Brandon J. Vogt
Brandon earned his BS from the University of Missouri, Columbia and his MA and PhD from Arizona State University. He enjoys music, mountains, thunderstorms, snow, sandstone, photography, cycling, camping, traveling, coffee, and anything Colorado.
He teaches courses in introductory geospatial technologies, physical geography, geomorphology, geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing, digital image processing, and a snowpack assessment field course in Silverton, Colorado.
Brandon's research interests rest in geomorphology, geomorphometry, lidar, lightning, and applied geography education. He blends these interests as he explores interactions between natural / physical processes and complex landsurfaces. He maintains the Geomorphology Research Lab, a place well-equipped for collaborative, multi-disciplinary research.
In 2012, Brandon is working on projects that explore lightning activity in mid-latitude mountains. Also, using airborne lidar data and traditional field methods, he is working with GES colleagues to map glacial moraines on Pikes Peak.
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Granite, Yosemite NP, Calif. |
Double rainbow, Grand Lake, Colo. |
Tafoni, southeast Colo. |
Some helpful GIS stuff:
- How to convert USGS airborne lidar .las files (from USGS' CLICK) to DEMs and TINs in ArcMap 10
- How to convert Geocomm.com 1:24K USGS DEMs to GRID or TIFF format, readable in ArcMap 10
Leica-Geosystems TruViews:
- Sections of UCCS campus in 3D (viewer requires IE plugin)