This two-day course is intended for professionals seeking a basic working knowledge of Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) datasets for use in ArcGIS towards solving common spatial problems in environmental management. Participants will gain hands-on experience with ArcGIS and the 3D Analyst extension (provided) in a computer lab setting. As a result of the workshop, participants will be able to query and download LiDAR point cloud data from GeoNB, decompress and prepare these data for use in ArcGIS, visualize point cloud information and create derivative surfaces, to assess spatial problems as outlined below.
Jae Ogilvie is Research Associate in the Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management at the University of New Brunswick where he teaches undergraduate and graduate-level courses in introductory & advanced GIS and LiDAR. Jae is the primary developer in charge of the continued improvement of the wet areas mapping (WAM) model in the Forest Watershed Research Centre at the University of New Brunswick. Jae has a Masters of Science in Forestry (MScF) degree from the University of New Brunswick, is a Registered Professional Forester (RPF), a Certified Geographic Information Systems Professional (GISP) and is a fellow of the Canadian Rivers Institute (CRI).