Seminar Dates: November 5, 2026 1:00 PM
Seminar Cost: $35.00 Register Now
Seminar Description:
Explore how drone technology can support more efficient project management across landscape management. This seminar will cover practical applications for surveying and documenting properties, inspecting landscape conditions, capturing site data, and using aerial information to better understand, plan, and manage landscape projects. Attendees will gain insight into how drones can enhance visibility, improve documentation, support decision-making, and help manage properties and projects more effectively.
Learning Objectives:
1) Identify practical applications of drone technology in landscape management.
2) Describe how aerial data and imagery can improve project planning, documentation, and decision-making throughout the management of landscape projects.
3) Recognize opportunities to use drone technology to improve efficiency, visibility, and ongoing property and project management.
Jay Seidel
Fullerton College
Jay Seidel is a professor and director of the Fullerton Drone Lab at Fullerton College. He is a Part 107-certified UAS pilot and has been flying drones since 2016. He is an AUVSI TOP (Level 3) UAV Instructor, a Skydio Certified Instructor, and helped the Fullerton Drone Lab become an ASTM Certified Training Center when he started developing it in 2018.
Jay is a representative of the FAA’s Safety Team, serving as the Drone Pro for Orange and Los Angeles counties, working from the Long Beach Flight Standards District Office (FSDO). He regularly speaks to communities across Southern California about drone safety and education. He is also a certified master thermographer by the Infrared Training Center and trains students on acquiring and interpreting thermal images and data.
He authored the textbook Drones: Training and Applications to Digital Imaging (now in its fifth edition) and has served as a guest speaker and trainer at industry workshops and conferences. He served as the first president of the AUVSI California Chapter for four years and helped establish the chapter in the Golden State. The association focuses on advancing uncrewed systems and robotics and represents corporations and professionals in defense, civil, and commercial markets across California.
He served 12 years in the U.S. Army and the California Army National Guard, where he worked as a combat engineer at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and as a photojournalist at Los Alamitos, California. He earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism from Cal State Long Beach and his master’s degree in communications from Cal State Fullerton. He also teaches drone courses at Cal State Long Beach and Cal State Channel Islands. He has provided drone workshops at San Diego State University and various agencies across California.
