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    • 1. Change Detection & Surveying Principles (Monday)
    • 2. Application & Interpretation of Change Detection (Tuesday)
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Workshop Topics





For every topic that we cover in this workshop there is a reference page where you can find the relevant materials, lecture slides, exercise data and follow-up information. You will use these pages as we work through topics during the workshop and they will be available to you later as a resource if you need them in the future.

Workshop Topic Pages

  • 1. Change Detection & Surveying Principles (Monday)
    • A. Introductions & Course Outline
    • B. Review of Topographic Data Sources & Surveys
    • C. Review of Building Surfaces from Raw Data
    • D. Essential Best Practices to Support Change Detection
    • E. & F. Traditional Approaches to Change Detection
    • G. Introduction to GCD Software
    • H. Thresholding Alternatives
    • I. Spatial Coherence & Bayesian Updating
    • J. Spatially Variable Error
    • K. Multi-Method Surveys in GCD
    • L. Recap of Day / Preview of Tomorrow
  • 2. Application & Interpretation of Change Detection (Tuesday)
    • O. Closure of Sediment Budgets
    • P. Interpreting GCD Outputs, Tricks & Tips
    • Q. GCD Budget Segregation
    • R. Self-Paced Budget Segregation Exercise
    • S. Guided Examples Working with USACE's Own Data
    • T. Workshop Synthesis
    • U. GCD Feature Wish-list & Feature Requests
  • Extra Topics - Not Covered in this Workshop
    • 1. Fuzzy Inference Systems
    • 2. Building your own FIS

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