LiDAR Enhanced Forest Inventory Workshop

By

Forest Analysis and Inventory Branch, FLNRO

June 28, 2016, Room 601, 727 Fisgard St, Victoria

Summary

LiDAR Enhanced Forest Inventory (LEFI) has become an important inventory tool for providing much improved forest information than traditional inventories. After several years of working on LEFI, the FAIB has developed specific processes and models for running typical LEFI projects. As a step toward technology transfer and implementation, this one-day workshop is proposed and designed specifically for the inventory specialists and practitioners within the provincial inventory program in BC. The goal of this workshop is to enable the inventory staff to grasp the basic principles and methodology of LEFI in order to execute future LEFI projects in BC. Specific objectives are (1) to learn basic principles and techniques of LiDAR remote sensing; (2) to demonstrate principles, components, standards and specifications, steps and procedures in a typical LEFI project; and (3) to review issues and challenges in the integration and implementation of LEFI, and its future trends

Agenda (tentative)

  1. Overview of LiDAR technology and tools/programs

-8:30-8:50 Introduction (Xiaoping Yuan)

-8:50-10:00 LiDAR basics (Chris Butson)

-10:00-10:15:00 Coffee break

-10:15-11:30 LiDAR data processing (Gordon Frazer)

-11:30-12:00 Discussion and summary (all)

-12:00-1:00 Lunch break

  1. LEFI flowchart, components, steps, standards and specifications, procedures, output/results, evaluation/validation, contracting, and integration

-1:00-2:10 LEFI design and project/contract management (Xiaoping Yuan)

-2:10-2:45 BCTS LiDAR projects and applications (Don Davis)

  1. Issues, challenges, opportunities, current/future technology, etc.

- 3:00-4:00(Joanne White)

-4:00-4:30 Summary and wrap up

Format

Slide presentations by speakers (FAIB staff and invited experts), hand-on demonstration, and round table discussions.

Time/place:

8:30 – 4:30, lunch 12-1 (on your own), coffee breaks, room 601, 727 Fisgard Street, Victoria

Pre-requisite: General inventory knowledge

Contact: Xiaoping Yuan, phone: 250-953-3626, email: