Hauser, Darren
2018-08-18 02:49:15
Mexico and Central America Airborne Lidar Collection Campaign for Small- and Medium-Sized Projects
The National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM) is announcing a call for expressions of interest from researchers with small- to medium-sized projects and budgets in Mexico and Central America for Spring 2019 (March-May), including but not limited to archaeology, geology, hydrology, seismology, and ecology. In the past two years, NCALM has received several inquiries from individual researchers with small projects in Mexico and Central America. The size of these projects and associated budgets make them economically and practically unfeasible if considered individually. However, if several small projects within a given country or region are grouped together in such a way that the mobilization costs can be proportionately distributed among the multiple projects, we believe it is possible to survey the small projects and bring large benefits to the broader community.
Currently, NCALM has received expressions of interest for multiple areas in Mexico and Belize, along with areas in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. We are looking for additional projects to complement these sites. The smallest individual project budget that NCALM will consider is $10,000 (USD), which can potentially yield data collections of 6-10 km2, depending on collection density, distance to airports, and other neighboring projects. The exact coverage will be determined based on analysis of the these and other factors. NCALM aims to begin data collection in March-May 2019. We will begin requesting permits to fly and collect data for the respective countries near the end of 2018.
If you have interest in possibly participating in a community collection campaign, please send a short description of your project, including potential budget and a KMZ with an outline of your area(s) of interest. Also contact us if you require more information about this community campaign, and please forward this announcement to other researchers that may have an interest in such data collection. Contact NCALM Director Ramesh L. Shrestha at rshrest2<at>central.uh.edu<rshrest2<at>central.uh.edu> (budgets) and Juan Carlos Fernandez-Diaz at jfernan4<at>central.uh.edu<jfernan4<at>central.uh.edu> (scheduling, logistics, permitting).
The National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM) is announcing a call for expressions of interest from researchers with small- to medium-sized projects and budgets in Mexico and Central America for Spring 2019 (March-May), including but not limited to archaeology, geology, hydrology, seismology, and ecology. In the past two years, NCALM has received several inquiries from individual researchers with small projects in Mexico and Central America. The size of these projects and associated budgets make them economically and practically unfeasible if considered individually. However, if several small projects within a given country or region are grouped together in such a way that the mobilization costs can be proportionately distributed among the multiple projects, we believe it is possible to survey the small projects and bring large benefits to the broader community.
Currently, NCALM has received expressions of interest for multiple areas in Mexico and Belize, along with areas in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. We are looking for additional projects to complement these sites. The smallest individual project budget that NCALM will consider is $10,000 (USD), which can potentially yield data collections of 6-10 km2, depending on collection density, distance to airports, and other neighboring projects. The exact coverage will be determined based on analysis of the these and other factors. NCALM aims to begin data collection in March-May 2019. We will begin requesting permits to fly and collect data for the respective countries near the end of 2018.
If you have interest in possibly participating in a community collection campaign, please send a short description of your project, including potential budget and a KMZ with an outline of your area(s) of interest. Also contact us if you require more information about this community campaign, and please forward this announcement to other researchers that may have an interest in such data collection. Contact NCALM Director Ramesh L. Shrestha at rshrest2<at>central.uh.edu<rshrest2<at>central.uh.edu> (budgets) and Juan Carlos Fernandez-Diaz at jfernan4<at>central.uh.edu<jfernan4<at>central.uh.edu> (scheduling, logistics, permitting).
