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Go to the U of M home page One Stop MyU : For Students, Faculty, and Staff Search Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis Laboratory Home About Us People Affiliates Mission & History Facilities Contact & Location Projects & Research Minnesota Land Cover Classification Water Resources Mapping Urban Land and Tree Cover Past Projects Publications Education & Outreach MinnesotaView Graduate Education Courses Remote Sensing 101 Data Data Home Data List Land Data Portal Water Data Portal (Lake Browser) Potree Viewers for Our Data UMN Remote Sensing Websites Our Mission The mission of the RSGAL is to advance the development and application of remote sensing and geospatial analysis to inventory and monitor natural resources and environment through research, instruction, mentoring, and outreach. Water and Wetlands RSGAL researchers have decades of experience developing water clarity mapping methods. A related focus is monitoring terrestrial and estuarine wetlands with remotely sensed data. Land Cover and Use Mapping Assessing growing impacts on our forests, wetlands, lakes, and croplands requires remote sensing. RSGAL research includes novel methods for studying landscape change, including the mapping and monitoring of urban tree canopy cover, impervious surfaces, urbanization, crop production, and natural resources. Remote Sensing of Forests Our forests are under increasing pressure from natural and anthropogenic forces such as climate change, disease, pests, parcelization, and fragmentation. Our research focuses on advanced forest mensuration and inventory using imagery, lidar, and UAS. Methods Development: OBIA, Lidar, Machine Learning, and Unmanned Aircraft Systems A major focus of the lab is developing novel methods to process, analyze, and visualize remotely sensed data. Especially important are object-based image analysis (OBIA) methods using multiple data types and a variety of machine learning algorithms. In recent years we have also invested heavily in UAS research, education, and outreach. Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis Laboratory 210 Green Hall | 1530 Cleveland Ave North | St. Paul, MN 55108 (612) 624-3459 | jknight@umn.edu For Students, Faculty, and Staff One Stop MyU © 2020 Regents of the University of Minnesota . All rights reserved. The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer. Privacy Statement Report Web Disability-Related Issue...