• Secure Online Registration (Please note that online registration will close two days prior to the seminar.)
• Registration Form
• Group Discounts
• Cancellation Policy

Seminar Description

Association members who work outdoors frequently take photos for later interpretation or record keeping. Good quality photos convey a great deal of information but might not be used to their full potential because it’s difficult to visualize them accurately on the landscape. This is especially true of oblique aerial photos. However, features in the free version of Google Earth allow your photographs to be linked to ground locations and viewed by anyone. A particularly powerful feature is the ability to precisely overlay oblique aerial photos on the 3D landscape, allowing a level of geovisualization that was virtually impossible until recently. The data structures supported by Google Earth allow field notes, data, and photographs to be linked and organized in ways that facilitate storage, retrieval, interpretation, and sharing. This seminar will describe how to create interactive objects that display georeferenced oblique photos, text, and data. Good practices for constructing KMZ files and managing large sets of digital photos will be suggested. The following PDF file has links to files that illustrate many of the above techniques. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10838207/Google_Earth_interface_for_photos_and_data.pdf

Familiarity with Google Earth or the seminar titled “Intermediate Google Earth Techniques” would be advantageous but is not required.

Agenda

• Introduction to Google Earth objects
•  Adding content to the Placemarks
• Using HTML without having to learn it
• Linking photos to Placemarks and sharing the results
• Georeferencing oblique photos
• Managing content for personal documentation or public access

Intended audience – Anyone who uses photographs to document field work will benefit by being able to access their photos more easily and visualize them in a more geographically accurate context. Industry examples: Construction site and municipal facility supervision and monitoring; Utility transmission corridor monitoring; Mine site and reclamation planning and monitoring; Reservoir planning and visualization; Terrain stability and hydrogeomorphic event assessment; River and highway inspection; Compliance monitoring;

Instructor:

Mr. Patrick Teti P.Geo. was a Research Hydrologist with the Ministry of Forests and Range in Williams Lake for 18 years and is now an Emeritus Scientist with the Ministry of Natural Resource Operations. His research projects have been aimed at the effects of timber harvesting and regeneration on forest structure, snow hydrology, and stream shade. He invented an instrument for measuring shade under a forest canopy, developed procedures for taking his own vertical aerial photos, and has helped produce more than 20 reports and publications. Since retiring from the B.C. Government he has enjoyed doing more woodworking, running and volunteering in his community.

What previous participants have said about this seminar

• "Extremely knowledgeable presenter."
• "Very useful tool for sharing content, Good course that was well presented."
• "Very interesting and applicable!"
• "Clear and concise speaker!"

Cancellation Policy

Registered attendees unable to attend the event may designate a substitute, provided APEGBC receives written notification at least one business day prior to the event. Registration information for the substitute attendee should accompany the notice. If notice of cancellation of registration is received:

•  5 business days or more prior to the event, a refund will be processed
•  Less than 5 business days prior to the event, no refunds apply

Substitute registrants are permitted up to the day of the seminar and member/non-member fees will be applied. The organizers reserve the right to cancel the event if less than the minimum required participants have registered. Liability limited to registration fee.

APEGBC is an AIBC/CES registered provider offering an AIBC-Accredited activity for 2.75 Core Learning Units.

© APEGBC