Building a new on-demand coastal data ecosystem
Presentation Abstract
Climate change and coastal urban development will reshape the approximately 7,500km of Salish Sea coast. Managing this change, and our responses to it, requires great data and an informed discussion among the approximately 11.5 million people that call this region home. New technologies are opening the door to unprecedented data collection, analysis and communication tools that can change the way we manage our coastlines and make coastal science accessible to anyone. This presentation will discuss how images collected by UAVs can form part of a data ecosystem that opens the door to on-demand environmental data collection and analysis to support near real-time coastal mapping, modelling and monitoring. It will present newly developed tools for detailed monitoring of beach and foreshore change, a new visualization tool for engaging people with no technical background in discussions about complex coastal flood risks, and present examples of how these have been used within the region.
Session Title
Structure from Motion and Drone Aerial Imagery for Coastal Restoration and Management
Conference Track
SSE15: Data and Information Management
Conference Name
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference (2018 : Seattle, Wash.)
Document Type
Event
SSEC Identifier
SSE15-402
Start Date
4-4-2018 4:45 PM
End Date
4-4-2018 5:00 PM
Type of Presentation
Oral
Genre/Form
presentations (communicative events)
Contributing Repository
Digital content made available by University Archives, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University.
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Aerial photogrammetry--Salish Sea (B.C. and Wash.); Climatic changes--Forecasting; Cities and towns--Growth
Geographic Coverage
Salish Sea (B.C. and Wash.)
Rights
This resource is displayed for educational purposes only and may be subject to U.S. and international copyright laws. For more information about rights or obtaining copies of this resource, please contact University Archives, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225-9103, USA (360-650-7534; heritage.resources@wwu.edu) and refer to the collection name and identifier. Any materials cited must be attributed to the Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference Records, University Archives, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University.
Type
Text
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
Building a new on-demand coastal data ecosystem
Climate change and coastal urban development will reshape the approximately 7,500km of Salish Sea coast. Managing this change, and our responses to it, requires great data and an informed discussion among the approximately 11.5 million people that call this region home. New technologies are opening the door to unprecedented data collection, analysis and communication tools that can change the way we manage our coastlines and make coastal science accessible to anyone. This presentation will discuss how images collected by UAVs can form part of a data ecosystem that opens the door to on-demand environmental data collection and analysis to support near real-time coastal mapping, modelling and monitoring. It will present newly developed tools for detailed monitoring of beach and foreshore change, a new visualization tool for engaging people with no technical background in discussions about complex coastal flood risks, and present examples of how these have been used within the region.
