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Monthly Archives: April 2013
COMET Program at Risk over Sequester Cuts
Recent budget cuts have put UCAR’s COMET training program at risk. They are asking for donations for the site now and may shut down if their budget is not brought back. This will hurt the training opportunities of meteorologists, emergency … Continue reading
Posted in Meteorology
Tagged budget cuts, COMET, risk, sequester cuts, Training, UCAR, washington post
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Shrinking LiDAR Scanners
LiDAR News has a good post this past week on the shrinking sizes of LiDAR scanners shown at SPAR 2013. LiDAR USA has a model for $125,000 which can be placed in larger UAVs, it is 50lbs but a sign … Continue reading
Posted in GIS, LiDAR
Tagged GIS, LiDAR, LiDAR News, LiDAR USA, ScanLook, SPAR 2013, UAV
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Webinar on High Speed DSM/DTM Generation
PCI Geomatics is hosting a webinar on High Speed Digital Surface Model (DSM)/Digital Terrain Model (DTM) generation this Wednesday, April 24, 2013 from 1-2pm CDT. They will show new software that speeds DSM/DTM production by drastically reducing the number of … Continue reading
Posted in GIS, Photogrammerty
Tagged 1000 image mosiac, DSM, DSM ortho imagery, DTM, GIS, ortho imagery, PCI Geomatics, photogrammertic software, photogrammerty, TIF, Webinar
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Wisconsin’s Tornado Alley
The Sheboygan Press (WI) has a good article on the geographic likelihood of tornadoes in Wisconsin. Central Wisconsin is the focal point for tornadoes in Wisconsin as western Wisconsin elevation adds to the low level vorticity to get mesocyclones going … Continue reading
Bentley Learning Conference 2013
The Bentley Learning Conference 2013 is May 13-16, 2013 in Philadelphia, PA. They have multiple tracks but the track that is most relevant to this blog is the Geospatial and Point Cloud track which covers LiDAR, GIS & CAD applications … Continue reading
Posted in GIS, LiDAR
Tagged agenda, Bentley Learning Conference, CAD, Geomatics, geospatial, Geospatial and point cloud track, GIS, LiDAR, Philadelphia, point cloud, track
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LiDAR Best Practices
Earth Imaging Journal has a good and complete article on LiDAR Best Practices. It covers contours, hydro flattening, point classification, quality, accuracy, acquisition, stereo, formats, and tile size. It is a good introduction to those variables. Of course your acquisition … Continue reading
Posted in GIS, LiDAR
Tagged accuracy, acquistion, Best Practices, budget, contours, Earth Imaging Journal, experiences, GIS, hydro flattening, LiDAR, point classification, quality, stereo, tile size, vendor
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NOAA’s Hazardous Weather Testbed
It is not well known but NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center (SPC) and the local National Weather Service Forecast Office in Norman, Oklahoma (KOUN) jointly run the Hazardous Weather Testbed office. This is where much cutting edge research takes place for … Continue reading
Posted in Meteorology
Tagged Cutting Edge, Forecasts, Hazardous Weather Testbed, HWT, Improved Storm Warnings, KOUN, NOAA, NWS, SPC
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Quality Control of LiDAR Flight Strips with LAStools
Martin Isenberg has a good step by step discussion on how to use LAStools to quality control aerial LiDAR flight strips and how to automate the process. It is a very good discussion.
Posted in GIS, LiDAR
Tagged automated flight strips, GIS, Google Groups, lastools, LiDAR, Martin Isenberg, QA, QC
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Copyright Discussion of LiDAR Data
LAStools has a interesting post by Martin Isenburg about the copyright issues related to LiDAR data from vendor sources on the web. It is a very good discussion about making LiDAR data available for educational use. The discussion has also … Continue reading
Posted in GIS, LiDAR
Tagged Copyright, CyArk, GIS, lastools, LiDAR, LinkedIn, Martin Isenburg, private sector, public sector, random point clouds, rapidlasso, Tom Greaves
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Wisconsin Emergency Management Training
The state of Wisconsin offers Emergency Management Training courses throughout the year. No tuition is charged though the courses are designed for officials who are directly involved in Emergency Management on the state and local levels. You can review the … Continue reading
Posted in GIS, Meteorology
Tagged Emergency, FEMA, Management, Schedule, Training, wisconsin, Wisconsin Emergency Management Training
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