SECTION NOUVELLE-ÉCOSSE

Pour plus d'information, S.V.P. contacter

Tim Webster, Président de la section d'Halifax
timothy.webster@nscc.ca

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ACTIVITÉS À VENIR (nos excuses, les textes seront affichés dans la langue reçu)

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
Mr. Ed Kennedy
Geomatics Consultant
Hickling, Arthurs and Low
Ottawa Ontario

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
Module 2: The GeoBase Portal
Module 3: Other Sources of Data
Module 4: Example Applications of Framework Data
Module 5: The Context for 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
9:00-noon Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Trites Boardroom
Dartmouth

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.
9:00-noon PM COGS AV Room
Lawrencetown

ACTIVITÉS COMPLÉTÉS

CIG Seminar
Mr. Ian Holmes
Coordinator Topodatabase Section
Nova Scotia Geomatics Centre

" 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.
Noon-1:30 PM COGS AV Room
Lawrencetown

Fri. Dec. 11
1:30-3:30 PM Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Hayes Boardroom
Dartmouth

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The next CIG Seminar will be given by Mike Pearson, President of GeoNet Technologies, PEI (http://www.geonet-tech.com/index.htm)
 
The title of the presentation is:
 
"Data Requirements for Adaptation to Sea Level Rise, Storm Surges, and Erosion"
 
Time & locations :  
Thurs. March 12, noon (12:10) at COGS AV Room
 
Fri. March 13, 1:30 PM Needler II Board Room BIO Dartmouth.
 
Please pass on to any interested parties. We hope to see you there.
 
Regards
Tim Webster, Ph.D.
CIG Chair Halifax Branch

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 -
 
The 2 day event will cover the latest in precise positioning technologies and how they are used for mapping and the applications of these data.
 
Day 1 will cover GPS high precision positioning techniques (theory and equipment) with presentations from COGS faculty and the suppliers of Leica and Trimble equipment. The coupling of GPS and Inertial Measurement Units (IMU) for navigation will be discussed for land, airborne and marine based vehicles.
 
This precise positioning technique GPS-IMU navigation has enabled advances in high resolution data collection including: 1) mobile mapping (camera and LiDAR systems mounted on a land vehicle), 2) airborne mapping (LiDAR and camera systems mounted on an aircraft), and 3) marine mapping (multibeam bathymetry and sonar systems mounted on a vessel). Experts from TerraPoint (one of the leading airborne and mobile mapping LiDAR companies), AGRG, and BIO will present on these topics.
 
In the late afternoon and evening of the first day you are invited to bring your hockey gear to get some exercise for the body in the Lawrencetown Rink after a day of exercising the brain. This will be followed by a social hour and dinner at the Mid Valley Motel (reduced rate for delegates of the symposium).
 
Day 2 will begin with an overview of Canada's Radarsat 2 polarimetric radar satellite, and radar interferometric techniques for precise measurements of change as related to critical infrastructure. These topics will be presented by the experts from the Canadian Space Agency and C-CORE (tentatively). This will be followed by an update from a representative from Digital Globe on the latest high-resolution optical satellites eg. quickbird etc.
 
The afternoon will be dedicated to demonstrating applications of these new high-resolution data sources with presentations from AGRG and TerraPoint confirmed.
 
Depending on the number of hockey players and teams, a "final" game may be required to crown the first CIG NS Branch Champion.
 
Regards Tim Webster
Chair, Halifax Branch Canadian Institute of Geomatics

Registration form :  

Symposium Poster:

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CIG - HALIFAX/NOVA SCOTIA BRANCH - SEMIANR SERIES

which includes presentations at
COGS in the Annapolis Valley
and in the Halifax region.

 Dr. Don Forbes of the Geological Survey of Canada (Atlantic) will speak on
"Geomatics for projecting and adapting to coastal impacts of climate change in Canada"

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.

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Mr. David Colville of the Applied Geomatics Research Group, Centre of Geographic Sciences will speak on
"Mapping the Wind and Solar Resource of Nova Scotia"

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.

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ACTIVITÉS COMPLETER

Terrestrial LIDAR Data Acquisition, Processing and GIS Applications

Dr. Tim Webster and Dr. Chris Hopkinson
Applied Geomatics Research Group AGRG/COGS
Middleton, NS
contact: timothy.webster@nscc.ca

This half-day workshop is designed to introduce Geomatics Professionals and students to terrestrial LIDAR technology and GIS applications of LIDAR data. The Applied Geomatics Research Group of COGS has been involved with terrestrial LIDAR surveys since 2000 and in 2005 acquired their own system, an ALTM 3100 system manufactured by Optech. The contents of the workshop will include an (1) introduction to the technology and the components of a LIDAR system, (2) mission planning considerations, (3) data processing of the aircraft trajectory and laser ranges, (4) laser point cloud manipulation and classification into ‘ground’ and ‘non-ground’ targets, (5) data exchange formats and import into a GIS, (6) construction of different surfaces from the LIDAR point cloud – Digital Surface Model, ‘bald-earth” Digital elevation Model, Normalized Height Model, Laser backscatter Intensity, and (7) examples of GIS applications using LIDAR data including: coastal flood-risk mapping from storm-surges and sea-level rise, geomorphology (bedrock and surficial mapping, watershed delineation, stream incision, coastal erosion), landcover mapping, vegetation mapping and change detection, and hydrology (snow depth and glacial down-wasting).