| Abstract: |
At NEARC 2006, researchers from the University of Connecticut Center for Land use Education and Research (CLEAR) presented a panel called "Data Fusion" about a variety of geospatial technologies and datasets that were being used to map Phragmites australis, a highly invasive plant, along with the native tidal marsh plant communities on the marshes of the lower Connecticut River. Since the last NEARC, the multitude of datasets including multi-temporal satellite imagery, color-infrared aerial imagery, LiDAR elevation data, field spectra data, GPS and GPS-located digital pictures and an extensive inventory of field data points have been put to use to create a map of the dominant species in the Ragged Rock Creek Tidal marsh. The talk will cover the integration of data and the minimum datasets necessary to accurately map a single species, such as the invasive Phragmites australis, in order to direct and assess management efforts. |