Spatial Signals

They Found All The Dinosaurs Already with Courtney Poirier Chicola

Courtney Poirier Chicola from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette joins us for a discussion that begins with Jurassic Park, 4-H, and her dashed dreams of being a paleontologist, and then delves into Earth As Art, teaching through art, Pecora 2022, the Rising Waters workshop, NASA Aerokats, teaching Python and GeoAI in ArcGIS, and the evolution of image classification methods and accuracy issues.  Show notes are available at:  https://americaview.substack.com

The PI Is Not a Private Investigator with Robin McNeely

Robin McNeely from Iowa State University joins us for a discussion that begins with a blast from the past about AutoCAD, PC Arc/Info, UNIX, Sun Stations, and digitizing tables, and then delves into building a land cover dataset for Iowa, landscape ecology, Robin’s family connection with the Army Corps of Engineers, nutrient management, analyzing agriculture impacts with imagery, and teacher training workshops.  Show notes are available at:  https://americaview.substack.com

We Need An Earth Observation Day with Rebecca Dodge

Rebecca Dodge from Midwestern State University joins us for a discussion about geology, ERTS (later known as Landsat 1), photographs from Skylab, working in the oil industry, Rebecca's extensive work with AmericaView including her time as its Executive Director, Texas As Art, remote sensing at the El Paso Science Festival, and the development of Earth Observation Day.  Show notes are available at:  https://americaview.substack.com

Geospatial First Responders with Rodney Yantis

Rodney Yantis from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette joins us to talk about majoring in landscape ecology, Earth As Art, the International Charter Space and Major Disasters, geospatial first responders, the role of remote sensing in hurricane preparedness and monitoring, support for the Louisiana Army National Guard programs, the Rising Water workshop program, and planning for colonies on the moon.  Show notes are available at:  https://americaview.substack.com

An Open Source Human Being with Lindi Quackenbush

Lindi Quackenbush from the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry joins us for a an academic adventure that begins in Melbourne, Australia, continues on to Maine, and then ends up in New York.  We also talk about AML, land surveying, feature extraction, the power and importance of a national network of scholars and researchers like AmericaView, Lindi’s time as a director of the AmericaView board as well as her academic leadership and research at SUNY ESF.  Show notes are available at:  https://americaview.substack.com

Push a Button and Map All the Sagebrush in Utah with Doug Ramsey

Doug Ramsey from Utah State University joins us to talk about rangeland ecology, field work and understanding the dynamics on the ground when doing remote sensing, the Southwest Gap Analysis project, and extracting land cover maps from Landsat imagery.  Show notes are available are:  https://americaview.substack.com

Where the Ocean Is On The Correct Side of the Planet with Russ Congalton

Russ Congalton from the University of New Hampshire joins us to talk about wanting to go into space, taking Organic Chemistry just for fun, teaching at Berkeley, working with the GLOBE program, remote sensing accuracy assessment, studying cyanobacteria in New Hampshire lakes and ponds, being the recipient of the William T. Pecora award, and much more.  Show notes are available are:  https://americaview.substack.com

A Smartphone With Wings and a Propeller with John McGee

John McGee from Virginia Tech University joins us for a discussion that starts off at a river with crocodiles and a solar powered GIS lab in Zambia, then continues on to finding drones in the grocery store then again at a gas station, UAS analysis today, precision agriculture and geospatial technology, the Landsat program, and the impact of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) on drones and education today.  Show notes are available at:  https://americaview.substack.com