Rosemary Alles, USA
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"Open Source Technologies and Remotely Sensed Data in Protecting Elephants "
Presenter: Rosemary Alles, Pennsylvania State University SESSION: Remote Sensing & Lidar Methods
ABSTRACT: "Elephants are disappearing in Africa. GeoSpatial technologies based on remotely sensed data are increasingly used to study African elephants in an effort to protect the species from poaching and Human Elephant Conflict. Although advances in technology have made the visualization of remotely sensed biospatial data increasingly easier to achieve, there remains a need for seamlessly integrated GIS capable of the (rapid) assimilation of data featuring functionality capable of rich statistical analysis as well as location based visualization. We evaluate open source Geo Spatial technologies based on remotely sensed data in the context of real-time monitoring systems capable of GIS; we analyze the utility of several such systems with reference to feasibility, functionality and usability; we develop a prototype using an open source, full-stack, Geo 
Spatial platform integrated with the R-statistical package; the integration with R offers potential for rich statistical analysis. The prototype will demonstrate visualization, the management of data including UAV acquired imagery, performing spatial and statistical analysis, useful for understanding and predicting the behavior of elephants and scaling for use on cloud based, mobile, UAV and stand-alone platforms. The prototype uses remotely sensed data from GPS collared elephants in Cameroon. We assess the prototype in the context of organizations interested in affordable state-of-the-art GIS for remotely sensed biospatial data."
