Various scientist, professionals and laymen dealing with interpretations of lidar derived elevation models are mainly limited to a simple analytical hill-shading, the most frequently used technique, because it is implemented in most geographic information systems and readily available as a product by most lidar data providers. The lecture addressed different advanced visualization methods, their specifics, advantages, and weaknesses in the context of interpretation of small landscape features. Project leader presented the topic in conferences and workshops in Florianopolis (Brazil), Dublin (Ireland), Paris and Frasne (France) and Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina), where costs for almost all the trips were covered by the organisers.
B.04 Guest lecture
COBISS.SI-ID: 34334765The project leader is a co-editor of a monograph series Space, Place, Time, published by Založba ZRC. The series publishes short, thematically round scientific studies from the field of contemporary morphometry of space that is based on geographic information systems and remote sensing, as well as on social and cultural constructions of space and time: how people of various periods and regions think about space and time, how we live, feel, create, change and use them.
C.02 Editorial board of a national monograph
Žiga Kokalj is a leader of the working party 8 of the ArchaeoLandscapes Europe (FP7) project that unites 27 co-organising institutions and 44 associated partners. WP8 provides technical guidance and advice on best practice in aerial survey, remote sensing and landscape studies, with a particular emphasis on conservation and heritage management.
D.01 Chairing over/coordinating (international and national) projects
A three day workshop organised by the French institute Maison des Sciences de l’Homme et de l’Environnement Claude Nicolas Ledoux, an international ModeLTER institute, European ArchaeoLandscapes project, and ISA (Network for Spatial Information in Archaeology) served as a forum for discussion for 60 professionals, and training for researchers and students who have previously worked with lidar or are currently involved in the preparatory or active phase of a project using lidar. The following fields were covered: complementary techniques of lidar data visualization and processing, integration of geophysical and lidar data, advanced treatment and management of raw lidar data, and interpretation of lidar data. The focus of the workshop was on forested landscapes. The project leader was a co-organiser of the workshop and led three workshop sessions.
B.01 Organiser of a scientific meeting
COBISS.SI-ID: 36830765This workshop was held for the staff of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland and participants of a workshop at Historic Scotland in Edinburgh (United Kingdom), as well as participants of a workshop in Pecs (Hungary). The participants have become familiar with the basic workflow recommended when receiving a commissioned or archival lidar dataset. We have presented how to take classified lidar point clouds into a GIS environment, assess their quality, interact with the point clouds, and create terrain and surface models for use in data visualization and interpretation. Specialist software for lidar data processing and management was also demonstrated.
F.18 Transfer of new know-how to direct users (seminars, fora, conferences)
COBISS.SI-ID: 36822061