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SECTION NOUVELLE-ÉCOSSEPour plus d'information, S.V.P. contacter Tim Webster, Président de la section d'Halifax nos excuses, les textes seront affichés dans la langue reçu ACTIVITÉS À VENIR The Nova Scotia Branch of CIG will be hosting the AAPT at the End of the Line Pub in Bridgetown at 6:00 PM on Tues June 4th as part of the annual conference held at the Centre of Geographic Sciences in Lawrencetown June 4-7 (http://www.aapt.ca/). A seminar will be presented by Dr. Tim Webster, Applied Geomatics Research Group, COGS-NSCC on “When the high river runoff meets the high tide & surge, where does the water go” Tim will speak on a recent research project completed for the town of Bridgewater regarding their risk of flooding from excessive rainfall runoff and storm surge events and sea-level rise in the future. Like so many communities in Nova Scotia that are located along major rivers and estuaries, Bridgewater is vulnerable to the combined effects of watershed runoff and increased water levels from the tide and storm surges. He will present how they used a variety of Geomatics datasets and field instrumentation to implement a coupled model utilizing Mike-11 (watershed runoff) and Mike-21 (ocean tide and storm surge) models to assess the risk of 50 and 100 year runoff events as well as storm surges like Hurricane Juan and sea-level rise in the future. ACTIVITÉS COMPLÉTÉS It is with great pleasure that I invite you to a Canadian Institute of Geomatics (CIG) seminar by Dr. John Brock from the United States Geological Survey. We are very fortunate to have an expert in the field of coastal mapping and lidar technology including the NASA Experimental Advanced Airborne Research Lidar (EAARL) here in Nova Scotia for a seminar. Title: “Responding to Hurricane Sandy with a New Experimental Airborne Topobathymetric Lidar” Presented by: Dr. John Brock, United States Geological Survey, Reston Virginia Dr. Brock is a staff scientist with the USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program at the National Center in Reston, VA. His research has included cooperative efforts between the USGS, NASA and the National Park Service (NPS), to create new remote sensing-based capabilities for coastal studies and natural resources management, and to apply those capabilities within interdisciplinary research to national seashores. He has some history in Nova Scotia as well, he did his post doc at BIO with Dr. Trevor Platt some years ago. Where & When: Centre of Geographic Sciences (50 Elliot Road, Lawrencetown) AV Room, Thurs. May 9, Noon – 1:00 PM. All are welcome and please feel free to distribute this message to others who may be interested. Regards Tim Webster PS. Something that may be of interest and is relevant to this subject is a recent announcement of a successful Canada Foundation for Innovation grant to the NSCC to acquire a bathymetric lidar system. I am the principal investigator on that proposal if you have any questions. Please see the news release below. ********************************************************************************* NSCC awarded Canada Foundation for Innovation funding to support coastal
mapping research For Immediate Release - April 16, 2013 Middleton, NS – Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) will become the only college in Canada with a research device that can unlock the mysteries off Nova Scotia’s shores thanks to the support of a national innovation award and industry partners. The Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology), announced today that the government will invest $798,906 through the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) in a research project that will capture the treasure trove of information that exists in the shallow waters off Nova Scotia’s coastline — known as the “white ribbon gap” due to the challenges of mapping this area. “ The possibilities are as vast as the waters we will be charting,” says NSCC research scientist and PhD in Earth Sciences Tim Webster. “Our team will be able to map seabed topography by air, unearthing a wealth of data to support initiatives in areas including sustainable harvesting practices, aquatic vegetation health, wave predictions to better define storm surge detail, and nautical hazards plotting.” Industry partners investing in the research project, including McGregor GeoScience Ltd., Acadian Seaplants Limited, Leading Edge Geomatics, GeoNet Technologies Inc. and Nova Scotia Power Inc., are relying on the project’s equipment and research to be of benefit to their specific business needs. “Acadian Seaplants’ stewardship of the rockweed fishery will advance even further because we will use the latest imaging technology and high-tech software to identify, much faster, where the rockweed is and how much is there,” says Acadian Seaplants Limited, Vice-President of Research, Alan Critchley.“NSCC’s expertise and new technologies will augment our sustainable resource management practices and enable the adoption of the most advanced scientific tools to safeguard the marine resource.” The project scope includes the purchase of a new laser system, two new GPS receivers, a boat and extra staffing support. The bathymetric Laser Imaging Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) equipment is able to measure the subsurface topography in oceans, rivers and lakes, offering a safe, cost-effective and efficient means of collecting data in difficult-to-access areas. This bathymetric LIDAR is unique in that it can be mounted in an aircraft to look down into the water or can be turned sideways and mounted on a boat to measure the detail of the coastline. Repeat surveys can accurately measure erosion after storms or provide important information to infrastructure projects along the coastline, such as cable landing sites. The award is part of a $12.5-million funding announcement for applied research and business innovation from the foundation’s College Industry-Innovation Fund. “Canadian colleges are an important player in our national innovation ecosystem,” says Gilles G. Patry, president and CEO of the CFI. “The team at NSCC is showing what colleges can achieve when they have the state-of-the-art research infrastructure they need to conduct top level applied research.” About CFI The Canada Foundation for Innovation gives researchers the tools they need to think big and innovate. By investing in state-of-the-art facilities and equipment in Canada’s universities, colleges, research hospitals and non-profit research institutions, the CFI is helping to attract and retain the world’s top talent, to train the next generation of researchers, to support private-sector innovation and to create high-quality jobs that strengthen the economy and improve the quality of life for all Canadians. For more information, visit innovation.ca. About NSCC NSCC is committed to building Nova Scotia's economy and quality of life through education and innovation. Serving the province through a network of 13 campuses, NSCC offers over 100 programs in five academic schools. These programs reflect the labour market needs and opportunities of the provincial economy and set graduates on a course for career success. According to NSCC’s 2012 Graduate Follow-up Study, 86% of NSCC graduates are employed, most in their field of choice. Of those, 94% live and work in Nova Scotia. For more information about NSCC, go to www.nscc.ca. This is an invitation to our March CIG Seminar Series. The seminars will take place at COGS and the Bedford Institute of Oceanography. We are continuing with the theme of lidar acquisition, processing and applications and are pleased that Bill Kidman of Leading Edge Geomatics will be presenting the next seminar. Title: Leading Edge Geomatics LiDAR and Digital Mapping Cameras – Understanding the Technology and Practical Applications Presented by: Bill Kidman is the President and co-founder of Leading Edge Geomatics (LEG) which is a remote-sensing and consulting firm located in Lincoln, NB. Bill Kidman is the President and co-founder of Leading Edge Geomatics (LEG) which is a remote-sensing and consulting firm located in Lincoln, NB. Since founding LEG in 2007, Bill has managed significant mapping projects including coastal surveys for the United States National Oceanic Atmospheric Agency (NOAA), 1600 line kilometers of power line transmission corridors, and overseen the acquisition of LEG's aerial photography and LiDAR inventory which covers over 30,000km2. Prior to 2007, Bill graduated from the Canadian Forces School of Military Mapping, and served twenty years on active duty in Canada and around the world. The highpoint of his military mapping career was his deployment to Afghanistan on a joint Canadian / United States scientific mapping mission as the photogrammetry team lead. This mission collected over 300,000 km2 of aerial photography, and delivered orthorectified imagery products to coalition forces within 24hrs from acquisition. The presentation will cover a variety of topics including airborne terrestrial laser scanning, and full digital aerial photography collection and processing, plus some insights into the latest trends in lidar and the next generation of systems. Introduction to Leading Edge Geomatics including the team, history, services Introduction to LiDAR including:
Aerial Photography including:
Next Generation Mapping Solutions
Bedford Institute of Oceanography (16 Challenger Drive, Dartmouth), Needler Boardroom (VS427) Boardroom Thurs. March 29, 1:30 pm Technical seminar on Bathymetric lidar from the Canadian Institute of Geomatics (CIG). We are very fortunate to have an expert from one of the leading coastal data acquisition companies in the world available for a seminar here in Nova Scotia. Title: Lidar Bathymetry & Beyond, a Technical Seminar Presented by: Michael Broadbent, Hydrographic Lidar Technical Manager, Fugro Pelagos, San Diego, California Michael Broadbent is the Hydrographic Lidar Technical Manager for Fugro Pelagos Inc. in San Diego, California. He has a B.S.C in Geomatics Engineering from the University of Calgary, where he studied the engineering principles required to design, develop and operate systems for collecting and analyzing spatial information about the land, the oceans, natural resources and manmade features. Prior to joining Fugro Pelagos Inc. in 2008, he was a Senior Geospatial Analyst at Fugro GeoServices in Calgary, Canada where he supported large scale aerial lidar acquisitions and GIS projects for the Oil and Gas industry. Michael is currently responsible for implementing new hydrographic technologies in Fugro's Lidar Bathymetry department and for modifying existing workflows to increase overall efficiency. Michael is interested in furthering the fusion of hydrographic survey techniques and increasing the capabilities of bathymetric lidar seafloor classification and target detection. The presentation will consist of an in depth look at data collection, processing and derived products from bathymetic lidar system including seabed reflectance. Advances in processing procedures to allow bathymetric surveys to be conducted without the requirement of a tide gauge will be outlined. The processing from laser waveforms to discrete point clouds will be discussed and the research into the potential to obtain water column characteristics from the waveform will be discussed. Analysis of the point cloud and derived products such as the variance of the returns to characterize the sea bed and gridding routines for the production of bathymetric grids will be presented. A look at where the technology and industry is going in the future as new applications of these data are explored will also be discussed. NOTE there will not be a presentation at COGS for this seminar due to time constraint of the presenter. When & Where: Note the change in time and day from the usual CIG seminars at BIO. All are welcome and please feel free to distribute this message to others who may be interested. The following event is open to anyone interested. This event is a GeoConnections funded FREE workshop co-hosted event with CIG, GANS and GeoNOVA that will be presented by: Workshop GeoNOVA data access will also be demonstrated during the workshop. " Get Geography Working for You: Access and Use Authoritative Geospatial Framework Data" Business analysts, planners and decision makers across a range of disciplines and business sectors are increasingly experiencing the benefits of visualizing and analyzing their information through a geographic lens. Online applications such as Google Earth and Microsoft Bing Maps have resulted in exponential growth in the use of Internet mapping, but they have data limitations. Sites such as the GeoBase Portal (www.geobase.ca), offer online access to a wealth of freely available, authoritative Canadian geospatial framework data that can in turn be integrated with other data to produce informative maps. This half-day technical workshop is designed for both casual and professional users of Internet mapping and geospatial information technologies. The workshop is based on the recently completed Framework Data Guide developed through GeoConnections, and is delivered in five modules: Module 1: An Introduction to Framework Data The targeted audience for the workshop is practitioners in the public health, public safety and security, environment and sustainable development, and Aboriginal matters communities of practice with an interest in learning more about how to access and use geospatial framework data. When & Where Mon. Dec. 14 NOTE: seating is limited to 25 people at the BIO workshop, so please RSVP to Ed Kennedy via email EKennedy@hal.ca Tues. Dec 15.
CIG Seminar " What is the Nova Scotia Topographic Database" His talk will cover a description of the data themes, both vector and digital orthophotos, that make up the NSTDB. he will cover how the data are collected and maintained using ArcGIS and the latest in photogrammetry and what products are created at the Geomatics Centre for distribution. When & Where Thurs. Dec 10. Fri. Dec. 11 ****************************** The next CIG Seminar will be given by Mike Pearson, President of GeoNet Technologies, PEI (http://www.geonet-tech.com/index.htm) *******************
Canadian Institute of Geomatics 2-day Symposium at COGS in Lawrencetown on Feb. 19-20 entitled "Advances in Positioning Technologies and Applications to Mapping". Agenda - ******************* CIG - HALIFAX/NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH - SEMIANR SERIES which includes presentations at Dr. Don Forbes of the Geological Survey of Canada (Atlantic) will speak on Thursday, Jan 8, 2009 at noon in the COGS AV Room Lawrencetown, and Friday Jan 9, 2009 at 1:30 in the Needler II Boardroom at BIO in Dartmouth. ******************* Mr. David Colville of the Applied Geomatics Research Group, Centre of Geographic Sciences will speak on Thursday, Jan 22, 2009 at noon in the COGS AV Room Lawrencetown, and Friday, Jan 23, 2009 at 1:30 in the Needler II Boardroom at BIO in Dartmouth. ------------------------------------------ ACTIVITÉS COMPLETER Terrestrial LIDAR Data Acquisition, Processing and GIS Applications Dr. Tim Webster and Dr. Chris Hopkinson
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