S1000 Octocopter is Near Completion

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DJI S1000

Our new aerial unit, the DJI S1000 Octocopter, is only a couple of tweaks away from completion. This unit was added to our ESRM aerial library to allow our new LiDAR unit to be used. The LiDAR unit will allow students to make 3D maps that have an accuracy greater than 1 cm/pixel, which is even better than our already great 3D mapping tool – the DJI Inspire 1. For my capstone, I will be doing a comprehensive comparison  of 3D map creation using the LiDAR, the DJI Inspire 1, and even using the traditional survey method. This project should allow future 3D mappers and surveyors to quickly determine whether dishing out the few extra thousand dollars is really worth it for achieving the great accuracy created through using the LiDAR. Updates will be reported as I progress through this interesting project, whether they are more trials and tribulations, or when I finally see some success.

Active Learning Workshop

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Faculty came together to share ideas about how to best engage students and promote active learning. They learned to incorporate active learning “high-impact practices” into everyday teaching.  Strategies for redesigning the way a challenging concept or topic are taught were explored and resources were shared to expand faculty repertoire of strategies to promote students’ active engagement in […]

10/27/16 CAPSTONE 499

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After class we had some critics from the instructor about Active Planet Kids illustrations for Gorge. I in particular was asked to improve my backgrounds so they reflect a better perspective. The other one need it to reflect a more iconic place in India were the Dalai Lama is being welcome. I decided to add some more detail to my first background were is suppose to represent the inside of the temple where the Dalai Lama prays. I made some changes to the mats where the people pray with him so they play a better perspective on the scene. I also add some more contrast to the design texture added to the throne so the one is the background doesn’t mix with it. I added some wood texture to the floor because is the material is build the temple, well at lest the floor. For the second background I had at first a plane mountain background. To give more Indian feeling to that region I’m trying to illustrate, I research some images from the region and I found out that building big temple like houses on the edge of the mountain is a common practice in there. I decided to illustrate the same practice they do by adding temple like structures to my mouthing I previously design.
Bellow are the samples of the revise background designs for Gorge:

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