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Scot Smith has served on the Geomatics Faculty since 1989. His area of expertise is the theory and practice of remote sensing and geographic information systems for assessment of the environment. He has performed research on a number of topics ranging from climate change analysis to estimating sedimentation in the Aswan High Dam Reservoir. Current interests are the application of Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles to natural resource inventories, hurricane damage assessment, monitoring regrowth after a forest fire and wildlife habitat mapping.  He has published over 50 papers in journals and continues to do research throughout the world.

 

He is a registered professional surveyor and mapper in the state of Florida and is also a photogrammetrist certified by the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.

 

Education:

Ph.D.   University of Michigan      1982

M.S.    University of Michigan      1978

B.S.     Michigan State University 1975

 

Courses Taught:

SUR 3393 Geographic Information Systems

SUR 4380 Remote Sensing

SUR 5385 Remote Sensing Applications

SUR 5625 Geographic Information Systems Analysis

SUR 6395 Topics in GIS

 

Research

 

Publications

 

Contact Information:

301 Reed Lab

P.O Box 110565

University of Florida

Gainesville Fl 32611-0565

Phone: (352) 392 4990

 

E mail: sesmith@ifas.ufl.edu

 

 

 

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