Welcome back everyone,
Next Wednesday night Dr. Gs. Ebrahim Taherzadeh Mobarakeh will be speaking
about technical challenges using LiDAR.
There will be a link to the Zoom meeting on the web site. It will be opened at
17:15, fifteen minutes before the meeting begins. You can join the meeting
through this link.
In February Stafford Read with the BC Oil and Gas Commission will be giving a
talk about providing geospatial support in resource management.
We look forward to seeing you next Wednesday.
Regards,
Doug Hrynyk
Steering Committee Coordinator
Vancouver GIS Users Group
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Jan 12
Time: 5:30
Topic: Technical challenges of airborne LiDAR surveying technology in Malaysia
Speaker: Dr. Gs. Ebrahim Taherzadeh Mobarakeh
Abstract: Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) is one of the most recent and
useful active remote sensing tools; it provides accurate horizontal and
vertical information by direct time measurement of a short laser pulse's
reflection on the Earth surface. The ability of LiDAR data to accurately
characterize terrain has led many users in Malaysia, to employ this technology
for various applications, including engineering and infrastructure,
environment, disaster, and natural resource management. However, there are some
technical challenges faced by technology operators and users, particularly in
Malaysia, in terms of data acquisition, processing and quality control. In this
presentation, some of the technical challenges, i.e. mismatches between LiDAR
and ground land survey data, differences between coordinates derived from the
primary GPS network 2000 and the CORS station, changes in topographical
features, LiDAR Data management and the lack of a standard for data acquisition
and quality control in Malaysia, will be discussed.
Bio: Ebrahim has more than 8 years of experience in airborne LiDAR survey
technology as senior remote sensing specialist and project manager in Ground
Data Solutions R&D Sdn Bhd (GDS), LiDAR survey and mapping service provider in
Malaysia. He has been involved in more than 30 medium to large scale LiDAR
projects. In 2021, he joined Planetary Remote Sensing as project manager
dealing with LiDAR, Hyperspectral and Photogrammetry projects. Currently he is
project manager at Planetary Remote Sensing Inc (PRS) with a focus on LiDAR and
Hyperspectral projects.
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Feb 9
Time: 5:30
Topic: Providing Geospatial Support in the Complex World of Resource Management
Today
Speaker: Stafford Read, GIS Manager, BC Oil & Gas Commission
Abstract:
Introduction:
* My current role
* Background in GIS and Resource Management
Initiatives running in parallel, but not together
* Caribou Recovery
* BC CEF
* ESI
Yahey Decision
* Post decision negotiation
* How to move forward with resource development in a new and unknown process
* Geospatial - data, tools, expert advice/explanation, communication
* Changing and often undefined deliverable/needs
* Information and data security – confidential for FNs, Agencies,
Operators
What does the future hold? (My Thoughts)
* Increased needs from GIS - both in volume and complexity. Collaborative
tools with the ability to secure information based on user profiles
* GIS professionals with ability to communicate the data/spatial world to
all levels of understanding
Questions
Bio: Stafford Read has worked in GIS for almost 20 years, as a technician,
analyst and team lead for the Ministry of Forests, lands, Natural Resource
Management and Rural Development (and the many iterations of the name over the
years).
Stafford is currently on secondment with the BC Oil and Gas Commission as their
GIS Manager.
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