Symposium Program

Session
RS human Disturbance: Learnings and practical applications of remote sensing for mapping and recovery characterization of human disturbance features
Time:
Tuesday, 17/June/2025:
1:00pm - 2:40pm

Location: Essies


Presentations
1:00pm - 1:20pm

Geospatial Tools for Seismic-line Restoration Planning: Cost Projections and Restoration Targets

Dr. J. Linke1, M. Fong1, G. J. McDermid1, M. Strack2, E. Bayne3, S. Ketcheson4, C. Sutheimer3, M. A. Davies2, I. Terentieva1, M. Dickie5, S. E. Nielsen3

1University of Calgary, Canada; 2University of Waterloo; 3University of Alberta; 4Athabasca University; 5Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute



1:20pm - 1:40pm

Using High-Resolution Imagery to Enhance Human Footprint Mapping across British Columbia

J. P. Ramírez-Delgado1, M. Arias-Patiño1, J. Aragon-Osejo1, M. A. Chadid1, L. de Assis Barros1, N. Meras1, Y. Huberman1, A. Schweitzer2, J. Herbers2, B. Muir3, O. Venter1

1University of Northern British Columbia; 2Biodiversity Pathways; 3West Moberly First Nations



1:40pm - 2:00pm

Deconstructing Errors: 3D Deep Learning for UAV Vegetation Monitoring on Reclaimed Wellsites

Dr. D. Degenhardt, Dr. Z. Xi, C. Selvaraj, Dr. D. Movchan, A. Van Dongen

Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), Canada



2:00pm - 2:20pm

The Extent of Anthropogenic Disturbance on Wetland Area in the Oil Sands Region of Alberta, Canada Between 2000 and 2018

J. S. Montgomery, Dr. C. Mahoney, Dr. M. Nasr, Dr. D. Cobbaert

Government of Alberta, Canada



2:20pm - 2:40pm

Mapping Undesired Vegetation on Oil and Gas Reclamation Sites Using a Multi-Sensor Approach

S. Chowdhury1, S. Kelly1, C. Robertson1, D. Wood1, Dr. A. Rolhauser2, N. Lockyer2, Dr. S. Patterson3

1Alberta Energy Regulator, Suite 205, 4999–98 Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta; 2Centre for Boreal Research, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, 10210 Princess Elizabeth Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta; 3Alberta Innovates, 1500, 10104 – 103 Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta