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Universität Heidelberg @uniheidelberg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Universität Heidelberg moves up in Times Higher Education Rankings: Ruperto Carola is ranked among the world’s “Top 50” and one of the top three universities in Germany www.uni-heidelberg.de/en/newsroom/...

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Max Engel @drmaex.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Wir haben eine Stelle @uniheidelberg.bsky.social im @dfg.de Projekt TARGYT zu besetzen #PhysischeGeographie #Geoarchäologie: Wiss MA (Doktorand*in, m/w/d) (TV-L 13, 75%) - 3 Jahre Befristung Beginn: 01.11.2026 Bewerbungsfrist: 04.10.2026 Alle Details: heibox.uni-heidelberg.de/f/f5a6e0b863...

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Universität Heidelberg @uniheidelberg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Nicole Aeschbach forscht und lehrt am Geographischen Institut der Universität Heidelberg und an der Heidelberg School of Education. www.hce.uni-heidelberg.de/de/nicole-ae... #uniheidelberg #nachhaltigkeit #DAN2026

Mein Ziel ist eine Hochschullehre, die Zuversicht und demokratische Teilhabe stärkt.

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Bernhard Höfle @bernhardhofle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"Remote sensing from the field of Engineering has improved from the 76 to 100 ranking group last year to the 51 to 75 ranking group." We do not have any RS department, but we do a lot of RS research integrated in #geography, #environmentalphysics, #computing, #globalhealth, #archaeology, etc..

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Max Engel @drmaex.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The position is now officially announced on the @uniheidelberg.bsky.social website. Feel free to get in touch about the project and position! shorturl.at/YM83V

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Universität Heidelberg @uniheidelberg.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Heidelberger Geoinformatiker klassifizieren globale Straßennetze: Straßenzustand als Indikator für sozioökonomischen Fortschritt – Öffentlich zugänglicher Datensatz kann auch für humanitäre Zwecke genutzt werden www.uni-heidelberg.de/de/newsroom/... #universität #heidelberg #uniheidelberg #giscience

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Bernhard Höfle @bernhardhofle.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I love to get in touch with people. Interesting scientific exchange happens at a mountain peak somewhere in the Alps: "Is this LiDAR? Are you observing climate change effects? How precise can you measure?". Some think we take pictures for social media or count hikers 😉.

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Bernhard Höfle @bernhardhofle.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

#Fieldwork is a highly rewarding part of our research. Amazing geography meets top-tier technology. #Schesaplana (2965 m) is a popular hiking mountain at the border of Austria & Switzerland. We perform scientific monitoring to develop novel algorithms to identify subtle changes of the environment.

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Max Engel @drmaex.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

We're hiring at pre-doc level @uniheidelberg.bsky.social to explore environmental changes in the Hajar Mountains #Oman across Palaeolithic-Neolithic timescales @dfg.de #gacr #weave #geoarchaeology Start: Oct/Nov Duration: 3 years Details: shorturl.at/ijEa7 Interested? DM/Email! Thx for sharing!

Karst landscape of the Sint Plateau, Oman, with flat polje in the background

A person digging into the sediment infill of a polje

Steep wadi gorge in the Hajar Mountains with boulder sized deposit covering the wadi floor

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HeiGIT @heigit.org · 03/07/2026

HeiGIT started as a university project 10 years ago. Today, we are a non-profit organization with 70+ people and dozens of running projects on open-source geodata, GIS software and research for the benefit of the environment and society. A great reason to celebrate at our team retreat this week! 🎂

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Bernhard Höfle @bernhardhofle.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

New icon of our campus. Already in heavy use by students, indoors and outdoors. #audimax #höle @uniheidelberg.bsky.social

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Universität Heidelberg @uniheidelberg.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

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/...

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Bernhard Höfle @bernhardhofle.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

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

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Hannah Weiser @hannahwe.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

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

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Hannah Weiser @hannahwe.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

📢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/

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Hannah Weiser @hannahwe.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

#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 · 16/09/2025

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 · 16/09/2025

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.

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HeiGIT @heigit.org · 15/09/2025

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 · 29/08/2025

#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 · 11/08/2025

🥵🚶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 · 13/08/2025

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 · 24/07/2025

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

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Bernhard Höfle @bernhardhofle.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

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

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KIT IfGG Vegetation @kit-ifgg-veg.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

🚨 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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Bernhard Höfle @bernhardhofle.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

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 · 13/07/2025

#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 · 13/07/2025

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...).

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AImon5.0 - Institute of Geography

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

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Bernhard Höfle @bernhardhofle.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

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

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Bernhard Höfle @bernhardhofle.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

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 · 24/06/2025

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 · 24/06/2025

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 · 24/06/2025

🕷️ 🌿 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 · 20/06/2025

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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Bernhard Höfle @bernhardhofle.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

'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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Bernhard Höfle @bernhardhofle.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

My home is my study site 😍. This is one of our new @3dgeohd.bsky.social research sites and outdoor labs located in my home region #Vorarlberg in #Austria. A perfect geographic site to develop the next generation of AI-based 3D/4D observation and monitoring technology. #Lünsersee #Schesaplana

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Universität Heidelberg @uniheidelberg.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Frei verfügbare Geodaten für hochauflösende Karten zur gezielten Bekämpfung von Stechmücken: Raumbezogene Big-Data-Methoden ermöglichen die Kartierung von potentiellen Lebensräumen www.uni-heidelberg.de/de/newsroom/... @heigit.org #universität #heidelberg #uniheidelberg #forschung #heigit #geodaten

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Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Nice annotated 3D model of the Birch Glacier collapse! 🏔️🧊🌊 sketchfab.com/3d-models/bl... Source: Simeon Schmauß - created from @swisstopo Rapid Mapping oblique imagery

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HeiGIT @heigit.org · 23/05/2025

𝗛𝗚𝗚 𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲: 𝗚𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀 -𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘆𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀 Prof. Dr. Michael Zemp explores how our understanding of glaciers has evolved & what monitoring reveals about our changing climate. 03/06, 7:15 pm, KIP, INF227 More: hgg.urz.uni-heidelberg.de

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HeiGIT @heigit.org · 08/05/2025

𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗠𝗮𝗽 Many companies have been editing OpenStreetMap, including giants like Apple, Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon. A new study explores the impact of corporate mapping on #OSM: heigit.org/new-paper-co... #OpenStreetMap

World map depicting trends in corporate mapping in OSM between 2019 and 2023

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