There’s still time to register for Build your own 3D map with LIDAR point clouds.

If you’ve seen a semi-autonomous car before, you’ve probably seen a LIDAR (Light detection and ranging) sensor. LIDAR enables a semi-autonomous car to detect surroundings with lasers; it can be used to create 3D elevation maps to help farmers to increase efficiency and it can be used to visualize buildings on a map in really high detail to showcase your real estate portfolio.

We’ll have some fun using a very familiar landmark in Florida as an example.

Be entertained while learning how to:

• Add the color from orthoimagery rasters using gdal2xyz
• Source LIDAR from open data
• Visualize LIDAR with Mapbox GL JS and Deck.gl

Build your own 3D map with LIDAR point clouds
Thursday, October 17, 2019
11:00 am PT / 2:00 pm ET

To Register: ​https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=reg20.jsp&partnerref=email-2&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTXpSalpUbGtNMkptTkRjMSIsInQiOiIwa0o1S1wvTHhiSnhTQnlyRDY4NnVGYktcL21GNGV3V3YxQVJ2OEhLWlNqS1wvdDkrTFBGdWVrNzlxZHZaY1h4UnVUbTZxMXVkY2tDNXJ5ZEt6bW54YjlYclNBNWFZdmx2YVJiekpLSmM3RndWZ3ZFZWk2MHBKRWVEWDNsM3ZieTJQTyJ9&eventid=2050226&sessionid=1&key=1E2D917BF6CEA4B5327F2104141D0EAE&regTag=&sourcepage=register

A webinar that may be of interest, should you wish to learn about Esri’s Python data science tools, leveraging ArcGIS API for Python, ArcPy, and ArcGIS Notebooks.
 
Date: Wednesday, June 5th, 2019
Time: 1 p.m. - 2 p.m. (Eastern Time)
Registration and additional information: https://www.esri.com/en-us/landing-page/product/2019/arcgis-notebooks-pycon-2019
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Event: "SCGIS: Earth’s vital signs: Planetary-scale monitoring with Google Earth Engine".
When: May 15, 2019 @ 11AM PT
Where: Online Webinar
 
Satellites have been systematically collecting imagery and scientific measurements of our changing planet for more than 40 years, yet until recently this treasure trove of “big data” has not been online and readily available for high-performance data mining. The Google Earth Engine platform (earthengine.google.com) was developed to facilitate “turning pixels to knowledge” at global scale for societal benefit. Earth Engine hosts online a multi-petapixel public data catalog, updating daily, together with tools that support massively-parallel geospatial analysis on datasets such as satellite and aerial imagery, weather and climate.
 
As initiator and leader of Google Earth Engine, Rebecca Moore will describe the experiences of applying Google's mapping tools to the world's pressing problems in areas such as environmental conservation, human rights and creating a sustainable society.
 
The Conservation Biology Institute (CBI) presents this webinar in partnership with the Society for Conservation GIS (SCGIS).
 
Read more and register at:
https://consbio.org/newsroom/events/scgis-webinar-earths-vital-signs-planetary-scale-monitoring-google-earth-engine-2
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Shoreline Mapping Data and Products
April 11, 2019, 2:00 - 3:00 pm, Eastern Time 
Presenter: Tim Blackford, NGS


Webinar Description:
The NGS Coastal Mapping Program produces the national shoreline and other critical data used to update the NOAA nautical charts. The data is also used by coastal resource managers and others for GIS analysis, coastal modeling, and as the baseline for defining U.S. territorial limits. This webinar will provide an overview of how the NGS Remote Sensing Division collects, processes, and delivers shoreline mapping data and products.
   
Technical Content Rating: Intermediate - Some prior knowledge of the topic is helpful.

Learn more about the NGS Shoreline Mapping Program: 

• The National Shoreline (.pdf)
• NOAA Shoreline Data Explorer

As a reminder, the NGS Webinar Series hosts presentations on various topics related to NGS programs, projects, products and services to educate constituents about NGS activities. 

• View our upcoming schedule.
• View recordings of previous webinars.
• Have a question?  View our webinar FAQs or email the NGS Info Center

Telling your Geoscience Story with Story Maps
1pm Eastern/Noon Central/11am Mountain/10am Pacific Time Thu 14 Mar 2019
 
Communicating results of geoscience investigations to a diverse set of audiences will grow in importance in our 21st Century World. Communicating science is and will remain important to the entire community. GIS will continue to expand as an important tool for spatial analysis and visualization.  Story maps are web mapping applications that provide geoscientists with the ability to combine 2D and 3D maps, audio, video, photographs, and narrative that can be shared with research colleagues, or the general public, and embedded in web pages and online presentation tools. This webinar will quickly give you the knowledge, skills, and confidence to make your own maps for telling your own story.
 
Speaker: Joseph Kerski, PhD, GISP, Education Manager, Esri

Free registration here:
https://crm.americangeosciences.org/civicrm/event/info?id=175&reset=1
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WEBINAR | Drone-based LiDAR mission planning and data collection with UgCS

This webinar on LiDAR and drones will focus on the most essential topics for mission planning with UgCS: mission planning considering altitude and speed vs point density accuracy, considering altitude vs beam divergence, flight safety and other basics. It will also include demos on importing job files (KML format) and setting up the terrain-following mode etc.
The webinar will be conducted by

• Daniel Hubert of Modus Ai | LiDAR University
  drone and information management expert with 24 years of experience under his belt. Currently, he consults companies and institutions about the business opportunities that using a drone and remote sensing technologies can bring into their existing work practices.
• Kristaps Brass of SPH Engineering
  QA Engineer and UgCS Expert who has flown all kinds of drones (from Pixhawk and DJI up to Yuneec) and worked on all versions of UgCS flight planning software. 

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Xq_FrWCIS8WyXSQCvH8-ew?mc_cid=55c87dfa02&mc_eid=3168c5d032

Modernizing the National Spatial Reference System in 2022
Aug 31, 2018 1:00 PM EDT
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8536989102067821314 

In 2022, the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) will replace all components of the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS), including NAD 83 and NAVD 88, with a new system that is geocentric, time-dependent and not reliant upon passive control. Every survey, map or geolocation created today will be incompatible with the new system by as much as 4 meters, depending on where in the United States you are working. This misalignment could apply to every latitude and/or longitude and/or height in your work. 

In order to assist users in understanding and adapting to the new system, two technical reports were released by NGS in 2017, under the title “Blueprint for 2022”, with a third, companion report in the works. The first two reports provide the scientific and definitional aspects of four new time-dependent terrestrial reference frames and their companion “geopotential datum” (replacing and expanding upon the historic concept of a “vertical datum”). The third report will focus on the user community and how it can work within this new paradigm of time-dependent geodetic control. 

This talk will focus on all of the changes to expect in the future and ways that all geospatial professionals can adapt and thrive in the new system. 

The National GeoTech Center normally will be presenting monthly FREE webinars on the
third Wednesday of each month at 2:00 PM Eastern time. SAVE the DATES!

Date and Time: April 13, 2016

“Latest Developments in Oceanographic Applications of GIS”
Dr. Dawn Wright is chief scientist of the Environmental Systems Research Institute (aka Esri), a world-leading geographic information system (GIS) software, research and development company. As chief scientist, Dr. Wright aids in formulating and advancing the intellectual agenda for the environmental, conservation, climate, and ocean sciences aspect of Esri's work, while also representing Esri to the national/international scientific community. She maintains an affiliated faculty appointment as Professor of Geography and Oceanography in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University.

Dr. Wright’s research interests include geographic information science; ocean informatics and cyberinfrastructure; benthic terrain and habitat characterization; and the processing and interpretation of high-resolution bathymetry, video, and underwater photographic images. She has authored or co-authored more than 130 articles and five books on marine geographic information systems, hydrothermal activity and tectonics of mid-ocean ridges, and marine data modeling and cyberinfrastructure. Dr. Wright has participated in over 20 oceanographic research expeditions worldwide, including 10 legs of the Ocean Drilling Program, three dives in the deep submergence vehicle Alvin and twice in the Pisces V. Her fieldwork has taken her to some of the most geologically active regions of the planet, including the East Pacific Rise, the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, the Juan de Fuca Ridge, the Tonga Trench, and volcanoes under the Japan Sea and the Indian Ocean.

Dr. Wright serves on the Science Advisory Boards of NOAA, the EPA, and Conservation International, as well as many journal editorial boards. She is a AAAS Fellow, as well as a fellow of Stanford University's Leopold Leadership Program. In 2007, she was named U.S. Professor of the Year for the State of Oregon by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education.

Dr. Wright holds an Individual Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Physical Geography and Marine Geology from UC-Santa Barbara, an M.S. in Oceanography from Texas A&M, and a B.S. cum laude in Geology from Wheaton College (Illinois). Other interests include road cycling, apricot green tea gummy bears, 18th-century pirates, her dog Sally, and Spongebob Squarepoints. Follow her on Twitter @deepseadawn
 
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/latest-developments-in-oceanographic-applications-of-gis-webinar-tickets-21723787433
 

 
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
“Geo-Capacity Building in Europe”

Presented By:
Karl Dohnert, Consultant, President, EUROGEO
May 18, 2016
2:00pm (ET) to 3:00pm (ET)
 
Abstract:
Geo business is booming in Europe. Projects like GeoSkills Plus have shown that in many countries, demand for a geospatial workforce is not being met by supply. Central administration (the European Commission and Ministries of Education) seem largely unaware of the problems being faced by the industry. I suggest that more radical change in education is necessary, integrating Geo-ICT in different education sectors. In order to achieve this, connecting all stakeholders will be essential. This webinar reports on initiatives to support and enhance geospatial education in Europe and specifically those undertaken with the European Association of Geographers. It suggests the importance of 'hidden work' developing a strong lobby for geospatial education for all and sets out goals and new projects to redress the situation.
Register for Webinar: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/geo-capacity-building-in-europe-webinar-tickets-22545795080
 
Karl Donert is a consultant and education specialist. He is Director of the European Centre of Excellence, digital-earth.eu, based at Salzburg University, Austria and Director of Innovative Learning Network.  He is President of EUROGEO (the European Association of  Geographers), a UK National Teaching Fellow. He is Adjunct Professor at the University of Salzburg and was coordinator of the HERODOT Network for Geography in higher education.

He is Vice President of the Democracy, Social Cohesion and Global Challenges group at the Council of Europe, an expert to the European Commission in Brussels, an elected member of Academea Europea.

He researches and publishes widely on many aspects of geographical education, citizenship, the use of geo-media and new technologies and on the state of Geography in Europe.