GEO Alberta 2012 Conference

 

Date:          May 7 - 9, 2012
Location:   Coast Plaza Hotel & Conference
                 Calgary, Alberta

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This is the 10th Anniversary of GeoAlberta, the premier geospatial information conference in Western Canada.  TECTERRA is proud to be GeoAlberta's Diamond sponsor.

GeoAlberta is organized by:

• Alberta Geomatics Group (AGG)
• GeoEdmonton 
• Geospatial Information & Technology Association (GITA) - Alberta Chapter
• Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) - Alberta Chapter

Attendance at the 2012 event is expected to be more than 450 people. Don't miss the opportunity to attend and/or participate!

TECTERRA's Workshop:
Innovative Geomatics Solutions
Monday, May 7, 2012, 8:30 am - 12:00 pm

8:30 – 10:00 am

A.      Natural Resources Monitoring Using Optical Remote Sensing

1. Nadia Rochdi
Alberta Terrestrial Imaging Centre (ATIC) and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1K 3M4, Canada

2. Karl Staenz
Alberta Terrestrial Imaging Centre (ATIC) and Department of Geography, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1K 3M4, Canada

 

B.      Integrating image processing and remote sensing techniques for better classification of WorldView-2 satellite imagery

Ahmed Shawky Elsharkawy, Dr. Mohamed Elhabiby, and
Dr. Naser El-Sheimy

Mobile Multi-sensor Research Group
Department of Geomatics Engineering,
The University of Calgary

 

C.      Turning Total Station into TBM Control Robot in Tunnel Construction

1. Dr. Johnson Shen
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta

2. Dr. Ming Lu
Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta

10:15 am – 12:00 pm

 

A.      QA/QC of LiDAR Data

Dr. Ayman Habib, Professor and Head, Department of Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary

 

B.      Remote Sensing of Mountain Pine Beetle Forest Disturbance: Results from British Columbia and Perspectives for Alberta and the Canadian Boreal Forest

Derek R. Peddle 1,2 *, Sarah Boon 1,2, Aaron P. Glover 1,2 and Forrest G. Hall 3

1 Alberta Terrestrial Imaging Centre (ATIC) and 2 Department of Geography, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive West, Lethbridge, Alberta, T1K 3M4, Canada

3 NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre, Biospheric Sciences Branch, Code 614.4,  8800 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt MD., 20771 USA

 

C.      Development of Wireless Sensor Networks based “Local Indoor GPS” for Resources Tracking in Industrial Construction

Ms. Meimanat Soleimanifar
Ph.D. Student, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta

Dr. Ming Lu
Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta

 

 

 

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