Abstract
Remote sensing has been an effective technology in mapping natural resources by reducing the costs and field data gathering time and bringing in timely information. With the launch of several earth observation satellites, an increase in the availability of satellite imageries provides an immense selection of data for the users. The Philippines has recently embarked in a program which will enable the gathering of LiDAR data in the whole country. The capacity of the Philippines to take advantage of these advancements and opportunities is lacking. There is a need to transfer the knowledge of remote sensing technology to other institutions to better utilize the available data. Being an archipelagic country with approximately 36,000 kilometers of coastline, and most of its people depending on its coastal resources, remote sensing is an optimal choice in mapping such resources. A project involving fifteen (15) state universities and colleges and higher education institutions all over the country headed by the University of the Philippines Training Center for Applied Geodesy and Photogrammetry and funded by the Department of Science and Technology was formed to carry out the task of capacity building in mapping the country’s coastal resources using LiDAR and other remotely sensed datasets. This paper discusses the accomplishments and the future activities of the project.
Highlights
The Philippines is an archipelagic country with approximately 7,100 islands and 36,000 kilometers of coastline
During the 1st year of implementation of the project, the partner SUCs and higher education institutions (HEIs) were taught the basics of remote sensing and the initial workflows developed by the project which includes LiDAR, WorldView-2 and Landsat preprocessing and extraction of coastal resources using object oriented image analysis and pixel based classification
In the extraction of coastal resources from remotely sensed data, field surveys to collect training and validation points are done in order to calibrate the classification processes and validate the resulting maps
Summary
The Philippines is an archipelagic country with approximately 7,100 islands and 36,000 kilometers of coastline. The University of the Philippines Training Center for Applied Geodesy and Photogrammetry (UP TCAGP) funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) initially embarked in the Disaster Risk and Exposure Assessment for Mitigation (DREAM) Program to use LiDAR data to create highly accurate Digital Surface Model (DSM) and Digital Terrain Model (DTM) of the country for flood modelling. This program has four (4) projects under it: Data Acquisition, Data Processing, Data Validation and Flood Modelling. The program is designed to be implemented for three (3) years starting from the 3rd quarter of 2014 to the 2nd quarter of 2017
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