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In this Issue:
New Communication Platform!
2025 GeoSummit
Upcoming Working Group Meetings
Updates from Working Groups
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WELCOME TO AGC’s NEW OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATIONS PLATFORM!
 We will be using a subscription based community platform for email correspondence and news related to the Alaska Geospatial Council. If you were part of past AGC or GeoSummit correspondence, you have been auto-enrolled.
To remove yourself go to the Subscriber Preferences Page
To add yourself to AGC’s distribution list click here!
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Dates are being finalized for the spring 2025 GeoSummit. Save the Date will be sent out in the next few weeks! Stay Tuned! |
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Upcoming Working Group Meetings |
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To find dates for working group meetings and virtual links visit "Upcoming Events" on the AGC home page.
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Imagery and Elevation
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May 9th, 2:00-3:30pm
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UAS Policy
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May 9th, 2:00-3:30pm
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Vegetation
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May 17th, 10:30-11:30am
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Food Security
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May 30th, 10:30-11:30am
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Coastal and Ocean
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June 5th, 1:00-2:00pm
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Hydrography
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June 12th, 1:00-2:30 pm
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Wetlands
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Tentative- May
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Geodetic
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Tentative- June
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Cadastral
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Tentative- July 11th
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Transportation
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September 12th, 11:00am-12:00pm
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Visit any Working Group hub site to learn more about their goals and who the co-chairs are for contact and outreach.
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Updates from Working Groups |
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Geodetic
Held kickoff meeting for 2024-2025 Buildout. Upcoming 2024 work includes upgrading 13 EarthScope stations to real-time & GNSS. See ACORN Planning Map that shows locations of both ACORN & EarthScope stations.
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UAS Policy Working Group
Navigating and Communicating Autonomous Aviation in Alaska
The goal of this group is to serve as a stakeholder-based forum to provide professional guidance for implementation of UAS for the benefit of Alaska.
2024 Work Plan includes:
- Standardized Operating Procedures - We are striving to create a SOP template to share with entities that wish to operate within the state which includes basic or required topics (such as emergency procedures or mishap reporting) to better standardize UAS operations in the state.
- Outreach/Education - We will spend 2024 hosting Alaska-specific information for recreational and commercial UAS operators on the AGC UAS Hub site to communicate best practices and identify land ownership contacts for UAS operations.
Upcoming UAS events and courses:
6th Federal UxS Workshop- September 10-12, Albuquerque, NM
2024 Global Autonomous Systems Conference- August 13–15, 2024, Anchorage, AK
Training opportunities- UAA summer programs
ATP A107 - Remote Pilot Aircraft System Part 107
ATP A207 - Remote Pilot Applications
ATP A208 - Remote Pilot Flight Operations
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Vegetation Working Group
AKVEG foliar cover map v2.0 is in development for the North American Beringia region (Arctic & boreal Alaska and adjacent Yukon) and will be released later this year.
Biomes and vegetation zones for the AKVEG Map and U.S. National Vegetation Classification are online for review by VWG members and other vegetation experts until May 17.
AKVEG time-series plant functional type foliar cover maps (funded through NASA ABoVE) are available online through climate engine.
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Transportation Working Group
The Transportation Working Group has new leadership and efforts are underway to reinvigorate the working group: welcoming new and long-time members and deciding on a path forward for all things transportation related.
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Soils Working Group
Greetings from the Soils Working Group! As one of the newest AGC Working Groups, we are still getting our feet firmly planted. The main focus of this working group is to: foster cooperation and collaboration between many entities, improve and educate on soils related geospatial datasets, and provide the medium for efficient data sharing of Alaska soils data.
Visit our hub site to get more details on what we do, connect with the co-chairs, see the charter and link to our next meeting when it is posted.
We met in both March and April and had representatives from across the board. The meetings produced great discussions and found some joint collaboration opportunities for this summer’s field season. With the majority of participants out of the office conducting field work soon, it was decided to hold our next meeting in the fall (aiming for October - Date TBD – check our hub site).
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Enterprise Working Group
The Enterprise Working Group is currently drafting a survey that will be available to all users of the Open data portal. The goal of the survey is to gather insights into the user experience and inform future developments for the portal.
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Wetlands Working Group
New National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) datasets will be available to the public in late May or early June through the USFWS Wetlands Mapper. These will include Kodiak Archipelago, Shelikof Strait, Izembek National Wildlife Refuge and 40 mile region. Numerous other project areas are scheduled for completion and public release in November 2024.
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