Use of Geospatial Data in Sea Level Change Mapping - Part 1
This online engineering PDH course examines the technical complexities of geospatial data management for assessing sea level change.
This course provides a rigorous framework for navigating vertical datums and executing transformations between orthometric, ellipsoidal, and tidal reference frames. It demonstrates the integration of diverse datasets, ranging from high-resolution airborne lidar to hydro-acoustic bathymetry, into seamless digital elevation models.
Furthermore, this course prescribes official acquisition standards, such as IHO Order 1, while establishing principles for the operation of long-term water-level monitoring networks. By systematizing error quantification across tidal datums and topographic layers, this course empowers professionals to produce high-fidelity geospatial products for coastal assessment.
This 9 PDH online course is applicable to civil engineers, surveyors, as well as other technical professionals who are interested in learning more about the application of geospatial data in sea level change mapping.
This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Understanding global and relative sea level change mechanisms to understand the local impacts of regional vertical land motion
- Recognizing the theoretical and practical differences between orthometric, ellipsoidal, and tidal vertical datums
- Utilizing the VDatum transformation tool to unify disparate geospatial data layers on a common vertical reference system
- Acquiring new geospatial datasets according to Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping (IOCM) principles and international accuracy standards
- Quantifying composite error budgets by evaluating uncertainties in sea level trends, topographic lidar, and bathymetric soundings
- Constructing integrated bathymetric/topographic Digital Elevation Models (DEMs) while applying appropriate gridding and interpolation methodologies
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