Hosted by Eric Andelin CP, Senior Workflow Advisor, SimActive with guest speaker, Joseph “Heath” Harwood, Physical Scientist, US Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District

Topic

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers rely on the research of the JALBTCX team to support their coastal mapping and charting needs. From Hawaii to Florida, shorelines are constantly changing. Lidar, bathymetric lidar and imagery all play an important role in this program. And when imagery is part of a mission, Correlator3D is called into action.

Heath Harwood of JALBTCX leads a team of employees and contractors in supporting these missions. He is aware of the challenges involved with large corridor mapping projects. Not only is terrain variation an issue, but on projects of this scale, ground control is not an option. Rather, they rely on direct georeferencing. Heath joins us to give us an overview of the program and how these challenges are overcome with Correlator3D.

Specifically, listeners will learn about the following:

• Planning for successful corridor mapping

• Setting up a project with direct georeferencing

• Understanding achievable accuracies

• Editing surfaces and mosaics to improve results