<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><b style="text-align:justify;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64);background:yellow">Fri, May 26, 2017 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT</span></b></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><b style="text-align:justify;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64);background:yellow"><br></span></b></div>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline"><strong><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">The Importance of Geospatial Information for Smart Cities</span></strong><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:border-box;outline:0px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)">Registration
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><a href="https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8596628799176454913"><span style="color:rgb(233,102,86);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8596628799176454913</span></a><br style="box-sizing:border-box">
Webinar ID: 246-192-691<span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:border-box;outline:0px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;font-style:inherit;outline:0px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Abstract:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.25in;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:border-box;outline:0px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)">Today, urban population accounts for 54 percent of the total
global population (World Health Organization 2014) with a trend to more
urbanization. Effective integration of human, physical, and digital
systems operating in the built environment holds the promise of improving the
quality of life of urban residents, improving the governance of cities and
making cities prosperous, inclusive, sustainable and resilient. Location
is a primary method for organizing Smart City services. Communicating
anything about location requires standards. This talk will address the need for
an open information technology framework that is critical to achieving the
benefits of spatial communication for Smart Cities. A recent study of Big
Data initiatives in cities identified that found that more than 70% of
responding cities are used GIS in their data analytics initiatives.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="background:yellow">Fri, Jun 9,
2017 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT</span><span></span></b></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing"><strong><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Coastal and Marine Surveillance with UAS</span></strong><span style="color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:border-box;outline:0px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)">Registration
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><a href="https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/9180720161997415427"><span style="color:rgb(233,102,86);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/9180720161997415427</span></a><br style="box-sizing:border-box">
Webinar ID: 328-037-427<span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:border-box;outline:0px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;font-style:inherit;outline:0px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Abstract:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.25in;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:border-box;outline:0px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)">Much research has been devoted to development of techniques to
improve airborne imaging of underwater features using traditional aircraft
equipped with metric-grade cameras. Small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS)
provide a paradigm shift in efficiency and low cost aerial surveying of marine
and coastal zones compared to traditional methods. This presentation will show
emergent applications of UAS-based remote sensing and photogrammetry to coastal
and marine environments. Topics covered will include the following: (1)
structure-from-motion (SfM) photogrammetry and optical inversion for mapping
littoral zones; (2) airborne fluid lensing for monitoring of aquatic resources;
(3) debris mapping and plastics identification. Time permitting, additional
examples on the emergent use of UAS for coastal and marine surveillance will be
presented.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="background:yellow">Fri, Jun 23, 2017 12:00 PM –
1:00 PM EDT</span><span></span></b></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="box-sizing:border-box;outline:0px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;font-style:inherit;outline:0px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Mapping
the Great Lakes Coastal and Nearshore Realm: NOAA’s Lake Level Viewer</span></strong><span style="color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:border-box;outline:0px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><a href="https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4961449843523329795"><span style="color:rgb(233,102,86);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in;text-decoration-line:none">https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4961449843523329795</span></a><br style="box-sizing:border-box">
Webinar ID: 424-676-331<span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:border-box;outline:0px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;font-style:inherit;outline:0px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Abstract:</span></strong><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)"><span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.25in;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:border-box;outline:0px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,64,64)">Mapping one of the most dynamic environments in the world, the
Great Lakes coastal and nearshore realm presents several challenges even with
today’s advancements in remote sensing technologies. This presentation will
highlight the work that is involved with data collection, processing, and
analysis to help in visualizing coastal and nearshore bathymetry and topography
of the Great Lakes and its use in understanding impacts from lake level
fluctuations. Additional discussion will focus on NOAA’s Lake Level Viewer as a
tool for users to visualize impacts, with a brief demonstration, and how to
access the data used behind the tool for use in other mapping applications.<span></span></span></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br clear="all"></div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>--------</div>David Alvarez <br><br>“THE FURTHER BACKWARDS YOU LOOK, THE FURTHER FORWARD YOU CAN SEE"<br><br>Winston Churchill</div></div></div>
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