Mike J Smith

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• Remote Sensing
• Internet GIS
• Contemporary Issues in GIS
• Demographics for Business and Public Administration
• GIS Enterprise and Project Management
• Geographical Information Systems
• Spatial Information Analysis and Modelling

• Visualisation of DEMs for landform mapping
• Different types of DEMs (e.g. radar, photogrammetry etc) and their effect on visualisation and modelling
• Error assessment for DEMs
• Ice sheet reconstructions, with particular research interests in Cumbria and Ireland

BSc (Honours) in Geography (Wales)
MSc in Geography (UBC)
PhD in Remote Sensing and Geography (Sheffield)

1999 - 2003 Visiting Lecturer in Geographical Information Systems, Luton University

• Kite-base remote sensing - exploring the use of kites as a platform for the acquisition of remotely sensed imagery.
• Remote sensing and digital terrain analysis of peat landslides and potentially unstable peatlands
• Reactivation of landslides on natural clay slopes due to climate change and assessment of impacts on built environments and infrastructure (the 'PUNCH' project)
• Compilation of historic striae measurements for Ireland and their use in detailing former ice sheet dynamics
• Loess spectroscopy and its use as a proxy for past climate change
• Adakitic magmatism and melt inclusions: investigating petrogenesis in the Cordillera Blanca, Peru.

Cookie Cutter: ArcGIS python script that calculates material volumes from a digital elevation model based upon an input shapefile with digitized outlines (polygons) of the features of interest. Three current versions:
ArcGIS 9.2
ArcGIS 9.3
Development

Chi-Square Test: software that calculates both the equal-probability and equal-interval methods of the chi-squared statistic for small samples. Originally programmed in 1994 using C for DOS. If there are compatibility issues with Windows then please run it using DOSBox. The ZIP file contains the last two versions of the source code, the compiled EXE, documentation (TXT and PDF) a sample data file. None of the documentation has been updated since 1994.
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Field Spectroscopy Data Processing (beta/developmental): a selection of R scripts designed to process field spectroscopy data. Specficically, there are 2 main scripts: (1) plotting correlgrams for raw and first derivative spectra and (2) calculation of continuum removed spectra, with plots of BDNA and BDNC. The ZIP file contains the scripts themselves, explanatory text and some sample data. They are provided "as-is" and whilst the scripts have been bug tested, they may not operate as expected.
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Journal Articles

Smith, M.J. and Pain, C.F. (2009) "Applications of Remote Sensing in Geomorphology." Progress in Physical Geography, 33, 4, 568-582.

Smith, M.J. (in press) "Digital elevation models for research: UK data sets, copyright and derived products." Geological Society Special Publication

Smith, M.J. (2009) "Open Access Journal Publication: methods of implementation and copyright issues using the Journal of Maps as a case study." US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1385, 43-46.

Smith, M.J., Knight, J. and Field, K.S. (2009) "Glacial striae observations for Ireland compiled from historic records." US Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1385, 105-107.

Smith, M.J., Rose, J. and Gousie, M.B. (2009) "The Cookie Cutter: a method for obtaining a quantitative 3D description of glacial bedforms." Geomorphology, 108, 209-218

Smith, M.J., Chandler, J. and Rose, J. (2009) "High spatial resolution data acquisition for the geosciences: kite aerial photography." Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 34, 155-161.

Smith, M.J., Knight, J. and Field, K.S. (2008) "Glacial striae observations for Ireland compiled from historic records." Journal of Maps, v2008, 378-398.

Smith, M.J. (2008) "Editorial: Summary of activities 2008." Journal of Maps, v2008, 510-516.

Smith, M.J., Rose, J. and Lukas, S. (2008) "Editorial: Quaternary of the British Isles and Adjoining Seas." Journal of Maps, v2008, 290-298.

Paron, P. and Smith, M.J. (2008) "Editorial: Applied Geomorphological Mapping." Journal of Maps, v2008, 197-200.

Rose, J. and Smith, M.J. (2008) "Glacial geomorphological maps of the Glasgow region, western central Scotland." Journal of Maps, v2008, 399-416.

Hillier, J. and Smith, M.J. (2008) "Residual Relief Separation: DEM Enhancement for Geomorphological Mapping." Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 33, 2266-2276.

Smith, M.J. (2007) "Editorial: summary of activities 2004-2007", Journal of Maps, v2007, 368-376.

Smith, M.J. and Lynch, K. (2007) "Introduction to the Journal of Maps Student Edition", Journal of Maps Student Edition, v2007, 1-10.

Smith, M.J. and Wise, S.M. (2007) "Problems of bias in mapping linear landforms from satellite imagery." International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 9, 65-78.

Smith, M.J., Rose, J. and Booth, S. (2006) "Geomorphological mapping of glacial landforms from remotely sensed data: an evaluation of the principal data sources and an assessment of their quality." Geomorphology, 76, 148-165.

Smith, M.J. (2006) "The Journal of Maps: rationale for its establishment and review of initial operations" The Cartographic Journal, 43(1), 90-96.

Smith, M.J. (2005) "The Journal of Maps: an electronic journal for the presentation and dissemination of map based data." Journal of Maps, v2005, 1-6.

Smith, M.J. (2005) "Editorial" Journal of Maps, v2005, i-iv.

Smith, M.J. and Clark, C.D. (2005) "Methods for the visualisation of digital elevation models for landform mapping." Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 30, 7, 885-900.

Smith, M.J. (2004) "The Journal of Maps: an electronic journal for the presentation and dissemination of map based data." Geography, 89, 298-299.

Smith, M.J. and McClung, D.M. (1997) "Avalanche frequency and terrain characteristics at Rogers' Pass, British Columbia, Canada." Journal of Glaciology, 43(143), 165-171.

Smith, M.J. and McClung, D.M. (1997) "Characteristics and Prediction of High Frequency Avalanche Runout" Arctic and Alpine Research, 29(3), 352-357.

Conference Proceedings

Smith, M.J., Petford, N. and Xiao, L. (2006) "Planetary remote sensing and GIS: the convergence of software, techniques and data." 37th Lunar and Planetary Society Conference, paper 1675.

Smith, M.J. (2005) "Open access journal publication: methods of implementation and copyright issues" Society of Cartographers Bulletin, 39, 21-24.

Smith, M.J. and Kitmitto, K. (2002) "Landmap Strip Data: Planimetric and Height Quality Assessment." Proceedings of GIS Research UK 10th Annual Conference, 326-330.

Smith, M. J., Clark, C. D. and Wise, S. M. (2001) "Mapping glacial lineaments from satellite imagery: an assessment of the problems and development of best procedure." Slovak Geological Magazine, 7, 263-274.

Books and Reports

Smith, M.J., Paron, P. and Griffiths, J. eds. (in progress) "Geomorphological Mapping: a professional handbook of techniques and applications." Series Ed (Shroder, J.) Developments in Earth Surface Processes, Elsevier.

Smith, M.J. (2005) "Use Case Compendium of Derived Geospatial Data." Final report to the GRADE Project, pp80.

Smith, M.J., Dunlop, P. and Clark, C.D. (2006) "An overview of sub-glacial bedforms in Ireland, mapped from digital elevation data" in Knight, P. (ed) Glaciology and Earth's Changing Environment, Blackwell, p384-387.

Conference Presentations

Smith, M.J. and Stevens, T. (2009) "Loess spectroscopy and its use as a proxy for past climate change." Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society, Leicester, September 2009.

Glanfield, G. and Smith, M.J. (2009) "Assessment of automated and semi-automated methods of coastline extraction." Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society, Leicester, September 2009.

Grohmann, C.H., Smith, M.J. and Riccomini, C. (2009) "Multi-scale analysis of surface roughness." Geomorphometry, Zurich, August 2009.

Smith, M.J., Jordan, C. and Walsby, J.C. (2009) "Credit where credit's due: developing authorship strategies at the Journal of Maps." Digital Mapping Techniques, Morgantown, West Virginia, May 2009.

Smith, M.J., Rose, J. and Gousie, M.B. (2009) "The Cookie Cutter: a method for obtaining a quantitative 3D description of glacial bedforms." Digital Mapping Techniques, Morgantown, West Virginia, May 2009.

Xiao, L., Smith, M.J., Huang, J., He, Q. (2009) "Small shields swarms on Mars and Venus: surface manifestation of deep mantle plumes." EGU General Assembly, Vienna, April 2009.

Xiao, L., Smith, M.J., Huang, J., He, Q., Petford, N., Williams, D.A. And Greeley, R. (2009) "Volcanic features on the Syria-Thaumasia block, Mars: Implications for ancient martian volcanology." 40th Lunar and Planetary Society Conference.

Smith, M.J. and Knight, J. (2009) Objective glacial inversion: towards a quantitative identification of glacial flowsets. Drumlin Symposium, Westport, Ireland, March 2009.

Bryan, S.E., Cook, A., Evans, J., Colls, P., Hebden, K., Smith, M.J. and Hurrey, L. (2009) The 2006 Dacitic Eruption of Home Reef, Tonga: Birth and Death of a Volcanic Island and Pumice Raft Voyages. Seamounts '09 Workshop: Exploration, Biogeosciences and Fisheries, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, March 2009.

Smith, M.J. (2009) "Keeping an electronic eye on student attendance." Kingston University Teaching and Learning Conference, January 2009.

Smith, M.J. and Stevens, T. (2008) "Loess spectroscopy and its use as a proxy for past climate change." Geological Remote Sensing Group, London, December 2008.

Smith, M.J., Chandler, J. and Rose, J. (2008) "High spatial and temporal resolution data acquisition for the geosciences: kite aerial photography." Geological Remote Sensing Group, London, December 2008.

Smith, M.J., Knight, J. and Field, K.S. (2008) "Glacial striae observations of Ireland compiled from historic records." ESRI Europe, Middle East and Africa User Conference, London, October 2008.

Woods, M. and Smith, M.J. (2008) "Cartography - a discipline of two (merging?) halves." RGS-IBG Annual Conference, London, August 2008.

Pain, C., Paron, P. and Smith, M.J. (2008) "Applied Geomorphological Mapping (AppGeMa): a working group of the International Association of Geomorphologists." EGU General Assembly, Vienna, April 2008.

Smith, M.J. (2008) "Close range remote sensing: kite aerial photography." University of Nottingham, March 2008.

Smith, M.J., Knight, J. and Field, K.S. (2008) "Glacial striae observations of Ireland compiled from historic records." Quaternary Research Association, London, January 2008.

Smith, M.J., Grohmann, C.G. and Riccomini, C. (2007) "Multi-scale analysis of surface roughness." Geological Remote Sensing Group, London, December 2007.

Smith, M.J. (2007) "Close range remote sensing." Digital Imaging Research Centre, Kingston University, November 2007.

Smith, M.J., Knight, J. and Field, K.S. (2007) "Glacial striae observations of Ireland compiled from historic records." International Glaciological Society British Branch, Edinburgh, September 2007.

Smith, M.J. (2007) "Spaceborne DEMs: Earth and Mars." Society of Cartographers Annual Conference, Portsmouth, September 2007.

Smith, M.J. and Knight, J. (2007) "Glacial striae observations for Ireland compiled from historic records." INQUA Congress, Cairns, August 2007.

Smith, M.J., Knight, J. and Field, K.S. (2007) "Glacial striae observations for Ireland compiled from historic records." Proceedings of the 27th International ESRI User Conference, San Diego, June 2007.

Smith, M.J. (2007) "Open Access Journal Publication: methods of implementation and copyright issues using the Journal of Maps as a case study" Digital Mapping Techniques, Columbia, May 2007.

Smith, M.J., Knight, J. and Field, K. (2007) "Glacial striae observations for Ireland compiled from historic records." Digital Mapping Techniques, Columbia, May 2007.

Hillier, J. and Smith, M.J. (2007) "Landscape-analysis based visualization of drumlins." EGU General Assembly, Vienna, April 2007.

Smith, M.J. and Chandler, J. (2007) "Close-range remote sensing: high spatial and temporal resolution data acquisition for the geosciences." Middlesex University, London, March 2007.

Review: Chilton, S. (2007) Close range photogrammetry: kite based remote sensing. Society of Cartographers Newsletter, April, 18-19

Smith, M.J. and Chandler, J. (2006) "Close-range remote sensing: high spatial and temporal resolution data acquisition for the geosciences." Geological Remote Sensing Group, London, December 2006.

Harrison, S., Smith, M.J. and Petford, N. (2006) "The effects of different interpolation routines on the generation of DEMs from Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter data." Planetary Geosciences, London, November 2006.

Smith, M.J., Petford, N. and Xiao, L. (2006) "Planetary remote sensing and GIS: the convergence of software, techniques and data." Planetary Geosciences, London, November 2006.

Smith, M.J. (2006) "Spaceborne DEMs: Earth and Mars." AGI Annual Conference and Exhibition, London, September 2006.

Smith, M.J. and Chandler, J. (2006) "Close-range remote sensing: high spatial and temporal resolution data acquisition for the geosciences." Understanding a Changing World, RSPSoc 2006, Cambridge, September 2006.

Smith, M.J. (2006) "Close-range remote sensing: high spatial and temporal resolution data acquisition for the geosciences." China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, August 2006.

Smith, M.J., Rose, J. and Gousie, M.B. (2006) "A method of quantifying subglacial sediment transport / deformation." Geomorphology & Earth System Science, BGRG International Conference, Loughborough, June 2006.

Smith, M.J. (2006) "DEMs: UK data sets, copyright and derived products." Elevation Models for Geoscience, London, March 2006.

Smith, M.J. and Rose, J. (2006) "The Cookie Cutter: analysing surface morphology in previously glaciated terrain." Elevation Models for Geoscience, London, March 2006.

Rose, J., Smith, M.J. and Booth, S. (2006) "Geomorphological mapping of glacial landforms from remotely sensed data: an evaluation of the principal data sources and an assessment of their quality." Elevation Models for Geoscience, London, March 2006.

Smith, M.J., Rose, J. and Booth, S. (2005) "Geomorphological mapping of glacial landforms from remotely sensed data: a summary of the principal data sources and an assessment of their quality" Geological Remote Sensing Group, London, December 2005.

Smith, M.J. (2005) "Inter-planetry remote sensing: landform mapping on Mars." AGI Annual Conference and Exhibition, London, November 2005.

Smith, M.J. and Field, K.S. (2005) "GIS in the real world: Using mobile technology for large scale data acquisition." AGI Annual Conference and Exhibition, London, November 2005.

Smith, M.J. (2005) "Exploration of copyright issues pertaining to derived geospatial data: provision of end-use cases to the GRADE project" EDINA GRADE Project Meeting, Edinburgh.

Smith, M.J., Rose, J. and Booth, S. (2005) "Geomorphological mapping of glacial landforms from remotely sensed data: a summary of the principal data sources and an assessment of their quality" NEXTMap for NERC Science, British Geological Survey, Nottingham

Smith, M.J. and Field, K.S. (2005) "Open Access Journal Publication: methods of implementation and copyright issues using the Journal of Maps as a case study." British Cartographic Society Symposium, Plymouth

Smith, M.J. (2005) "Open Access Journal Publication: methods of implementation and copyright issues using the Journal of Maps as a case study." Society of Cartographers Annual Conference, Cambridge.

Review: Dobson, H. (2005) Session 8: The Way Forward. Society of Cartographers Newsletter, October, 19

Smith, M.J., Rose, J. and Booth, S. (2005) "Geomorphological mapping of glacial landforms from remotely sensed data: a summary of the principal data sources and an assessment of their quality" International Conference on Glacial Sedimentary Processes and Products, Aberystwyth.

Rose, J., Smith, M.J. and Booth, S. (2005) "Glacial geomorphological maps for the Glasgow region, Scotland." International Conference on Glacial Sedimentary Processes and Products, Aberystwyth.

Smith, M.J. (2004) "The Journal of Maps: an electronic journal for the presentation and dissemination of map based data" Geological Remote Sensing Group AGM, London.

Smith, M.J. (2004) "Exploration of environmental 3D data" AGI Show, Chelsea Village, London.

Smith, M.J. (2004) "The Journal of Maps: an electronic journal for the presentation and dissemination of map based data" British Branch Meeting, International Glaciological Society, Sheffield.

Smith, M.J. (2003) "Complex patterns of glaciation in Cumbria revealed through DEM mapping of sub-glacial bedforms" QRA Second International Post-Graduate Symposium, London

Smith, M.J. (2003) "Thematic Mapping of Crime" GeoSolutions, Earls Court, London.

Smith, M.J. and Kitmitto, K. (2002) "Landmap Strip Data: Planimetric and Height Quality Assessment." GIS Research UK 10th Annual Conference, Sheffield

Smith, M. J., Clark, C. D. and Wise, S. M. (2001) "Mapping glacial lineaments from satellite imagery: an assessment of the problems and development of best procedure." International Work Group on Geospatial Analysis of Glaciated Environments, Slovakia

Smith, M.J. and Clark, C.D. (2001) Comparison of pre-release Landmap DEM data of Ireland with Irish Ordnance Survey DEM data. First Annual Meeting of the Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society, London

Smith, M.J. (2001) "Landmap Quality Assessment: a topographic perspective." Geological Remote Sensing Group, Annual General Meeting, London

PhD Thesis

Smith, M.J. (2003) "Technical Developments for the Geomorphological Reconstruction of Palaeo Ice Sheets from Remotely Sensed Data" Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Geography, University of Sheffield.

MSc Thesis

Smith, M.J. (1995) "Frequency and terrain factors for high-frequency snow avalanche paths." Unpublished MSc Thesis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia.

Kingston University Research Development Fund: Funded Sabbatical. 2008, £7,500

HEFCE Capital Investment Fund: Leica ScanStation 2. 2008, £90,000 (Smith, M.J., Field, K. and Walford, N.)

NERC Field Spectroscopy Facility: Supply of GER1500. 2008, £14,848 (Smith, M.J. and Stevens, T.)

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) £6,332: PhD Research Fellowship. 2007, £6,332 (Grohmann, C., Riccomini, C. and Smith, M.J.)

British Society for Geomorphology: Remote sensing of peatland instability. 2007, £200 (Dykes, A.P., Smith, M.J. and Bromhead, E.)

Go-Geo Project: Project Partner. 2006, £2000

GRADE Project: Project Partner. 2005, £2000

Nuffield Science Bursary: Change Detection using Differential Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar. 2008, £1,440 (Buchanan, P.. and Smith, M.J.)

Rufford Foundation: Mapping Armenian Deforestation. 2005, £5000 (Asryan, A. and Smith, M.J.)

HEFCE Promising Researcher Fellowship: 6 month sabbatical with Royal Holloway, University of London. 2004, £7,500

HEFCE Staff Development Initiative:
• Python for Programmers, Linux Emporium. 2009, £1245
• Introduction to Field Spectroscopy, NERC Field Spectroscopy Facility. 2009, £306
• Introduction to Geoprocessing Scripts using Python, ESRI UK. 2008, £455
• Field Spectroscopy, NERC Field Spectroscopy Facility. 2007, £200
• Professional Speaking Training Course. 2006, £812
• Attendance of SoTL. 2006, £280
• Mobile Technology in Fieldwork Year 3. 2004, £2630 (Smith, M., Field, K., Walford, N. and Treloar, P.)
• Mobile Technology in Fieldwork Year 2. 2004, £1000 (Grocott, J., Lynch, K., Field, K. and Smith, M.J.)
• GIS Staff Technical Training. 2004, £3000 (Smith, M.J., Field, K., Morad, M., Walford, N., Connolly, T. and Brown, M.)
• Distance Learning Materials Training. 2004, £1000 (Connolly, T., Smith, M.J., Field, K., Morad, M. and Walford, N.)
• attendance of "Statistics for Environmental Evaluation", University of Glasgow, 2003, £800
• Mobile Technology in Fieldwork Year 1. 2003, £1000 (Grocott, J., Lynch, K., Field, K. and Smith, M.J.)

HEFCE Teaching Quality Enhancement Fund - Development of a workflow for the distribution of videoed lectures. 2003, £500 (Smith, M.J. and Urwin, V.)

PhD Students

Beverley Coldwell (2008) Melt inclusions, adakite magmatism and Au-mineralisation: Cordillera Blanca, Peru

Paul Goldsmith (2008) Remote sensing the radionuclide-contaminated Belarusian landscape

Milica Williams Metallogenic evolution of the Dinaride Zone of the Balkan Province
Second Supervisor

Research Masters Students

Ray Keeling A hazard evaluation of very large-scale lahars at Mount Shasta, northern California
Second Supervisor

Founding Editor and Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Maps

Editorial Board: Kingston University Research & Innovation Reports

Vice-Chair Working Group on Applied Geomorphological Mapping

Organising Committee, Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society 2005 Annual Conference

Interviewed for the The Guardian: Cross, M. (2007) "New study casts doubt on Ordnance Survey's copyright control." The Guardian, Technology Section, 5th April, 3.
Commentary: Go-Geo! Metadata News Issue 3; August 2007

• Dr Doreen Boyd, University of Nottingham
• Dr Jim Chandler, University of Loughborough
• Dr Alan Flowers, School of Life Sciences, Kingston University
• Dr Michael Gousie, Wheaton College
• Dr Carlos Grohmann, University of Sao Paolo
• Dr Gordon Hunter, Faculty of Computing, Information Systems and Mathematics, Kingston University
• Dr John Hillier, Cambridge University
• Dr Jasper Knight, University of Exeter
• Professor Jim Rose, Royal Holloway, University of London
• Ray Keeling, CEESR
• Milica Williams, CEESR

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