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Exercise 1: Revisiting The Terrain Survey
Collectors:
Katie Lueth
Peter Sawall
Zach Nemeth

Exercise: Resampling the initial survey terrain.

Purpose: To resample and improve our initial survey techniques. and analyze the effectiveness of various interpolation methods.

Location: Beneath the campus pedestrian bridge on the Water Street end near the Haas Fine Arts Building. Survey was conducted on the upper edge of the river floodplain near the seasonal high water line within an area surrounded by Salix bebbinia shrubs. Location was chosen based on sand availability, distance from other surveys, and distance from bridge 'drip zone.'

Collection Date:
Initial Survey: Tuesday Sept 15 3:00pm-4:00pm
Survey Visitation: Wednesday Sept 23 8:00am-9:00am

Collection Methods: Buried and leveled frame within sand. Framed marked with 5cm and 10cm increments. Measuring stick laid across frame while another measuring stick was utilized to measure height distance of sand features. Data was collected in an Excel sheet using portable tablet and laptop.

Exercise 2: Distance/Azimuth Survey Method

Collectors: Katie Lueth, Dillian Berg

Exercise: Collect data using bearing and distance using a compass and laser distance measuring tool and project that data on a map.

Purpose: To become familiar with alternative 'low tech' methods of surveying.

Location: On the UWEC campus mall between the Davies Center, Phillips Hall, Schofield Hall, and the McIntyre Library

Collection Date: Sept 30, 2015 2:30pm-4:00pm

Collection Methods: Bearing was collected using an azimuth compass. Distance was collected using a laser distance measuring tool and a laser receiver. Data was collected in an Excel sheet using a portable tablet. 

Exercise 3: Unmanned Aerial System Mission Planning

Collectors: Prof. Hupy and the Geospatial Field Methods Class

Purpose: To become familiar with various UAV platforms.

Location: : Beneath the campus pedestrian bridge on the Water Street end near the Haas Fine Arts Building. Survey was conducted on the upper edge of the river floodplain near the seasonal high water line within an area surrounded by Salix bebbinia shrubs.

Collection Date: Monday October 5th 3:00pm-5:00pm

Collection Methods: Unmanned Aerial System equipped with a high resolution camera.

Navigation Exercise

Collectors: Katie Lueth and Geospatial Field Methods Class

Purpose: To begin to use non-technological methods in navigation.

Location: Sidewalk behind Philips Hall on UWEC campus.

Collection Date: Monday October 12th 3:30pm-4:00pm.

Collection Methods: Walking 100 meters and counting the paces it takes to reach that distance.

Navigation Exercise with Map and Compass

Collectors: Katie Lueth, Scott Nesbit, Casey Aumann

Purpose: To use a map and compass to navigate a terrain.

Location: The Priory Woodland Area

Collection Date: October 26th 3:00pm-6:30pm

Collection Methods: Using known pacing distance to navigate to various points using maps, compass, and GPS.

Topographic Survey Exercise
Collectors: Katie Lueth, Grant Muelhauser, Scott Nesbit, Nik Anderson

Purpose: To take survey grade topographic data and know the difference between various methods.

Location: UWEC Campus Mall

Collection Date: Friday Nov 13 3:00-4:00, Wednesday November 18 4:00-5:30

Collection Methods: Dual Frequency GPS, Total Station Survey

Arc Collector Exercise
Collectors: Katie Lueth

Purpose: To become familiar with ArcCollector and use the app on our smartphones to collect data.

Location: Perimeter of the UWEC Davies Center

Collection Date:  Monday November 23 3:15-4:15pm

Collection Methods: ArcGIS Collector App, ArcGIS