Carolin Klonner

Carolin Klonner is a doctoral candidate and research assistant at the LiDAR Research Group at the Chair of GIScience, Institute of Geography, University of Heidelberg and at the WIN-Kolleg of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (HAW).

Subject of Thesis

• Neogeography of a Digital Earth: Geoinformation Science as Methodological Bridge in Interdisciplinary Natural Hazard Analysis (NEOHAZ)

Research Interests

• Interdisciplinary Research
• Multi-Source Geoinformation Fusion
• Volunteered Geographic Information
• Participatory Mapping

Final Thesis (State Examination)

• Comparison of human and remote sensor data using OpenStreetMap and Airborne Laser Scanning of Vorarlberg, Austria.

Publications

• Mocnik, F.-B., Mobasheri, A., Griesbaum, L., Eckle, M., Jacobs, C., Klonner, C. (2018): A grounding-based ontology of data quality measures. Journal of Spatial Information Science. Volume 16, pp. 1-25.
• Herfort, B., Höfle, B. & Klonner, C. (2018): 3D micro-mapping: Towards assessing the quality of crowdsourcing to support 3D point cloud analysis. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. Volume 137, pp. 73-83.
• Klonner, C., Eckle, M., Usón, T. & Höfle, B. (2017): Quality Improvement of Remotely Volunteered Geographic Information via Country-Specific Mapping Instructions. In: Proceedings of the ISCRAM 2017 Conference. Albi, France, pp. 939-947.
• Usón, T.J., Klonner, C., Höfle, B. (2016): Using participatory geographic approaches for urban flood risk in Santiago de Chile: Insights from a governance analysis. Environmental Science & Policy, 66, pp. 62-72.
• Klonner, C., Marx, S., Usón, T., Porto de Albuquerque, J., Höfle, B. (2016): Volunteered Geographic Information in Natural Hazard Analysis: A Systematic Literature Review of Current Approaches with a Focus on Preparedness and Mitigation. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 5, 103.
• Marx, S., Hämmerle, M., Klonner, C., Höfle, B. (2016): 3D Participatory Sensing with Low-Cost Mobile Devices for Crop Height Assessment – A Comparison with Terrestrial Laser Scanning Data. PLoS ONE 11(4): e0152839. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0152839.
• Klonner, C., Marx, S., Usón, T. & Höfle, B. (2016): Risk Awareness Maps of Urban Flooding via OSM Field Papers- Case Study Santiago de Chile. In: Proceedings of the ISCRAM 2016 Conference. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, pp. 1-14.
• Höfle, B., Forbriger, M., Klonner, C., Marx, S. & Uson, T. (2015): Neogeographie einer Digitalen Erde: Geo-Informatik als methodische Brücke in der interdisziplinären Naturgefahrenanalyse (NEOHAZ). In: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften: Jahrbuch 2014, pp. 259-264.
• Klonner, C., Barron, C., Neis, P. & Höfle, B. (2015): Updating digital elevation models via change detection and fusion of human and remote sensor data in urban environments. International Journal of Digital Earth. Vol. 8 (2), pp. 153-171.
• Klonner, C. & Höfle, B. (2014): Fusion von 3D-Fernerkundungsdaten und nutzergenerierter Geoinformation aus dem Web für die Aktualisierung von 3D-Höhenmodellen in Stadtgebieten. In: Gerhard, U., Meier, G., Nüsser, M. & Schmidt, S.: Heidelberger Geographische Gesellschaft (HGG) Journal, Vol. 28, pp. 45-48.

Presentations

• Quality Improvement of Remotely Volunteered Geographic Information via Country-Specific Mapping Instructions. ISCRAM 2017 Conference, Albi, France, 21.- 24.05.2017.
• Risk Awareness Maps of Urban Flooding via OSM Field Papers- Case Study Santiago de Chile. ISCRAM 2016 Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 22.- 25.05.2016.
• OpenStreetMap in der Geoinformatik. National Express Yourself Conference 2016 within the EU Project Chain Reaction, Heidelberg, 15.03.2016.
• Anwendungsmöglichkeiten nutzergenerierter Geoinformation. Dialogforum Citizen Science, Leipzig, 17.09.-18.09. 2014.
• OpenStreetMap und Airborne Laserscanning: Datenvergleich, Qualitätsanalyse und Fusion. Geoinformatik 2013, Heidelberg, 13.03.-15.03. 2013.

Teaching

• 05/2018: Teaching at the Master Programme Governance of Risks and Resources at Pontifica Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile.
• 03/2018: KinderUni workshop at the Institute of Geography, Heidelberg University: MapSwipe und uMap- Mach’ mit beim Mappen an PC, Tablet und Smartphone.
• 04–08/2017: Seminar for Bachelor and Master students at the Institute of Geography, Heidelberg University: Disaster Mapping 2.0 in Action: A project-based course on the use of Volunteered Geographic Information in Disaster Risk Management.
• 05/2017: Teaching at the Master Programme Governance of Risks and Resources at Pontifica Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile.
• 03/2017: KinderUni workshop at the Institute of Geography, Heidelberg University: MapSwipe und uMap- Mach’ mit beim Mappen an PC, Tablet und Smartphone.
• 05/2016: Teaching at the Master Programme Governance of Risks and Resources at Pontifica Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile.
• 03/2016: Workshop on Crisis Mapping with OpenStreetMap in scope of the DFG Graduate School Natural Risk in a Changing World Spring School, University of Potsdam.
• 04–08/2015: Seminar for Bachelor and Master students at the Institute of Geography, Heidelberg University: Disaster Mapping 2.0 in Action: A project-based course on the use of Volunteered Geographic Information in Disaster Risk Management.
• 05/2015: Teaching at the Master Programme Governance of Risks and Resources at Pontifica Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile.
• 02/2015: KinderUni workshop at the Institute of Geography, Heidelberg University: OpenStreetMap- die offene Weltkarte. Mach’ mit und werde ein Mapper!
• 2010–2014: Tutor of the General Studies Programme at the Institute of Geography, University of Heidelberg.
• 2011–2014: Tutor of the First Semester Introduction at the Anglistische Seminar, University of Heidelberg.

Curriculum Vitae

• Since 06/2014: Doctoral candidate and research assistant at the LiDAR Research Group at the Chair of GIScience, Institute of Geography, University of Heidelberg (Supervision: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Bernhard Höfle) and at the WIN-Kolleg of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (HAW).
• 05/2014: State Examinations of Geography, Anglistik and Romanistik.
• 10/2011–06/2012: Studies of Geography and Spanish language and literature at the University of Salamanca, Spain. ERASMUS Programme.
• 10/2008–06/2009: Teaching assistant at Hadleigh High School, Ipswich, England. Pädagogischer Austauschdienst Deutschland (PAD).
• 10/2006–05/2014: Studies of English and Spanish language and literature (Anglistik, Romanistik) as well as studies of Geography (10/2007–05/2014) at the University of Heidelberg, Germany.