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Imagery and Remote Sensing in Higher Education

Webinar series recordings

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Incorporate the latest tools and workflows into your courses

Esri’s education outreach team conducts webinars on various imagery and remote sensing topics in higher education for educators, researchers, and students. Below, you can learn more about each topic covered and access recordings for each webinar.

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Leveraging Cloud to Optimize Drone Mapping in Teaching and Research

Date: October 19, 2023

Time: 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. (PT)

Location: Virtual

Cost: No Cost

Language: English

The use of drone technology is proliferating, making it easier and more cost-effective to capture high-resolution images whenever needed. Watch this webinar to learn about Site Scan for ArcGIS, the end-to-end, cloud-based drone mapping software designed to revolutionize imagery data collection, processing, and analysis. With this software as a service (SaaS) product, you can easily collaborate with your students and peers in a connected online environment and manage your data without expensive infrastructure.

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Unlocking the Power of Deep Learning Applications Using ArcGIS

Date: May 25, 2023

Time: 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. (PT)

Location: Virtual

Cost: No Cost

Language: English

Deep learning enables us to identify patterns and insights from data that were once difficult to detect with traditional methods. In this webinar, we will showcase the applications of existing and new deep learning capabilities in ArcGIS using various data modalities, including 3D, imagery, video, time series, text, and tabular data. Watch this webinar to learn about the deep learning analysis capabilities in ArcGIS.

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Taking Flight: Drone Solutions for Academia

Date: October 6, 2022

Time: 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. (PT)

Location: Virtual

Cost: No cost

Language: English

Within academia, drone solutions are proving to be valuable data sources for teaching, research, and campus operations. Drones can produce many useful 2D (orthophotos, dynamic mosaics, and elevation products) and 3D (point clouds and textured meshes) products. They are widely used as inputs for raster analysis. Access this webinar to explore drone solutions in ArcGIS, hear from peers who teach with drones, learn the latest product offering models, and more. 

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Introducing ArcGIS Image for ArcGIS Online

Date: April 28, 2022

Time: 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m. (PT)

Location: Virtual

Cost: No cost

Language: English

ArcGIS Image for ArcGIS Online is a new Esri software as a service (SaaS) offering that provides capabilities for hosting, analyzing, and streaming imagery in the cloud. With this product, you can teach a remote-sensing class with only a browser—no software to install. Watch this webinar to learn how to upload and host your own imagery layers, explore data, perform analysis using raster tools, and more. 

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Introducing the Latest Resources for Teaching Imagery and Remote Sensing

Date: March 4, 2021

Location: Virtual

Cost: No cost

Language: English

Imagery and remote sensing technology has been rapidly advancing. Raster data is increasingly becoming widely available. New tools and workflows are emerging to make working with imagery faster and easier, both on desktop and the cloud. Watch this webinar to learn new teaching materials to aid the development of university-level curricula; ArcGIS imagery workflows and best practices; and how to use ready-to-use data, apps, and other resources to better enable your teaching and research.

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Advancing Your Curriculum with the Latest Image and Raster Analysis Tools

Date: June 9, 2021

Location: Virtual

Cost: No cost

Language: English

Image and raster analyses have always been essential capabilities in ArcGIS. With the advancement of ArcGIS offerings, analyzing image and raster data can now be performed on desktop with ArcGIS Pro, enterprise-wide with ArcGIS Image Server, and in the cloud with ArcGIS Image for ArcGIS Online. Watch this webinar to learn about deployment options to perform image and raster analyses in ArcGIS, scenarios and examples for each option for teaching and research, best practices, workflows, and resources.

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Demystifying Deep Learning Analysis for Your Students

Date: September 16, 2021

Location: Virtual

Cost: No cost

Language: English

ArcGIS comes with deep learning tools and APIs to support a wide range of uses. Deep learning models and automated tasks can be performed for object classification and detection, pixel classification, and change detection. This webinar will guide you on how to incorporate deep leaning tools and capabilities into your curriculum. Watch this webinar to learn about options to perform deep learning in ArcGIS, scenarios and examples for teaching and research, best practices, workflows, and resources.

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Teaching Modern Image Analysis and Remote Sensing

Date: November 10, 2021

Location: Virtual

Cost: No cost

Language: English

Remote sensing technologies are advancing rapidly. New tools such as drones and modern analysis methods like machine learning make working with remotely sensed data faster and easier. In this webinar, you will learn how imagery is used in a variety of domains for monitoring environmental change, creating digital twins and smarter cities, and responding to disasters. Additionally, explore free learning resources for building skills with modern tools and capabilities.

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Manage Imagery and Rasters for Campus Access

Date: December 2, 2021

Location: Virtual

Cost: No cost

Language: English

Many higher education institutions have massive libraries of imagery and rasters that continue to grow exponentially. Image management with ArcGIS makes the data quickly accessible to those who need it. Organize, structure, and seamlessly share your data to your campus or the world. Watch this webinar recording to learn about best practices for managing massive image collections, deployment options, accessibilities, workflows, and resources.

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