Tag: Research

  • LVISA release: plotting out of the map

    The LIDAR Research Group (LRG) present a new release of LVISA: plotting out of the map. Besides the 3D presentation of a selected tree, plots with respect to feature statistic as well as the comparison to corresponding tree species, family and class are now also available. Who has not heard of LVISA: LVISA is a…

  • New Release of LVISA – Exploring 3D Point Clouds of Trees in the Web

    The LIDAR Research Group (LRG) released LVISA – a novel system for analyzing point clouds of vegetation. This system examplifies a web-based laser scanning database for the management and analysis of tree reference signatures. It combines techniques and methods of LiDAR and 3D GIScience. We present a new release of LVISA including re-designed and re-implemented…

  • Research Stay at Harvard CGA

    René Westerholt is currently visiting the Center for Geographic Analysis (Harvard University) in Cambridge, USA. The two-month research stay (funded by the German Excellence Initiative II) aims to foster new research collaborations between Harvard CGA and GIScience Heidelberg in the field of Live-Geography / People as Sensors. Both institutions have been in continuous exchange through…