by Lindsay Barbieri | Aug 10, 2016 | Community Fellow Blog
I work with drones (also known as UAS or UAV – unmanned aerial systems/vehicles), and this is a question I get a lot. It is not typically asked in a forceful or suspicious manner, but I always have a momentary adrenaline rush when I see the curious bystander /...
by Johanna Bozuwa | Jul 27, 2016 | Community Fellow Blog, Meeting News
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away drones took over the Grand Ballroom. An ominous buzz filled the room as the drones zoomed, gained altitude, and spun into unknowing bystanders. The room was tense with anticipation, as those present wondered what the Attack of...
by Sean Barberie | Jul 10, 2016 | Community Fellow Blog
This is my second blog post in a short series on my research trip to New Zealand. You can find Post #1 here. This is also cross-posted with a post on my github-pages blog. Find it here. Intro Some of the predominant challenges in using an off-the-shelf drone for...
by Sophie Hou | Jun 22, 2016 | Collaboration Updates, Community Fellow Blog
On Wednesday, June 15th, I got an opportunity to attend the Data Science Credentialing Editorial Board meeting at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) headquarter in Washington, D.C., and it was a wonderful opportunity for me to meet the Board members...
by Sean Barberie | Jun 6, 2016 | Community Fellow Blog
This blog entry is part one of a short series on my recent research trip to New Zealand. Here I show a rough test case of building Structure-From-Motion models using imagery from a DJI Phantom. Come back soon a post on using Structure-From-Motion on the Castle Hill...
by Sophie Hou | May 15, 2016 | Collaboration Updates, Community Fellow Blog
During the first year of my student fellowship with ESIP Data Stewardship Committee, I was introduced to the Data Stewardship Maturity Matrix (DSMM) by Committee member, Ge Peng. The DSMM is a unified framework for measuring stewardship practices applied to individual...
by Alison Adams | May 9, 2016 | Community Fellow Blog
How has the composition of forests in Vermont changed over the past 30 years, and how will it change in the next 30? Can we detect these changes using Landsat imagery? And if we can, what implications does this have for land cover change analyses worldwide? UVM...
by Johanna Bozuwa | May 2, 2016 | Community Fellow Blog
As a Masters student studying Sustainable Business and Innovation, I tend to have more of a policy and social sciences perspective compared to my other student fellows. I see this as a complement to their important work. Many of those engaged with ESIP are interested...
by Fei Hu | Mar 21, 2016 | Collaboration Updates, Community Fellow Blog
Climate observations and model simulations are producing vast amounts of array-based spatiotemporal data. Efficient processing of these data is essential for assessing global challenges such as climate change, natural disasters, and diseases. This is challenging not...
by Alison Adams | Mar 18, 2016 | Community Fellow Blog
I recently traveled to Brazil as part of a course on agroecology. The class itself was part of a larger, multi-decade project to implement agroecological practices on farms in a rural area of Santa Catarina state called Santa Rosa de Lima. Due to the hilly terrain,...
