PRESENTATIONS

In past conferences, representatives from VLS as well as partners ESRI, Intergraph, Leica Geosystems, and a list of other organizations have shared valuable presentations describing the objectives, results, conclusions, and significance of their work.

Topics of interest include applications of Feature Analyst® and LIDAR Analyst® and AFE solutions for a variety of GIS-related institutions involved in defense, intelligence, and more.

Originally given in PowerPoint format, these presentations are now available in PDF format by clicking on the links below. File sizes are less than 3MB unless otherwise noted; files larger than 3MB must be requested via email.

Presentations from the 2006 Conference

Presentations from the 2005 Conference

Presentations form the 2004 Conference

Users Conference 2006 Presentations

AFE Analyst of the Year Award and Talk (18MB - request document via email)
presented by Jason San Souci, NCDC

Feature Analyst; Capabilities, Workflows, and the Future
presented by Stuart Blundell, COO of VLS

Feature Analyst API for 3rd Party Toolkits
presented by Stuart Blundell, COO of VLS

DRAGON – A Drainage Toolkit for Feature Analyst
presented by Stuart Blundell, COO of VLS

3D Building Toolkit for Feature Analyst
Presented by Stuart Blundell, COO of VLS

Discerning Tree Canopy Cover (5MB - request document via email)
presented by Robert Chastain, US Army

Users Conference 2005 Presentations

Feature Analyst 4.x (Next Generation)
presented by Stuart Blundell, VLS

Feature Analyst for GeoMedia and Image Scout (5MB - request document via email)
presented by Mike Hoffman, Intergraph

Change Detection (3MB - request document via email)
presented by Rebecca Holman, VLS

Discovery Analyst
presented by Stuart Blundell, VLS

Turning Imagery into Information (19MB - request document via email)
presented by Kurt Schwoppe, Leica Geosystems

Geospatial Data Production Gains with Feature Analyst (5MB - request document via email)
presented by Jason San Souci, NCDC

Forest Service Applications with Feature Analyst
presented by Mike Morrison, USDA Forest Service (14MB - request document via email)

LIDAR Analyst: Present and Future
presented by Stuart Blundell, VLS

ESRI Tools for Streamlining Feature Analyst & Accuracy Assessment (4MB - request document via email)
presented by Pete Aniello, ESRI, Inc.

AFE Approaches for Scanned Maps
presented by Matt Morris, VLS

Users Conference 2004 Presentations

ESRI Production Line Tool Sets (4MB - request document via email)
presented by Pete Aniello, ESRI

Feature Analyst Version 4.0
presented by Stuart Blundell, Visual Learning Systems, Inc.

Feature Extraction from Pan-Sharpened Ikonos Imagery with Feature Analyst
presented by Richard K. Fretz, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Remote Sensing Based Urban Tree Inventory for the MSU Campus
presented by Dr. William Cooke, Mississippi State University

Exploiting Spectral Content for Automating Road Extraction
presented by Pete Doucette, Battelle Pacific Nortwest Division

Model Builder for Feature Analyst
presented by Chris Finlayson, Visual Learning Systems, Inc.

Building Extraction from LIDAR (5MB - request document via email)
presented by Chris Gard, U.S. Army TEC

Army TEC's Geospatial Information Integration & Generation Tools (5MB - request document via email)
presented by Brian Graff, U.S. Army TEC

Comparison of Spatial Resolutions for Effective Extraction of Foot Trails Traversing the U.S.-Mexico Border (3MB - request document via email)
presented by Steve Lathrop, San Diego State University

Fundamentals of Photogrammetry and 3-D Extraction
presented by Derek Lewis, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)

Forest Service Remote Sensing Image Processing - Present and Future (6MB - request document via email)
presented by Mike Morrison, USDA Forest Service

Feature Collection with SOCET SET
presented by Mark Oldknow, BAE Systems

Implementing VLS Feature Analyst to Enhance TRANSIMS Models
presented by Brent Orton, University of Idaho

GeoMarc™: Integration of Digital Geospatial Watermark with Feature Extraction - Inextricable Metadata Networking (9MB - request document via email)
presented by Alex Philp, GCS Research

Vector-to-Image Conflation
presented by Gamal Seedahmed, Pacific Northwest National Lab

Tamarisk Assessment Using High Resolution Satellite Imagery
presented by Jason San Souci, Native Communities Development Corporation

The Role of High Resolution Satellite Imagery in Fire Protection and Recovery (36MB - request document via email)
presented by Jason San Souci, Native Communities Development Corporation

PNNL's Stream Extraction Algorithm
presented by Gregg Petrie, Pacific Northwest National Lab

Using Accelerated Feature Extraction for Mapping Intertidal Shellfish Resources Using Feature Analyst for ArcGIS® (8MB - request document via email)
presented by Jeffrey S. Vincent, University of South Carolina