• 3D Flood Modeling with LIDAR

    This is a summary detailing the methodologies and issues involved during an extensive technical graduate project that I completed as part of the Applied Geomatics Research program with the Center of Geographic Sciences (COGS) and the Applied Geomatics Research Group (AGRG).
    The main goal of the project was to generate flood maps and DEMs with better [...]

  • LIDAR

    LIDAR has become a major portion of my geomatics career, thus I have dedicated an entire section of my site to help provide a brief understanding of LIDAR technology while demonstrating some of the highlights of my graduate work and other LIDAR projects that I have been involved with. Find out more …

  • GIS

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    GIS Mobile Mapping

    During the fall of 2003, the Applied Geomatics Research Group (AGRG) added eight weather stations to their already existing weather network. The weather stations designed by Campbell Scientific were spread through out the Annapolis Valley (Nova Scotia) region from Digby

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    Geomatics – GIS Spatial Modeling

    GIS Spatial Modeling is the process of modeling, examining, and interpreting geographic data.It uses a set of defined methodology and analytical procedures to derive information with spatial relationships between geographic phenomena. It can be useful for evaluating suitability and capability,

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    3D Flood Modeling with LIDAR

    This is a summary detailing the methodologies and issues involved during an extensive technical graduate project that I completed as part of the Applied Geomatics Research program with the Center of Geographic Sciences (COGS) and the Applied Geomatics Research Group

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    LIDAR

    LIDAR has become a major portion of my geomatics career, thus I have dedicated an entire section of my site to help provide a brief understanding of LIDAR technology while demonstrating some of the highlights of my graduate work and

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  • San Pedro Del Norte, Nicaragua

    Well it turns out that although the pavement ends in Rio Blanco, the road does continue to several other small villages east and north of there.  Our project site is based out of the villages of San Pedro Del Norte, a

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    the Nicaraguan Lawn Mower …

    I found this neat T Shirt while walking around one of the local markets in Managua and couldn't resist getting it (especially since it was only $5).
    And, actually the funnier part of this little story was ... .

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  • Canadian Travel Stories

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    Dryden, Ontario

    Well yet another stay in the small northern town of Dryden has come around ... it is centrally located between Thunder Bay ONT and Winnipeg MB, along the Trans-Canada Highway. It is the home town of NHL super star

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    Sioux Lookout, Ontario

    Currently doing a few small LIDAR jobs in the Sioux Lookout area. Sioux Lookout is a town in northern Ontario (about a 4 and half hour drive west from Thunder Bay). It claims to have a population of 5200

    Sep 06, 2009 | 1 comment | View Post

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    UTM Rows and Zones

    With this world map you can easily find out what UTM zone you are working from.
    Simply click on the image below to enlarge it to expose all of the map, then find out where you are located and look for the zone and row that matches your area.

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    Rio Blanco, Nicaragua (May 2009)

    For this job we were based in the town of Rio Blanco of Matagalpa, or basically the furthest town east of Managua that is still on the pavement (even though our project was about 60 km further east … this was the closest town to base out of).

    Rio Blanco is much more of a town then the people in Managua seem to have given it credit, and although it certainly is a little bit different then most towns I have stayed in, it is not all bad. Perhaps a little rough around the edges but it seems to have all the necessary basics that we need to operate with. …

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    May 29, 2009 | 2 comments | View Post