While unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and other umanned aircraft systems (UAS) are flying the "unfriendly skies" over Afghanistan, they are not as yet integrated into the National Airspace System (NAS) in the United States. Permits are required and according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA):
In addition to recreational use of UAS by modelers, there are two acceptable means of operating UAS in the NAS outside of “restricted” airspace: Special Airworthiness Certificates in the Experimental Category (SAC-EC) and Certificates of Waiver or Authorization (COA).
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by Joe Francica on 03/13 at 02:21 PM |
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Results indicate that tree cover in urban areas of the United States is declining at a rate of about four million trees per year, according to a U.S. Forest Service study of 20 U.S. cities published in Urban Forestry & Urban Greening.
Forest researchers David Nowak and Eric Greenfield of the U.S. Forest Service's Northern Research Station used satellite imagery to find that tree cover is decreasing at a rate of about 0.27 percent of land area per year in U.S. cities, which is equivalent to about 0.9 percent of existing urban tree cover being lost annually.
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Conservationists are using UAVs to gather data to protect land, plants and animals.
Using seed funding from the National Geographic Society, The Orangutan Conservancy, and the Denver Zoo, Lian Pin Koh, an ecologist at the ETH Zürich, and Serge Wich, a biologist at the University of Zürich and PanEco, have developed a conservation drone equipped with cameras, sensors and GPS. So far they have used the remote-controlled aircraft to map deforestation, count orangutans and other endangered species, and get a bird's eye view of hard-to-access forest areas in North Sumatra, Indonesia.
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Scientists from the University of Maryland and Beijing Normal University are partnering to track and predict the impact of climate change internationally. ...
At the University of Maryland today, officials from both institutions and representatives from the Chinese government officially launched the new Joint Center on Global Change and Earth System Science, which will conduct the research.
The key tool? A remote sensing database.
Creation of an international remote sensing database will be one of the new center's first projects, and the interdisciplinary work will take place in both countries. In addition to monitoring agriculture, it will also track land use and land cover.
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The Department of Homeland Security plans to award up to $50 million in contracts for aerial remote sensing services to support incident management.
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by Adena Schutzberg on 03/01 at 03:00 AM |
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Danielle Feoranzo, a student at Westwood Regional High School in the Township of Washington, recently earned her Girl Scout Gold Award by painting a map of the United States on the playground at the Jessie F. George Elementary School.
I've read lots of stories about maps being painted on playgrounds. What I like about this one is explained by the school pricipal:
"She facilitated a lesson for our fourth grade students that focused on the United States. Using the map, the students were able to move about the country while showcasing the content knowledge. It was a great experience for our students and a gift from Danielle that will last for many years to come."
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A Clarkson University research team, led by Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering Professors Pier Marzocca, Suresh Dhaniyala and Lin Tian, is readying its unmanned aerial vehicle, the Clarkson RAVEN (Research Aerial Vehicle for Experimental Needs), to acquire wind turbulence data.
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The University of Redlands is pleased to announce the third cohort of faculty LENS (LEarNing Spatially) Fellows. Led by Dr. Diana Sinton, director of Spatial Curriculum and Research, LENS is a campus-wide initiative that promotes spatial literacy as a foundational component in curriculum, programs, and research. In the coming year, the LENS Fellows will work on curricular ideas around the theme of “Mapping Communities.”
The four university faculty members from different departments will participate in a summer institute on campus.
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Fort Lee plans to become the first school system in the nation to use the MapEverywhere software, which provides detailed campus floor plans to emergency responders via a smart phone application that does not rely on Internet or Wi-Fi connections, officials said.
Maps of each school and information about explosive chemicals and potentially dangerous electrical wirings will be available on an application that police and other authorized personnel can upload during a hostage, fire or other crisis.
I don't like the idea that it must be downloaded WHEN an incident is found. Cost: $495/month.
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Dr Arko Lucieer, a senior lecturer with the School of Geography and Environmental Studies, at the University of Tasmania (Australia) and up to 20 students spent the day measuring the advance of a 1996 landslide at Home Hill winery's vineyards. They were using two micro-helicopters - called OktoKopters, a type of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to produce a 3D model of the landslide.
Each OktoKopter costs about $3000, but the sophisticated sensors that they carry are much more expensive, bringing the total cost to $60,000.
- Science Alert via reader Martin
Among the winners of this year’s Steinhoff/Bermuda Zoological Society Scholarship is a student pursuing GIS:
Winston R. Godwin Jr. [who received $5,000 for one year]
A third-year student at the University of Guelph, Ont. who is studying for a BA in Geography with a focus on Environment and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). He hopes to work in the field of climate change and its effects on ecosystems and environments;
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This description of courses at the Univeristy of Florida Indian River suggests the news media still does not know what it is.
Because the number of environmental jobs continues to rise along the Treasure Coast, the center's bachelor's degree in Environmental Management is increasingly popular. Fall semester course offerings for work towards this degree include: "Environmental Hydrology," "GIS (Global Information System) in Soil and Water Science" and "Wildlife Ecology and Management."
The university calls the course "GIS in Soil and Water Science."
- TCPalm.com
by Adena Schutzberg on 07/19 at 03:00 AM |
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Cal State San Bernardino’s Water Resources Institute has announced a new program funded by a $527,000 Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program Grant from the U.S. Department of Education. Among the programs funded are several involving GIS.
Eight underrepresented CSUSB students in STEM fields will be chosen annually for paid internships, providing them with the opportunity to learn how to develop datasets to be displayed on the 3-D watershed model. Another 18 students per year will be chosen for GIS training and earn a stipend upon completion. The WRI will also host educational workshops aimed at exposing pre-freshmen from regional high schools and youth organizations to STEM disciplines utilizing the 3-D watershed model.
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Sinclair Community College in Ohio is partnering with Woolpert and University of Dayton's Institute for the Development and Commercialization of Advanced Sensor Technology (IDCAST) to offer training for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). It'll be the region's first UAV training program as part of a National UAV Education, Training and Certification Center at Sinclair.
The first three to five day program (classroom and simulation) will run in June for individuals interested in learning more about the role of UAV payload operators.
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Esri recently awarded grants of geographic information system (GIS) technology and training to 4-H clubs across the United States, assisting club members in their research of local environmental and social issues....
Esri has supported 4-H clubs with its GIS grant programs since 2004. To date, more than 500 grants of ArcView and ArcPad software and Virtual Campus training have been awarded to selected clubs.
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by Adena Schutzberg on 03/15 at 04:00 AM |
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