• 3D Flood Modeling with LIDAR

    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

    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

  • GIS Mobile Mapping

    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

    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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  • Geomatics - GIS data base modeling

    Geomatics – GIS data base modeling

    The design of the spatial database is the formal process of analyzing facts about the real world into a structured model. Database design is characterized by the following phases: requirement analysis, logical design and physical design. In more common terms,

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  • LIDAR

  • 3D Flood Modeling with LIDAR

    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

    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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  • LIDAR surface modeling of Bouctouche New Brunswick

    LIDAR surface modeling of Bouctouche New Brunswick

    Color Shaded Relief (CSR) image generated from Bald Earth LIDAR points on the left, Middle image is of a Digital Surface Model generated with all the LIDAR points and on the right is an air photo for the same area. .

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  • International Travel

  • the Nicaraguan Lawn Mower ...

    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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  • Rio Blanco, Nicaragua (May 2009)

    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

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  • Managua Airport Hanger (May 2009)

    Managua Airport Hanger (May 2009)

    Well after a lengthy wait and battle to get the Nicaraguan Customs to finally release our equipment to us, we were able to get to work. We rented a hanger at the airport to use while we installed our LIDAR

    May 27, 2009 | 1 comment | View Post

  • USA Travel Stories

  • Hocking Hills State Park - Logan, Ohio (July 2009)

    Hocking Hills State Park – Logan, Ohio (July 2009)


    Within the Hocking Hills park are several spectacular features based around rock formations, including Old Man's Cave (a narrow, deep gorge, with many waterfalls), Cantwell Cliffs (a broad gorge at the head of a hollow with a unique stone

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  • TITAN Cross Country Road Trip 4 (July 2009)

    TITAN Cross Country Road Trip 4 (July 2009)

    Although this may have been my shortest road trip since I started traveling with the Terrapoint Titan mobile LIDAR system we still crossed through eight states and 1 province along about a 3160+ kilometer journey in seven days ... .

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  • Grand Canyon National Park (Nov 2008)

    Grand Canyon National Park (Nov 2008)

    The Grand Canyon National Park is unlike any others in the world, although it is not the deepest canyon in the world it highly recognized for its overwhelming size and colorful landscape.
    Geologically it is significant (especially to people like myself

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  • Canadian Travel Stories

  • Dryden, Ontario

    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

    Oct 20, 2009 | 1 comment | View Post

  • Sioux Lookout, Ontario

    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

  • TITAN Cross Country Road Trip 4 (July 2009)

    TITAN Cross Country Road Trip 4 (July 2009)

    Although this may have been my shortest road trip since I started traveling with the Terrapoint Titan mobile LIDAR system we still crossed through eight states and 1 province along about a 3160+ kilometer journey in seven days ... .

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  • Other Recent Articles

  • UTM Rows and Zones

    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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  • Archipielago las Isleta on Lake Nicaragua (May 2009)

    Archipielago las Isleta on Lake Nicaragua (May 2009)

    After checking in the city of Granada we went on an ecological tourism side of things by going on a guided boat tour of the Archipielago las Isleta, on Lake Nicaragua, a few minutes south of Granada. Our young tour guide promised us that on the tour we would see where some of the richest in the country live, see some historic forts and buildings and perhaps see some wild life and nature. Very exciting to some I sure but more so just a nice change from the typical colonial like sights and was also much cooler on the lake then it was in the city – witch was a nice change.

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    May 26, 2009 | 1 comment | View Post

  • Granada, Nicaragua (May 2009)

    Granada, Nicaragua (May 2009)

    The city of Granada, rich in history and culture, is situated on the northwestern shore of Lake Cocibolca is Nicaragua’s fourth largest city and historically one of Nicaragua’s most important places both economically and politically.

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  • Parque Nacional Volcan Masaya (May 2009)

    Parque Nacional Volcan Masaya (May 2009)

    After checking out the sites in and around Managua, we ventured off to some of the recommended areas outside of the city since we still had amble time left before our equipment would be released.

    South of the City of Managua is the Parque Nacional Volcan Masaya, the countries largest Masaya sulfur dioxide gasNational Park and one of several protected areas of Nicaragua.

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  • More site seeing in Managua, Nicaragua (May 2009)

    More site seeing in Managua, Nicaragua (May 2009)

    So our tour continued around the city of Managua stopping at various historic and modern sites including places like the water front, the Dennis Martínez National Stadium, El Huembes Market and local restaurants. And like always a few laughs …

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  • Site seeing in Managua, Nicaragua (May 2009)

    Site seeing in Managua, Nicaragua (May 2009)

    So unlike most of my jobs that I normally get sent on, this particular one has provided me with an abundant amount of free time due to some security / customs issues involved with our survey gear (fortunate for me, not so fortunate for our company), so I have had amble time to explore the city and it’s culture. Some of the things that I explored were …

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    May 20, 2009 | 4 comments | View Post

  • Nicaragua Trip (May - June 2008)

    Nicaragua Trip (May – June 2008)

    After visiting every province of Canada and almost every state in the United States during the past three years, I have finaly embarked upon my first international trip (not including USA travel …), to the country of Nicaragua, the largest Location Map of Managua, Nicaraguastate in Central America bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south.

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  • Geomatics Links

    Geology & Geomatics Associations
    CIG – Canadian Institute of Geomatics
    CASI – Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institue
    CRSS – Canadian Remote Sensing Society
    Geological Association of Canada
    AGSAtlantic Geoscience Society
    Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta
    Association of Geoscientists of Ontario
    BC & Yukon Chamber of Mines
    NWT Chamber of Mines
    CAMESE – Canadian Association of Mining Equipment & Services for Export
    Canadian [...]

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  • Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut Territory (Aug 2008)

    Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut Territory (Aug 2008)

    This trip was not my first trip to the Canadian north (I had been to Yellowknife before) but it was my first time I had ever been to the Nunavut Territory and also the highest latitude (67 degrees north) that I have been to.

    I am sure that Nunavut is probably one of the least traveled places by most Canadians maybe because it is so remote with no roads (or very few) connecting it to the rest of Canada making it very hard to get around. Due to the lack of the roads in this area, I almost always traveled by helicopter ( … sometimes by plane). Flying everywhere high above the Earth certainly provides a much better perspective to view the interesting topography and geology here created by various different ice ages over time.

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    Aug 01, 2008 | 2 comments | View Post