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Join us NEXT YEAR to learn about recent developments in monitoring forest resources
using airborne and terrestrial LiDAR systems. We were excited to host this year's conference, and look forward to seeing you next year!
Silviscan Steering Committee |
The Silviscan 2005 Conference was a huge success! We thank everyone for the enthusiastic participation, and hope that everyone left with something that they can incorporate into their own research...which of course will be presented at next year's LiDAR conference. In the meantime, the abstract volume you received at the conference can be downloaded here. Also, the corresponding presentations can be downloaded from the agenda page or keynote page where permissible. |
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| Keynotes |
Conference Keynote: Erik
Næsset, "Laser-Scanning
of Forest Resources in Norway: from Research to Commercial
Applications"
Session 1 Keynote: David
Evans, "Forest Assessments with Lidar: from Research to Operational Programs"
Session 2 Keynote: Michael
Lefsky,"Lidar
Remote sensing of forests with the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System"
Session 3 Keynote: Phil
Radtke, "Emerging Applications of Ground-Based Lidar for Forest Measurements"
Session 4 Keynote: Juha
Hyyppä, "Accuracy of Forest Measurements using Single-Date and Multitemporal
ALS Surveys"
Session 5 Keynote: Michael
Wulder et. al., "Augmentation of Forest Inventory Information with Trees
and Stands Generated from Lidar and Multispectral Data"
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Acknolwedgements |
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We'd like to acknowledge the support of the Potomac Region and Virginia Tech Chapter of the ASPRS. Their generous
donation will enable this conference to provide even better opportunities for members within the Forest Inventory/LiDAR discipline to communicate their ideas and share their information. Thank you!
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Objectives |
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We hope that the conference will generate an active discussion concerning
the state-of-the-laser-arts and future research directions. We'll explore
links between researchers, producers, and end-users of laser products, with
the overall objective being to encourage and support the operational use of
airborne laser scanning data in operational forest and landscape inventories.
Specific Objectives
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| Special
PE&RS issue |
The conference co-chairs, Randy Wynne and Ross Nelson, will also be co-editing a special issue of Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing to be published in December of 2006. Those interested in submitting an original manuscript for review must carefully follow the PE&RS instructions for authors and bring four hard copies AND a complete softcopy in Word or Wordperfect format to Silviscan. Contact with the editors regarding your intent to submit is highly encouraged (and will speed up the review process), but not required. Please be advised that an individual author may be an author on one and only one manuscript submitted to the special issue, regardless of author order.
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| Previous Meetings |
March 14-15, 2002: 3-D
Analysis of Forest Structure, Victoria, BC, CANADA
September 2-4, 2003: ScandLaser, Umea, SWEDEN
October 3-6, 2004: NatScan, Freiburg, GERMANY
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| Other Meetings of Interest |
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US
Forest Service-FIA, North Central Research Station is hosting the 7th
Annual Forest Inventory and Analysis Symposium, October 3 - 6, 2005, in
Portland, Maine, USA
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