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This map was created by combining several different elements (e.g. prevailing winds, slope, landcover, slope orientation, and more) into an equation and running the equation over known landslides in Sitka and Ketchikan, AK. This helped to 'train' the equation on where landslides are likely to occur. It was kind of a rough machine learning technique. The trained equation was then run across Juneau where there was a gap in the dataset of known landslides at the time of this project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fd470bc3f0e574cc02e457/4f0f83f3-904f-490f-8969-c8b80ce87346/juneau_3D.jpg Map Gallery 3D view looking east towards Juneau. It shows landslide potential where darker reds indicate a higher potential for landslides and greens a lower potential. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fd470bc3f0e574cc02e457/efcb5337-3ed5-4b6f-9c09-c578da6fa8fe/suffern_c_image1.jpg Map Gallery Using US Census data to predict households without indoor plumbing in AK. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fd470bc3f0e574cc02e457/96d1f3e6-7385-4612-b6cf-b91ebc0d1513/HF_GCPs.png Map Gallery Five Ground Control Points (GCPs) used to create a point cloud from UAS flights over the farm. GCPs are highly accurate geographic locations and improve the accuracy of models created from UAS flights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fd470bc3f0e574cc02e457/a3ed52a9-6b5a-4b0e-87c6-29e65fbe5552/HF_densePointCloud.png Map Gallery After a UAS flight that has taken multiple overlapping images, you can create a point cloud to use to produce an elevation model. Drones record pitch, yaw, and roll along with velocity and geographic location with each photo taken. All this data can be matched with individual pixels between photos and then geometrically calculated into a point cloud. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fd470bc3f0e574cc02e457/f95e2226-e0e1-4691-9705-22a0408ba4cf/HF_tiepoints_all.png Map Gallery Point cloud showing 'tie points' or locations where multiple pixels were able to be matched between UAS images. Notice the areas not covered by forest are easier for the program to match. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fd470bc3f0e574cc02e457/3922c093-e38f-4356-bb9a-345fcbd9731a/riding_ring_watershed+%281%29.jpg Map Gallery After a UAS flight over the farm in 2018, I did a hydrology study across the farm. This map shows individual watersheds in the riding ring and drainage outlets. It helped us in redirecting some of our waterflow issues. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fd470bc3f0e574cc02e457/c3e2ea5c-587d-4821-980e-b82c7de3ddcb/riding_ring3d+%281%29.png Map Gallery 3D view of the riding ring with streamflow shown by the light blue lines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fd470bc3f0e574cc02e457/81e81b41-567f-4779-8de8-1c9b8cc5c00e/sinkholes.png Map Gallery The red spots show where sinkholes are located in one of the pastures at the farm. This was created from a 200' UAS flight and subsequent DSM (Digital Surface Model) creation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fd470bc3f0e574cc02e457/5aefd569-59c9-4997-973c-f16dd82cb29a/diff.png Map Gallery Difference in elevation (meters) between two UAS flights: one flown at 200' and the other at 400' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fd470bc3f0e574cc02e457/2c1b7870-5f35-4b58-8125-a333ede34b0e/aerial+image.jpg Map Gallery Pretty aerial image from one of the UAS flights. One of many that were used to create an orthomosaic (or aerial image with associated geographic information) and digital surface models (DSMs). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fd470bc3f0e574cc02e457/e8faa9b9-be24-4119-b087-7ce68d157c03/drainaige.png Map Gallery This shows the predicted water depth (inches) after 60 minutes of 1.7 inches of rain per hour. This helped in identifying potential water pooling areas along the driveway. The model used for this was r.sim.water in GRASS GIS. The results compared to the observations were similar. The model slightly overpredicted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fd470bc3f0e574cc02e457/d2490733-2704-46f3-a7b7-172181433571/Buoy42020_trip.png Map Gallery Tracking an unmoored buoy in the Gulf of Mexico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fd470bc3f0e574cc02e457/61b3c2fa-955a-40ea-bde0-1d018db77eb8/topo_errors.jpg Map Gallery This map shows identification of topological errors in a land use layer for George Washington Birthplace National Monument. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fd470bc3f0e574cc02e457/75ad16ef-d2d3-466b-b59a-5ea1954818e6/ketchikan_3D.jpg Map Gallery Ketchikan LPI overlaid with identified landslide fields. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fd470bc3f0e574cc02e457/4ea934f4-5e62-469c-a417-1fd50da3e1be/AJK_PDS.jpg Map Gallery Precipitation estimates for southeast AK used in a landslide study. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fd470bc3f0e574cc02e457/45962ab6-1922-4398-a87b-9c037ec67fc2/part_1_image_classification.jpg Map Gallery Land use classification from aerial imagery and defined spatial thresholds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fd470bc3f0e574cc02e457/8a206b1e-930b-47f1-b03e-dc0a07476fa6/suffern_caroline_assign10.jpg Map Gallery Site suitability for nuisance bear rehoming. https://equusweather.com/hope-farm daily 0.75 2023-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61fd470bc3f0e574cc02e457/3dffa30b-327c-4a36-a05d-0af445f4af74/Zana_nose.jpg https://equusweather.com/our-approach daily 0.75 2025-05-08 https://equusweather.com/get-started daily 0.75 2025-05-08