Bernhard Höfle
Full Professor Of Geographic Information Science And 3D Geodata Processing
Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Top SchoolBernhard Höfle is a Full Professor of Geographic Information Science and 3D Geodata Processing at Heidelberg University, leading research and a main research group focused on advanced 3D geospatial data analysis. With a decade of professorial and leadership roles—including board memberships, institute management, and oversight of multiple degree programmes—he blends deep academic expertise in physical geography and geoinformatics with practical stewardship of research and education. His work spans photogrammetry, remote sensing and 3D spatial data pipelines, translating complex spatial algorithms into applications for hazards, urban environments and scientific computing. Trained at Universität Innsbruck with additional study in Uppsala, he maintains long-term institutional commitments (e.g., Kurt-Hiehle-Foundation) that reflect a talent for building research ecosystems as well as technical solutions.
9 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Science, Physical Geography and Geoinformatics, Doctor of Science, Physical Geography and Geoinformatics at Universität InnsbruckNatural Sciences, Natural Sciences at University of Uppsala
Github Skills (35)
tree-store10
lidar10
simulation9
geodata9
lidar-data9
open3d8
database8
python8
odm8
gis8
forge8
geospatial7
geospatial-analysis7
photovoltaic7
octree6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
3dgeo-heidelberg/vostok
Nov 2022 - Jan 2023
VOSTOK, the Voxel Octree Solar Toolkit, is a C++ command-line tool to compute a detailed model of incoming solar radiation distribution on a patch of land, including structures like buildings and vegetation, represented by a 3D point cloud data set.
Contributions:1 review, 7 commits, 2 PRs in 2 months
lidar-point-cloudlaserscanninglidar-datavostokoctree
3dgeo-heidelberg/etrainee_heidelberg_2024
Mar 2024 - Feb 2025
E-learning course on Time Series Analysis in Remote Sensing for Understanding Human-Environment Interactions
Contributions:10 pushes, 3 branches, 2 comments in 11 months
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