Jae Ogilvie is the primary developer of the University of New Brunswick's wet area mapping model. He is also a lecturer and part-time graduate student with the Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management, UNB.
In LiDAR bare earth datasets, raised bogs show up as elevated islands in what should be flat flooded landscapes. How do you make sure that bogs are properly mapped as wet areas? In this section of his lecture on "A Technical Overview of Alberta's Wet Areas Mapping Datasets", Jae Ogilvie describes some of the techniques UNB and AESRD have tried to properly map raised bogs in Alberta's wet areas map datasets. And there are complications.
Jae Ogilvie's lecture, Apr. 11, 2014, at the Faculty of Agriculture, Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Alberta was sponsored by Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development, who fund the development of Alberta's Wet Areas Mapping datasets.
This research initiative has been honoured by the Alberta Science and Technology Foundation and the Alberta Emerald Award Foundation for excellence in innovation and environmental stewardship.
