Spring NEARC 2025: Full Schedule

10:15am EDT

Mapping Coastal Saltmarsh with Topobathy LiDAR & Hyperspectral Imagery

Wednesday May 28, 2025 10:15am - 10:45am EDT

In 2023, Whiteout Solutions surveyed 13,600+ acres of Connecticut’s saltmarshes using topobathy LiDAR & hyperspectral cameras, delivering high resolution elevation and vegetation classification data to support restoration, & climate impact planning.

Speakers

Evan Carlson

Director, Product & Business Development, Whiteout Solutions

Whiteout Solutions is a geospatial technology company with a service bureau that collects high resolution geospatial data, processes and analyzes it. We also offer the GeoSAP, an application that automates the complex workflows and generates actionable insights and visualizations... Read More →

Wednesday May 28, 2025 10:15am - 10:45am EDT
Room 108 - Communications Building

Remote Sensing/Natural Resources

10:45am EDT

Evaluating Aerial LiDAR's Ability to Detect Understory Shrubs in Rhode Island

Wednesday May 28, 2025 10:45am - 11:15am EDT

Room 108 - Communications Building

Shrubs provide key habitat for various wildlife species of concern. Direct detection of shrubs through forest overstory is a major challenge for LiDAR. This project evaluates the ability of airborne and drone LiDAR to map understory cover in mixed deciduous/evergreen forests in Rhode Island. Airborne and drone LiDAR were validated using a terrestrial laser scanner and vegetation plots. We found airborne and drone LiDAR to detect understory cover with an accuracy of 77% and 86% respectively.

Speakers

Noah Henkenius

University of Rhode Island

Wednesday May 28, 2025 10:45am - 11:15am EDT
Room 108 - Communications Building

Remote Sensing/Natural Resources

11:15am EDT

The Impact of Historical Logging on the Severity of the 2021 Dixie Fire in California

Wednesday May 28, 2025 11:15am - 11:45am EDT

Room 108 - Communications Building

This study investigates the impact of historical logging on the severity and duration of the 2021 Dixie Fire in California, the longest-burning wildfire in U.S. history, which lasted for four months and burned 983,479 acres.

Speakers

KALU OKIGWE

Graduate Student, Clark University

Kalu Okigwe holds a B.S. in Geography and Environmental Management and is currently pursuing an MSGIS at Clark University. Before joining Clark, he worked as a Geospatial Data Scientist and Analyst in waste management, environmental engineering, and urban planning, as well as Deputy... Read More →

Wednesday May 28, 2025 11:15am - 11:45am EDT
Room 108 - Communications Building

Remote Sensing/Natural Resources

1:15pm EDT

Web-Service Modernization: Migrating 100 Legacy Map-Service Layers to ArcGIS Online

Wednesday May 28, 2025 1:15pm - 1:45pm EDT

Room 108 - Communications Building

Vermont Center for Geographic Information faces a daunting task as part of a web-service modernization project; the task is to, 1) determine which ArcGIS Server map-service layers pass a cost-benefit test for migration to ArcGIS Online hosted feature layers, and 2) migrate layers that pass the test to ArcGIS Online hosted feature layers.

This presentation walks through the task; it shares how 100 layers are identified for migration, the steps taken to migrate, and lessons learned.

Speakers

Ivan Brown

GIS Database Administrator, State of Vermont - VCGI

Ivan has extensive GIS experience and robust passion for technical communication / technical writing (TC/TW).His experience extends through most GIS functional areas--from data quality-control, spatial analysis, programming, and database administration to soft-skill areas such as... Read More →

Wednesday May 28, 2025 1:15pm - 1:45pm EDT
Room 108 - Communications Building

Open Data

1:45pm EDT

The National Spatial Data Infrastructure

Wednesday May 28, 2025 1:45pm - 2:15pm EDT

Room 108 - Communications Building

This presentation will provide an overview of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure Strategic Plan and the next steps in reaching the vision for the 2035 Strategic Plan. Discussion will also include a discussion of CT and the NSDI as well as plenty of time for audience Q&A.

Speakers

Joshua Delmonico

Executive Director, Federal Geographic Data Committee

Josh Delmonico has served in various positions leading Geospatial programs for the Department of Defense where his portfolio included architecture, engineering, standards, test and certification, enterprise system development, modeling and simulation, 3D, AR/VR, artificial intelligence... Read More →

Wednesday May 28, 2025 1:45pm - 2:15pm EDT
Room 108 - Communications Building

Open Data

2:15pm EDT

Working with Open Data

Wednesday May 28, 2025 2:15pm - 2:45pm EDT

Room 108 - Communications Building

Have you ever been curious where your Community Basemap contributions go? Or how to make a map using OpenStreetMap data? Or maybe just how to find Open Data for your municipality? Or maybe how to convert GeoJSON to a geodatabase? This talk will discuss how to get data from OpenStreetMap, Overture Maps Foundation, and Socrata into the Esri Ecosystem. And how contributions to Community Basemaps are shared with the OpenStreetMap community.

Speakers

Andrew Koure

GIS Analyst I, Terracon

I am currently working as a GIS Analyst for Terracon Data Services, where I tackle a variety of user needs using FME, Python, ArcGIS Pro, and PostGIS. I was previously a GIS Intern at the City of Cambridge from April of 2022-2023.

Wednesday May 28, 2025 2:15pm - 2:45pm EDT
Room 108 - Communications Building

Open Data

3:15pm EDT

Perception: Connecticut's Changing Forest Health, Fire Ecology, and Wildland-Urban Interface

Wednesday May 28, 2025 3:15pm - 3:45pm EDT

Room 108 - Communications Building

The 500 character limit won't cover what we'd like to present! Also, the title is cut off too... Can I email you the full text of both? chris.renshaw@uconn.edu

Speakers

Chris Renshaw

University of Connecticut Fire Department

Wednesday May 28, 2025 3:15pm - 3:45pm EDT
Room 108 - Communications Building

Natural Resources / Data Collection

3:45pm EDT

Forest Cruise Point Sampling with ArcGIS

Wednesday May 28, 2025 3:45pm - 4:15pm EDT

Room 108 - Communications Building

The NH Division of Forests and Lands has developed a workflow for forest cruise point sampling, also known as "cruising". The workflow integrates ArcGIS elements of ArcGIS including ArcGIS Pro, Field Maps, and Survey123. The workflow enables efficiency and integrates existing elements of the agency's GIS program.

Speakers

Andrew Smeltz

GIS Analyst, NH Division of Forests and Lands

Talk to me about Python, Python API, Field Maps, Survey123, Data Management.

Wednesday May 28, 2025 3:45pm - 4:15pm EDT
Room 108 - Communications Building

Natural Resources / Data Collection

4:15pm EDT

Silos are for farmers

Wednesday May 28, 2025 4:15pm - 4:45pm EDT

Room 108 - Communications Building

ADOT’s Multimodal Planning Division (MPD) tackled data silos caused by disconnected information systems, which led to duplicative data collection and poor data quality.To meet federal reporting requirements, MPD implemented a geospatial system to manage core data but found other divisions managing overlapping transportation data separately. This presentation shows how ADOT created repeatable processes for evaluating silos, improving data sustainability, and integrating systems for better quality

Speakers

Andres Gallego

GIS Analyst, Sanborn Mapping Company

Wednesday May 28, 2025 4:15pm - 4:45pm EDT
Room 108 - Communications Building

Natural Resources / Data Collection