Tag Archive for: AGRG

LIDAR GPS Validation

Summary poster created to show GPS validation data collected for 2003 LIDAR survey of the Annapolis Valley. Poster was one of several presented at the Geomatics Atlantic 2003 Conference held at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia and posted at the Applied Geomatics Research Group seminar room in Middleton, Nova Scotia.

 AGRG Annapolis Valley LIDAR Ground Validation Campaign poster

Flood Risk Mapping for Storm Surge Events using LiDAR for southeast New Brunswick

The following co-authored paper featuring my graduate LiDAR research work at the AGRG was published in the Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing in 2006. Airborne light detection and ranging (LiDAR) has the spatial density and vertical precision required to map coastal areas at risk of flooding from water levels typically 1–2 m higher than predicted tides during storm surges. In this study …

Leica Total Station (TCR1105) User Guide

While doing my graduate LIDAR research work at the AGRG we were often tasked with writing user guides for the equipment that we purchased to help others in the group know how to use it. Here is a user guide for the Leica Total Station (TCR1105) that covers the basic information about the unit itself and the equipment found in the case, how to prepare for the survey in the office, details about the user interface, how to operate the unit, and how to export the data after the survey.

CCAF LIDAR Validation Map

Map created showing New Brunswick high precision monuments within and around 2003 AGRG LIDAR project study areas used to help plan LIDAR validation surveys.

GIS Spatial modeling for Kejimkujik National Park

Here is a summer GIS project that I worked on for Parks Canada.

The PDF technical report details the methodologies and issues that were encountered with a Spatial GIS vegetation database and GIS Spatial modeling project at the Applied Geomatics Research Group (AGRG) during the summer of 2004 that involved generating a spatial geographic database for Jeremy’s Bay Campground of Kejimkujik National Park and Historic Site. High resolution aerial photography acquired from a previous AGRG aerial photography mission was used along with extensive data collected during a Rapid Vegetation Assessment survey and a detailed forest stand interpretation.

Poster showing Spatial modeling database of forest stands in Kejimkujik National Park and Historic Site

Kejimkujik National Park and Historic Site is located about 160 km west of Halifax in south western Nova Scotia between Liverpool and Annapolis Royal. The lakes and rivers of the park are habitat for many turtles, frogs and

salamanders; Kejimkujik has more amphibians and reptiles than anywhere else in the Atlantic Provinces. The park is also home to many birds, especially common loons, and fish which include brook trout and white and yellow perch. In Canada, National Parks are considered places where ecosystems and ecological integrity should be maintained and Kejimkujik National Park is no exception.

The project was divided into two main sections that were indirectly related to one other. The first major part of the project was the compilation of digital line work and the creation of a Geographic Information System (GIS) Spatial database of forest stands found within the campground. The second part of the project was focused on generating a GIS spatial database of the vegetation found within each campsite that was collected during a Rapid Vegetation Assessment (RVA) Survey.

Click here for a Poster showing Spatial database forest stands in Kejimkujik National Park and Historic Site.

25 cm Ortho Photo of Kejimkujik National Park and Historic Site, Nova Scotia

Spatial Database Modeling of forest stands in Kejimkujik National Park

Here is a poster generated with ESRI ArcGIS for a summer GIS project that I worked on for Parks Canada. [The PDF technical report details the methodologies and issues that were encountered with a Spatial GIS vegetation database and GIS Spatial modeling project at the Applied Geomatics Research Group (AGRG) during the summer of 2004 that involved generating a spatial geographic database for Jeremy’s Bay Campground of Kejimkujik National Park and Historic Site. High resolution aerial photography acquired from a previous AGRG (COGS) aerial photography mission was used along with extensive data collected during a Rapid Vegetation Assessment survey and a detailed forest stand interpretation.]

Poster showing Spatial modeling database of forest stands in Kejimkujik National Park and Historic Site

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. The area shown in the data samples are of Bouctouche in New Brunswick at a scale of 1:6000. Data sets were part of my gradute research work at the AGRG / COGS in 2003.

LIDAR surface modeling of Bouctouche New Brunswick