Henry Hochmair

Professor, Geomatics

Henry Hochmair joined the Geomatics program as a faculty member in 2008. His speciality within Geomatics lies in spatio-temporal analysis of geo-data using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), which can be applied to a variety of disciplines. His areas of interest include analyzing people’s travel behavior in multi-modal transportation networks, with a focus on public transportation and cycling, assessing the data quality of free geo-data on the Internet, and describing and predicting the spatial dispersal patterns of invasive termites in South-East Florida.

He is the Geomatics faculty in charge at the Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center. More information about that campus is available at mygeomatics.com.

Courses Taught

• Research Interests

  • GIS
  • Spatial Analysis
  • Bicycle and Public Transportation
  • Data Quality

• Education

  • PhD, Geoinformation, Technical University of Vienna, 2002
  • MSc, Geodesy, Technical University of Vienna, 1998
  • MA, Electroacoustic Composition, University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, 2000