2022 Operational Lidar Inventory (OLI) Meeting

Virtual Zoom Meeting

April 6, 2022, 9am – 5pm, PDT

 

The Operational Lidar Inventory (OLI) virtual meeting was held on April 6th, 2022. The meeting focused on operational and near-operational remote sensing technologies in forest inventory and monitoring. Contact Jacob Strunk if you have a question about this meting.

Agenda

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8:30        Welcome / Intro – Jacob Strunk, USFS, FIA (PDF)

8:45        Current status and application of airborne lidar in Canadian forest inventory programs – Piotr Tompalski, Canadian Forest Service (PDF)

9:15        Individual tree detection and characterization using high-density UAS lidar data – Bob McGaughey, USFS, PNW (PDF)

9:45        Break / Optional Breakout

10:00     A fast algorithm for estimation of stem dimensions, lean and sweep irrespective the position of the tree – Bogdan Strimbu, OSU (PDF)

10:30     FVS Growth Projections from Lidar kNN Inventory – Jacob Strunk, USFS, FIA (PDF)

11:00     Multi-year Photogrammetric Point Cloud QA Approaches – Jonathan Kane, UW, PFC (PDF)

11:30     Exploring the innovation potential of single photon lidar for large area forest inventories – Joanne White, Canadian Forest Service (PDF)

12:00     Lunch Break / Optional Discussion Session: Mike Parlow and Cam Brown, ForSite, Individual Tree and Area-Based Tradeoffs with a 15 min presentation on “LiDAR and Satellite for Species Identification” (PDF)

12:30     Integrating imagery into the lidar classification workflow – Andrew Brenner, QSI (PDF)

1:00     Assessment of individual tree detection algorithms from Lidar  – Aaron Sparks, Univ. of  Idaho (PDF)

1:30     Remote Sensing Forest Inventory Modeling Database, DAP Project – Andrew Cooke, Univ. of WA (PDF)

2:00     Vegetation structure model updates from the Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region – Karin Wolken, USFS, R6 (PDF)

2:30     Break / Optional Breakout

3:00     TLS data to estimate aboveground biomass of open-grown urban and rural forest trees – Georgios Areseniou et.al., Mich. State U. (PDF)

3:30     Improving site index resolution with Lidar and satellite imagery to refine growth model predictions  – Tom Baribault, Mason, Bruce & Girard (PDF)

4:00     Coarse woody debris detection on the Malheur National Forest using airborne laser scanning  – Laura Dempsey, N. Carolina St. Univ. (PDF)

4:30     Specifying geospatial data product characteristics for forest and fuel management applications – Arjan Meddens, WA State University (PDF)

5:00     Adjourn

Registration

  • Regular Registration: $50
  • Student Registration: Free, but please make sure to register so you can receive the information on how to access the meeting.

Recordings:

Recordings of the 2022 OLI annual meeting presentations will be available after the event. You must register to view the recordings.

SAF CFE Credits:
Workshop attendees will be eligible for 7 CAT 1 SAF CFE credits.

ISA CEU Credits:
This workshop has been approved for CEU’s under the ISA Certification Program. Arborist: 6.5, Utility: 6.5, Municipal: 6.5, BCMA Management: 6.5