FORE342-15S1 (C) Semester One 2015

Geospatial Technologies in Forestry

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 23 February 2015
End Date: Sunday, 28 June 2015
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 8 March 2015
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 24 May 2015

Description

Information technology and its role in various forest management situations, such as conservation management, biosecurity management, roading, harvesting, asset management, product transportation and logistics, and product chain of custody. Teaching of the software and hardware skills required to analyse and solve spatial problems in forest management, including aerial photography, geographic information system (GIS) software, and global positioning system (GPS) technology.

This course is designed to illustrate how geospatial technologies can be applied to a range of vegetation management problems. Students will develop understanding and skills applicable to a range of spatial challenges in vegetated landscapes. The course emphasizes cutting-edge technologies.

The course content is arranged into themes:

• Data collection - this includes spatial data collection using global navigation satellite systems and attribute data collection using ground-based methods or remote sensing;
• Remote sensing - an applied introduction to the various remote sensing technologies including aerial photography, satellite imagery, and LiDAR; and
• Geographic Information Systems - developing capabilities to analyze and solve complex spatial problems in vegetation management, inclusive of forests and other vegetated landscapes.

Restrictions

FORE442 prior to 2011

Course Coordinator

Justin Morgenroth

All students must bring their own personal external storage to laboratory sessions. This will allow you to store data necessary in the GIS labs on your storage device. It is recommended your storage device has at least 2 GB of free storage space.

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Remote Sensing Research Paper 30%
ArcGIS Practical Test 30%
Mid-Year Exam 40%

Textbooks / Resources

There are no formal texts for this course. Lecture material, laboratory notes and data can be found on the class (K) drive. Lecture and lab notes will also be supplied via the Learn site.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $874.00

International fee $4,188.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Forestry .

All FORE342 Occurrences

  • FORE342-15S1 (C) Semester One 2015
Previous year Next year