Remote sensingand GIS applications for urban forest assessment have great potential and are growing, especially as new high resolution airborne and spaceborne data types become more commercially available. Cincinnati, OH is using an extensive on-the-ground GIS program which includes urban vegetation management. Cincinnati's program is advanced enough that ESRI and others sponsored a national, three-day seminar featuring the various uses by the city. Urban Forestry in Cincy is using CITYgreen to determine canopy cover for the various communities that make up the city. Delaware County, OH provides another example of the incorporation on GIS to make the most effective use of available resources. UFORE models developed by the sicentists at the USDA Forest Service are also a powerful tool for the urban ecosystem analysis and assessment Attendees will have the opportunity to discuss comparisons of processing algorithms, data types, spatial resolutions, and other features and education and training.

Speakers:

Education - two speakers (someone from NWDETI and Chuck Chaitovitz)

Research - two speakers (USFS, NASA and/or Kamran)

Industry - two speakers (one from SpaceImaging and American Forests; to be chosen later)

Government - two speakers (the two examples from Ohio that Davis can get would be great)

With eight speakers, with a total of 20 minutes for each talk,