GMAP Lab at UF

11/09/2021

The lack of primitive surfaces in natural scenes presents a challenge for adjusting and validating UAS lidar data. We have found a unique solution. Check out the Lidar Magazine article about our geometric targets for UAS lidar:

https://lidarmag.com/2021/05/22/a-rewarding-pyramid-scheme/

05/08/2021

Dr. Wilkinson found a nice surprise in the lidar data we collected today over the Butterfly Rainforest. We saw (quite clearly!) through the screen enclosure to the tropical landscape below. Absolutely stunning!

03/30/2021

Hey, I nearly forgot we had a website! I am beginning a series of blogs about our adventures in the field, starting with our shaky first flight in July 2019. https://gmaplab.org/?p=85

12/12/2020

The National Geodetic Survey's GPSonBM campaign had us visit a beautiful site yesterday. I'm glad we went in December, carrying all that gear in June would have been less than optimal 😅

12/09/2020

Connor saw me struggling last project to locate the tops of our pyramidal targets and said "I got this." A custom mount for our custom pyramids, designed, printed, and tested by .

10/31/2020

Our PhD student Robert Moon is studying better ways to make accurate terrain models of vegetated dune environments. What better place to study dunes than the ultra-rare dune lakes of Walton County, Florida?

07/30/2020

FYI: The National Geodetic Survey (NGS) posted two positions for geodesists
https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/573944100
https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/573944500

07/30/2020

07/30/2020

Lab Update: Crystal River Barge Islands Drone Flight

07/30/2020

07/30/2020

On March 10 we joined research partner FWC to collect data of the American oystercatcher (the bird, not the occupation) habitat on the barge canal spoil islands near Crystal River, Florida. These islands were created from what was dug up to create the canal, and they have since become a crucial study in how this habitat can be created--and destroyed.

07/23/2020

NGS has posted a new job opening for a Geodesist.