Video coverage on Lidar News

[We found] an impressive video from the wet-areas initiative at the Forest Watershed Research Centre of the University of New Brunswick. The animation was done by the Targetlock studio in Fredericton, New Brunswick. The video was created using full-resolution LiDAR point cloud elevations and high-resolution image drapes to showcase some of the applications that can be derived from …

LiDAR workshop 2012: Building a sustainable Alberta through the application of LiDAR technologies

– Greening Alberta’s Energy Sector: Lessons leaned from the Rainbow Pipeline Spill of 2011 (Jae Ogilvie, Barry White, Paul A. Arp) – Application of LiDAR within government of Alberta: ASRD; Alberta Culture and Community Spirit; Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation; Alberta Geological Survey (Barry White, Robin Woywitka, and Duke Hunter) – LiDAR and its Operational Role …

ASTECH Gala Event

Alberta Advanced Education and Technology nominated the Forest Watershed Research Center’s wet areas mapping team Barry White, Jae Ogilvie and Paul Arp as ASTECHHonourees in the category of Outstanding Achievement in Environmental Technology and Innovation, sponsored by Agrium Inc.

Making Better Business Decisions Using Enhanced Forest Inventories

by Steve D’Eon Viewpoints BC Forest Professional / May-June 2011 LiDAR also provides extremely accurate terrain mapping for optimizing road location, cut block layout and wet area mapping. The Wet Areas Mapping Initiative in Alberta has imported a tool developed at the University of New Brunswick and is in use by JD Irving. The LiDAR data …

Predictive Wet Areas map in New Brunswick

CBC Radio Interviews with Dr. Arp on the issues surrounding the predictive wet areas map in New Brunswick. Fredericton Interview (March 25, 2011 at 7:41am) Moncton Interview (March 25, 2011 at 7:20am) New Brunswick Regional Adaptation Collaborative Project Newsletter (English / French) –  (February 2011)

SFMN Network Workshops

Alberta’s New Wet Areas Mapping Initiative. Wet Areas Mapping Program Overview [PDF] Barry White, Alberta Sustainable Resource Development. Wet Areas Mapping Principles and Application [PDF] Dr. Paul Arp, University of New Brunswick. Wet Areas: Technical Issues Related to Data use and Storage [PDF] Jae Olgilvie, University of New Brunswick. Optimizing Road Placement on Forest Landscapes …