.. _introduction:

Order of business
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* Materials https://hobu.co/workshops/unavco/
* Follow along https://hobu.co/workshops/unavco/slides/
* PDF https://hobu.co/workshops/unavco/PDAL-UNAVCO-ShortCourse.pdf
* Links everywhere
* First time guinea pigs

Guinea Pigs
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    .. image:: ./img/guinea.gif

Goals
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* Walk out with the confidence that you can use this
  stuff to do things

* Walk out with materials and software

* Learn a bit too

Who are we
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* Howard Butler
* Pete Gadomski
* Dr. Craig Glennie

Howard Butler
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* Owns `Hobu, Inc.`_
* Develops open source GIS and LiDAR software
* Commits over 15 years
* Tweets @ http://twitter.com/howardbutler

.. _`Hobu, Inc.`: http://hobu.co

Pete Gadomski
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* Physical Scientist at CRREL
* Graduate student in Geosensing Systems Engineering and Sciences at UH
* Writes code, collects data
* https://github.com/gadomski

Dr. Craig Glennie
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* Co-PI National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM)
* University of Houston
* Formerly VP Engineering, Terrapoint

Next
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On to :ref:`lidar_intro`
