LIDAR Derived DEMs applied to Landslide, Fault, Earthquake Rupture, and Landscape Changes

LIDAR Derived DEMs applied to Landslide, Fault, Earthquake Rupture, and Landscape Changes

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Modelos Digitales de Elevación de LIDAR Aplicados a Deslizamientos de Tierra, Fallas, Ruptura por Sismos y Cambios del Paisaje


March 23-24, 2015
National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico


Marzo 23-24, 2015, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacan, Mexico City, México



Supported by:
CONACYT- INEGI, OpenTopography, and UNAVCO.



Organizers:
  • Ramón Arrowsmith, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
  • Christopher Crosby, UNAVCO, and OpenTopography Boulder, CO, USA
  • María Teresa Ramírez Herrera , Instituto de Geografía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
  • Gabriel Legorreta, Instituto de Geografía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico




    • Instructors:

  • Ramón Arrowsmith, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
  • Christopher Crosby, UNAVCO, and OpenTopography Boulder, CO, USA
  • Nancy Glenn, Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, Boise, ID, USA
  • Edwin Nissen, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA


    • Monday, March 23, 2015

    Time
    Topic
    Instructor, Affiliation
    8:30am Welcome, group introductions
    9:30am Sharpening our view of earth processes with high resolution topography Ramón Arrowsmith, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
    10:15am Break
    10:30am Introduction to Lidar and TLS Science Examples Christopher Crosby, UNAVCO, and OpenTopography
    12:00pm Lunch
    1:00pm Raster-based lidar analysis in ArcGIS: Data visualization, mapping, simple topographic differencing, hydrologic analysis

    Data:

    		 Ramón Arrowsmith, Arizona State University
    2:30pm break
    3:45pm ArcGIS-based analysis with extensions to gridding via OpenTopography Points2Grid and other point analysis using LAStools Ramón Arrowsmith, Arizona State University
    4:00pm Topographic Change Detection intro lecture Edwin Nissen, Colorado School of Mines
    5:00pm "Pop-up" Presentations (very short!- 5 minute maximum) from participants
    7:30pm End of day 1
    Tuesday, March 24, 2015

    Time
    Topic
    Instructor, Affiliation
    8:30am

    OpenTopography and other resources; open source tools and data discussion

    		 Christopher Crosby, UNAVCO, and OpenTopography
    9:30am BCAL Lidar Tools
    		 Nancy Glenn, Department of Geosciences, Boise State University
    12:00pm Lunch
    1:00pm Structure from Motion (SfM)
    		 Edwin Nissen, Colorado School of Mines
    3:30pm Topographic Change Detection, (e.g. iterative closest point (ICP) using CloudCompare)
    		 Edwin Nissen, Colorado School of Mines

    Ramón Arrowsmith, Arizona State University
    5:00pm Short course wrap up