Jun.-Prof. Dr. Bernhard Höfle

Personal Website: laserdata.info

Research interests

Latest research projects are listed in the Research Database (Forschungsdatenbank).

• Open Source GI and Spatial Database Management Systems
• Modeling and management of 3D spatial data
• Object-based image and point cloud analysis
• Radiometric calibration of full-waveform airborne LiDAR data
• Investigation of LiDAR for applications in Physical Geography

Projects

• Assessment of photovoltaics applications for noise barrier walls [funded by BMVBS]
• ESOB – Multi-sensor technology for the optimization of plant production ratings
• Global Network in the course of the DFG Initiative for Excellence:
  Airborne Laser Scanning for 3D Vegetation Characterization: Set-up of an International Signature Database [funded by DFG]
  Partners: Vienna University of Technology/Austria, UC Berkeley/USA
• European Science Foundation (ESF) Exploratory Workshop:
  LaSDI - Laser Scanning Spatial Data Infrastructure [funded by ESF]
• International Hengstberger Symposium:
  Towards Digital Earth - 3D Spatial Data Infrastructures [funded by Hengstberger Prize]
• HyLand - Hyperspectral Remote Sensing for Precision Farming in the course of the German Hyperspectral Satellite Mission EnMAP [funded by BMWi]
• 3D Stone Sutras in China - Web-based Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) and Geographical Information System (GIS) [funded by BMBF]
• OPALS - Orientation and Processing of Airborne Laser Scanning data [Project of IPF, Vienna Univ. Techn.]

Offered courses (since summer 2010)

• Seminar and lab: Spatial data modeling for spatial database systems
• Seminar and lab: GIS analysis with free and open source software
• Seminar, lab and field course: Acquisition and analysis of laser scanning data in physical geography
• Seminar and lab: Introduction to Open Source GIS - GRASS GIS I
• Seminar: Journal Club - 3D Geoinformation
• Excursion: Applied Geoinformatics in Western Austria

See LSF for further information

Curriculum vitae

• since 09/2011 Assistant Professor (Juniorprofessor) of GIScience and 3D Spatial Data Processing at the Institute of Geography, University of Heidelberg, Germany
• 03/2010 - 08/2011 Group Leader in GIScience and 3D Data Analysis at the Institute of Geography, University of Heidelberg, Germany
• 09/2009-02/2010 Research Assistant (PostDoc) at the Institute for Geoinformatics and Remote Sensing (IGF), University of Osnabrück, Germany
• 09/2008 - 04/2009 Secretary of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) Technical Commission VII
• 10/2007 - 06/2009 Research Assistant (PostDoc) at the Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (IPF), Vienna University of Technology, Austria
• 10/2007 Doctor of Natural Sciences (Dr.rer.nat) with Excellence
• 02/2005-10/2007 Doctoral programme at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, with area of dissertation in Physical Geography and Geoinformatics
• 02/2005 - 09/2007 Junior Researcher at the alpS – Centre for Natural Hazard Management, Innsbruck, Austria
• 01/2005 Master of Science (Mag.rer.nat) with Excellence
• 08/2003-06/2004 Studies of Natural Sciences at the Uppsala University, Sweden
• 10/1999-01/2005 Studies of Geography at the University of Innsbruck, Austria

Journal reviewer

• Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Wiley InterScience
• Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS), Copernicus Publications
• International Journal of Digital Earth (IJDE), Taylor & Francis
• ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing, Elsevier
• Journal of Environmental Management, Elsevier
• Österreichische Zeitschrift für Vermessung & Geoinformation (VGI)
• Remote Sensing, Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI)
• Sensors, Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI)

Selected publications

A complete list of publications with links to the papers can be found here: www.laserdata.info

Höfle, B., Hollaus, M. & Hagenauer, J. (2012): Urban vegetation detection using radiometrically calibrated small-footprint full-waveform airborne LiDAR data. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. Vol. 67(0), pp. 134-147.

Jochem, A., Höfle, B., Wichmann, V., Rutzinger, M. & Zipf, A. (2012): Area-wide roof plane segmentation in airborne LiDAR point clouds. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems. Vol. 36(1), pp. 54-64.

Rutzinger, M., Höfle, B. & Kringer, K. (2012): Accuracy of automatically extracted geomorphological breaklines from airborne LiDAR curvature images. Geografiska Annaler: Series A. Vol. 94(1), pp. 33-42.

Höfle, B. & Rutzinger, M. (2011): Topographic airborne LiDAR in geomorphology: A technological perspective. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie. Vol. 55(2), pp. 1-29. DOI: 10.1127/0372-8854/2011/0055S2-0043

Fritzmann, P., Höfle, B., Vetter, M., Sailer, R., Stötter, J. & Bollmann, E. (2011): Surface classification based on multi-temporal airborne LiDAR intensity data in high mountain environments. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie. Vol. 55(2), pp. 105-126. DOI: 10.1127/0372-8854/2011/0055S2-0048

Vetter, M., Höfle, B., Mandlburger, G. & Rutzinger, M. (2011): Estimating changes of riverine landscapes and riverbeds by using airborne LiDAR data and river cross-sections. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie. Vol. 55(2), pp. 51-65. DOI: 10.1127/0372-8854/2011/0055S2-0045

Jochem, A., Höfle, B. & Rutzinger, M. (2011): Extraction of Vertical Walls from Mobile Laser Scanning Data for Solar Potential Assessment. Remote Sensing. Vol. 3(4), pp. 650-667. DOI: 10.3390/rs3030650

Jochem, A., Hollaus, M., Rutzinger, M. & Höfle, B. (2011): Estimation of Aboveground Biomass in Alpine Forests: A Semi-Empirical Approach Considering Canopy Transparency Derived from Airborne LiDAR Data. Sensors. Vol. 11(1), pp. 278-295.

Höfle, B. & Hollaus, M. (2010): Urban vegetation detection using high density full-waveform airborne LiDAR data - Combination of object-based image and point cloud analysis. In: International Archives of Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences. Vol. XXXVIII(Part 7B), pp. 281-286.

Höfle, B., Vetter, M., Pfeifer, N., Mandlburger, G. & Stötter, J. (2009): Water surface mapping from airborne laser scanning using signal intensity and elevation data. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. Vol. 34(12), pp. 1635-1649. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Hollaus, M., Dorigo, W., Wagner, W., Schadauer, K., Höfle, B. & Maier, B. (2009): Operational wide-area stem volume estimation based on airborne laser scanning and national forest inventory data. International Journal of Remote Sensing. Vol. 30(19), pp. 5159-5175. Taylor & Francis.

Jochem, A., Höfle, B., Rutzinger, M. & Pfeifer, N. (2009): Automatic roof plane detection and analysis in airborne LIDAR point clouds for solar potential assessment. Sensors. Vol. 9(7), pp. 5241-5262. MDPI Publishing.

Mandlburger, G., Hauer, C., Höfle, B., Habersack, H. & Pfeifer, N. (2009): Optimisation of LiDAR derived terrain models for river flow modelling. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS). Vol. 13(8), pp. 1453-1466. Copernicus Publications.

Rutzinger, M., Höfle, B., Hollaus, M. & Pfeifer, N. (2008): Object-Based Point Cloud Analysis of Full-Waveform Airborne Laser Scanning Data for Urban Vegetation Classification. Sensors. Vol. 8(8), pp. 4505-4528. MDPI Publishing.

Höfle, B. & Pfeifer, N. (2007): Correction of laser scanning intensity data: Data and model-driven approaches. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. Vol. 62(6), pp. 415-433.