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Using a drone to build 3D Structure-From-Motion models in New Zealand, Part 1: Evangelizing drones for science
Submitted by: Sean_Barberie
Monday, June 6, 2016 - 13:25

This blog entry is part one of a short series on my recent research trip to New Zealand. Here I show a rough test case of building Structure-From-Motion models using imagery from a DJI Phantom. Come back soon a post on using Structure-From-Motion on the Castle Hill rock formation, a post on placing seismometers on Tasman Glacier and collecting drone imagery of the terminus, and a post on science of opportunity and building models of glacial lake icebergs.

This blog is cross-posted with my personal blog at SeanRGB.github.io....

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Natural Resources, Nutrient Loading and NetworkX: Watershed Network Analysis Part I
Submitted by: Lindsay.Barbieri
Monday, June 6, 2016 - 02:27

Watershed Network Analysis: Part 1

Natural Resources, Nutrient Loading and NetworkX

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1. Introduction: Natural Resources | Data Science

In making the exciting (and sometimes daunting) journey through an interdisciplinary PhD program in Natural Resources with a dual focus in Ecological Economics and Complex...

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Announcing the ESIP Community Evaluation Survey
Submitted by: erinmr
Tuesday, May 24, 2016 - 13:45

ESIP is embarking on an organizational evaluation process, which is internally driven. The staff and leadership feel that although things are going well, it is important to reflect and check in with the community. 

The primary goal of this effort is to determine how best to position ESIP, which enters its third decade in 2018, to achieve the greatest impact, to align structures and resources to support this direction, and to chart a course for sustainable, long-term growth and success. A key part of this process is to gain a deeper understanding of the Federation's current operating...

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ESIP Data Stewardship Committee Updates: Applying Usability Practices & Principles to Data Archives/Repositories
Submitted by: sophisticus
Sunday, May 15, 2016 - 14:07

During the first year of my student fellowship with ESIP Data Stewardship Committee, I was introduced to the Data Stewardship Maturity Matrix (DSMM) by Committee member, Ge Peng. The DSMM is a unified framework for measuring stewardship practices applied to individual digital data, and it is structured using a measureable, five-level maturity scale with nine quasi-independent key components, which can be used to characterize and evaluate the stewardship practices (for more information, please...

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