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Hannah Weiser @hannahwe.bsky.social · 11d

#SilviLaser2025 is just around the corner and I can't wait!

I will present our current work "Non-rigid registration of wind-affected TLS point clouds of trees using deep learning"

Abstract: event.fourwaves.com/silvilaser20...

@silvilaser2025.bsky.social
#VirtuaLearn3D #HELIOS #DFG #3DGeo

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Bernhard Höfle @bernhardhofle.bsky.social · Aug 29

#Fieldwork summer 2025 was a very special one. In the #Austrian Alps the good weather periods were very limited and only spontaneous campaigns were possible. Gladly, we were able to capture highly valuable 3D LiDAR data for our new research projects in Austria such as at the #Schesaplana mountain.

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Nicole Aeschbach @nicoleaeschbach.bsky.social · Jul 24

🤓 Wir bringen mein Konzept #CL4CA und das frei verfügbare digitale Lernmaterial in die #Schule. Mit #ClimateDataLiteracy, #ClimateChangeLiteracy und #ClimateActionLiteracy machen wir Lernende fit für den Umgang mit Informationen zum #Klimawandel.

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Nicole Aeschbach @nicoleaeschbach.bsky.social · Jul 24

🌍 #Forschung 💡 #Lehre 🙌 #Schulpraxis
„Critical Literacy for Climate Action. Digitales Lernmaterial stärkt das #Erkennen, #Bewerten und #Handeln in der #Klimakrise“: @kathrinfoshag.bsky.social und ich haben einen neuen Artikel in "geographie heute"! www.friedrich-verlag.de/friedrich-pl...

Critical Literacy for Climate Action - Digitales Lernmaterial stärkt das Erkennen, Bewerten und Handeln in der Klimakrise

Geographie heute Nr. 374 / 2025 Stadt im Klimawandel – Deutschland

www.friedrich-verlag.de

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3DGeo Research Group Heidelberg @3dgeohd.bsky.social · Jul 17

🤝 This is the result of an incredible collaboration between scientific experts from different institutions working with PLS data and systems, including @bernhardhofle.bsky.social, head of the #3DGeo Research Group

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3DGeo Research Group Heidelberg @3dgeohd.bsky.social · Jul 17

🚨 New Publication! 🚨

Wanna learn about the state-of-the-art of environmental 3D monitoring?

We’re excited to share the first comprehensive review of Permanent Laser Scanning #PLS - just published! #IOJPRS

📰 Lindenbergh et al. 2025 doi.org/10.1016/j.op...

#AImon #BMBF #Charact4D #Extract4D #DFG

Figure from the manuscript, showcasing four operational permanent laser scanning setups for the applications a) forest monitoring, b) glacier monitoring, c) rockfall monitoring and d) coastal monitoring

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3DGeo Research Group Heidelberg @3dgeohd.bsky.social · Jul 14

📢 Publication alert!

Our second contribution to the ISPRS Geospatial Week 2025, led by young researcher Jannik Meyer, is also out now! 🥳

A great example for ecological monitoring using #LiDAR time series! 🐝

📰 doi.org/10.5194/ispr...

#DFG #VirtuaLearn3D #AImon #BMBF #3DGeo #GSW25

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3DGeo Research Group Heidelberg @3dgeohd.bsky.social · Jul 11

📢 Publication alert!

Our contribution to the ISPRS Geospatial Week 2025, led by William Albert, has just been published in the #ISPRS Annals! 🥳

📰 doi.org/10.5194/ispr...

#DFG #VirtuaLearn3D #HELIOS #3DGeo #GSW25

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Bernhard Höfle @bernhardhofle.bsky.social · Jun 24

🕷️ 🌿 Genetic biodiversity can be assessed directly via remote "sampling" and near real-time analysis of airborne environmental DNA (#eDNA). ❓ Is this a game changer for #biodiversity monitoring and #bioprospection? How can we bring the lab results back to the #spatial domain? (1/4)

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3DGeo Research Group Heidelberg @3dgeohd.bsky.social · Jun 15

Next on: Data analysis!

At both sites, we now have bitemporal datasets, so our students can investigate the changes compared to last year!

We will soon share data visualizations on both Sketchfab and our potree 3D viewer!

Aerial image of the forest in Sandhausen

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3DGeo Research Group Heidelberg @3dgeohd.bsky.social · Jun 15

Fieldwork is always a great and fun experience for students and lecturers alike.

@tabernig.bsky.social @hannahwe.bsky.social

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3DGeo Research Group Heidelberg @3dgeohd.bsky.social · Jun 15

The students learnt how sensors work, gained practical experience in planning and conducting fieldwork, and discovered the great potential of modern 3D sensors.

The lecturer explaining to a student how terrestrial laser scanning works. They are standing in front of the scanner mounted on a tripod in the forest.

A student from the back looking into the sky at a drone above the tree canopy. He is wearing a warn west stating "Vermessung Universität Heidelberg" (EN: Surveying Heidelberg University)

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3DGeo Research Group Heidelberg @3dgeohd.bsky.social · Jun 15

#3DGeo Sensor Practical 2025!

This week, we had our annual two-day practical field course, which took us to Steinbruch Leferenz (Dossenheim) and a sparse pine forest (Sandhausen), where we did #GNSS surveying, #TerrestrialLaserScanning and #UAVPhotogrammetry!

#FieldWork #3DGeoTeaching #Education

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Bernhard Höfle @bernhardhofle.bsky.social · Jun 6

My home is my study site 😍. This is one of our new @3dgeohd.bsky.social research sites and outdoor labs located in my home region #Vorarlberg in #Austria. A perfect geographic site to develop the next generation of AI-based 3D/4D observation and monitoring technology.
#Lünsersee #Schesaplana

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3DGeo Research Group Heidelberg @3dgeohd.bsky.social · May 15

Conference Recap!

Last month was packed with conferences, and we loved every minute of it!
Check out our latest blog post: giscienceblog.uni-heidelberg.de/2025/05/15/3...

#3DGeo #AImon #BMBF #DFG #VirtuaLearn3D #HELIOS

3DGeo April Recap: Conferences – GIScience Blog

giscienceblog.uni-heidelberg.de

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3DGeo Research Group Heidelberg @3dgeohd.bsky.social · May 3

📹 Impressions from this year's General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) #EGU25 @egu.eu

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3DGeo Research Group Heidelberg @3dgeohd.bsky.social · May 2

📢 Publication alert!

Great synthesis of the #LOKI project, check it out!

📰 Kohns et al. (2025): www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@bernhardhofle.bsky.social @kit.edu
Funded by #BMBF

Building damage assessment in natural disasters: A trans- and interdisciplinary approach combining domain knowledge, 3D machine learning, and crowdsourcing

Recent natural disasters have claimed many lives. Reliable damage predictions and timely assessments are essential for effective rescue operation plan…

www.sciencedirect.com

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3DGeo Research Group Heidelberg @3dgeohd.bsky.social · Apr 25

And another #EGU25 contribution where #3DGeo is involved!

Meet @willharcourt.bsky.social and Hannah at this poster next Thursday to learn and discuss about multi-scale digital twins 🤗

Will Harcourt @willharcourt.bsky.social · Apr 25

🧊 Linking small- and large-scale Digital Twins: A concept

📅 Poster | Thursday, 01 May, 10:45–12:30 (CEST), Hall X5, X5.151

📰 Abstract: meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...

✍ Authors: Aiden Durrant, Me, @bernhardhofle.bsky.social, @hannahwe.bsky.social, @tabernig.bsky.social

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3DGeo Research Group Heidelberg @3dgeohd.bsky.social · Apr 22

▶️ Oral: Deriving activity zones of the AHK rock glacier through boulder tracking in multitemporal UAV-LiDAR point clouds

📍 Tue, 29 April, 15:15-15:25 (CEST), Room G1 (Session GM9.3)
📰 doi.org/10.5194/egus...
✍ Niklas Carniel (presenting), Ronald Tabernig, Lea Hartl (ÖAW) & Bernhard Höfle
#AHK4D

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3DGeo Research Group Heidelberg @3dgeohd.bsky.social · Apr 22

▶️ Poster: VLS-4D - A Novel Opportunity for Advancing 3D Forest Monitoring

📍 Tue, 29 April, 10:45-12:30 (CEST), Hall X, X1.72
📰 doi.org/10.5194/egus...
✍ Hannah Weiser (presenting), William Albert, Ronald Tabernig & Bernhard Höfle
#DFG #HELIOS #VirtuaLearn3D #AIMon #BMBF
@dfg.de

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3DGeo Research Group Heidelberg @3dgeohd.bsky.social · Apr 22

Less than a week until #EGU25 in Vienna 🤩

#3DGeo is ready with a poster and an oral, presented by two of our early career researchers! See #thread below! 🧵⬇️

We look forward to seeing you there or at some of the other great sessions we're planning to attend during the week!
#EGU #ECS #ECR @egu.eu

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3DGeo Research Group Heidelberg @3dgeohd.bsky.social · Apr 4

📢 #3DGeo PhD student @tabernig.bsky.social will give an exciting presentation at the 6th #JISDM 2025

Meet him in Room Tulla next Tue at 14:20!
🔗 Session: Advanced point cloud analysis strategies for deformation analysis jisdm2025.gik.kit.edu/downloads/Ad...

#VirtuaLearn3D #DFG #AIMon #BMBF #HELIOS

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3DGeo Research Group Heidelberg @3dgeohd.bsky.social · Apr 2

#3DGeo is heading to the #ISPRS Geospatial Week with two exciting oral presentations 🌎

Meet William and Jannik at #GSW25 next Thu and Fri!

1️⃣ Simulation-based assessment of wind effects in #laserscanning point clouds
2️⃣ Detection of bees in #LiDAR time series

#VirtuaLearn3D #DFG #AIMon #BMBF

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Sharepic for the talk by Albert et al. showing the method workflow of the study

Sharepic for the talk by Meyer et al. showing the method workflow of the study

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3DGeo Research Group Heidelberg @3dgeohd.bsky.social · Mar 28

📢 #LiPheStream is now on #pytreedb!
🌳 Single tree point cloud time series data from FGI (NLS, Finland) 📰 doi.org/10.1038/s415...

🌲From now on, you can search and download the trees in pytreedb via filters and the map view:
➡️ pytreedb.geog.uni-heidelberg.de

@epfgi.bsky.social @fgi-nls.bsky.social

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3DGeo Research Group Heidelberg @3dgeohd.bsky.social · Mar 13

📢 E-TRAINEE v0.5.0 is out! 🚀

Interested in time series analysis in remote sensing? Check out our updated open e-learning course!

🔹 Fixes & improvements
🔹 New toolbox intro
🔹 Python 3.12 upgrade

💻 GitHub: github.com/3dgeo-heidel...
#3DGeo #ERASMUS+ #3DGeoTeaching

Logos of the E-TRAINEE project, the partner institutions and the ERASMUS+ programme

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