SPATIAL ECOLOGY & CONSERVATION (SPEC) LAB
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UAS Practicum

Just one prereq: SUR 4501C/6502C Foundations of UAS Mapping.

Preliminary schedule and grading rubric:

​Practicum dates: May 2nd to 13th, 2022, M-F, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm each day. Field days may potentially start earlier and extend later. Out-of-class time group work is normal.
 
3-4 student groups of 3-5 students each.
 
Topic: Training and Photogrammetry at various sites near Gainesville
Monday 2nd: Overview of drone hardware and software. Drone mission planning and flight experience. (lecture, lab, and field)
Tuesday 3rd: Objectives overview. Mission planning and analyses development. Presentations of missions and approach. (per group)
Wednesday 4th: Data collection (Visual drones – led by 4 separate student groups at 4 different locations). Overnight Pix4D processing.
Thursday 5th: Data analysis and interpretation
Friday 6th: Deliverable development (report and presentation). Give PPT presentations to class. (15 minutes each)
 
Topic: Lidar at SeaHorse Key
Monday 9th: Objectives overview. Methods and approach development (per group).
Tuesday 10th: Field data collection at Cedar Key, Seahorse Key (Drone Lidar + Visual). Eben processes data overnight.
Wednesday 11th: Data analysis and interpretation.
Thursday 12th: Deliverable development (report and presentation).
Friday 13th: Give PPT presentations to class. (15 minutes each). Poster development. Poster competition.
 
Grade:
40% attendance throughout entire course (e.g., collaboration in group projects) and positive attitude.
20% reports (10% each).
20% presentations (10% each).
20% poster (10% poster, 10% presentation).



CONTACT

Center for Latin American Studies
School of Forest, Fisheries and Geomatics Sciences
University of Florida
aalmeyda@ufl.edu  / eben@ufl.edu
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  • Home
  • People
    • Alumni
    • Join us
  • Research/Data
    • Data download
    • Geospatial Plot data workflow (GeoPlot)
    • Global Aboveground biomass Potential (GAP)
    • Global Ecosystem Structure Index (GESI)
    • PARAGUAYAN PERMANENT PLOT NETWORK (PPMB)
    • 2ndFOR
    • Sustainable Tourism >
      • Lapa Rios
    • Monitoring
    • Biodiversity Frameworks
    • References
    • SPEC Lab Internal
  • GatorEye
    • Donate to GatorEye
    • Postprocessing analytics
    • Hyperspec: links & refs
    • LiDAR: links & refs
  • ORC-CCS
  • GatorEye XL
  • GatorEye XTR
  • GatorEye Data Access
    • MOU
    • Altum processing tips
  • Teaching
    • UAS Practicum
  • Info for students
    • Templates
    • Writing resources
    • Schedule
    • Funding >
      • NASA FINESST Fellowship
  • Photos
    • Puppies
  • Directions
  • Links
    • INOGO
  • SFRC UFL
  • BigPlotNetwork
  • Osa-INOGO
  • Storm Cloud
  • CDK