, T., & Broering, A. (2011). Towards Linking the Digital and Real World with OpenThingMap. In A. Schwering, E. Pebesma, & K. Behncke (Eds.), Geochange (pp. 205-209). Presented at the Geoinformatik 2011, Muenster, Germany: AKA Verlag. [manuscript link]
Everding, T., & Foerster, T. (2011). An Event Driven Architecture for Decision Support. In A. Schwering, E. Pebesma, & K. Behncke (Eds.), Geochange (pp. 7-13). Presented at the Geoinformatik 2011, Muenster, Germany: AKA Verlag. [manuscript link | slides]
Foerster, T., & Schaeffer, B. (2011). RM-ODP for WPS Process Descriptions. In A. Schwering, E. Pebesma, & Behncke (Eds.), Geochange (pp. 199-204). Presented at the Geoinformatik 2011, Muenster, Germany: AKA Verlag. [manuscript link | slides]
Foerster, T., Bruehl, A., & Schaeffer, B. (2011). RESTful Web Processing Service. In S. Geertman, W. Reinhardt, & F. Toppen (Eds.), Advancing Geoinformation Science for a Changing World (p. 8). Presented at the 14th AGILE International Conference on Geographic Information Science, Utrecht, Netherlands. [manuscript link | slides]
Rieke, M., Foerster, T., & Broering, A. (2011). Unmanned Aerial Vehicles as Mobile Multi-sensor Platforms. In S. Geertman, W. Reinhardt, & F. Toppen (Eds.), Advancing Geoinformation Science for a Changing World (p. 8). Presented at the 14th AGILE International Conference on Geographic Information Science, Utrecht, Netherlands: AGILE. [manuscript link | slides]
Foerster, T., Remke, A., & Kaspar, G. (2011). A Hybrid Approach to Disseminate Large Volume Sensor Data for Monitoring Global Change. Proceedings of the 3rd conference on Earth Observation on Global Changes. Presented at the EOGC 2011, Munich, Germany: Department of Cartography; Technische Universität München, Germany. [manuscript link | slides]
Foerster, T., Fechner, T., Fritze, H., Loock, F., & Remke, A. (2010). Low-cost satellite-based products for the Web - the example of Fire Web Service. In V. Bogorny & L. Vinhas (Eds.), Proceedings of 11th Brazilian Symposium on GeoInformatics (pp. 57-66). Presented at the GeoInfo 2010, Sao Jose dos Campos: MCT/INPE. [manuscript link | slides]
Foerster, T., Trame, J., & Remke, A. (2010). Web-based GEONETCast Data for Geochange Research. In K. Henneboehl, L. Vinhas, E. Pebesma, & G. Camara (Eds.), GIScience for Environmental Change Symposium Proceedings, ifgiprints (Vol. 40, pp. 1-6). Presented at the GIScience for Environmental Change, Campos do Jordao (Sao Paulo), Brazil: AKA Verlag. [manuscript link | slides]
Broering, A., Foerster, T., Jirka, S., & Priess, C. (2010). Sensor bus: an intermediary layer for linking geosensors and the sensor web. In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference and Exhibition on Computing for Geospatial Research & Application (pp. 1-8). Presented at the Com.Geo, Washington, DC: ACM. doi:http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1823854.1823870. [publisher link | manuscript link]
Jirka, S., Broering, A., & Foerster, T. (2010). Handling the semantics of sensor observables within SWE discovery solutions (pp. 322-329). Presented at the International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems (CTS), 2010, Chicago, IL: IEEE. doi:10.1109/CTS.2010.5478495.[publisher link | manuscript link]
Broering, A., Foerster, T., & Jirka, S. (2010). Interaction Patterns for Bridging the Gap between Sensor Networks and the Sensor Web. In First International Workshop on the Web of Things (pp. 732-737). Presented at the WoT 2010, Mannheim, Germany: IEEE. [publication link]
Foerster, T., Baranski, B., Schaeffer, B., & Lange, K. (2010). Geoprocessing in Hybrid Clouds. In A. Zipf, K. Behncke, F. Hillen, & J. Schaefermeyer (Eds.), Die Welt im Netz (pp. 13-19). Presented at the Geoinformatik 2010, Kiel, Germany: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft. [manuscript link]
Schaeffer, B., Baranski, B., & Foerster, T. (2010). Licensing OGC Geoprocessing Services as a Foundation for Commercial Use in SDIs. In Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Advanced Geographic Information Systems, Applications and Services (pp. 111-116). Presented at the Geoprocessing 2010, St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles: IEEE. doi:10.1109/GEOProcessing.2010.24 [publisher link | manuscript link]
Hobona, G., Jackson, M., Gould, M., Higgins, C., Brauner, J., Matheus, A., Foerster, T., et al. (2009). Establishing a Persistent Interoperability Testbed for European Geospatial Research. In J. Haunert, B. Kieler, & J. Milde (Eds.), 12th AGILE International Conference on Geographic Information Science. Held at AGILE 2009, Hanover, Germany: IKG, Leibniz University of Hanover. [publication link]
Foerster, T., Schaeffer, B., Brauner, J., & Jirka, S. (2009). Integrating OGC Web Processing Services into Geospatial Mass-Market Applications. In International Conference on Advanced Geographic Information Systems & Web Services, 2009. (S. 98-103). Held at GEOWS '09., Cancun, Mexiko: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/GEOWS.2009.19. [publisher link | manuscript link] (best paper award)
Kobben, B., Lemmens, R., Morales, J., de By, R., & Foerster, T. (2009). The SDI-light OSGEO stack at ITC. In Proceedings of Open Source GIS UK Conference 2009. Held at Open Source GIS UK Conference 2009, Nottingham, UK. [publication link]
Brauner, J., Foerster, T., Schaeffer, B., & Baranski, B. (2009). Towards a Research Agenda for Geoprocessing Services. In J. Haunert, B. Kieler, & J. Milde (Eds.), 12th AGILE International Conference on Geographic Information Science. Held at AGILE 2009, Hanover, Germany: IKG, Leibniz University of Hanover. [publication link].
Foerster, T., Morales, J., & Stoter, J. E. (2008). A Classification of Generalization Operators Formalised in OCL. In Mohamed Bishr , Edzer Pebesma, & Thomas Bartoschek (Eds.), Proceedings of the 6th Geographic Information Days, Ifgi Prints (Bd. 32, S. 141-156). Held at GI-days 2008, Muenster, Germany: Institute for Geoinformatics. [publication link]
Schaeffer, B., & Foerster, T. (2008). Web processing services in the context of the 52°North geoprocessing community. In Open source geospatial : an option for developing nations. Held at Free and open source software for geospatial conference - Foss4g 2008, Cape Town, South Africa.
Foerster, T., Stoter, J. E., Koebben, B., & Oosterom, P. V. (2007). A Generic Approach to Simplification of Geodata for Mobile Applications. In M. Wachowicz & L. Bodum (Eds.), AGILE 2007. Aalborg University, Denmark. [publication link].
Schaeffer, B., & Foerster, T. (2007). Bringing the Web Processing Service to a new stage - new 52°North WPS Features. In Free and Open Source Software for Geoinformatics.
Foerster, T., Stoter, J. E., & Koebben, B. (2007). Towards a formal classification of Generalization operators. In Proceedings of the 23rd International Cartographic Conference (ICC). Moscow, Russia.[manuscript link]
Broering, A., & Foerster, T. (2006). An Integrated Software Framework for OGC Web Services. In Foss4g2006. Lausanne, Switzerland. [manuscript link]
Foerster, T. (2006). An open software framework for Web Service-based geo-processes. In Free and Open Source Software for Geoinformatics. Lausanne, Switzerland.
Poppe, E., & Foerster, T. (2006). Automated application-driven generalization of base maps for DURP. In Proceedings geo-innovatie 2006 : 4e symposium (S. 85-87). Ede, the Netherlands: Ruimte voor Geo - Informatie (RGI).

Conferences (abstracts)

Foerster, T., Diaz, L., & Bröring, A. (2011). Integrating Volunteered Human Sensor Data into Crowd-sourced Platforms - A Use case on Noise Pollution Monitoring and OpenStreetMap. In W. Pillmann, S. Schade, & P. Smits (Eds.), Innovations in Sharing Environmental Observation and Information (pp. 505-510). Presented at the 25th EnvironInfo Conference 2011, Ispra, Italy: Shaker Verlag.[manuscript link | slides]
Stasch, C., Autermann, C., Foerster, T., & Pebesma, E. (2011). Towards a Spatiotemporal Aggregation Service in the Sensor Web. In S. Geertman, W. Reinhardt, & F. Toppen (Eds.), Advancing Geoinformation Science for a Changing World (p. 8). Presented at the 14th AGILE International Conference on Geographic Information Science, Utrecht, Netherlands: AGILE. [publication link] (best poster 2nd prize)
Schaeffer, B., Foerster, T., & Baranski, B. (2010). Hybrid Cloud Computing for FOSS4G. Presented at the FOSS4G, Barcelona, Spain.
Schaeffer, B., Mueller, M., & Foerster, T. (2010). 52°North WPS framework with ArcGIS geoprocessing support - open source solution meets closed source software. Presented at the FOSS4G, Barcelona, Spain.
Foerster, T., Schaeffer, B., & Baranski, B. (2010). Compliance Testing of Open Source Software for Web Processing Services. Presented at the FOSS4G, Barcelona, Spain. [slides]
Foerster, T., Schaeffer, B., & Baranski, B. (2010). Web-based Geoprocessing with Open Source Software - a 52°North perspective. Presented at the Second Open Source GIS UK Conference - OSGIS 2010, Nottingham, UK. [video link | slides]
Broering, A., Jirka, S., & Foerster, T. (2010). The Sensor Bus - Integrating Geosensors and the Sensor Web. Presented at the Second Open Source GIS UK Conference - OSGIS 2010, Nottingham, UK. [video link | slides]
Broering, A., Foerster, T., & Jirka, S. (2010). Towards an Easy Integration of Geosensors in the Sensor Web. In A. Zipf, K. Behncke, F. Hillen, & J. Schaefermeyer (Eds.), Die Welt im Netz (pp. 196-197). Presented at the Geoinformatik 2010, Kiel, Germany: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft.
Lemmens, R., Maathuis, B., Mannaerts, C., Foerster, T., Schaeffer, B., & Wytzisk, A. (2009). Web-based spatial analysis with the ILWIS open source GIS software and satellite images from GEONETCast. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (pp. #IN51C-01). Presented at the AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA: American Geophysical Union.
Foerster, T., & Stoter, J. E. (2009). Providing customized base maps in a SDI for physical planning. In GSDI 11. Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Workshops

Foerster, T., Jirka, S., Stasch, C., Pross, B., Everding, T., Broering, A., & Juerrens, E. (2010). Integrating Human Observations and Sensor Observations - the Example of a Noise Mapping Community. In A. Devaraju, A. Llaves, P. Maue, & C. Kessler (Eds.), Proceedings of the Workshop "Towards Digital Earth: Search, Discover and Share Geospatial Data 2010" (p. 4). Presented at the Workshop at Future Internet Symposium, Berlin, Germany. [publication link | slides]
Broering, A., Below, S., & Foerster, T. (2010). Declarative Sensor Interface Descriptors for the Sensor Web. In 1st International Workshop on Pervasive Web Mapping, Geoprocessing and Services (p. 6). Presented at the WebMGS 2010, Como, Italy: ISPRS. [manuscript link]
Foerster, T., Stoter, J., & Morales, J. (2009). Enhancing Cartographic Generalization Processing with Grid Computing Power. In Proceedings of Grid Technologies for Geospatial Applications - pre-conference workshop AGILE 2009. Held at Grid Technologies for Geospatial Applications - pre-conference workshop AGILE 2009, Hanover, Germany. [publication link]
Foerster, T., Broering, A., Jirka, S., & Mueller, J. (2009). Sensor Web and Geoprocessing Services for Pervasive Advertising. Held at Workshop for pervasive advertising, Luebeck, Germany. [manuscript link]
Foerster, T., & Stoter, J. E. (2008). Generalization Operators for Practice - A Survey at NMAs. In Proceedings of the 11th ICA workshop on generalization and multiple representation. Montpellier, France. [publication link]
Foerster, T., Burghardt, D., Neun, M., Regnauld, N., Swan, J., & Weibel, R. (2008). Towards an Interoperable Web Generalisation Services Framework - Current work in progress. In Proceedings of the 11th ICA workshop on generalization and Multiple representation. Montpellier, France. [publication link]
Foerster, T., Stoter, J., & Lemmens, R. (2007). Towards automatic web-based generalization processing: a case study. In 10th ICA Workshop on Generalisation and Multi Representation. [publication link]
Foerster, T., & Stoter, J. E. (2006). Establishing an OGC Web Processing Service for generalization processes. In ICA workshop on Generalization and Multiple Representation. Portland, Oregon, USA. [publication link].
Ostlaender, N., Tegtmeyer, S., & Foerster, T. (2005). Developing an SDI for time-variant and multilingual information dissemination and data distribution. In EC-GI & GIS Workshop, ESDI: Setting the Framework. Alghero, Sardinia. [publication link].

Professional Publications

Maso, J., Pons, X., Schaeffer, B., Foerster, T., & Lucchi, R. (2011). Haiti Earthquake: Harmonizing post-event distributed data processing. IEEE Earthzine. [publication link]
Foerster, T., & Schaeffer, B. (2010). OWS-7 Feature and Statistical Analysis Engineering Report (OGC Engineering Report No. 10-074) (p. 41). OGC. [publication link]
Kiehle, C., & Foerster, T. (2010). OWS-7 Web Processing Service Profiling Engineering Report (OGC Engineering Report No. 10-059r2) (p. 13). OGC. [publication link]
Foerster, T., Schaeffer, B., & Baranski, B. (2010). Geoprocessing in Spatial Data Infrastructures. V1 Magazine. [publication link]
Brauner, J., Schaeffer, B., & Foerster, T. (2009). Web Service Chains Based on Monolithic Geoprocessing Functionality. South African Computer Journal, (43), 17-24.
Foerster, T., Stoter, J., & Morales, J. (2009). Enhancing Cartographic Generalization Processing with Grid Computing Power and Beyond. GIS.Science, 2009(3), 98-101.
Swan, J., Foerster, T., Lemmens, R., Hobona, G., Anand, S., & Jackson, M. (2008). Discovery and Invocation of schematization services: A use case for OGC-EuroSDR-AGILE persistent testbed in europe. GeoConnexion International Magazine, 7(10), 24-28.
Lemmens, R., Hitchcock, A., Foerster, T., & Wytzisk, A. (2007). 52°North platform innoveert via open source GIS toepassingen. Vi Matrix, 15(3), 42-44.
Foerster, T., & Senkler, K. (2003). Nutzung mehrsprachiger OGC Web Map Services in einer Grenzuebergreifenden GDI. GIS.

Theses

Foerster, T. (2010). Web-based Architecture for On-demand Maps -Integrating Meaningful Generalization Processing. PhD thesis, University of Twente, Faculty of ITC. [publication link]
Foerster, T. (2005). Geometrische Datenintegration fuer ein transnationales Routing-szenario. Diploma thesis, University of Muenster. [publication link]

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