computer animations:

of
glaciers:
- Goessnitzkees and Hornkees (Schober Group, Hohe Tauern Range, Austria)
- Pasterze Glacier (Glockner Mountains, Hohe Tauern Range, Austria)

rock glaciers:
- Hochebenkar rock glaciers (Oetztal Alps, Austria)
- Hinteres Langtalkar rock glacier (Schober Group, Hohe Tauern Range, Austria)
- Doesen rock glacier (Hochalmspitze-Ankogel Group, Hohe Tauern Range, Austria)
- Leibnitzkopf rock glacier (Schober Group, Hohe Tauern Range, Austria)
- Tschadinhorn rock glacier (Schober Group, Hohe Tauern Range, Austria)

landslides:
- Blaubach landslide (Krimml, Austria)

Goessnitzkees and Hornkees

Goessnitzkees (Hohe Tauern National Park,
Austria) Reconstruction and visualization of the retreat of two small cirque glaciers in the Austrian Alps since 1850
[Abstract]

© by Viktor Kaufmann and Reinhard Ploesch, Graz University of Technology, 1999, 2001

Sequence 1 (video clip, MPEG, 3,6 MB, 19 sec.): Geographical setting of the glaciers (glacial stage of 1997) - round flight
Sequence 2 (video clip, MPEG, 5,4 MB, 29 sec.): Reconstruction of glacial stages (1983, 1992 and 1997) - round flight
Sequence 3 (video clip, MPEG, 2,9 MB, 15 sec.): Hornkees (glacial stage of 1997) - approach
Sequence 4 (video clip, MPEG, 2,9 MB, 15 sec.): Goessnitzkees (glacial stage of 1997) - approach
Sequence 5 (video clip, MPEG, 6,9 MB, 38 sec.): Computer animation of the glacier retreat - bird's-eye view
Sequence 6 (video clip, MPEG, 6,4 MB, 35 sec.): Computer animation of the glacier retreat - terrestrial view
(all sequences with sound)

The complete video film (MPEG, 138 MB, 12 min. 36 sec.) can be provided on CD-ROM ( order now ).
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Visualization of surface height change and movement at Goessnitzkees (Goessnitz glacier) (animated GIFs)

2008 - 2009 2009 - 2010 2008 - 2009 - 2010

Terrestrial view of 22.8.2008

terrestrial view of 22.8.2009

terrestrial view of 20.8.2010

© by Viktor Kaufmann, Graz University of Technology, 2011

Camera used: Nikon D300, 50mm lens, 4288 x 2848 frame size
Download animated GIFs: 2008-2009, 2009-2010, 2008-2010, 2008-2009-2010

1988 - 2010 1988 - 2010

Terrestrial view of 7.9.1988

terrestrial view of 20.8.2010

© by Viktor Kaufmann and Robert Kostka, Graz University of Technology, 2011

Cameras used: (1988) Zeiss TAL phototheodolite & (2010) Nikon D300, 50mm lens
Download animated GIF: 1988-2010

2012 - 2015 2012 - 2015

Terrestrial view of 17.8.2012

terrestrial view of 21.8.2015

© by Viktor Kaufmann, Graz University of Technology, 2016

Camera used: Nikon D300, 50mm lens, 4288 x 2848 frame size
Download animated GIFs: 2012-2015

Hochebenkar rock glaciers

Outer Hochebenkar rock glacier (Austria) Spatio-temporal analysis of the dynamic behaviour of the Hochebenkar rock glaciers (Oetztal Alps, Austria) by means of digital photogrammetric methods
[Abstract]

© by Viktor Kaufmann and Reinhard Ploesch, Graz University of Technology, 1999, 2001

Sequence 1 (video clip, MPEG, 4280 KB, 23 sec.): Hochebenkar rock glaciers (1997) - round flight
Sequence 2 (video clip, MPEG, 3878 KB, 21 sec.): Outer Hochebenkar rock glacier (1997) - bird's-eye view
Sequence 3 (video clip, MPEG, 7359 KB, 40 sec.): Inner Hochebenkar rock glacier (1997) - birds's-eye view
Sequence 4 (video clip, Quick Time Movie, 515 KB): Hochebenkar rock glaciers (1997)
(MPEG sequences with sound)

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Movement of the tongue of the Outer Hochebenkar rock glacier (animated GIF)

1986 - 2003 1986 - 1999 1999 - 2003 1986 - 1999 - 2003

Terrestrial view of 23.9.1986

terrestrial view of 9.9.1999

terrestrial view of 19.9.2003

terrestrial view of 19.9.

Movement of the Outer Hochebenkar rock glacier (animated GIF)

1986 - 2003 (low resolution) 1999 - 2008 (low resolution) 1986 - 2003 (high resolution) 1999 - 2008 (high) resolution)

Terrestrial view of 23.9.1986

terrestrial view of 9.9.1999

terrestrial view of 19.9.2003

terrestrial view of 10.8.2008

Image registration by means of 2D homography.
© by Viktor Kaufmann, Graz University of Technology, 2011

Movement of the Outer Hochebenkar rock glacier (animated GIF)

1997 - 2003

Aerial photographs © BEV, Vienna. Image data of 2003 taken from Microsoft Bing Maps.
© by Viktor Kaufmann, Graz University of Technology, 2010

Download animated GIF (1.9 MB)
HMC2010_Kaufmann_Subset.ppt (10.3 MB)

2006-2010

ALS DSM 2006 Inneres Hochebenkar rock glacier,
shaded relief

Epoch 1: 23.8.2006, airborne laser scanning (ALS), digital surface model (DSM), grid spacing 1 m, data © Land Tirol
Epoch 2: 9.10.2010, airborne laser scanning (ALS), digital surface model (DSM), grid spacing 1 m, data © Land Tirol
Shaded relief produced with SURFER: lighting from the east
© by Viktor Kaufmann, Graz University of Technology, 2015

Download animated GIF (2.65 MB)

Movement of the Inner Hochebenkar rock glacier (animated GIF)

2006-2010

Epoch 1: 31.8.1953, orthophoto, GSD 0.5 m, image data © BEV, Vienna
Epoch 2: 5.9.2003, orthophoto, GSD 0.5 m, data © Land Tirol
© by Viktor Kaufmann, Graz University of Technology, 2015

Download animated GIF (8.86 MB)

1969-1997

Epoch 1: 24.9.1969, orthophoto, GSD 0.5 m, image data © BEV, Vienna
Epoch 2: 11.9.1997, orthophoto, GSD 0.5 m, image data © BEV, Vienna
© by Viktor Kaufmann, Graz University of Technology, 2015

Download animated GIF (9.20 MB)

1953-2003

Epoch 1: 31.8.1953, orthophoto, GSD 0.5 m, image data © BEV, Vienna
Epoch 2: 24.9.1969, orthophoto, GSD 0.5 m, image data © BEV, Vienna
Epoch 3: 11.9.1997, orthophoto, GSD 0.5 m, image data © BEV, Vienna
Epoch 4: 5.9.2003, orthophoto, GSD 0.5 m, data © Land Tirol
Epoch 5: 11.9.2010, orthophoto, GSD 0.5 m, data © Land Tirol
© by Viktor Kaufmann, Graz University of Technology, 2015

Download animated GIF (21.30 MB)

Hinteres Langtalkar rock glacier

Rock glacier Hinteres Langtalkar, Austria

Documentation of the movement of the Hinteres Langtalkar rock glacier
[Abstract]

© by Viktor Kaufmann, Graz University of Technology, 2004

Download animated GIF (2.2 MB)
Download animated GIF (3.8 MB)
Download time-series 2002-2006 animated GIF (1.9 MB)
Download time-series 1954-2006 animated GIF (9.8 MB)
Download orthophoto map (17.4 MB)

Blaubach landslide

Morphometric documentation and computer-based visualization of slope deformation and slope creep of the Blaubach landslide (Salzburg, Austria)
[Abstract] [ Paper ] [ PPT ]

Download orthophoto map (1.2 MB). Orthophoto map 1:10,000 "Inneres Dösener Tal, Ankogelgruppe"

10 years of monitoring of the Doesen rock glacier (Ankogel group, Austria) - A review of the research activities for the time period 1995-2005
[Abstract] [Paper]

Aerial photographs: 15.8.1993, CIR; 1.9.1997, B/W

Download animated GIF (4.3 MB)

Aerial photographs, 15.8.1993, CIR; 1.9.1997, B/W

© by Viktor Kaufmann, Graz University of Technology, 2006

Download animated GIF (3.6 MB)
Doesen rock glacier.ppt (9.5 MB)

Movement of Dösen rock glacier

1969-1998

1998-2010

1969-1998-2010

Aerial photographs © BEV, Vienna

Leibnitzkopf rock glacier

Detection and measurement of highly active rock glaciers using mulit-temporal high-resolution orthophotos of virtual globes, such as Google Maps and Microsoft Virtual Earth/Bing Maps
[Abstract] [Paper]

Aerial photograph, GSD 40 cm (Google Maps): 18.9.2002
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Aerial photograph, GSD 20 cm (Google Maps): 18.9.2002
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Movement of Leibnitzkopf rock glacier (animated GIFs)

2019-2020

Digital orthophotos: GSD 20 cm
Epochs used: 18.8.2019 and 26.8.2020 (all UAV-based aerial surveys)
Image data © Institute of Geography and Regional Science, UNI Graz and Institute of Geodesy, TU Graz
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2002-2018

Digital orthophotos: GSD 20 cm
Epochs used: 18.9.2002, 11.9.2006, 7.9.2009, 9.9.2012, 28.8.2015, 28.9.2018 (all conventional aerial surveys)
Image data © BEV
Download animated GIF

1954-2018

Digital orthophotos: GSD 20 cm
Epochs used: 1.9.1954, 9.10.1969, 16.8.1974, 9.10.1981, 18.9.1992, 16.9.1997, 18.9.2002, 11.9.2006, 7.9.2009, 9.9.2012, 28.8.2015, 28.9.2018 (all conventional aerial surveys)
Image data © BEV
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1954-2018

Digital elevation models (DEMs): grid spacing 20 cm
Epochs used: 18.8.2019 and 26.8.2020 (all UAV-based aerial surveys)
Download animated GIF

2012-2018

Digital elevation models (DEMs): grid spacing 20 cm
Epochs used: 9.9.2012, 28.8.2015, 28.9.2018 (all conventional aerial surveys)
Download animated GIF

1974-2018

Digital elevation models (DEMs): grid spacing 20 cm
Epochs used: 16.8.1974, 18.9.1992, 11.9.2006, 7.9.2009, 9.9.2012, 28.8.2015, and 28.9.2018 (all conventional aerial surveys)
Download animated GIF

1954-2020

Digital elevation models (DEMs): grid spacing 20 cm
Epochs used: 1.9.1954, 9.10.1969, 16.8.1974, 18.9.1992, 18.9.2002, 11.9.2006, 7.9.2009, 9.9.2012, 28.8.2015, 28.9.2018 (all conventional aerial surveys), and 18.8.2019, 26.8.2020 (all UAV-based aerial surveys)
Download animated GIF

Pasterze

Orthophoto (mosaic of aerial photographs), GSD 20 m, 21./22.9.2006
Aerial photographs © Federal Office of Metrology and Surveying (BEV), Vienna
Download animated GIF (Source of data: H. Slupetzky/ University of Salzburg, BEV, TIRIS/ Regional Government of Tyrol)

Freiwandeck - Terrestrial view towards Grossglockner, 27.8.2016, 11:00 hrs, camera Canon EOS 1200D, 18 mm focal length
Photographs © ZAMG & Großglockner Hochalpenstraße AG and provided by foto-webcam.eu
Download animated GIF (time-lapse photography: 27.8.2016, 29.8.2017)
Image registration carried out by Thomas Mikl (Institute of Geodesy, Graz University of Technology; Bildmessung KU, WS 2017/18)
Seminar work "Automatische Registrierung von Zeitreihenaufnahmen für die Visualisierung von raumzeitlichen Veränderungen mithilfe
der 2D-Homographie, des SIFT-Operators und des RANSAC-Algoithmus

Tschadinhorn rock glacier

Movement of Tschadinhorn rock glacier (animated GIFs)

2016-2017

Epoch 1: 26.7.2016, orthophoto, GSD 15 cm, UAV data © UNI Graz/TU Graz
Epoch 2: 22.8.2017, orthophoto, GSD 15 cm, UAV data © UNI Graz/TU Graz
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2015-2017

Epoch 1: 28.8.2015, orthophoto, GSD 10 cm, image data © BEV
Epoch 2: 22.8.2017, orthophoto, GSD 10 cm, UAV data © UNI Graz/TU Graz
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1974-2015

Digital orthophotos: GSD 25 cm
Epochs used: 6.9.1974, 18.9.1992, 18.9.2002, 8.9.2009, 28.8.2012, 28.8.2015 (all conventional aerial surveys)
Image data © BEV and Land Tirol
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2016-2017

Epoch 1: 26.7.2016, digital surface model (DSM), grid spacing 20 cm, UAV data © UNI Graz/TU Graz
Epoch 2: 22.8.2017, digital surface model (DSM), grid spacing 20 cm, UAV data © UNI Graz/TU Graz
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2009-2017

Epoch 1: 8.9.2009, digital surface model (DSM), grid spacing 1 m, ALS data © Land Tirol
Epoch 2: 22.8.2017, digital surface model (DSM), grid spacing 1 m, UAV data © UNI Graz/TU Graz
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1954-1974-1992-2002-2006-2009-2012-2015-2017

Digital surface models (DSMs): grid spacing of 2 m
Epochs used: 24.9.1954, 6.9.1974, 18.9.1992, 18.9.2002, 21.9.2006, 8.9.2009 (ALS), 28.8.2012, 28.8.2015, 22.8.2017 (UAV-based survey)
Aerial Surveys (1954, 1974, 1992, 2002, 2006, 2012, 2015, 2017), ALS data © Land Tirol, aerial photographs © Land Tirol, BEV, UNI Graz/TU Graz
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2009-2015

Epoch 1: 8.9.2009, digital surface model (DSM), grid spacing 2 m, ALS data © Land Tirol
Epoch 2: 28.8.2015, digital surface model (DSM), grid spacing 2 m, Ultracam image data © Land Tirol
Shaded reliefs produced with SURFER: lighting from the northeast
Download animated GIF

2009-2016

Epoch 1: 8.9.2009, digital surface model (DSM), grid spacing 1 m, ALS data © Land Tirol
Epoch 2: 26.7.2016, digital surface model (DSM), grid spacing 1 m, UAV data © UNI Graz/TU Graz
Shaded reliefs produced with SURFER: lighting from the northeast
Download animated GIF

last update: february 11, 2021

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