Dr Conor Cahalane
Biography
Dr Conor Cahalane is a Lecturer in Remote Sensing at the Department of Geography, Maynooth University. His background is in Geomatics, Applied Computing and Geocomputation. Dr Cahalane employs satellite, airborne and UAV remotely sensed data for coastal management, environmental protection, engineering works, forestry surveys and precision agriculture. Conor currently is collaborating with Ordnance Survey Ireland developing a method for automated change detection and map updating using multi-band aerial imagery. Dr Cahalane sits on council for the Society of Chartered Surveyors promoting RS and EO in the Geomatics community in Ireland and was also the Irish MC member on COST Actions ES1309, investigating recent advances in satellites, UAVs and optical sensors.
Research Interests
My interests encompass both land and marine - ranging from passive and active remote sensing technologies including multispectral, hyperspectral, thermal, LiDAR and SAR. I utilise data from satellite, airborne, unmanned platforms and terrestrial platforms and combine this data with other spatial data-sets for additional contextual information. Fusing data from multiple sensors on a single platform is a major focus of our research.
Peer Reviewed Journal
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2020 | Cahalane C, Monteys X, Magee A, Hanafin J, Harris P, McCarthy T (2020) 'Studying Submarine Geomorphology in an INFOMAR Priority Bay through the application of Remote Sensing Techniques'. Irish Geography, 53 (1):43-57. [Link] http://dx.doi.org/10.2014/igj.v53i1.1410 | |
2020 | Suo C.;McGovern E.;Gilmer A.;Cahalane C. (2020) 'A comparison of high-end methods for topographic modelling of a coastal dune complex'. Journal of Coastal Conservation, 24 (4). [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2020 | Rob O’Hara, Stuart Green, Tim McCarthy, Conor Cahalane, Owen Fenton, Pat Tuohy (2020) 'Identifying artificially drained pasture soils using machine learning and Earth observation imagery'. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 14 (3):1-16. [Link] [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2020 | Casal G.;Hedley J.D.;Monteys X.;Harris P.;Cahalane C.;McCarthy T. (2020) 'Satellite-derived bathymetry in optically complex waters using a model inversion approach and Sentinel-2 data'. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 241 . [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2019 | Casal, G;Harris, P;Monteys, X;Hedley, J;Cahalane, C;McCarthy, T (2019) 'Understanding satellite-derived bathymetry using Sentinel 2 imagery and spatial prediction models'. GIScience and Remote Sensing, . [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2019 | Kumar P.;Lewis P.;Cahalane C.;Peters S. (2019) 'Spatially optimised retrieval of 3D point cloud data from a geospatial database for road median extraction'. Journal of Spatial Science, . [DOI] | |
2019 | Cahalane C.;Magee A.;Monteys X.;Casal G.;Hanafin J.;Harris P. (2019) 'A comparison of Landsat 8, RapidEye and Pleiades products for improving empirical predictions of satellite-derived bathymetry'. Remote Sensing of Environment, 233 . [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2018 | Casal G.;Monteys X.;Hedley J.;Harris P.;Cahalane C.;McCarthy T. (2018) 'Assessment of empirical algorithms for bathymetry extraction using Sentinel-2 data'. International Journal for Remote Sensing, . [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2017 | Cahalane, C; Walsh, D.; Magee, A.; Mannion, S.; Lewis, P.; McCarthy, T (2017) 'Sensor Pods: Multi-Resolution Surveys from a Light Aircraft'. Inventions, . [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2017 | Pforte, L; Brundson, C; Cahalane, C; Charlton, M (2017) 'Data imputation in a short-run space-time series: A Bayesian approach'. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, . https://doi.org/10.1177/0265813516688688 [Full-Text] | |
2016 | Cahalane C.;Lewis P.;McElhinney C.;McNerney E.;McCarthy T. (2016) 'Improving MMS performance during infrastructure surveys through geometry aided design'. Infrastructures, 1 (1). [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2016 | McCaul M.;Barland J.;Cleary J.;Cahalane C.;McCarthy T.;Diamond D. (2016) 'Combining remote temperature sensing with in-situ sensing to track marine/freshwater mixing dynamics'. Sensors, 16 (9). [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2015 | Cahalane C. (2015) 'Combining 2D mapping and low density elevation data in a GIS for GNSS shadow prediction'. Isprs International Journal Of Geo-Information, 4 (4):2769-2791. [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2015 | Cahalane, C;Lewis, P;McElhinney, CP;McCarthy, T (2015) 'Optimising Mobile Mapping System Laser Scanner Orientation'. Isprs International Journal Of Geo-Information, 4 :302-319. [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2015 | Monteys, X;Harris, P;Caloca, S;Cahalane, C (2015) 'Spatial Prediction of Coastal Bathymetry Based on Multispectral Satellite Imagery and Multibeam Data'. Remote Sensing, 7 :13782-13806. [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2014 | Cahalane, C;McElhinney, CP;Lewis, P;McCarthy, T (2014) 'MIMIC: An Innovative Methodology for Determining Mobile Laser Scanning System Point Density'. Remote Sensing, 6 :7857-7877. [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2014 | Cahalane, C;McElhinney, CP;Lewis, P;McCarthy, T (2014) 'Calculation of Target-Specific Point Distribution for 2D Mobile Laser Scanners'. Sensors, 14 :9471-9488. [DOI] [Full-Text] |
Other Journal
Year | Publication | |
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2021 | Lonergan, J., Behan, A., McNerney, L., Croasdell, A., McNerney, E., Rickard, A. and Cahalane, C (2021) 'Discovering Space' Surveyors Journal, 10 (4) :28-29. [Link] | |
2020 | Rickard, A., Behan, A., Lonergan, J., McNerney, L., Rickard, A., Croasdell, A., McNerney, E. and Cahalane, C (2020) '5*S: Space, Surveyors, Students: STEM and the Sustainable Development Goals' ETBI Journal of Education, 2 (1) :9-14. [Link] | |
2020 | Cahalane, C., Behan, A., Lonergan, J., McNerney, L., Rickard, A., Croasdell, A. and McNerney, E. (2020) 'Space, Surveyors and Students' Surveyors Journal, 10 (1) :26-27. [Link] | |
2016 | Cahalane, C., McGovern, E. and Behan, A. (2016) 'A flood of images' Surveyors Journal, . | |
2016 | Cahalane, C., Hanafin, J., Monteys, X. (2016) 'Improving Satellite Derived Bathymetry' Hydro International, . [Link] [Full-Text] | |
2016 | Cahalane, C., McGovern, E. and Behan, A. (2016) 'Mapping Floods from Space' arXiv preprint arXiv:1609.07899, . [Full-Text] |
Conference Publication
Year | Publication | |
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2022 | Essel, B.; McDonal, J.; Bolger, M.; Cahalane, C. (2022) International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume XLIII-B2-2022 XXIV ISPRS Congress . In: ISPRS eds. INITIAL STUDY ASSESSING THE SUITABILITY OF DRONES WITH LOW-COST GNSS AND IMU FOR MAPPING OVER FEATURELESS TERRAIN USING DIRECT GEOREFERENCING Nice, France, [Link] | |
2017 | Monteys, X., Cahalane, C., Harris, P. and Hanafin, J. (2017) American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting (AGUFM17) Satellite derived bathymetry: mapping the Irish coastline New Orleans, 11/12/2017- 15/12/2017 | |
2014 | Charlton, M., Brunsdon, C., Cahalane, C., and Pforte, L. (2014) GIScience 2014, Vienna Estimating missing data in hierarchical space-time series with a short temporal extent [Full-Text] | |
2013 | Cahalane, C. and McCarthy, T. (2013) Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society Annual Conference UAS flight planning—An initial investigation into the influence of VTOL UAS mission parameters on orthomosaic and DSM accuracy | |
2012 | Cahalane, C and McCarthy, T and McElhinney, CP (2012) Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Computing for Geospatial Research and Applications, COM.Geo '12 MIMIC: Mobile mapping point density calculator [Full-Text] | |
2011 | Cahalane, C and McElhinney, CP and McCarthy, T (2011) MMT’11,‘The 7th International Symposium on Mobile Mapping Technology Calculating the Effect of Dual-Axis Scanner Rotations and Surface Orientation on Scan Profiles June 2011, Krakaw, Poland, [Full-Text] | |
2010 | Cahalane, C and McCarthy, T and McElhinney, CP (2010) Remote Sensing & Photogrammety Society Annual Conference - 'From the sea-bed to the cloudtops' Mobile mapping system performance : An initial investigation into the effect of vehicle speed on laser scan lines September 2010, Cork, Ireland, | |
2010 | Cahalane, C and McElhinney, CP and McCarthy, T (2010) European laser Mapping Forum - 'ELMF 2010' Mobile mapping system performance : An analysis of the effect of laser scanner configuration and vehicle velocity on scan profiles November 2010, The Hague, Holland, [Full-Text] | |
2010 | McElhinney, CP and Kumar, P and Cahalane, C and McCarthy, T (2010) ISPRS Commission V Technical Symposium Initial results from European Road Safety Inspection (EURSI) mobile mapping project [Full-Text] |
Conference Contribution
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Committees
Consultancy
Outreach Activities
Description | |
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Hydro International Publication | |
Surveyors Journal Publication on Flood Mapping from Space [Link] | |
Land Journal Publication on flood mapping from space [Link] | |
Presentation on Earth Observation and Remote Sensing for Agriculture and Flooding | |
Presentation and outreach at National Ploughing Championships 2016 showcasing EO and RS for agriculture. | |
Alumni publication showcasing EO in Ireland [Link] | |
Annual interview on national radio discussing 'the science of christmas' from a mapping perspective. | |
Co-Organiser and Co-Chair, 8th Irish Earth Observation Symposium: 2 day event, 200+ national and international attendees (ESA, Google, EARSC, Skybox, Rasdaman GmbH, Trimble, Leica, TOPCON). Maynooth, Ireland, 2014. | |
A short piece i wrote on 'careers of the future' was picked up by a national newspaper. [Link] | |
A personal blog documenting my research and aimed at a non-specialist audience. [Link] | |
A personal twitter account charting my research and aimed at a non-specialist audience [Link] | |
Article in national newspaper in supplement on 'The Science of Christmas' [Link] |
Teaching Interests
Remote Sensing, Earth Observation, GIS, Surveying, Geomatics
Current Lecturing Commitment
GY641 Aerial Surveys and Drone Operations (10 ECTS)
GY642 Satellite Remote Sensing/ Earth Observation (20 ECTS)
GY643 Marine Remote Sensing - INFOMAR (10 ECTS)
GY314 Environmental Remote Sensing (5 ECTS)
GY638 GI In Practice (10 ECTS)
GY635 MSc Work Placement (10 ECTS)
GY205 UG Field Trip (5 ECTS)
Past Lecturing Experience
TU Dublin
SSPL2012 Photogrammetric Systems (5 ECTS)
SSPL3008 Remote Sensing (5 ECTS)
SSPL3108 Regional Plan (5 ECTS)
SSPL1010 Information Technology 2 (5 ECTS)
SSPL9077 Research Methods & Dissertn. (30 ECTS)
SSPL2007 Mathematical Methods 4 (5 ECTS)
CONS2009 Setting Out/Dimension Control (10 ECTS)
Maynooth University
GY633 - Digital Image processing (Lectures and practicals)
GY314 - Environmental Remote Sensing (Lectures and practicals)
GY603 - GIS for Climate Change (Lectures and practicals)
UCD
ZOOL40250 - Remote Sensing (module design, lectures and practicals)
Current Supervision Commitments
Supervisor 1 x PhD
Supervisory team on 2 x PhD
Supervisor of 2 x RA
Current Lecturing Commitment
GY641 Aerial Surveys and Drone Operations (10 ECTS)
GY642 Satellite Remote Sensing/ Earth Observation (20 ECTS)
GY643 Marine Remote Sensing - INFOMAR (10 ECTS)
GY314 Environmental Remote Sensing (5 ECTS)
GY638 GI In Practice (10 ECTS)
GY635 MSc Work Placement (10 ECTS)
GY205 UG Field Trip (5 ECTS)
Past Lecturing Experience
TU Dublin
SSPL2012 Photogrammetric Systems (5 ECTS)
SSPL3008 Remote Sensing (5 ECTS)
SSPL3108 Regional Plan (5 ECTS)
SSPL1010 Information Technology 2 (5 ECTS)
SSPL9077 Research Methods & Dissertn. (30 ECTS)
SSPL2007 Mathematical Methods 4 (5 ECTS)
CONS2009 Setting Out/Dimension Control (10 ECTS)
Maynooth University
GY633 - Digital Image processing (Lectures and practicals)
GY314 - Environmental Remote Sensing (Lectures and practicals)
GY603 - GIS for Climate Change (Lectures and practicals)
UCD
ZOOL40250 - Remote Sensing (module design, lectures and practicals)
Current Supervision Commitments
Supervisor 1 x PhD
Supervisory team on 2 x PhD
Supervisor of 2 x RA