CV



Name: Katalin Zsoldi
DATE OF BIRTH: 17.11.1986
Email: zsoldikatalin@gmail.com

STUDIES:

09.2013 Summer university, short study in Dresden in Germany in Cartographic Institute. I spent there one month; I had courses in Glacier moves, 3D laser scanning, and lenticular 3D
2010 – 2014 Eötvös Loránd University, PhD student in Cartography
2005 – 2010 Eötvös Loránd University, BSc, Cartographer degree
2001 – 2005 Bibó István High school (Hévíz) graduation

WORKS:

2014 – Institute of Educational Research. Digital curriculum developer and digital Eeditor of physics and chemistry.
2013 – 2014 Render Net ltd. Creating interactive and 3D curriculum for elementary and high schools. I was the expert of geography and physics; I developed new models and wrote narrations
2011 – 2012 Cooperated with the Astrophysical Department of Eötvös Loránd University. I created the 3D model of the Virgo galaxy. The map was presented in real 3D, in the 3D stereoscopic lab of the university
2011 – 2012 ELTE Soft ltd, research assistant. My research area was: develop 3D GIS database for city models, create 3D maps, and develop the principles of automatic generalisation in GIS.
2011. jan – 2011. szept. CAE Engineering ltd. cartographer. Create tactical military map for Germany, create 3D landscape for flight simulation.
2008 – 2010 Geo Adat ltd. cartographer. I was working on database of electrical works, georeferate satellite images, evaluation agricultural plants in satellite images and controlling the fields in Germany

LANGUAGES:

English intermediate, good speaking and writing skills
German intermediate, good speaking and writing skills

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE:

Graphic: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Corel Draw, Ocad, Flash, Inkscape
GIS Map Info, Arc Gis, Geo Media, Global Mapper, Autodesk InfraWorks, City Engine.
3D modeling Blender, Maya, Unity.
Programming HTML, basic: Pascal, C#.

RESEARCHES:

2010 – 2014 My PhD research topics are the 3D cartographic applications. I created different 3D maps for education, experts; informing maps, 3D thematic maps. I developed my maps in real 3D in different platforms: stereoscopic 3D projection system, 3D laptop, TV and mobile phone,
2011 – 2014 Develop the 3D underground map of Budapest. I collected the data of underground objects; create a database and modelling them in 3D. The map is presented in real 3D
2010 – 2014 Teaching BSc and MSc students at Cartographic Department of Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest. I was teaching GPS practice, Ocad and 3D modelling. I made many presentations in the Visualization Centre. It is a stereoscopic 3D lab at the Eötvös Loránd University
2010 My BSc thesis was to create a 3D geological model. I was modelling 9 layers, from where oil and gas are mining. The map is presented in true 3D
2009 I created a touristic map of Budapest. The first edition was printed in 10000 copies, the second edition in 20000 ones.

Other activities:

2013 I worked in a cartographic conference in Dresden in 2013
2010 My map was publicated in Think magazine.
2010 I created the map annex of Budapest architecture tour guide book.

PUBLICATION:

3D methods in cartography: LINK
Budapest 3D underground map: LINK

CONFERENCES:

21 – 25.aug.2013 ICA 2013 conference in Dresden, presentation: Budapest 3D underground map
21 – 23.11.2011 LBS 2011 8th Symposium on Location-Based Services conference. Austria, Wien
5 – 9.09.2011 IAMG2011 conference, Austria, Salzburg. Poster and presentation

Hobby:

Basketball, hiphop dance, bikeing, tennis, handmade stuffs, playing music.