Jonathan Lamont Batchelor

Remote Sensing Geek that dabbles in fire ecology, wildlife habitat characterizations, and restoration processes.

I am a Postdoctoral scholar at the University of Washington in the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences.

I specialize in fine-scale remote sensing technologies such as drone-based digital aerial photogrammetry and terrestrial lidar. Trees, drones, and lidar points galore! Using fine-scale remote sensing techniques to quantify processes and change at a local level to then develop models for landscape-level characterization of vegetation structure regarding fire effects and habitat. Most of my work is taking characterizations of forest structure from field-sampled remote sensing techniques and upscaling them to a landscape level using aerial lidar, aerial imagery, and satellite imagery.

Make sure to check out the visualizations tab. I have lots of really cool 2D terrestrial lidar scans up there along with drone digital aerial photogrammetry products and lidar point clouds that you can manipulate through the website interface! I am constantly updating and adding new info and visualizations to this site so check back often!

New! Check out the 3D Track and Sign tab. Working with Ash Woods we are creating a catalog of lidar-scanned animal tracks and signs. The project is just beginning and we will be adding much more in the upcoming weeks.