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Everything you ever wanted to know about the Federal Airborne LiDAR Data Acquisition Guideline and the USGS LiDAR Base Specification

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When:
9:45, terça-feira 26 mar 2024 (30 minutes)
Breaks:
Commercial Break   10:15 AM to 10:30 AM (15 minutes)
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The Canadian government first formally created LiDAR Guidelines in 2017. The document was updated in 2022 to Version 3.1. This session will review the Canadian Guidelines and compare them to the USGS LiDAR Base specification, updated in 2023. Included in the presentation will be:

  • LiDAR for Flood Mapping and funding from the National Disaster Mitigation Program (NDMP) and the Flood Hazard Mapping Program (FHMP) 
  • Ground control requirements of both specifications 
  • Acquisition specifications will be reviewed
  • Hydro-Flattening vs Hydro-Enforcement
  • LiDAR data classification and deliverable requirements

Who's Attending

Melanie Wawryk
Manage Geospatial Data and Analytics
City of Kitchener
Kim Dunthorne
Geospatial Analyst
Municipal and Northern Relations
Tony D'Amico
Director of GIS Services, Solutions & LIDAR
Planview Utility Services Ltd.
Riki Shimada
Senior Research Associate
Environics Analytics
Elise O'Brien
Geomatic Officer
PSPC
Simon Dumais
Arpenteur-géomètre, chargé des projets spéciaux et du R&D
GPLC Arpenteurs-géomètres inc.
Larry Lutes
GIS Analyst
Utilities
Robyn Lane
GIS Specialist
NAV CANADA
Sharon K.Y. Lee
Geoscientist
City of Ottawa
Alex Wardle
Production Officer (GIS)
Statistics Canada
Sean Roelofsen
Environmental GIS SPECIALIST
Ontario MECP
Luke Sianchuk
Research Associate
Environics Analytics
Avneet Kaur
Research Associate
Environics Analytics
Vern Singhroy
Retired
Adjunct Prof, UNB
Christian Hart
Research Technician
St. Mary's University
David Bélanger
Project Manager
NRCan
Thomas Roy
Site Inspector
R.V. Anderson Associates Limited
Jonathan Calve
Professional Services Manager
Cansel Survey Equipment LTD
Bryan Conrad
Director-Project Surveyor
Thompson Conn Ltd
Anna Brooker
Director, R&D
Environics Analytics
Sunny Parmar
Research Associate
Environics Analytics
Darryl Campbell
Geomatics Plan Technician
MTO
Eric Langin
Director of Implementation
Eagle Engineering & Consulting
Taher Hassan
Instructor
South Alberta Institute of Technology
Tania Frechette
Project Manager
GoGeomatics Canada
Marie-Claude Marcil
Agent de projet
Ressources naturelles Canada
Meghan Clancy
Mapping & Geomatics Technician
Ontario Provincial Service
Katharine Strong
Data Production and Dissemination Officer
Statistics Canada
Corey Collins
Director of Geomatics
SEM Ltd./SEM Surveys
Joe Martin
Surveyor
PSPC
Tchaou Eoulam
GIS Project Coordinator
Consultancy
ALISHA ZHANG
Supervisor
City of Regina
Allen
GIS Analyst
Groundtruth Exploration
Ian MacIsaac
Mapping and Geomatics Data Analyst
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Krutiben Mehta
PhD Researcher
University of Ottawa
Jason Garnham
Manager, Lidar and Imagery
Terra Remote Sensing Inc.
Jocelyn Rodriguez Mendoza
Geospatial Data Specialist
National Defence / Government of Canada
Craig Onafrychuk
Mapping and Geomatics Project Manager
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry
Eric Arthur-Mensah
Survey manager
Tansteve company limited
Sven Cowan
Canada Program Manager
NV5 Geospatial
rach l
GIS analyst
Rwdi
Oscar Orduz
Manager
IPAC
Ge Jiang
Student
University of Calgary

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