Rise of the Machines

A very computer based day. Good, helpful and productive but something of a letdown considering we spend a whole day in Hawaii inside a cramped windowless room staring at screens. Maybe something I’d be more ok with if I hadn’t spent a lifetime deprived of sun. Hard life having it so close but inaccessible. Anyways on to more important things.
Today was dedicated to getting a better idea for where we were going with our study and for practicing the computer skills we would need to analyze our incoming data. The main takeaway was the creation of our data dictionary, which we then imported into our Trimble. This dictionary will allow us to keep our field notes consistent, making them easier to interpret once we get to the analysis stage. We also attempted to make orthophotos out of the pictures taken in our first few flights (both kite and plane). Some of these worked better than others. The Heaiu came out well, the large dirt field with no noticeable features did not. No major surprises there. Much of the day was spent fiddling with the WorldView 2 images trying to find ways to manually classify the data. While we didn’t come up with anyone to use in a final project sense it was worthwhile practice using the program.