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📣 My new Perspective is out in the @natureportfolio.nature.com Journal npj Climate Action: Fostering transformative climate action through the integration of transdisciplinary research and university teaching
www.nature.com/articles/s44...

#geography #transformativeliteracy #highereducation

Universität Heidelberg Defends its Status as a University of Excellence – Rector Frauke Melchior: “A fantastic joint effort led to success” www.uni-heidelberg.de/en/newsroom/...

It is also interesting that many of the other top authors were or still are in Heidelberg. A fruitful OSM research ecosystem and hub.

Why do we need virtual laser scanning of dynamic scenes (VLS-4D)? Watch the video summary of our review paper in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social

📰 doi.org/10.1111/2041...

#3DGeo @bernhardhofle.bsky.social

📢New Publication!

@methodsinecoevol.bsky.social just published our review paper on virtual laser scanning of dynamic scenes (VLS-4D).
@bernhardhofle.bsky.social #3DGeo

Paper: doi.org/10.1111/2041...
Blogpost: giscienceblog.uni-heidelberg.de/2025/11/13/n...
Demo: 3dgeo-heidelberg.github.io/vls-4d/

#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

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.

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.

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...

#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.

#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.

🥵🚶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...

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

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...

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

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

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🚨 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

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

#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?!

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...).

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

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)

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)

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)

🕷️ 🌿 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)

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

'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.