Terrain360 has been commissioned to create a 360° “streetview” map of the Captain John Smith National Scenic Trail, Huron River Water Trail, Lake Huron, Lake St. Clair, Detroit River and other important waterways in 2018.We will be discussing the technical and mechanical challenges of capturing/managing massive amounts of GIS data and imagery from these projects. We will also discuss dissemination of the data on a forward facing exploration tool.

2. Virtually Touring the
National Trails System

3. Terrain360 Trail Mapping
Background

4. Passion is to showcase places not easily accessible
with ultra-high resolution imagery & map data and
encourage people to get outside.
Fundy Bayou | Blackwater Maritime Heritage Trail

5. • GIS/Spatially Referenced 360° Image & Data Mapping Platform ( think a
higher quality version of ‘google streetview’)
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail –
Susquehanna River

6. • To date mapped 8000+ miles of waterways & 3500+ miles of trails

7. • 100’s – 1000’s of high resolution (156mpx) 360° images per land trail &
waterway

8. • Mapping “Vehicles”
• Simple camera & gps on tripod ( long haul backpacking) – very manual
• Weeks of on-board power
• Simple Garmin GPS

9. Appalachian National Scenic Trail

10. • Mapping “Vehicles”
• Fat-Tire Mapping Trike– Fully automated capture process
• Lithium ion Powered (72+ hours of power)
• On board PC (atom processor)
• Lighting Sensor
• IMU/GPS/Wx Sensors
• Touch Screen
• 5 Canon t5i cameras
Wadhams to Avoca Trail, MI
Paint Creek Trail, Oakland MI

11. • Mapping “Vehicles”
• Custom 16’ Catacraft Boat– Fully automated capture process
• On board Generator
• On board PC i7 SSD
• Lighting Sensor
• IMU/GPS/WxSensors
• Touch Screen Controls
• 6 Canon t5i cameras
• Completely weatherproof

12. • Mapping “Vehicles”
• Custom 13’ Catacraft Boat– Fully automated capture process
• On board Generator
• On board PC i7 SSD
• Lighting Sensor
• IMU/GPS/Wx Sensors
• Touch Screen Controls
• 5 Canon t5i cameras
• Completely weatherproof

13. Huron River National Water Trail

14. • Mapping “Vehicles”
• Backpack– Fully automated capture process
• Lithium ion (72+ hours)
• On board PC i7 SSD
• Lighting Sensor
• IMU/GPS/Wx Sensors
• Touch Screen Controls + iPhone
• 5 Canon t5i cameras

15. Imagery
• 22 Million original Images
• 200+ Million geo tagged Image
objects in AWS & Azure
GIS/Spatial + Image Data
• 23 TB to date of original image data
• 110 TB to date image objects (tiles)
• 100Gb Lidar (experimental)
• 10 Million Lat/Long points
• Fun Fact – 3 500GB SSD in field drives
exceeded the read/write cycle of
800TB
Terrain360 Admin Panel

17. Mapping the
Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail

18. 2015: Nanticoke & Susquehanna Rivers
Mapped:
784+mi of waterways
189 Public access points
700,000+ images
1,000,000 GIS points
(lat/long/lux/IMU/Wx)
Conservation Partner:
Nanticoke River, MD

19. 2015: Nanticoke & Susquehanna Rivers
Conservation Partner:

20. 2015: Nanticoke & Susquehanna Rivers
West Branch Susquehanna, PA

21. Mapping the
Huron River National WaterTrail

22. 2018: Huron River National Water Trail
Mapped:
141+mi of waterways
22 Public access points
110,000+ images
189,000 GIS points
(lat/long/lux/IMU/Wx)
Conservation Partner:
Huron River - Delhi Mills, MI

23. Conservation Partner:
2018: Huron River National Water Trail

24. Mapping the
Appalachian National Scenic Trail

25. 2013-14: Appalachian National Scenic Trail
Mapped:
540+mi
202 Adjacent Trails
150,000+ images
299,000 GIS points
(lat/long/lux/IMU/Wx)
Rt 522

26. AT pic here
Springer Mt. GA

27. Terrain360 Uses
• Showcase Places unknown or unseen – Drive
awareness
• Encourage Conservation & Appreciation
• Remove fear of visiting
• Trip Planning & Education
• Utilize high-res images for object detection
(species detection, foliage density, objects)
• Asset Management
• Detailed change over time assessment (time-
machine)
• Partner map sharing (embed, links) all maps open
to public
• API Access upon request for ESRI, Google &
Leaflet integration

28. Object & Label Analysis

29. Detection results
here
Automated Object & Label Detection
• Species detection
• Object detection
• label/sign detection

30. Historical Preservation

31. Geo-tagging Historical Artifacts within a 360° Environment

32. Bay Point Mill Barge Wreck

33. • Over 400 Write-ups
• 14+ TV Stories
• 1 TEDx Talk

34. Questions