2017 – Tools for Visualizing Natural Resources
Exploring Visualization Tools for Communicating Natural Resource Management Information
April 19, 2017. Portland State University
Sponsored by the USFS Region 6 Landscape Architecture and Ecology Programs and the
USFS Pacific Northwest Research Station
Goal: To demonstrate some existing tools and discuss shared interests around communicating natural resource science and management issues.
Audience: Practitioners, researchers, and academics interested in utilizing visualization tools to facilitate resource management communication.
Location: Portland State University, Visualization Studio.
Visualization Tool Forum Final Agenda
Visualizing to meet Visual Quality Effectiveness Obligations in British Columbia.
Ken Fairhurst, Resource Design Inc., Vancouver BC Canada
Using the Visual Nature Studio 3 software to assist with communicating landscape restoration.
James Dickinson, Ecologist, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
Comparing Structure from Motion (SfM) Derived 3D Models to Aerial and Terrestrial LiDAR in Forestry Applications.
Monika Moskal, Associate Professor of Remote Sensing Associate Director, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, Univ. of WA
Telling climate Stories with DataBasin and other CBI tools
Dominique Bachelet, Senior Climate Change Scientist, Conservation Biology Institute
Storyboarding/Story Mapping: catching on as a creative, impactful method to communicate multi-faceted information.
Chaochung Tsai, Web Tools Specialist, Region 6, Forest Service
Visualizations using Google Earth, Sketchup, and Autocad.
Kevin Colby, Landscape Architect, Arapaho & Roosevelt NF and Kelly Ortiz, Landscape Architect, Rio Grande NF
Connecting the dots: data, simulation and realism.
Bob McGaughey, Research Forester, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Vegetation Monitoring and Remote Sensing Team
Integrating video with GOOGLE EARTH imagery to tell dynamic stories.
Gary Grimm, Mountain Visions
A place for virtual reality in communicating natural resource management.
Erica Smithwick and Alexander Klippel, Penn State University
Using VISTAS* to explore data on topographically complex landscapes. (*Visualization of Terrestrial and Aquatic Systems)
Chad Zanocco, PhD Student, OSU