Hawaii Pacific GIS Conference 2012: Survey and Positioning - Natural Resources Applications of GIS/GPS on Guam
1. Overcoming Challenges of
Doing GIS and Remote Sensing
on Guam
Ken Cochrane – Guam’olulu GIS Specialist
Tanya Johnson – Honolulu Office Director
Michelle Christy – Guam Office Director
Hawaii Pacific GIS Conference 2012
March 6
2. SWCA Environmental Consultants
Employee-owned firm of scientists, planners and
technical specialists
Comprehensive environmental planning, regulatory
compliance, natural and cultural resource
management and GIS services.
Between our Honolulu and Guam offices we provide
all of these services
3. Where is
Guam
Japan
China
CNMI
Philippines Guam
Indonesia
4. Overcoming Challenges –
Data Collection
Topography and environment
Karst cliffs
Rangefinder
Land access
DoD land
CORS availability
Power outages/typhoons
Growing demand for higher accuracy data
6. Overcoming Challenges –
Data Processing
Data mobility over different software versions
Data availability
Less data creators
Hawaii.gov
Thanks to those who do make quality data
available: Gov Guam, NOAA, USDA, &
collaborators. DoD for contract specific data
Unique availability
7. Remote Sensing – Seagrass Mapping
TM (30x30) IKONOS (4x4) Quickbird (2x2)
Next
Generation
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