Coral Reef Mapping and Monitoring Using Drones

This speech was delivered by Steve Schill at the 6th International Society for Digital Earth (ISDE) International Lectures themed "Digital Coast for Climate Resilience with Drones" on September 26, 2023. The ISDE International Lectures are organized by the International Society for Digital Earth (#ISDE) and supported by the International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (#CBAS). It is a series of online events which feature invited lectures by well-known international experts in the field of Digital Earth. The event will invite speakers to give lectures every two months. The purpose of the events is to bring international scholars in the relevant research fields of Digital Earth together to exchange academic perspectives, share research results, and disseminate the most cutting-edge and authoritative concept of Digital Earth.
Dr. Steve Schill is the Lead Scientist for The Nature Conservancy's Caribbean Division. As a marine conservation specialist, he has been promoting the use of technology to protect and manage marine resources for over twenty years. His expertise includes remote sensing of marine habitats, systematic design of marine spatial plans, and the development of GIS-based decision-support tools. His team works with governments and partners to map marine habitats and model ecosystem services, strategically expand marine protected areas, and develop new monitoring techniques. Recently, he has been involved in developing multi-scale approaches for monitoring coral reefs and mangroves using satellite imagery as well as aerial and surface drone platforms. Prior to working with TNC, he was a Project Manager for the NASA Affiliated Research Center at the University of South Carolina, developing innovative uses of remote sensing technology for commercial interests. Steve received his doctorate in Geography from the University of South Carolina and is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Geography at Brigham Young University and Adjunct Faculty at the Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science at Arizona State University.
To watch the ISDE International Lectures series, please see the ISDE web page at www.digitaleart.... Any expert who is interested in giving a talk about Digital Earth is warmly welcomed. Each lecture will be 1.5 hours for 3 speakers, with 20 minutes for each speaker and about 30 minutes for questions. To make the talks close to the lecture theme, the speaker who applies to give a talk is encouraged to invite the other two experts who have similar research interests with him/her together surrounding the lecture theme. Anyone interested in giving lectures is heartened to fill and send the Application Form to the ISDE Secretariat ([e-mail]) at www.digitaleart....