| Transforming Land and Asset Management
with HD Aerial Imagery
How Lake County Forest Preserves uses HD aerial imagery to protect and maintain its natural resources:
Sponsored content by Nearmap
Date: Thursday, June 25
Time: 10 a.m. PDT / 1 p.m. EDT / 7 p.m. CET
Duration: 60 minutes | | Event Description | | |
Managing and protecting nearly 31,000 acres is no small task, so the ability to see the environment at scale in crystal clear clarity is a must. Aerial imagery provides that "eye in the sky" to get better context of truth on the ground. Discover how Lake County Forest Preserves began using Nearmap aerial imagery to:
Monitor and track change over time with historical and current captures Assess and address invasive species growth with high-resolution imagery Manage remote work challenges during COVID-19 to locate assets
Take your understanding of aerial content to a new level and increase your location intelligence. Learn why GIS analysts and Engineers are using Nearmap imagery to transform their land and asset management.
| | | Presenter | | | | | | | Brett Clark
Senior Account Executive, Nearmap
Brett graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in Communications. He was employee #2 for Nearmap, US, and is focused mainly on serving the public sector — both state and local. Brett lives in the Indianapolis area with his wife and three daughters. | | | | | | Nick Spittlemeister
GIS Analyst, Planning and Land Preservation Dept., Lake County Forest Preserve District
Nick Spittlemeister has been with Lake County Forest Preserves since 2016, working to create an enterprise solution that employs web GIS in all facets of the organization. He helped the District secure a license with Nearmap in 2018 and has deployed it across their GIS system, from Desktop software to web applications and native apps. He has been using GIS for over 15 years and holds a bachelor's degree in geography from Northern Michigan University. | | | | | | Dave Cassin
Superintendent of Natural Resources, Natural Resources Dept., Lake County Forest Preserve District
David Cassin's remote sensing training began in the US Navy (1990-94) where he was trained as an Intelligence Specialist / Air Photo Interpreter, put into practice during Operation Desert Shield / Storm. Post military service, he continued his craft in college with incorporation of ArcGIS. He combined his skillset and his love of nature by getting a degree in Natural Resource Management. Integrating remote sensing skills into landscape scale restoration projects by utilizing historical air photos and land survey data, he is able to determine historic land uses and alterations. Specific to the Nearmap, he was able to map populations of Phragmites australis (an invasive species here) utilizing the fall 2019 Nearmap imagery remotely during the COVID-19 stay at home order.
| | | | | | Kevin Kleinjan
Senior Engineer, Operations and Infrastructure, Lake County Forest Preserve District
Kevin has utilized aerial imagery and geospatial technologies for over 25 years to inform and support planning and infrastructure related decisions. He utilizes Nearmap's high resolution imagery with multiple captures throughout a calendar year to analyze and update infrastructure assets quickly and accurately from both the office, and in the field using mobile devices. This enables him to efficiently manage the District's sign shop, site amenity and heavy equipment crews. He has dual degree in Landscape Architecture and Geography from South Dakota State University and is a Registered Landscape Architect in Illinois and Wisconsin.
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