• Home
  • About

GIScience News Blog

News of Heidelberg University’s GIScience Research Group.

Feed on
Posts
Comments
« 3D-TAIGER Summer School 2016 in Heidelberg
Third Arctic Expedition to Trail Valley »

3D data acquisition in the Ötztal Alps - Exploring 3D GIScience on the “Monster of Rock”

Sep 12th, 2016 by Martin Hämmerle

As part of the practical field training “3D Geodatenerfassung im Hochgebirge (Ötztal), 31 July - 06 August”, the rock glacier “Äußeres Hochebenenkar” (42 ha), located in the Ötztal Alps in an elevation of 2,630-2,800 m a.s.l., was explored  by 16 students under the direction of Bernhard Höfle, Stefan Hecht and Martin Hämmerle.

With the help of several sensor systems (LiDAR, GNSS), close range photogrammetry and the geophysical method of electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) a huge amount of data was captured to analyse the geomorphology, the sub-surface (e.g. permafrost) and the behaviour or change to the last year’s summer school project of the fondly called “Monster of Rock”. In three groups (“LiDAR”, “Photogrammetry” and “ERT”) specific sub-topics ranging from change detection over volume calculations all the way to the comparison of methods were chosen and already pre-processed in the on-site “sky-lab” at our base station, the Universitätszentrum Obergurgl. It provided us with a great accommodation to be ready for the daily hikes to the field and provided an excellent working environment.

A small part of the tip (of the utmost spur…) of the examined rock glacier aka. Monsterbaby aka. Moster of Rock

A small part of the tip (of the utmost spur…) of the examined rock glacier aka. Monsterbaby aka. Monster of Rock

Operating the Global Satellite Navigation Systems (GNSS)

Operating the Global Satellite Navigation Systems (GNSS)

probably one of the highest data processing centres in the world

Regular evening in the sky-lab: probably one of the highest data processing centres in the world

Additionally, presentations of researches of the University of Innsbruck extended our knowledge of the surrounding we were working in. Field trips e.g. to the Köfels Bergsturz or the museum of local history gave further insights into recent fields of study and the local environment which has been highly influenced by anthropogenic factors for centuries.

All in all we had a very interesting and enjoyable time in Obergurgl which we can only thank our Heidelberg and Innsbruck lecturers for.

Well, did this scan work?

Well, did this scan work?

Course participants

Course participants

Bernhard meets Bernhard

Bernhard meets Bernhard

——————————————

Text: Tobias Brunk, Moritz Schott

——————————————

Tags: 3D geodata analysis, 3D geoinformation, AHK, Austria, electrical resistivity tomography, ERT, GNSS, high mountain research, laser scanning, Lidar, Obergurgl, ObergurglRocks, Photogrammetry

Posted in 3D, Digital Earth, Lidar Group, Teaching

Comments are closed.

  • About

    GIScience News Blog
    News of Heidelberg University’s GIScience Research Group.
    There are 1,675 Posts and 0 Comments so far.

  • Meta

    • Log in
    • Entries RSS
    • Comments RSS
    • WordPress.org
  • Recent Posts

    • Assessing road criticality and loss of healthcare accessibility during floods: the case of Cyclone Idai, Mozambique 2019
    • New paper on the automatic characterization of surface activities from 4D point clouds
    • OSHDB Version 1.0 Has Arrived
    • Job Opening for Postdoc / Senior Researcher on OpenStreetMap Road Quality Analysis
    • Geography Awareness Week 14.-19.11.2022
  • Tags

    3D 3DGEO Big Spatial Data CAP4Access Citizen Science Conference crisis mapping Crowdsourcing data quality deep learning disaster DisasterMapping GeoNet.MRN GIScience heigit HOT humanitarian humanitarian mapping Humanitarian OpenStreetMap team intrinsic quality analysis landuse laser scanning Lidar machine-learning Mapathon MapSwipe MissingMaps Missing Maps ohsome ohsome example Open data openrouteservice OpenStreetMap OSM OSM History Analytics Public Health Quality quality analysis remote sensing routing social media spatial analysis Teaching VGI Workshop
  • Archives

    • January 2023
    • December 2022
    • November 2022
    • October 2022
    • September 2022
    • August 2022
    • July 2022
    • June 2022
    • May 2022
    • April 2022
    • March 2022
    • February 2022
    • January 2022
    • December 2021
    • November 2021
    • October 2021
    • September 2021
    • August 2021
    • July 2021
    • June 2021
    • May 2021
    • April 2021
    • March 2021
    • February 2021
    • January 2021
    • December 2020
    • November 2020
    • October 2020
    • September 2020
    • August 2020
    • July 2020
    • June 2020
    • May 2020
    • April 2020
    • March 2020
    • February 2020
    • January 2020
    • December 2019
    • November 2019
    • October 2019
    • September 2019
    • August 2019
    • July 2019
    • June 2019
    • May 2019
    • April 2019
    • March 2019
    • February 2019
    • January 2019
    • December 2018
    • November 2018
    • October 2018
    • September 2018
    • August 2018
    • July 2018
    • June 2018
    • May 2018
    • April 2018
    • March 2018
    • February 2018
    • January 2018
    • December 2017
    • November 2017
    • October 2017
    • September 2017
    • August 2017
    • July 2017
    • June 2017
    • May 2017
    • April 2017
    • March 2017
    • February 2017
    • January 2017
    • December 2016
    • November 2016
    • October 2016
    • September 2016
    • August 2016
    • July 2016
    • June 2016
    • May 2016
    • April 2016
    • March 2016
    • February 2016
    • January 2016
    • December 2015
    • November 2015
    • October 2015
    • September 2015
    • August 2015
    • July 2015
    • June 2015
    • May 2015
    • April 2015
    • March 2015
    • February 2015
    • January 2015
    • December 2014
    • November 2014
    • October 2014
    • September 2014
    • August 2014
    • July 2014
    • June 2014
    • May 2014
    • April 2014
    • March 2014
    • February 2014
    • January 2014
    • December 2013
    • November 2013
    • October 2013
    • September 2013
    • August 2013
    • July 2013
    • June 2013
    • May 2013
    • April 2013
  •  

    September 2016
    M T W T F S S
    « Aug   Oct »
     1234
    567891011
    12131415161718
    19202122232425
    2627282930  
  • Recent Comments

    GIScience News Blog CC by-nc-sa Some Rights Reserved.

    Free WordPress Themes | Fresh WordPress Themes