February 5, 2015—The Hawai‘i Association of Watershed Partnerships (HAWP) presents a capacity building workshop for conservation professionals statewide. The workshop will highlight innovative approaches in conservation and natural resource management, specifically imagery and image technology. Sharing technology-based practices is critically important for resource managers to keep pace with rapidly expanding technologies and applications. The workshop will feature presentations on satellite imagery applications and advances, LIDAR, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), remote camera applications, and field applications for smart tablets.

Presentation blocks will include panel discussions with the speakers and a demonstration session at the end of the day where workshop participants can test out equipment, imagery and engage presenters.

Lunch and refreshments will be provided.  Online registration ONLY.

Featured topics and speakers include:

Satellite transmission collars for tracking pigs
Chris Miller, DOFAW

Gigapan high resolution imagery
Will Weaver, O‘ahu Army Natural Resources Program

UAVs for resources conservation
Ryan Perroy, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo

Pictometry
Jim Jacobi, USGS

Using satellite imagery for landscape-scale monitoring
John Pipan

Utility of Google Nexus tablets and Locus Map Pro application for navigation and data collection
Chris Radford, West Maui Mountains Watershed Partnership

Using  ArcGIS Viewshed Analysis to define effectively surveyed areas (for weeds detected during aerial surveys in watershed topography)
Brooke Mahnken,  Maui Invasive Species Committee

Here’s an app for that: Offline smartphone data collection for the field
Sam Aruch, Natural Resource Data Solutions

ESRI mobile and desktop applications to streamline data flow from the field to the office
Nikhil Inman-Narahari, PTA

Use of the Surface Pro 2 for Aerial GPS Data Collection
Russell Kallstrom, TNC/EMoWP

A new Cyanea from the Hawaiian Islands; taxonomy and a novel approach to to monitoring remote species
Maggie Sporck Koehler, Department of Land and Natural Resources