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Seaside Chats

Stitching It Together: Photogrammetry and Photomosaics

February 4, 2026

2:30 pm Hawaii | 4:30 pm Pacific | 6:30 pm Central | 7:30 pm Eastern

Coral reef monitoring through photography is a long-standing tradition at NOAA’s Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, with data collected for over 30 years. As technology advances, the sanctuary’s research team is introducing modeling methods through photogrammetry to enhance their long-term monitoring efforts. Donavon French, Research Specialist, Cardinal Point Captains for Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary is leading up the effort to better understand the health of the reef by stitching photos together to get a 3-D view and larger-scale 2-D images of the reef.

Seaside Chats is an annual speaker series about ocean science and conservation topics associated with Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. These presentations take place on Wednesday evenings in February, from 6:30-7:30 p.m. (Central Time).

The National Marine Sanctuaries Webinar Series provides formal and informal educators, students, and the interested public with educational and scientific expertise, resources, and training to support ocean literacy in the classroom. You can also visit the archives of the webinar series to catch up on presentations you may have missed here.

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. The Webinar ID is 438-162-739.