Who I am?
- SW Developer
- Environmental Scientist
- Open Source Advocate
Computer Science
Bridging the Gap
Environmental Science
Types of Data
Raster and Vector
"Mega Pixels"
4608 X 3456 = 15,925,248
16 million pixels!
The Deepwater Horizon experience
Our project...
Environmental
Response
Management
Application
DWH - By the numbers
- 11 men perished
- 200+ million gallons of oil spilled
- 580+ miles of shoreline oiled
- 1.70+ million gallons dispersants applied
- 400+ controlled burns
- 4+ million feet of containment boom and 9+ million feet of sorbent boom
ERMA Shines as COP
- Less than 48 hours to deploy
- Scalable – 1400+ response users, 16,000+ layers (DWH)
- 45,000+ layers today
- Nimble – over 850 code commits in DWH first year
- Public ERMA – over 20 million hits in 24 hours!
Common Operational Picture (COP)
Continued push toward multi-agency
cooperation and data sharing
Scaling in new ways
(leveraging the cloud)
So how/why does this matter to you?
The nuts and bolts might not...
the philosophy does
Focus on small teams of experts
Leverage open tools,
but own the deployment
- This gives us the benefit of a large community of developers
- This gives us the freedom modify and adapt when needed
Utilize open data
and open standards
Doing more with less
(This is a good investment for NOAA)
I choose low cost RTF (Ready To Fly) and then Hack It!
Phantom FC40 (~$450)
Flytrex Data Logger (~$50)
$$$$$ Cheap $$$$$
Technology is easy to use
FUN!
Video taken with my rig...
Visual SFM
Sparse Point Cloud
AgiSoft
Sparse Point Cloud
Flying Brightwater Treatment Plant
Compare (PhotoScan vs VSFM)
The Future
Automation, DEM's, 3D printing, etc
Automation (OpenDroneMap)
OpenDroneMap working hard!
3D Print Example (Chris Schmidt)
My Story
* Develper turned Environmental Scientist *
* Many turn from Science to Development *
Key is that we all meet in the middle!
Open Source GIS is a
great path to bridge the gap