Presentations
Last Updated: January 25, 2018
Below are a selection of presentations from the conference that have been made available for download.
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Day 1 - Thursday, November 23
Day 2 - Friday, November 24
SESSION 5 - THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT
(Nadine Wells, Moderator)
08:30 “Any port in a storm?”: mapping ports of refuge in Newfoundland and Labrador fisheries – James Shewmake
08:50 Determining appropriate spatial scales for evaluating juvenile Haddock associations with seabed habitat – Andrew Cuff, Robert Gregory, Kate Dalley
09:10 Delphi vs. GIS: a comparison of two methods for identifying ecologically and biologically significant areas in Canada – Nadine Wells, Margaret Warren, Krista Tucker
09:30 Creating extensive high-resolution bathymetry, geomorphology, and substrate maps for Newfoundland and Labrador waters – Emilie Novaczek, Benjamin Misiuk, Rodolphe Devillers, Elaine Hynick
09:50 Mapping anthropogenic threats to marine organisms: a case study from Atlantic Canada – David Lieske, Robert Ronconi, Laura McFarlane Tranquilla, Sue Abbott
SESSION 6 - WETLAND ENVIRONMENTS
(Bahram Salehi, Moderator)
10:30 An operational method for wetland classification in Newfoundland and Labrador using publicly available satellite data – Sahel Mahdavi, Bahram Salehi, Meisam Amani, Jean Granger, Brian Brisco, Weimin Huang
10:50 A multiple classifier system to improve wetland classification using SAR data – Meisam Amani, Bahram Salehi, Sahel Mahdavi, Jean Granger, Brian Brisco
11:10 Moving to RADARSAT constellation mission (RCM) for wetland classification – Fariba Mohammadimanesh, Bahram Salehi, Masoud Mahdianpari, Brian Brisco
11:30 Separability analysis of wetland classes using optical satellite data – Meisam Amani, Bahram Salehi, Sahel Mahdavi, Jean Granger, Brian Brisco
11:50 A methodology for quantifying land-cover patterns along open-water and disturbance gradients for wetland reclamation – Jennifer Ridge, Derek Robinson
SESSION 7 - ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
(Rodolphe Devillers, Moderator)
13:10 An agent-based model of human-black bear conflict – Karl Keough
13:30 Multigrain resource selection functions: R package for landscape inference at multiple spatial scales for predicting species occurrence – Michel Laforge, Alec Robitaille, Eric Vander Wal
13:50 The stoichiometric landscape: mapping the biogeochemical matrix with wildlife in mind – Travis Heckford, Shawn J Leroux, Eric Vander Wal, Matteo Rizzuto, Yolanda Wiersma
14:10 Systematic conservation planning: applying the boreal ecosystems analysis for conservation networks (BEACONs) approach – Melissa Brake, Christie Macdonald, Randal Greene, Lindsay Notzl
14:30 Delineating the human footprint for conservation planning – Randal Greene, Lindsay Notzl, Christie Macdonald
14:50 An approach to develop new leaf area index (LAI) and soil moisture index using the red-NIR spectral space – Meisam Amani
SESSION 8 - UAV APPLICATIONS
(Sherry Warren, Moderator)
15:25 From eroding cliffs to mine tailings: using UAVs in geoscience – Melanie Irvine, Gillian Roberts
15:45 Photogrammetric-based iceberg profiling using UAV imagery – Somayeh Yavari. Bahram Salehi, Robert Briggs
16:05 Terrestrial oil spill detection using UAV imagery – Masoud Mahdianpari, Bahram Salehi, Fariba Mohammadimanesh
16:25 A new noise removal method for point cloud generation of UAV imagery of forest areas – Somayeh Yavari, Bahram Salehi
Keynote Address
A history of geomatics in Canada – Prashant Shukle, Director General for the Canadian Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation
SESSION 1 - GIS TECHNOLOGY
(Andrew Cuff, Moderator)
09:35 Using ArcGIS Online to improve data quality and operational efficiency at Nalcor Energy’s Lower Churchill project – Karl Keough
09:55 Using open geospatial standards in mobile applications – David O’Mahony
10:15 GIS turning points: past, present, and into the future – Chris North
SESSION 2 - LiDAR TECHNOLOGY
(Kirk Regular, Moderator)
10:55 Connecting the dots: towards a LiDAR program for Newfoundland and Labrador – Randy Gillespie
11:15 Getting the point: working directly with .las bytecode – Gerard Noseworthy
11:35 Three dimensional mapping of an ancient basilica in Greece through terrestrial laser scanning – Peter Dare, Maria Papaioannou
Keynote Address
Agile aerospace: how Planet’s little satellites are disrupting the business of remote sensing in a big way – Sam Lieff, Director of Sales for Planet Labs Geomatics Corp
SESSION 3 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND GEOMATICS
(Randal Greene, Moderator)
13:45 Flood vulnerability mapping in Conception Bay South, NL: The use of GIS in applying collaborative evidence based policies – Heather Ward
14:05 Affordable GIS for small municipalities – Ryan Ruttgaizer
14:25 We can’t afford not to: exploring geographic information applications for small communities – Kathleen Parewick, Randal Greene
14:45 Municipal asset management panel discussion – Kathleen Parewick, Moderator
SESSION 4 - OCEAN MAPPING AND MARINE GEOMATICS
(Randy Gillespie, Moderator)
15:40 Ocean mapping program: linking the knowing with the doing – Paul Elliott
16:00 Seabed mapping through vessels of opportunity in the north – Kirk Regular
16:20 Surveying through the North-West Passage using the Norbit multibeam system – Sarah Porter
16:40 Side Scan Sonar: what lies beneath? – Chris Keats