2025 Big Sky GeoCon - Mapping the Future: Innovations in Geospatial Technology: Full Schedule

The Montana Association of Geographic Information Professionals (MAGIP) looks forward to your participation at this year’s 2025 Big Sky GeoCon!

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1:30pm MDT

UAV Geotagging and GPS correction utilizing Montana State Reference Network (MTSRN)

Thursday April 17, 2025 1:30pm - 2:00pm MDT

Clark Room

This is a live demonstration utilizing the Montana State Reference Network (MTSRN) for the GPS correction solution in geotagging an imagery set from a large area UAV flight. I will be walking through the workflow from image acquisition through geotagging. A final image product will be presented; however, the image processing post geotagging will be done at a high level with low detail.

Presenters

Julian Calabrese

MT DEQ

Thursday April 17, 2025 1:30pm - 2:00pm MDT
Clark Room

Remote Sensing/UAS

2:05pm MDT

Engineering independent intensity and texture features for sample design, classification, regression, and clustering analyses using principal component analysis and convolution kernels

Thursday April 17, 2025 2:05pm - 2:35pm MDT

Clark Room

Local raster texture is an important attribute that can be used for sample design and raster-based classification, regression, and clustering. However, determining the appropriate kernel weights to quantify texture can be challenging and can vary depending on the remote sensing or computer vision task. We present an automated approach that uses principal component analysis (PCA) and convolution kernels to quantify orthogonal intensity and texture metrics. Our approach linearly projects raster data across covariance axes, learns kernel cell weights, and provides a straightforward mechanism to retain as much information as possible within the raster dataset while removing redundancy.

Presenters

John Hogland

Research Forester, USDA FS RMRS

Dr. Hogland is a Research Forester working for the Rocky Mountain Research Station. His research interests revolve around quantitative methods within geographic information systems (GIS) and understanding the relationships between landscape patterns and forested ecosystems processes... Read More →

Thursday April 17, 2025 2:05pm - 2:35pm MDT
Clark Room

Remote Sensing/UAS, Geospatial and AI

2:40pm MDT

Advancements in Remote Sensing and Imagery

Thursday April 17, 2025 2:40pm - 3:40pm MDT

Lewis Room

We will explore and discuss new advances in remote sensing technologies, and discuss their applications in government with an emphasis on emerging technology.

-Tasking and archived satellite imagery as high as 15cm resolution (previously capped at 50cm)
-Autonomous drone docking stations
-Oriented imagery and video
-Enterprise-scale imagery management (image services and STAC)
-Every scale reality mapping, including urban and environmental digital twins

Presenters

Justin Wells

Esri

Scott Moore

Solution Engineer, Esri

Scott Moore is a Solution Engineer Team Lead with Esri in Olympia, WA. He focuses on assisting Esri software users with architecture design, application development and technical advice for deploying ArcGIS. Mr. Moore’s areas of expertise include web mapping, server based GIS... Read More →

Thursday April 17, 2025 2:40pm - 3:40pm MDT
Lewis Room

Remote Sensing/UAS