Kristina König, Diplom Geographer

Subject of thesis

• 3D Laser Scanning - Vegetation Investigation and Signature Analysis
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Research Interests

• Laser Scanning (LiDAR)
• Object-Based Image and 3D Point Cloud Analysis
• Vegetation Investigation and Signature Analysis
• Radiometric Calibration/Correction of LiDAR data
• 3D Spatial Data and Analysis Infrastructures
• Open Source GI
• Spatial Database Systems and Modeling
• (Spatial) Data Mining

Projects

• 3D-TAIGER: Multi-Source 3D Geoinformation Extraction for Improved Management of Forest and Natural Hazards - Collaboration between TAIwan and GERmany
• 3D Laser Scanning - Vegetation Investigation and Signature Analysis (LS-VISA)
• Global Network: Airborne Laser Scanning for 3D Vegetation Characterization: Set-up of an International Signature Database
• HyLand - Hyperspectral Remote Sensing for Precision Farming
• ESOB - Multi-sensor technology for the optimization of plant production ratings

>Offered / Supervised Courses (since 2012)

• Seminar and lab: Introduction to Open Source GIS - FOSSGIS
• Seminar and lab: Spatial data modeling for spatial database systems
• Tutorial: Data Organization

Curriculum vitae

• since 10/2012: Research Assistant at the GIScience research group, Heidelberg University
• 10/2006-05/2012 Studies of Geography, Geoscience and Urban Planning at Heidelberg University
• 10/2004-05/2006 Studies of Geophysics at Karlsruhe University

Publications

• Koenig, K., Höfle, B. (2016): Full-Waveform Airborne Laser Scanning in Vegetation Studies—A Review of Point Cloud and Waveform Features for Tree Species Classification. Forests, Vol. 7(9).
• Malinowski, R., Höfle, B., Koenig, K., Groom, g., Schwanghart, W., Heckrath, G. (2016): Local-scale flood mapping on vegetated floodplains from radiometrically calibrated airborne LiDAR data. ISRPS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Vol. 119, pp. 267-279.
• Koma, Zs., Koenig, K., Höfle, B. (2016): Urban tree classification using full-waveform Airborne Laser Scanning. In: ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., III-3, pp. 185-192.
• Koenig, K., Höfle, B., Hämmerle, M., Jarmer, T., Siegmann, B., Lilienthal, H. (2015): Comparative classification analysis of post-harvest growth detection from terrestrial LiDAR point clouds in precision agriculture. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. Vol. 104, pp. 112-125.
• Regvat, R., Hämmerle, M., Marx, S., Koenig, K., Höfle, B. (2014): 3D-Punktbasierte Solarpotenzialanalyse für Gebäudefassaden mit freien Geodaten. In: Strobl, J., Blaschke, T., Griesebner, G. & Zagel, B.: Angewandte Geoinformatik 2014. Beiträge zum 26. AGIT-Symposium Salzburg, pp 196-204, ISBN 978-3-87907-543-0.
• Koenig, K., Höfle, B., Müller, L., Hämmerle, M., Jarmer, T., Siegmann, B., Lilienthal, H. (2013): Radiometric correction of terrestrial LiDAR data for mapping of harvest residues density. In: ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., II-5/W2, doi:10.5194/isprsannals-II-5-W2-133-2013, pp. 133-138.
• Koenig, K., Kiefer, A., Höfle, B. (2013): Web-based visualization and object-based analysis of 3D geoinformation from laser scanning point clouds.gis.SCIENCE, Vol.26(2), pp. 70-76.
• Glückler, J.,König, K. (2011): The regional economic impact of the University of Heidelberg. In: Meusburger, P. & Schuch, T. (ed.): Science Atlas of the University of Heidelberg - 625 years of Ruperto Carola, pp. 344-347

Posters, Talks & Short Contributions

• Koma, Z., Székely, B., Folly-Ritvay, Z., Skobrák, F., Koenig, K., Höfle, B. (2016): Automated identification and geometrical features extraction of individual trees from Mobile Laser Scanning data in Budapest. In: Geophysical Research Abstracts. Vol. 18(EGU2016-10237-1), pp. 1-1.
• Höfle, B.,Koenig, K., Griesbaum, L., Kiefer, A., Hämmerle, M., Eitel, J., Koma, Zs. (2015): LiDAR Vegetation Investigation and Signature Analysis System (LVISA). In: Geophysical Research Abstracts. Vol. 17 (EGU2015-1537), pp. 1-1.
• Malinowski, R., Höfle, B., Koenig, K., Groom, G., Schwanghart, W. (2014): Mapping of local-scale flooding on vegetated floodplains from radiometrically calibrated airborne laser scanning data. In: Geophysical Research Abstracts. Vol. 16(EGU2014-11204), pp. 1-1.
• Koenig, K.,Kiefer, A., Peters, R., Höfle, B. (2014). Webbasierte Visualisierung und Analyse von Vegetationsobjekten aus Laserpunktwolken. Geoinformatik 2014. Hamburg, Germany.
• Koenig, K., Höfle, B., Müller, L., Hämmerle, M., Jarmer, T., Siegmann, B., Lilienthal, H. (2013): Radiometric correction of terrestrial LiDAR data for mapping of harvest residues density. In: ISPRS Ann. Photogramm. Remote Sens. Spatial Inf. Sci., II-5/W2, 133-138.
• Koenig, K., Höfle, B., Müller, L., Hämmerle, M., Jarmer, T., Siegmann, B., Lilienthal, H. (2013): Mapping Density of Harvest Residues from Terrestrial Laser Scanning and RGB Imagery. In: Proceedings of the ISPRS WG VII/5 ISPRS Workshop. 09.-10.09.2013, Cologne, Germany, p. 154.
• Koenig, K., Kiefer, A., Höfle, B. (2013): Laser Scanning for 3D Vegetation Characterization: Web-based Infrastructure for Exploration and Analysis of Vegetation Signatures. In: Proceedings of the ISPRS WG VII/5 ISPRS Workshop. 09.-10.09.2013, Cologne, Germany, pp. 153-154.
• Koenig, K., Höfle, B. (2012): Laser Scanning for 3D Object Characterization: Infrastructure for Exploration and Analysis of Vegetation Signatures. Geophysical Research Abstracts. Vol. 14(EGU2012-6411), pp. 1-1.

Diploma Thesis

• König, K. (2012): Laser Scanning for 3D Object Characterization: Exploration and Analysis of Vegetation Signatures. Unpublished. University of Heidelberg