Hoskins, Susan B
Senior Extension Associate
The tools and products of remote sensing provide valuable information for environmental problem solving and engaging educational materials. With 20 years experience in the field of aerial photograph interpretation and mapping, my focus is to introduce and advance the understanding and use of these tools and resources to audiences including environmental professionals, resource managers, educators and youth.
research
research and scholarship focus
Since 1995, the Resource Inventory and Analysis Program has been developing and applying methods for mapping Hudson River wetland environments from aerial photographs. A second focus area is research and development of mapping standards for the Agricultural Districts Program for providing support statewide to counties participating in program.
primary investigator of
- AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS MAPPING PROGRAM | Research Grant
co investigator of
research areas
- adult and extension education | collaborative research area (CALS)
- aquatic science | collaborative research area (CALS)
- environmental sciences | collaborative research area (CALS)
- information science | collaborative research area (CALS)
- land use | collaborative research area (CALS)
- natural resources | collaborative research area (CALS)
- resource policy and management | collaborative research area (CALS)
- science education | collaborative research area (CALS)
- teacher education | collaborative research area (CALS)
- watershed science | collaborative research area (CALS)
affiliations
academic staff in
- Crop and Soil Sciences (CSS) | Cornell department
teaching
teaches
- CEE 4110 - Resource Inventory Methods (MW 09:05:AM-09:55:AM) | spring 2009 class
- CSS 4110 - Resource Inventory Methods (MW 09:05:AM-09:55:AM) | spring 2009 class
service
outreach focus
Extension and outreach activities focus on hands-on workshops using the tools of remote sensing and mapping sciences - especially aerial photographs, both recent and historic to explore and analyze changing landscapes.
Keywords: aerial photographs, agricultural district maps, airphoto interpretation, geographic information systems, geospatial sciences, GIS, global positioning system, hudson river estuary, image analysis, land use/land cover mapping, remote sensing, resource inventory, resource inventory and analysis program, spatial data literacy, submerged aquatic vegetation, wetland mapping