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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 · 22d

The project is performed at @3dgeohd.bsky.social together with the great colleagues Eetu Puttonen @epfgi.bsky.social and Mariana Campos from the @fgi-nls.bsky.social. Her research is kindly supported by the Botanical Garden Heidelberg.

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Bernhard Höfle @bernhardhofle.bsky.social · 22d

Let's meet in our fantastic Botanical Garden of Heidelberg University (@uniheidelberg.bsky.social) to exchange about laser scanning and environmental 4D monitoring. Vanessa Guthier will present her exciting research on tree vitality.

Universität Heidelberg @uniheidelberg.bsky.social · 22d

„Neues aus Botanien“: Botanischer Garten lädt am 21. September 2025 zum Gartenfest ein – Führungen und Info-Stände bieten Einblicke in die Welt der Nutz- und Zierpflanzen www.uni-heidelberg.de/de/newsroom/...
#universität #heidelberg #uniheidelberg #gartenfest #fest #botanischergarten

Gewächshaus im Botanischen Garten der Universität Heidelberg.

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HeiGIT @heigit.org · 23d

𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝘇𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽
The scholarship supports doctoral students from West & Central Africa, who intend to pursue a doctoral degree in Geography (Geoinformatics) at uniheidelberg.bsky.social
📆Applications: 15/09/25-15/03/26
💡More: heigit.org/call-for-app...

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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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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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HeiGIT @heigit.org · Aug 11

🥵🚶𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗻?
The 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗟 𝗮𝗽𝗽 recommends pedestrian routes based on their “coolness”, favoring shadowy, vegetation-rich streets.
The app is available in #Heidelberg and now also in #Worms: worms.heal.openrouteservice.org

Read how it works: heigit.org/a-routing-ap...

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HeiGIT @heigit.org · Aug 13

How walkable is your neighborhood? Senior citizens in #Mannheim can now share their views in an online survey, part of the research project "Silver Ways".
The survey results will be used to to support the development of safer, more accessible urban routes.
Read more: heigit.org/a-walkable-c...

Decorative motives and text: "A Walkable City for All Generations? Take the Silver Ways Survey and share your experience in Mannheim". Beside the text, there is a QR code that leads to the following webiste: survey.silverways.de

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Bernhard Höfle @bernhardhofle.bsky.social · Jul 24

Sehr spannend und ein schönes Bild einer Critical Literacy "Zwiebel".

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Bernhard Höfle @bernhardhofle.bsky.social · Jul 22

[...] die vor ihm noch niemand wissenschaftlich erfasste und schriftlich festhielt.

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KIT IfGG Vegetation @kit-ifgg-veg.bsky.social · Jul 21

🚨 We are recruiting! 🚨 (3 years PhD position)
Interested in investigating the impact of forest structures on rainfall erosivity 🌳💧 with fieldwork methods, UAV-based LiDAR data, and modeling?

🔗 www.ifgg.kit.edu/downloads/so...
🔎 Contact us for details.

#PhDposition #Karlsruhe #KIT

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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

Screenshot of the online publication, including the title, authors, keywords and abstract

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Bernhard Höfle @bernhardhofle.bsky.social · Jul 13

Damülser Mittagsspitze: One of the #icons of Vorarlberg, Austria.

It is very popular and easy to reach, but not so easy to summit for inexperienced hikers. It is an interesting 'dynamic' peak that we will investigate in more detail. @3dgeohd.bsky.social

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Dr. Felix Henselowsky @henselowsky.bsky.social · Jul 13

#Geomorphology meets #Wine
This wineyard is the only one along the Moselle, dominated by Devoniam slate, in triassic sandstone (Buntsandstein). There was a major rockfall in 2023. @bernhardhofle.bsky.social , you are still observing in nearly Real-Time?!

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Bernhard Höfle @bernhardhofle.bsky.social · Jul 13

Yes, and the data (incl. you guys 😀) will be made openly available within the next months. See our research project AIMon5.0 (www.uni-heidelberg.de/aimon) for more infos. There you can also find some nice videos about our research together with TUM, HS Bochum and DMT (www.swr.de/swraktuell/r...).

AImon5.0 - Institute of Geography

Real-time monitoring of gravitational mass movements for critical infrastructure risk management with AI-assisted 3D metrology

www.uni-heidelberg.de

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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

Screenshot of the web version of the conference article, showing the title, authors, keywords and abstract

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Bernhard Höfle @bernhardhofle.bsky.social · Jul 8

There are those magical moments when a new scientist is born from unlimited curiosity. #Science 💖

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Bernhard Höfle @bernhardhofle.bsky.social · Jun 24

Selected journal club paper:
Nousias, O., McCauley, M., Stammnitz, M.R. et al. Shotgun sequencing of airborne eDNA achieves rapid assessment of whole biomes, population genetics and genomic variation. Nat Ecol Evol9, 1043–1060 (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s415... (4/4)

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Bernhard Höfle @bernhardhofle.bsky.social · Jun 24

These are some of the many interesting questions that we intensively discussed in our #3DGeo summer solstice #journal_club, for which I selected an article (explicitly outside our research domain) that was recently published in Nature Ecology & Evolution. (3/4)

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Bernhard Höfle @bernhardhofle.bsky.social · Jun 24

What is the spatial representation of airborne DNA samples (local, regional)? What potential future use cases are there in #geography? How to deal with the #Promethean #dilemma when it comes to high-quality airborne human DNA recovery? (2/4)

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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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Kim Calders @kimcalders.bsky.social · Jun 20

Job Alert!

We are hiring a new PhD candidate to work with me and @louiseterryn.bsky.social on multitemporal terrestrial laser scanning for better understanding forest structural dynamics at @qforestlab.bsky.social .

More info ➡️ bit.ly/449NunA
Apply here ➡️ bit.ly/3I5AnMP
Application deadline: Aug 3

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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

'Powerful' interesting fact: the #Lünersee will be enhanced (Lünerseewerk II) within the next decade to a hydroelectric energy storage facility with 1100 MW (www.luenerseewerk2.at/de/vorhaben#...). This will be an important component of Central Europe's energy transition.

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