Course Agenda | Using high resolution topography, UAVs, and GPS in undergraduate field education

Anticipated Agenda

Dates: Tuesday August 15 - Friday 18, 2017
Location: UNAVCO and nearby field sites, Boulder, Colorado (map of UNAVCO-Longmont area)
Times: Course will begin at 6 pm on Tuesday August 15th, 2017 and end at noon on Friday August 18th.
Please do not book flight departures before 2:30 pm on August 18 from Denver, CO.

The teaching resources featured in the short course can be found on the GEodesy Tools for Societal Issues (GETSI) website.
1. The primary module that was used was Analyzing High Resolution Topography with TLS and SfM.
2. Check back on the GETSI website to see when the High Precision Positioning GPS/GNSS module is published.
Most the lectures given during the short course pulled from the presentations available in the Analyzing High Resolution Topography module. However, if you wish to refer to the exact presentations that were given during the short course, they are below.

Time	Event	Presenter
6:30 pm	- Welcome to UNAVCO - Group Introductions	Beth Pratt-Sitaula
6:30 pm	Dinner at UNAVCO
7:15 pm	- Short course background and overview - Introduction to geodesy field applications - Load software from USB drives & collect computer codes for SplitFX	Beth Pratt-Sitaula Chris Crosby / Michael Bunds / Yonathan Admassu

Time	Event	Presenter
	Breakfast at hotel
8:00 am	Marriott Courtyard Meeting Room - Teaching resources overview - Introduction SfM methods (technology, workflow, and georeferencing)	Beth Pratt-Sitaula Michael Bunds / Ian Lauer
9:30 am	Depart for Lyons field site for intro to surveying (SfM with UAV platform, GPS ground control and survey design)	Michael Bunds / Chris Crosby / Ian Lauer / Spencer Niebuhr or David Mencin
	Lunch in the field
~2:00 pm	Return to hotel
	Break (1-1.5 hours)
3:30 pm	Meet in hotel foyer to drive to UNAVCO
4:00 pm	Introduction to Agisoft (SfM data processing) - refer to SfM Guide for Instructors and Investigators and SfM Data Processing and Exploration Manual	Michael Bunds
6:30 pm	Dinner buffet at UNAVCO
7:15 pm	- Agisoft intro continued - Debrief, reflection & question/answer time	Michael Bunds / Chris Crosby Beth Pratt-Sitaula

Time	Event	Presenter
	Breakfast at hotel
7:30 am	Meet in hotel foyer to drive to UNAVCO
8:00 am	- Introduction to applications of outcrop scans of high resolution topography - Overview of TLS method	Yonathan Admassu / Beth Pratt-Sitaula Chris Crosby
9:00 am	Depart for Eldorado Canyon State Park site for outcrop scanning	Yonathan Admassu / Chris Crosby / Marianne Okal / Ian Lauer
	Lunch in the field
~2:00 pm	- Return to UNAVCO - Working with outcrop data for slope stability analysis - Discussion of other data processing questions - Quick tour of UNAVCO (optional)	Yonathan Admassu Chris Crosby / Marianne Okal / Ian Lauer Joe Pettit
5:00 pm	Break and drive back to hotel
6:30 pm	Dinner buffet at Holiday Inn Dakota Room (H Inn shares parking lot w/ Marriott; BYOB is fine
7:15 pm	Community presentations (available on Dropbox) - detailed session agenda	Various participants

Time	Event	Presenter
	Breakfast at hotel
7:30 am	Meet in hotel foyer to drive to UNAVCO
8:00 am	- Group photo (meeting in lobby) - Exploration of other teaching resources - Wrap up any other elements as needed	Beth Pratt-Sitaula All instructors
9:30 am	Discussions of teaching implementation and individualized plans	Beth Pratt-Sitaula
11:30 am	Assessment survey	Beth Pratt-Sitaula
12:00 pm	Packed lunches and first group departs for the airport

Please contact Beth Pratt-Sitaula, UNAVCO prattsitaulaunavco.org

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