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
Category:
Conference
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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