Day 14:

The presentations of the common products were today. It was good to see what everyone was able to produce this week. One thing I think I noticed is that the Archaeology, Bare Ground, and Hydrology group all had mapped features in the same area. All with three lines on the south side of the valley. I’d like to overlay the shape files to see if they line up.

After the presentations we had pizza for dinner, then the professors gave a summery of what they saw and talked about some ideas that we could base our projects off of. One of the ideas, the controlling factors of where invasive species grow, seemed the most interesting to me. I could delve into the effects of topology and elevation on invasive species because I feel that it would have the most effect on where plants can grow. I’ve been interested in a few general topics, but tomorrow we’ll also have time tomorrow to talk about our ideas for research projects.

Tomorrow more UAVs will be taking off, so I’m excited to see what kinda imagery we’ll get. Hopefully we can get full coverage over the entire valley. It would be cool to have a full mosaic at a high spatial resolution. Plus it’s always fun to see the drones fly!

I’m looking forward to the next two weeks as it’ll be more directed research and I’ll have a better sense of what I’m looking for and why. That is if I can figure out my research question or at very least a preliminary research question.