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Selkirk College Presents New Ways to Use Digital Technologies in the Field: Environment & Geomatics Workshop

New Ways to Use Digital Technologies in the Field: Environment & Geomatics Workshop

Wednesday, May 15, 2013 - 8:00am to Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 3:00pm
Castlegar Campus
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Conference

New Ways to Use Digital Technologies in the Field - workshop May 15 - 16

Two days of presentations, posters, panel discussions, hands-on demonstrations, opportunities for networking with experts, and a workshop summary to help you follow-up on the new things you’ve learned.

Speakers

  • "Technology to empower citizen scientists"-Dr. Greg Newman of Colorado State University 
  • "Hitchhiker’s guide to starting mobile data collection" -Jase Zwarich, Summit Environmental Consultants
  • "Clipboard vs. mobile apps: QA/QC in the field" -Rebekka Lindskoog, Summit Environmental Consultants
  • "GPS Demystified" -Sidney Kwakkel, Summit Environmental Consultants
  • "Timesavers translated from the field to office: Mobile Government Database (VENUS) and GIS Applications" -Carrie Nadeau, Summit Environmental Consultants
  • "Monitoring rangelands using mobile digital technologies" -Matthew Braun and Nancy Elliot, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations
  • "Report-a-Weed: Online invasive plant reporting" -Nancy Elliot and Matthew Braun, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations
  • "Automated grain size method in ecohydrology" -Giles Shearing, UBC
  • "Use of newly developed iPad App for the collection and processing of water quality field data to assess fine sediment generation from road networks" -David Maloney, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, and Brian Carson, consultant
  • "Rethinking Digital Connections" -Eva Johansson, Kootenay Camas Project

Demonstrations & Short Courses

  • "Automated bear trap" -Ryan Alter, Alter Enerprises
  • "iNaturalist Bioblitz" -Valerie Huff and Eva Johansson of Kootenay Native Plant Society, and Ian Parfitt, Selkirk Geospatial Research Centre
  • "Using an iPad for navigation and completing field forms" -Chris Oman, Forest Practices Board
  • "Mobile Applications: Hands-on experience with a Trimble Yuma ruggedized tablet" -Rebekka Lindskoog, Sidney Kwakkel, Carrie Nadeau, and Jase Zwarich of Summit Environmental Consultants
  • "Monitoring rangelands using mobile technologies, and using Report-a-Weed" -Matthew Braun and Nancy Elliot of Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations
  • "Using iPads for GIS applications in the field" -Jared Hobbs, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations
  • "YSI EXO: The latest technology for water quality monitoring" -Shawn Ternan, Hoskin Scientific
Workshop cost is $180.00 + tax and pre-registration is required.
 

For abstracts, workshop details, and to register, visit the Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied Ecology, or call 250.837.931.

Learn more about Selkirk's School of Environment & Geomatics and visit Selkirk's Environment & Geomatics Facebook page


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