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<h1 id="scott-v.-hatchers-professional-portfolio">Scott V. Hatcher's Professional Portfolio</h1>
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<h1 id="personal-statement">Personal Statement</h1>
<p>I am a pragmatic and personable geospatial developer. I strive to complement my technical skills with an excellence in communicative and collaborative qualities. My training has provided me with a grounding in modern GIS and remote sensing technologies, and my experience in research has given me the analytical abilities inherent in applied research. I am now fully committed to the research of geospatial applications to regional climate change adaptation.</p>
<h1 id="goals">Goals</h1>
<p><strong>Short</strong> - Provide geospatial services in areas of coastal hazards and adaptation planning.</p>
<p><strong>Long</strong> - Work to assist the adaptation of coastal populations to projected climatic change using the powerful decision support provided by geospatial technology.</p>
<h1 id="contact-info">Contact Info</h1>
<p><a href="mailto://[email protected]">scott.v.hatcher (at) gmail (dot) com</a></p>
<h1 id="projects">Projects</h1>
<h2 id="CCAF-report">Climate Change Adaptation Guidelines for Biosphere Reserves in Canada</h2>
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<img src="./web/img/CCAF_Inforgraphic_snip.png" alt="CCAF Adaptation Report Cover" />
<p class="caption">The report builds on the proceedings of the Climate Change Adaptation Forum held in Cape Breton in 2019.</p></div>
<p>I attended the Climate Change Adaptation Forum in the Bras D'Or Lakes Biosphere Reserve, and was hired by the reserve association to produce a report outlining guidelines for adaptation in Canada's UNESCO Biosphere Reserves. The report can be downloaded from this <a href="https://wikimab.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/CC-Adaptation-Guidelines7504.pdf">link</a></p>
<h2 id="d-scanning-archaeological-rock-carvings">3D scanning archaeological rock carvings</h2>
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<img src="./web/img/chatham1.png" alt="Stitched panorama showing the archaeological rock carving face" />
<p class="caption">Stitched panorama showing the archaeological rock carving face</p>
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<img src="./web/img/chatham4.png" alt="The original data, as well as the manual interpretation of the carvings" />
<p class="caption">The original data, as well as the manual interpretation of the carvings</p>
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<img src="./web/img/chatham3.png" alt="Attempts at automatically segmenting the image to follow the carvings" />
<p class="caption">Attempts at automatically segmenting the image to follow the carvings</p>
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<p>For the purpose of preservation, as well as to facilitate analysis, some rock carvings made on the face of a cave were scanned at very high resolution using a white-light scanner. The carvings are located on the Chatham Islands, which are a group of islands east of New Zealand. This was done by the Archaeology and Surveying departments of the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. My job was to attempt to automate the process of detecting the carvings from the surveying data in order to quickly map their layout on the carving face.</p>
<ul>
<li>Age of the rock face carvings: ~300 years</li>
<li>Total number of individual survey points taken by the scanner: > 100 million</li>
<li>Poster: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/jbat6o8cva9fz4x/SVHatcher_ESASummerSchool_poster.pdf?dl=0">Download link</a></li>
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<h2 id="storm-effects-on-an-urban-coastal-dune">Storm effects on an urban coastal dune</h2>
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<img src="./web/img/dunedin1.png" alt="Instrument positions for measuring sand movement over the dune" />
<p class="caption">Instrument positions for measuring sand movement over the dune</p>
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<img src="./web/img/dunedin2.png" alt="Measured sediment flux in the sand traps" />
<p class="caption">Measured sediment flux in the sand traps</p>
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<img src="./web/img/dunedin3.png" alt="Measured wind velocities and directions over the dune" />
<p class="caption">Measured wind velocities and directions over the dune</p>
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<p>I was involved in a project that aimed to quantify the effect of highly oblique winds in transporting sand over a coastal dune. This coastal dune, located on the southern coast of Dunedin, New Zealand, is adjacent to municipal lands, and is bordered by a large road made of backfill. The project used in situ measurement techniques to quantify the effects of steering and acceleration of the regional winds due to the local topography of the dune.</p>
<ul>
<li>Published proceedings: <a href="http://www.jcronline.org/doi/pdf/10.2112/SI75-059.1">download link</a></li>
<li>Maximum measured sand movement: 1200 kg/hr/m^2 (about a bathtub every hour)</li>
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<h2 id="cancoast---providing-a-national-estimate-of-coastal-vulnerability">CanCoast - providing a national estimate of coastal vulnerability</h2>
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<img src="./web/img/CanCoast_CSI2.png" alt="Results of the CanCoast coastal sensitivity index analysis" />
<p class="caption">Results of the CanCoast coastal sensitivity index analysis</p>
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<p>The goal of the CanCoast project is to improve upon the existing Coastal Vulnerability Index (CVI) from Shaw et.al. (1998) using updated information on Geology, Coastline shape, permafrost, and socioeconomic variables. To do this, a GIS with all relevant layers was created, and then a new formula for calculating a vulnerability index was developed.</p>
<h2 id="assisting-coastal-planning-in-the-inuit-communities-of-northern-labrador-memorial-university-2012-2013">Assisting coastal planning in the Inuit communities of Northern Labrador (Memorial University, 2012-2013)</h2>
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<img src="./web/img/sci1.png" alt="Orthoview of derived DEM and bathymetry for Hopedale, Labrador" />
<p class="caption">Orthoview of derived DEM and bathymetry for Hopedale, Labrador</p>
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<p>The community plans for the Inuit towns within Nunatsiavut, in northern Labrador, rely on planners from Ottawa. This presents challenges when it comes to community assets that are cultural and unmapped. The planners wanted to incorporate this information into community plans, as well as fill in data gaps to do with projected climatic change. A partnership with Memorial University allowed this problem to be tackled.</p>
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<li>Population of Nunatsiavut: 2,160</li>
<li>Executive summary of project: <a href="http://nainresearchcentre.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/SakKija%CC%82nginnatuk-Nunalik_Learning-from-the-coast-executive-summary_low-res.pdf">download link</a></li>
<li>Poster: <a href="http://nainresearchcentre.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/ArcticNetPoster_finalWeb.pdf">download link</a></li>
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<h2 id="coastal-hazards-in-a-rapidly-expanding-arctic-urban-centre-m.sc.-2011-2013">Coastal Hazards in a rapidly expanding Arctic urban centre (M.Sc. 2011-2013)</h2>
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<img src="./web/img/iqaluit1.png" alt="Illustration showing the layout of the Koojesse Inlet tidal flats" />
<p class="caption">Illustration showing the layout of the Koojesse Inlet tidal flats</p>
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<img src="./web/img/iqaluit2.png" alt="Illustration showing the proposed evolution of the tidal flats" />
<p class="caption">Illustration showing the proposed evolution of the tidal flats</p>
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<img src="./web/img/arctic2.png" alt="Map showing the incursion of water onto the shoreline of Iqaluit based on projected SLR scenarios" />
<p class="caption">Map showing the incursion of water onto the shoreline of Iqaluit based on projected SLR scenarios</p>
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<p>The city of Iqaluit needed an assessment of coastal hazards within Koojesse Inlet, the main inlet servicing the city, in order to incorporate proper planning into its five year plan, as well as it's long-term climate change adaptation plan.</p>
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<li>Published journal article: <a href="http://arctic.journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/arctic/index.php/arctic/article/view/4526">download link</a></li>
<li>Published GSC Open-File report: <a href="http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2016/rncan-nrcan/M183-2-7653-eng.pdf">download link</a></li>
<li>Vertical height of tides in Koojesse Inlet: 12.3 m</li>
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<h2 id="underwater-photogrammetry-at-the-centre-of-geographic-sciences">Underwater photogrammetry at the Centre of Geographic Sciences</h2>
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<img src="./web/img/und_photogrammetry1.jpg" alt="Underwater photogrammetry" />
<p class="caption">Underwater photogrammetry</p>
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<p>As part of my final project I attempted a 3D model of a scuba tank underwater using oblqiue photogrammetry. This is very common place now (structure from motion has advanced rapidly since then), but at the time I had a lot of fun diving into new avenues of photogrammetry.</p>
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<li>Depth of water: 3 m</li>
<li>Camera used: Canon 20D, Sigma 10-22mm lens</li>
<li>Practical use for a 3D model of a scuba tank: None</li>
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<h2 id="revisiting-the-story-of-hippalus-the-great-ancient-navigator-b.a.-in-history-2005-2009">Revisiting the story of Hippalus, the great ancient navigator (B.A. in History, 2005-2009)</h2>
<p>Hippalus has retained a seat in those remembered from ancient history as a great navigator. It was he who cleverly began sailing due East once leaving the Gulf of Aden and arriving on the Western coast of India, when all others assumed this would be a suicide mission. His fame even gave his name to monsoon winds that made his feat possible. The evidence we have, however, for his existence is faint, but his story could help elucidate the way mythology shaped the ancient Graeco-Roman world.</p>
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<li>Time of the year the "Hippalus wind blows":</li>
<li>Distance of the journey from the Gulf of Aden to Mumbai:</li>
<li>Total number of times Hippalus is mentioned in the primary sources:</li>
<li><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/ScottHatcher5/the-birth-of-the-monsoon-winds">Slideshare presentation link</a></li>
<li>Published journal article: <a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1179/0082288413Z.00000000015">download link</a></li>
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<h2 id="personal-photography">Personal photography</h2>
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<img src="./web/img/lightbox.png" alt="Lightbox Image" />
<p class="caption">Lightbox Image</p>
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<p>I am an amateur photographer, enjoying taking photos of nature and of funny situations. I keep my portfolio on <a href="https://www.flickr.com/gp/143183184@N04/yHT3X4">flickr</a></p>
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