MARC Sustainable Urban Forest Management WorkshopIan Hanou
Chris Peiffer presented on urban forest management planning, strategies, and technology at the Mid-American Regional Council's Sustainable Urban Forestry in Kansas City, Missouri
Presented by Ian Hanou at the Trees, People, and Built Environment 3 Conference, Birmingham, England, April 2017. Geospatial mapping and analysis of the urban forest including tree inventories and Urban Tree Canopy (UTC) assessments have become commonplace tools in North America. Cities and environmental nonprofits use inventories to improve management and maintenance, and use UTC to develop a citywide benchmark, monitor change, inform master plans, and prioritize planting efforts to maximize benefits where they are lacking in the community. As a natural progression with recent GIS and mobile technology innovations, inventories and UTC data have been incorporated into online mapping programs to increase access to this information and ease-of-use for non-technical users.
Through a series of short case studies, this paper highlights some of the benefits, considerations, and impacts of bringing urban forestry data and prioritization tools into online mapping applications. Evidence suggests that such tools may increase awareness of the urban forest as an asset and a resource for community development, public health goals, and scenario planning. The collaboration that is created during an inclusive process to develop and implement such tools is discussed along with the role of tree professionals and nonprofits in UTC targets, followed by recommendations for practitioners.
This webinar sets out the diversity of M&E approaches of major climate funds and national frameworks to draw lessons for aligning country systems and fund-level results frameworks in order to assess adaptation success more effectively.
Building the Utah Cadastre Through Partnerships (UGIC 2011)SeanAGRC
Slides from Sean Fernandez, Keaton Walker, Rick Kelson (State of Utah AGRC) and Lina Haggard (Utah State Trust Lands, aka SITLA) describe the PLSS, Parcel, GPS Network, and cadastral grant program efforts in Utah to build GIS cadastral data.
Note: Rick Kelson's presentation on the aggregation of county parcels into a statewide database is uploaded separately on slideshare as: Utah SGID: Parcel Layer Activities Update
What's the status of the NSDI?
Cowen's address will provide his perspective on the current status of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI). He will draw from his extensive experience with the National Research Council’s Mapping Science Committee, chairing the NRC study National Land Parcel Data: A Vision for the Future, a recent term as chair of the National Geospatial Advisory Committee, and his service as vice chairman of the Coalition of Geospatial Organizations (COGO) Report Card Committee on the NSDI. Through these activities he has observed and analyzed the Federal geospatial landscape for the thirty years since president Clinton issued Executive Order 12906, Coordinating Geographic Data Acquisition and Access: The National Spatial Data Infrastructure in 1994. He will comment on the changing role of various stakeholders in the collection, maintenance and sharing of geospatial data.
Karnataka Geospatial Experience FME World Tour 2017 IndiaRaghavendran S
FME World Tour 2017, India
Presentation from FME magicians. Inspiring stories of FME wizardry and tips for brewing powerful data workflows.
Presentation by Mr H Hemanth KumarPrincipal Scientific OfficerPrincipal Investigator – NRDMS, KSSDI & VIS on Geospatial Technologies for informed decision making – Karnataka Experience
MARC Sustainable Urban Forest Management WorkshopIan Hanou
Chris Peiffer presented on urban forest management planning, strategies, and technology at the Mid-American Regional Council's Sustainable Urban Forestry in Kansas City, Missouri
Presented by Ian Hanou at the Trees, People, and Built Environment 3 Conference, Birmingham, England, April 2017. Geospatial mapping and analysis of the urban forest including tree inventories and Urban Tree Canopy (UTC) assessments have become commonplace tools in North America. Cities and environmental nonprofits use inventories to improve management and maintenance, and use UTC to develop a citywide benchmark, monitor change, inform master plans, and prioritize planting efforts to maximize benefits where they are lacking in the community. As a natural progression with recent GIS and mobile technology innovations, inventories and UTC data have been incorporated into online mapping programs to increase access to this information and ease-of-use for non-technical users.
Through a series of short case studies, this paper highlights some of the benefits, considerations, and impacts of bringing urban forestry data and prioritization tools into online mapping applications. Evidence suggests that such tools may increase awareness of the urban forest as an asset and a resource for community development, public health goals, and scenario planning. The collaboration that is created during an inclusive process to develop and implement such tools is discussed along with the role of tree professionals and nonprofits in UTC targets, followed by recommendations for practitioners.
This webinar sets out the diversity of M&E approaches of major climate funds and national frameworks to draw lessons for aligning country systems and fund-level results frameworks in order to assess adaptation success more effectively.
Building the Utah Cadastre Through Partnerships (UGIC 2011)SeanAGRC
Slides from Sean Fernandez, Keaton Walker, Rick Kelson (State of Utah AGRC) and Lina Haggard (Utah State Trust Lands, aka SITLA) describe the PLSS, Parcel, GPS Network, and cadastral grant program efforts in Utah to build GIS cadastral data.
Note: Rick Kelson's presentation on the aggregation of county parcels into a statewide database is uploaded separately on slideshare as: Utah SGID: Parcel Layer Activities Update
What's the status of the NSDI?
Cowen's address will provide his perspective on the current status of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI). He will draw from his extensive experience with the National Research Council’s Mapping Science Committee, chairing the NRC study National Land Parcel Data: A Vision for the Future, a recent term as chair of the National Geospatial Advisory Committee, and his service as vice chairman of the Coalition of Geospatial Organizations (COGO) Report Card Committee on the NSDI. Through these activities he has observed and analyzed the Federal geospatial landscape for the thirty years since president Clinton issued Executive Order 12906, Coordinating Geographic Data Acquisition and Access: The National Spatial Data Infrastructure in 1994. He will comment on the changing role of various stakeholders in the collection, maintenance and sharing of geospatial data.
Karnataka Geospatial Experience FME World Tour 2017 IndiaRaghavendran S
FME World Tour 2017, India
Presentation from FME magicians. Inspiring stories of FME wizardry and tips for brewing powerful data workflows.
Presentation by Mr H Hemanth KumarPrincipal Scientific OfficerPrincipal Investigator – NRDMS, KSSDI & VIS on Geospatial Technologies for informed decision making – Karnataka Experience
An introduction to GIS strategic planning and the NSDI, an overview of the current state of GIS Coordination in Delaware and some questions to consider.
React’s suitability to develop Geospatial solutions.pdfMindfire LLC
Application development is a critical necessity for many firms that seek to create unique user experiences. This can range from a simple interface that provides relatively specialized access to data, such as data monetization, to a more comprehensive solution that supports complicated business decisions, such as site selection. According to 182 Pages Report, the worldwide geospatial solutions market is expected to reach USD 502.6 billion by 2024, up from USD 239.1 billion in 2019, at a CAGR of 13.2 percent over the forecast period. In this article, we will discuss the significance of react in geospatial solutions.
React’s suitability to develop Geospatial solutions.pdfMindfire LLC
Application development is a critical necessity for many firms that seek to create unique user experiences. This can range from a simple interface that provides relatively specialized access to data, such as data monetization, to a more comprehensive solution that supports complicated business decisions, such as site selection. According to 182 Pages Report, the worldwide geospatial solutions market is expected to reach USD 502.6 billion by 2024, up from USD 239.1 billion in 2019, at a CAGR of 13.2 percent over the forecast period. In this article, we will discuss the significance of react in geospatial solutions.
Poster: Enhancing and Educating with the WxSat Mobile AppKyle Nelson
Poster presented at the Federation of Earth Science Information Partners' (ESIP) 2015 Winter Meeting. Development of educational products and enhancements to the WxSat Mobile App were funded through an ESIP Student Fellow research grant.
SDSC Technology Forum: Increasing the Impact of High Resolution Topography Da...OpenTopography Facility
High-resolution topography is a powerful tool for studying the Earth's surface, vegetation, and urban landscapes, with broad scientific, engineering, and educational-based applications. Over the past decade, there has been dramatic growth in the acquisition of these data for scientific, environmental, engineering and planning purposes. In the US, the U.S. Geological Society is undertaking the 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) to map the entire lower 48 with lidar by 2023.
The richness of these topography datasets make them extremely valuable beyond the application that drove their acquisition and thus are of interest to a large and varied user community. A cyberinfrastructure platform that enables users to efficiently discover, access and process these massive volumes of data increases the impact of investments in collection of the data and catalyzes scientific discovery as well as informs critical decisions that are made across our Nation every day that depend on elevation data, ranging from immediate safety of life, property, and environment to long term planning for infrastructure projects.
Join us to hear about the motivations, technology, and data assets behind the National Science Foundation funded OpenTopography platform, which aims to democratize access to high resolution topographic data. OpenTopography’s innovation is in co-locating massive volumes of topographic data with processing tools that enable users with varied expertise and application domains to quickly and easily access and process data, to enable innovation and decision making.
2015 FOSS4G Track: Developing, Exploring, and Utilizing a National Web-Based ...GIS in the Rockies
The USFS Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program provides a systematic protocol for forest field data collection to serve as the census for forest information and support proper management. This wealth of data has been analyzed to provide wall-to-wall spatial GIS coverage of forest carbon estimates across the lower 48 U.S. states to support Greenhouse Gas (GHG) inventory. Through a research agreement and collaboration with the University of Minnesota (UMN), this project provided a 21st century “digital experience and distribution” of the Forest Carbon Estimation in the FIA program rather than static maps and tables by developing an online, mobile/web browser map application (app). This web and mobile software tool enables the public to learn about carbon and how much is stored in a nearby forest. The data is presented to the user interactively on a map along with charts, graphs, and links to related resources. The intended audience is anyone interested in exploring forest carbon information.
The tool is a web browser map application for smartphones, tablets, and desktop use. It primarily works online but also offline with simplified functionality. This provides any range of users with access to the carbon summaries in the field and at the desk. The app also provides education links to NFS carbon assessment whitepapers and FIA protocols.
Join this session to learn about the development of this exciting new database and app and how to explore carbon in forests near you or nationally.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
Have you ever wanted a Ruby client API to communicate with your web service? Smithy is a protocol-agnostic language for defining services and SDKs. Smithy Ruby is an implementation of Smithy that generates a Ruby SDK using a Smithy model. In this talk, we will explore Smithy and Smithy Ruby to learn how to generate custom feature-rich SDKs that can communicate with any web service, such as a Rails JSON API.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...
TNM for NSGIC
1. The National Map Status and Direction Michael Cooley, Robert Dollison and Larry Sugarbaker Moderator Vicki Lukas NSGIC Annual Conference October 7, 2009
9. Integrated Status Status graphics with up-to-date detailed metadata status – vintage, source, and location of the TNM data and product holdings Select by USGS quadrangles, hydrographic sub-regions, states, counties, and more. Turn on status graphics of specific layers and click the region of interest to identify the specific details.
31. “ Digital Map – Beta” The Next Generation of Topographic Maps
32. National Geospatial Program Strategic Planning Larry Sugarbaker – Strategic Advisor for The National Map U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey
Integrating TNM Base Map Into GOS Integrating GOS Live Map Services Search into TNM
Integrating TNM Base Map Into GOS Integrating GOS Live Map Services Search into TNM
Integrating TNM Base Map Into GOS Integrating GOS Live Map Services Search into TNM
Integrating TNM Base Map Into GOS Integrating GOS Live Map Services Search into TNM
New capability – beta version just out Customizable search of the national collection directly from your web site. Very easy to set up using new REST interface. Can be done in a few minutes. View results as RSS, or KML
“ Digital Map – Beta” is the first product (first phase) in the process to recreate the legacy topographic map
“ Initial content” is the content for 2009 version. The three-year revision cycle is a goal, based on the availability of NAIP imagery. The actual cycle is TBD due to impacts of budgets, production process developments, and total workload (e.g., adding PR, HI, and AK). In 2010, the Graphics Program will investigate how to develop and maintain maps for these additional areas.
Create high-quality scans of all USGS topographic maps (all scales and vintages) for archive and public access Bundle scanned historical topographic map(s) with corresponding “Digital Maps - Beta”
Content will mirror traditional USGS 7.5-minute topographic quadrangle content Nationally consistent Can be used electronically or plotted National Grid and Coordinates (Military Grid Reference System) and other grids and coordinate systems
“ Public domain” for this product means there is no copyright on the maps. However, the source of transportation (roads) data is yet to be determined and might be commercial in which case those data might be restricted.
Light-yellow areas among the green – these are US Forest Service maps that the USFS maintains. USGS will product “Digital Maps – Beta” for these areas, but only after we have integrated USFS roads into The National Map . Out years Each year produce/revise maps covering 1/3 of the lower 48 States using the latest NAIP imagery and The National Map data Add additional integrated data layers from The National Map Update standard each year with major improvements including enhanced quality requirements
Area of Complex Channels Nonearthen Shore Waterfall Area to be submerged Pipeline Well Bay/ Inlet Playa Canal Ditch Rapids Coastline Reef Dam/ Weir Reservoir Estuary Rock Flume Sea/ Ocedan Foreshore Spillway Gaging Station Spring/Seep Ice Mass Stream/ River Inudation Area Submerged Stream Lake/ Pomd Tunnel Levee Wall Lock Chamber Wash
First we start with orthoimagery from the USDA National Agricultural Imagery Program -3 year repeat cycle for the lower 48 states with 1m resolution natural color. Over time (beginning in 2010) we will add layers From our National datasets. First, lets switch to a shaded relief basemap from the National Elevation Dataset at 10m resolution – click- then we add contours and labels, also derived from NED – click – then we add lakes and streams from the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD), with names from the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) – click – add roads from the Census’ Tiger Enhanced Dataset (with road names that we didn’t used to show on our maps) – click- and then names of schools, churches, and major structures and other named features – click – and finally woodland tint and urban tint from the National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD) that are now being revised to bring them current to 2006 – click. By now our map is getting pretty busy, but notice that this “geoPDF” is made up of layers that can be turned on and off with radio buttons (on the left). That means we can customize the map for our application, or even add our own layer content using GIS tools. Whether we are making a hardcopy map product or using the data for scientific modeling and/or GIS applications, the seamless nature of the data and the fact that we have precompiled useful layers means that they are adaptable and ready to use.
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