Conservation Applications of LiDAR Training Resources

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The “Conservation Applications of LiDAR” project was a series of hands-on workshops and online resources from 2012-13, designed to help Minnesota GIS specialists effectively use LiDAR-derived data to address natural resource issues. The project was funded by a grant from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, and was presented by the University of Minnesota Water Resources Center with expertise provided from the University of Minnesota, MN Department of Natural Resources, MN Board of Water and Soil Resources, and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. More information is at http://tsp.umn.edu/lidar.

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Conservation applications of LiDAR data: Basics of using LiDAR data
(2013) Nelson, Joel
These slides were developed as part of the “Conservation Applications of LiDAR” project – a series of hands-on workshops and online resources designed to help Minnesota GIS specialists effectively use LiDAR-derived data to address natural resource issues. The project was funded by a grant from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, and was presented by the University of Minnesota Water Resources Center with expertise provided from the University of Minnesota, MN Department of Natural Resources, MN Board of Water and Soil Resources, and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. The training modules for this workshop are: Basics of using LiDAR data, Terrain Analysis, Hydrologic Applications, Engineering Applications, Wetland Mapping, and Forest and Ecological Applications.
Conservation applications of LiDAR data: Terrain analysis
(2012-03) Nelson, Joel
These slides were developed as part of the “Conservation Applications of LiDAR” project – a series of hands-on workshops and online resources designed to help Minnesota GIS specialists effectively use LiDAR-derived data to address natural resource issues. The project was funded by a grant from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, and was presented by the University of Minnesota Water Resources Center with expertise provided from the University of Minnesota, MN Department of Natural Resources, MN Board of Water and Soil Resources, and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. The training modules for this workshop are: Basics of using LiDAR data, Terrain Analysis, Hydrologic Applications, Engineering Applications, Wetland Mapping, and Forest and Ecological Applications.
Conservation applications of LiDAR data: Hydrologic applications
(2012-03) Vaughn, Sean
These slides were developed as part of the “Conservation Applications of LiDAR” project – a series of hands-on workshops and online resources designed to help Minnesota GIS specialists effectively use LiDAR-derived data to address natural resource issues. The project was funded by a grant from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, and was presented by the University of Minnesota Water Resources Center with expertise provided from the University of Minnesota, MN Department of Natural Resources, MN Board of Water and Soil Resources, and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. The training modules for this workshop are: Basics of using LiDAR data, Terrain Analysis, Hydrologic Applications, Engineering Applications, Wetland Mapping, and Forest and Ecological Applications.
Conservation applications of LiDAR data: Wetland mapping
(2012-07) Knight, Joe; Rampi, Lian
These slides were developed as part of the “Conservation Applications of LiDAR” project – a series of hands-on workshops and online resources designed to help Minnesota GIS specialists effectively use LiDAR-derived data to address natural resource issues. The project was funded by a grant from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, and was presented by the University of Minnesota Water Resources Center with expertise provided from the University of Minnesota, MN Department of Natural Resources, MN Board of Water and Soil Resources, and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. The training modules for this workshop are: Basics of using LiDAR data, Terrain Analysis, Hydrologic Applications, Engineering Applications, Wetland Mapping, and Forest and Ecological Applications.
Conservation applications of LiDAR data: Forestry applications of LiDAR data
(2012-04) Jenks, Andy
These slides were developed as part of the “Conservation Applications of LiDAR” project – a series of hands-on workshops and online resources designed to help Minnesota GIS specialists effectively use LiDAR-derived data to address natural resource issues. The project was funded by a grant from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, and was presented by the University of Minnesota Water Resources Center with expertise provided from the University of Minnesota, MN Department of Natural Resources, MN Board of Water and Soil Resources, and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. The training modules for this workshop are: Basics of using LiDAR data, Terrain Analysis, Hydrologic Applications, Engineering Applications, Wetland Mapping, and Forest and Ecological Applications.
"Conservation Applications of LiDAR" handout for LiDAR file formats and data types
(2013)
This resource was developed as part of the “Conservation Applications of LiDAR” project – a series of hands-on workshops and online resources designed to help Minnesota GIS specialists effectively use LiDAR-derived data to address natural resource issues. The project was funded by a grant from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, and was presented by the University of Minnesota Water Resources Center with expertise provided from the University of Minnesota, MN Department of Natural Resources, MN Board of Water and Soil Resources, and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. More information is at http://tsp.umn.edu/lidar.
Basics of using LiDAR data, Exercise #1: Accessing Minnesota LiDAR data
(2013) Nelson, Joel
This exercise was developed as part of the “Conservation Applications of LiDAR” project – a series of hands-on workshops and online resources designed to help Minnesota GIS specialists effectively use LiDAR-derived data to address natural resource issues. The project was funded by a grant from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, and was presented by the University of Minnesota Water Resources Center with expertise provided from the University of Minnesota, MN Department of Natural Resources, MN Board of Water and Soil Resources, and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. More information is at http://tsp.umn.edu/lidar.
Basics of using LiDAR data, Exercise #2: Raster processing
(2013) Nelson, Joel
This exercise was developed as part of the “Conservation Applications of LiDAR” project – a series of hands-on workshops and online resources designed to help Minnesota GIS specialists effectively use LiDAR-derived data to address natural resource issues. The project was funded by a grant from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, and was presented by the University of Minnesota Water Resources Center with expertise provided from the University of Minnesota, MN Department of Natural Resources, MN Board of Water and Soil Resources, and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. More information is at http://tsp.umn.edu/lidar.
Basics of using LiDAR data, Exercise #3: Visualization and management
(2013) Nelson, Joel
This exercise was developed as part of the “Conservation Applications of LiDAR” project – a series of hands-on workshops and online resources designed to help Minnesota GIS specialists effectively use LiDAR-derived data to address natural resource issues. The project was funded by a grant from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, and was presented by the University of Minnesota Water Resources Center with expertise provided from the University of Minnesota, MN Department of Natural Resources, MN Board of Water and Soil Resources, and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. More information is at http://tsp.umn.edu/lidar.
Basics of using LiDAR data, Exercise #4: Converting LiDAR data to county coordinates
(2013) Loesch, Tim; Sentyrz, Shelly
This exercise was developed as part of the “Conservation Applications of LiDAR” project – a series of hands-on workshops and online resources designed to help Minnesota GIS specialists effectively use LiDAR-derived data to address natural resource issues. The project was funded by a grant from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, and was presented by the University of Minnesota Water Resources Center with expertise provided from the University of Minnesota, MN Department of Natural Resources, MN Board of Water and Soil Resources, and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. More information is at http://tsp.umn.edu/lidar.
Basics of using LiDAR data, Exercise #5: Re-projecting LAS data to county coordinate systems
(2013) Long, M. Taylor
This exercise was developed as part of the “Conservation Applications of LiDAR” project – a series of hands-on workshops and online resources designed to help Minnesota GIS specialists effectively use LiDAR-derived data to address natural resource issues. The project was funded by a grant from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, and was presented by the University of Minnesota Water Resources Center with expertise provided from the University of Minnesota, MN Department of Natural Resources, MN Board of Water and Soil Resources, and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. More information is at http://tsp.umn.edu/lidar.
Terrain Analysis: Conservation Applications of LiDAR workshop exercises
(2012)
These exercises were developed as part of the “Conservation Applications of LiDAR” project – a series of hands-on workshops and online resources designed to help Minnesota GIS specialists effectively use LiDAR-derived data to address natural resource issues. The project was funded by a grant from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, and was presented by the University of Minnesota Water Resources Center with expertise provided from the University of Minnesota, MN Department of Natural Resources, MN Board of Water and Soil Resources, and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. More information is at http://tsp.umn.edu/lidar.
Hydrologic Applications: DEM conditioning exercise
(2013) Vaughn, Sean
This exercise was developed as part of the “Conservation Applications of LiDAR” project – a series of hands-on workshops and online resources designed to help Minnesota GIS specialists effectively use LiDAR-derived data to address natural resource issues. The project was funded by a grant from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, and was presented by the University of Minnesota Water Resources Center with expertise provided from the University of Minnesota, MN Department of Natural Resources, MN Board of Water and Soil Resources, and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. More information is at http://tsp.umn.edu/lidar.
Hydrologic Applications: DEM display
(2013) Vaughn, Sean
This exercise was developed as part of the “Conservation Applications of LiDAR” project – a series of hands-on workshops and online resources designed to help Minnesota GIS specialists effectively use LiDAR-derived data to address natural resource issues. The project was funded by a grant from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, and was presented by the University of Minnesota Water Resources Center with expertise provided from the University of Minnesota, MN Department of Natural Resources, MN Board of Water and Soil Resources, and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. More information is at http://tsp.umn.edu/lidar. T
Hydrologics Applications, Supplemental exercise: Field-scale watershed analysis
(2013) Jenks, Andy
This exercise was developed as part of the “Conservation Applications of LiDAR” project – a series of hands-on workshops and online resources designed to help Minnesota GIS specialists effectively use LiDAR-derived data to address natural resource issues. The project was funded by a grant from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, and was presented by the University of Minnesota Water Resources Center with expertise provided from the University of Minnesota, MN Department of Natural Resources, MN Board of Water and Soil Resources, and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. More information is at http://tsp.umn.edu/lidar.
Wetland mapping, Exercise 1: Create the NDVI layer
(2012)
These exercises were developed as part of the “Conservation Applications of LiDAR” project – a series of hands-on workshops and online resources designed to help Minnesota GIS specialists effectively use LiDAR-derived data to address natural resource issues. The project was funded by a grant from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, and was presented by the University of Minnesota Water Resources Center with expertise provided from the University of Minnesota, MN Department of Natural Resources, MN Board of Water and Soil Resources, and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. More information is at http://tsp.umn.edu/lidar.
Wetland mapping, Exercise 2: Create the CTI layer and classification of the wetlands
(2012)
These exercises were developed as part of the “Conservation Applications of LiDAR” project – a series of hands-on workshops and online resources designed to help Minnesota GIS specialists effectively use LiDAR-derived data to address natural resource issues. The project was funded by a grant from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, and was presented by the University of Minnesota Water Resources Center with expertise provided from the University of Minnesota, MN Department of Natural Resources, MN Board of Water and Soil Resources, and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. More information is at http://tsp.umn.edu/lidar.
Wetland mapping, Exercise 3: Classification of object based image analysis (OBIA) polygons
(2012)
These exercises were developed as part of the “Conservation Applications of LiDAR” project – a series of hands-on workshops and online resources designed to help Minnesota GIS specialists effectively use LiDAR-derived data to address natural resource issues. The project was funded by a grant from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, and was presented by the University of Minnesota Water Resources Center with expertise provided from the University of Minnesota, MN Department of Natural Resources, MN Board of Water and Soil Resources, and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. More information is at http://tsp.umn.edu/lidar. These exercises are part of the "Wetland mapping" training module.
Forestry Applications: Conservation Applications of LiDAR workshop exercises
(2012)
These exercises were developed as part of the “Conservation Applications of LiDAR” project – a series of hands-on workshops and online resources designed to help Minnesota GIS specialists effectively use LiDAR-derived data to address natural resource issues. The project was funded by a grant from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, and was presented by the University of Minnesota Water Resources Center with expertise provided from the University of Minnesota, MN Department of Natural Resources, MN Board of Water and Soil Resources, and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. More information is at http://tsp.umn.edu/lidar. These exercises are part of the "Forestry applications of LiDAR data" training module.
Engineering applications of LiDAR data: Conservation Applications of LiDAR workshop exercises
(2013) Johnson, Ann
These exercises were developed as part of the “Conservation Applications of LiDAR” project – a series of hands-on workshops and online resources designed to help Minnesota GIS specialists effectively use LiDAR-derived data to address natural resource issues. The project was funded by a grant from the Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund, and was presented by the University of Minnesota Water Resources Center with expertise provided from the University of Minnesota, MN Department of Natural Resources, MN Board of Water and Soil Resources, and USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. More information is at http://tsp.umn.edu/lidar. These exercises are part of the "Engineering Applications" training module.