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Bernhard Höfle

Bernhard Höfle

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Computer Science

D-Index
40
Citations
6224
World Ranking
9351
National Ranking
461

Overview

Bernhard Höfle is affiliated with Heidelberg University in Germany, where a significant portion of their research has been conducted and published. Their work primarily focuses on the application of remote sensing technologies and 3D surveying methods in environmental and earth sciences.

The scientist has contributed extensively to fields such as Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. More specifically, Höfle's research encompasses subfields including Environmental Engineering, Geology, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their research interests can be further detailed through the main topics they have covered which include:

  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
  • 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management

Bernhard Höfle has published within a variety of venues, demonstrating a focus on both institutional and international journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • heiDOK (Heidelberg University)
  • ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
  • ISPRS annals of the photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences
  • The international archives of the photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences
  • Earth Surface Dynamics

Their publication record contains research papers such as:

  • "Virtual laser scanning with HELIOS++: A novel take on ray tracing-based simulation of topographic full-waveform 3D laser scanning" (2021, Remote Sensing of Environment)
  • "Individual tree point clouds and tree measurements from multi-platform laser scanning in German forests" (2022, Earth system science data)
  • "Analysis of the backscattered energy in terrestrial laser scanning data" (2025, heiDOK (Heidelberg University))
  • "M3C2-EP: Pushing the limits of 3D topographic point cloud change detection by error propagation" (2021, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing)
  • "Tree species classification based on full-waveform airborne laser scanning data" (2025, heiDOK (Heidelberg University))

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Höfle's scholarly activity. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Katharina Anders
  • Lukas Winiwarter
  • Hannah Weiser
  • Martin Rutzinger
  • Vivien Zahs

Best Publications

  • Correction of laser scanning intensity data: Data and model-driven approaches

    Bernhard Höfle;Norbert Pfeifer

  • Multisource and Multitemporal Data Fusion in Remote Sensing: A Comprehensive Review of the State of the Art

    Pedram Ghamisi;Behnood Rasti;Naoto Yokoya;Qunming Wang

  • Beyond 3-D: The New Spectrum of Lidar Applications for Earth and Ecological Sciences

    Jan U.H. Eitel;Bernhard Höfle;Lee A. Vierling;Antonio Abellán

  • Hyperspectral and LiDAR Data Fusion Using Extinction Profiles and Deep Convolutional Neural Network

    Pedram Ghamisi;Bernhard Hofle;Xiao Xiang Zhu

  • Water surface mapping from airborne laser scanning using signal intensity and elevation data

    Bernhard Höfle;Michael Vetter;Norbert Pfeifer;Gottfried Mandlburger

  • Urban vegetation detection using radiometrically calibrated small-footprint full-waveform airborne LiDAR data

    Bernhard Höfle;Markus Hollaus;Julian Hagenauer

  • Automatic roof plane detection and analysis in airborne lidar point clouds for solar potential assessment.

    Andreas Jochem;Bernhard Höfle;Martin Rutzinger;Norbert Pfeifer

  • Topographic airborne LiDAR in geomorphology: A technological perspective

    Bernhard Höfle;Martin Rutzinger

  • Object-Based Point Cloud Analysis of Full-Waveform Airborne Laser Scanning Data for Urban Vegetation Classification

    Martin Rutzinger;Bernhard Höfle;Markus Hollaus;Norbert Pfeifer

  • Ontology-Based Classification of Building Types Detected from Airborne Laser Scanning Data

    Mariana Belgiu;Ivan Tomljenovic;Thomas J. Lampoltshammer;Thomas Blaschke

  • Virtual laser scanning with HELIOS++: A novel take on ray tracing-based simulation of topographic full-waveform 3D laser scanning

    Lukas Winiwarter;Alberto Manuel Esmorís Pena;Hannah Weiser;Katharina Anders;Katharina Anders

  • Methods to measure potential spatial access to delivery care in low- and middle-income countries: a case study in rural Ghana

    Robin C Nesbitt;Sabine Gabrysch;Alexandra Laub;Seyi Soremekun

  • Analysis of the backscattered energy in terrestrial laser scanning data

    N. Pfeifer;B. Höfle;C. Briese;M. Rutzinger

  • Building Extraction from Airborne Laser Scanning Data: An Analysis of the State of the Art

    Ivan Tomljenovic;Bernhard Höfle;Dirk Tiede;Thomas Blaschke

  • Radiometric Correction of Terrestrial LiDAR Point Cloud Data for Individual Maize Plant Detection

    Bernhard Hofle

  • Extraction of Vertical Walls from Mobile Laser Scanning Data for Solar Potential Assessment

    Andreas Jochem;Bernhard Höfle;Martin Rutzinger

  • Optimisation of LiDAR derived terrain models for river flow modelling

    G. Mandlburger;C. Hauer;B. Höfle;H. Habersack

  • Tree species classification based on full-waveform airborne laser scanning data

    M. Hollaus;W. Mücke;B. Höfle;W. Dorigo

  • Calibration of full-waveform airborne laser scanning data for object classification

    Christian Briese;Bernhard Höfle;Hubert Lehner;Wolfgang Wagner

  • GIS-Based Roughness Derivation for Flood Simulations: A Comparison of Orthophotos, LiDAR and Crowdsourced Geodata

    Helen Dorn;Michael Vetter;Bernhard Höfle

  • Boosting the predictive accuracy of urban hedonic house price models through airborne laser scanning

    Marco Helbich;Andreas Jochem;Werner Mücke;Bernhard Höfle

  • Multisource and Multitemporal Data Fusion in Remote Sensing.

    Pedram Ghamisi;Behnood Rasti;Naoto Yokoya;Qunming Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Julia Boike
Julia Boike Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Norbert Frank
Norbert Frank Heidelberg University
Alexander Zipf
Alexander Zipf Heidelberg University
Philip Marsh
Philip Marsh Wilfrid Laurier University
Moritz Langer
Moritz Langer Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Pedram Ghamisi
Pedram Ghamisi Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
Thomas Blaschke
Thomas Blaschke University of Salzburg
Lorenzo Bruzzone
Lorenzo Bruzzone University of Trento

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