ConnecticutView presented its “Our Earth Revealed” Satellite Image Gallery Exhibit at the Connecticut Conference on Natural Resources on March 18, 2019. The event was held at The University of Connecticut’s main campus in Storrs, CT.

ConnecticutView presented its “Our Earth Revealed” Satellite Image Gallery Exhibit at GIS Day on Novemeber 14, 2018. The all day event was held at the Hartford Public Library.

On Saturday, November 3rd, ConnecticutView Director Chandi Witharana, Program Coordinator James Hurd, and PhD Graduate Student Nancy Marek provided an hour long presentation and discussion on the use of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) technology in natural resources research to 23 middle school and high school students as part of the 4-H Adventures in S.T.E.M program at the University of Connecticut.

Landsat & Sentinel-2: Satellite Based Sensors for Observation and Analysis of Connecticut’s Landscape 

Tuesday April 24, 2:00 – 3:00 pm

There is no shortage of available imagery to view the landscape of Connecticut, or any place in the world for that matter. Imagery comes in all types of spatial, spectral, radiometric and temporal resolutions, and each serves its purpose depending on the objectives of the person using it. The U.S. based Landsat series of multi-spectral satellite sensors has been collecting global imagery since 1972. A more recent satellite series, Sentinel-2, first launched in 2015 by the European Space Agency, is Landsat like and also provides global coverage. While these sensors may only provide moderate spatial resolution (10m – 60m) imagery, they are rich in spectral information, and together these satellites collect imagery over Connecticut at less than a seven-day interval. The best part, these data can be downloaded and used free. This webinar will briefly overview the Landsat and Sentinel-2 sensors, provide information about the images and how to download the data, and show examples of potential applications of this type of data in Connecticut using ArcGIS, along with some online resources for viewing the imagery.

Presenters: James Hurd, Research Associate, UConn, Dept. of NRE, Program Coordinator ConnecticutView and Chandi Witharana,Visiting Research Professor, UConn, Dept. of NRE, Director ConnecticutView 

Click here to register.

A new version of the LandsatLook Viewer is now available. This release represents a major redesign of the earlier LandsatLook Viewer. The update includes many new features, enhanced performance, and improved functional capabilities. Also, a new Sentinel2Look Viewer, which highlights one of the newest datasets available through a USGS partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA) is available. Both of these viewers have been developed to allow for quick and easy seamless visualization of all Landsat and Sentinel-2 images, respectively, held in the USGS/EROS archive at up to full resolution.
Along with new features and tool navigation, these updated viewers are optimized for use on mobile devices. Other features include a customizable display with easy export options to multiple file types and a ‘Print’ feature to create quick maps as PDFs.

ConnecticutView is pleased to announce that Zhiyuan Yang has been awarded a ConnecticutView Student Project Based Scholarship. Zhiyuan is in his second semester in the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment at UConn and has proposed a project titled “Assessment With Landsat 8 Data of the Urban Heat Island Effects in Connecticut”.

The Landsat Update is an informal communication tool prepared periodically and distributed electronically to all subscribers by the USGS to provide information about Landsat activities and related topics of interest. Click here to be redirected to the Landsat Missions Update web page.

ConnecticutView is pleased to announce that Shuyu Chang and Luke Gersz are the first recipients of the ConnecticutView Student Project Based Scholarships. Shuyu is a senior in the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment at UConn and has proposed a project titled “Monitoring Snow storms in Connecticut in 2015 winter and MODIS snow cover products Accuracy Assessment”. Luke is also a senior in the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment at UConn and has proposed a project titled “Assessing Connecticut’s Main Coastal Concerns”. Upon completion of their projects, each student will receive a $1,000 scholarship.