Purpose

ATIC looks at the Earth - from up-close, and from afar…

ATIC’s world-class expertise in Earth Observation Research & Development is focused on:

• Solutions to environmental and natural resource management issues
  • agriculture
  • forestry
  • energy / oil sands
  • wetlands
  • water resources
  • disasters / disturbance
    • e.g. fires, floods, storms, crop/forest damage
  • northern ecosystems
  • mountains
  • rangeland
• New developments in:
  • software
  • hardware
  • sensors
  • methodologies and workflows
• State-of-the-art imaging technologies, e.g.:
  • satellites
  • airplanes
  • drones [a.k.a. Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS), UAV ]
  • field / laboratory / ground-based sensors
  • emphasis on: hyperspectral, lidar (ALS / TLS), multispectral, BRDF
• Training of Highly-Qualified Personnel (HQP) as the next generation of geospatial experts
  • PDF, Ph.D., M.Sc., B.Sc. programs
  • Remote Sensing Degree Programs
  • GIS, Computer Science