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Albert Decatur - [email protected] Advisor, Prof. Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr – [email protected]

Why Clark University Geography?

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Page 1: Why Clark University Geography?

Albert Decatur - [email protected]

Advisor, Prof. Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr – [email protected]

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Bitterroot National Forest, Montana, 2000, photo by John McColgan, USFS

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soil erosion in a wheat field near Washington State University, USDA, photo by Jack Dykinga

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furniture makers in Mwanza, Tanzania, photo by Clark Professor James T Murphy, PhD

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2004-2005 arctic sea ice extent, derived from NASA satellite Aqua

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HERO program

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object-based image analysis

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identify individual features in an image

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identify individual features in an image

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identify individual features in an image

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set of rules for land-cover classification using object-based image analysis

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classified land-cover product

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old HERO mapping team website

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visits from 591 cities worldwide

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planned HERO mapping team website

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Association of American Geographers conferences, Las Vegas 2009: Cartography Specialty Group Honors Student Paper Competition

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National Science Foundation funded mapping

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thank you

Albert Decatur - [email protected]

Advisor, Prof. Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr – [email protected]

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