American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing - ASPRS

DUE TONIGHT at 11:59 pm (ET)!

Don’t wait until the last minute to submit your abstracts.

Details on our website: www.ASPRS.org

The ASPRS Office will be closed on September 2nd, for Labor Day.

We hope you all have a safe and wonderful weekend!

📅 ASPRS September calendar is out - go ahead and mark your calendars!

💬 Some of the meetings have new date/time.
⌚ Times listed are Eastern Time.
📩 Contact [email protected] for meeting link.

⏱ You have 9️⃣ days left to submit your abstracts!

🌞 ASPRS is soliciting abstracts for the 2024 International Technical Symposium (Virtual)!

📝 Presentation topics:
● Innovative approaches to acquisition of remote sensing and geospatial data.
● Practical applications of remote sensing and geospatial data
● Remote sensing data management and processing
● Decision-making based on remote sensing and geospatial data at the local, state, and federal level

📝 Presentation type:
▪ 15-minute Oral Presentation
▪ 5-minute Ignite-Style talk
▪ Poster

To find out more details or submit your abstract, click the link: https://my.asprs.org/2024Symposium/2024Symposium/Call-for-Abstracts.aspx?hkey=3c808643-9bff-47e4-8c06-1d51774a3d38

❓ Why start a Student Chapter ❓

👉 We can suggest so many reasons, but let's hear from one of the chapter presidents, Gilberto Maldonado, from ASPRS - CSU, Fresno Student Chapter.

🎤 "The best part of being a part of SAC is the opportunity to connect with like-minded students across the nation. Plus, as SAC members, we enjoy several benefits, such as volunteering opportunities to attend conferences and network with both students and professionals in our fields."

California State University, Fresno Student Chapter
President: Gilberto Maldonado
Vice-President: Claudia Luna
Secretary/Treasurer: Michael Fink, PMP
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Yushin Ahn

You can contact [email protected] for starting a Student Chapter in your organization.

Check out our website: https://community.asprs.org/sac/home

🎤 Did we hear you whisper "The summer is almost over and I am so excited to return to school, ready to learn and collaborate with fellow students who share the same passion."?

🔥 Check out this great opportunity for you and your friends! Invite 2 - 3 friends and a faculty advisor to start a student chapter. There are a lot of support to be successful from the ASPRS SAC (ASPRS Student Advisory Council), regions, and more!

📩 Contact Oscar Duran - Chair of SAC, or Gilberto Maldonado, the Deputy Chair of SAC at [email protected] with any questions or concerns. They would be happy to assist you.

🥁 We have extended the deadline for abstract submission 🥁 Submit your abstracts by September 1st!

🔔 ASPRS is soliciting abstracts for the 2024 International Technical Symposium (Virtual)!

📝 Presentation topics:
● Innovative approaches to acquisition of remote sensing and geospatial data.
● Practical applications of remote sensing and geospatial data
● Remote sensing data management and processing
● Decision-making based on remote sensing and geospatial data at the local, state, and federal level

📝 Presentation type:
▪ 15-minute Oral Presentation
▪ 5-minute Ignite-Style talk
▪ Poster

To find out more details or submit your abstract, click the link: https://my.asprs.org/2024Symposium/2024Symposium/Call-for-Abstracts.aspx?hkey=3c808643-9bff-47e4-8c06-1d51774a3d38

Did you register for the ASPRS Workshops at Commercial UAV Expo? We offer two workshops and you don't want to miss them!

📝 Workshop 1: Photogrammetric Mapping with UAS
💡 This workshop teaches the fundamentals of creating controlled map products and 3D models from UAS-mounted camera systems. Participants will learn to successfully design projects in accordance with ASPRS Positional Accuracy Standards, including flight planning, ground control placement, camera calibration, block adjustment, product generation, quality control, and accuracy assessment. These concepts will be taught with a software-agnostic approach that is applicable to any commercially available package. Topics covered in this workshop are representative of those included on the ASPRS Certified Technologist and Certified Mapping Scientist examinations.

📝 Workshop 2: Lidar Mapping with UAS
💡 This workshop teaches the fundamentals of creating controlled map products and 3D models from UAS-mounted lidar systems. Participants will learn to successfully design projects in accordance with ASPRS Positional Accuracy Standards, including flight planning, ground control placement, lidar system calibration, point cloud processing, product generation, quality control, and accuracy assessment. These concepts will be taught with a software-agnostic approach that is applicable to any commercially available package. Topics covered in this workshop are representative of those included on the ASPRS Certified Technologist and Certified Mapping Scientist examinations.

Click the link for more details and registration: https://www.expouav.com/workshops-demos/

🔊 ASPRS and the ASPRS Foundation Announce New Lyman Ladner Memorial Scholarship

The Awards Committee of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) and the ASPRS Foundation announce the new ASPRS Lyman Ladner Memorial Scholarship for the 2025 application cycle. The scholarship is fully endowed at the initial amount of $2,000, with potential for the award amount to grow in future years.

Lyman Ladner retired from the USGS Western Mapping Center (WMC) in 1995 after 32 years of service. Early in his career, Lyman became very interested in photogrammetry and took a leave of absence to study photogrammetry at ITC in The Netherlands. Upon his return to USGS, Lyman received his BS in mathematics from San Jose State University and studied analytical photogrammetry under Professor James M. Anderson at UC Berkley. Lyman later served as Chief of the WMC Technology Office, where he and his team were responsible for development of the Digital Orthophoto (DOQ) production software.

This development led to WMC becoming the DOQ Center for the USGS and eventually to the multi-agency National Digital Orthophoto Program. He was awarded the US Department of the Interior’s Meritorious Service Award for his efforts and, in 2020, he and his development team were recognized nationally by ASPRS with the Outstanding Technical Achievement Award. Lyman retired as the Assistant Chief of the WMC Research and Development Office.

This scholarship, to be awarded annually, is designed to recognize Lyman’s contribution to the photogrammetry profession and his devotion to ASPRS as an emeritus member. The purpose is to encourage undergraduate and graduate level college students to pursue a course of study in surveying and photogrammetry leading to a career in the geospatial mapping profession.

An eligible candidate who wishes to be considered for the scholarship must submit an on-line application that includes the following items:

To read more, go to our website:

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Cover description of the August issue of PE&RS.

Huge, thick ice sheets blanket much of the Antarctic continent. Amid all this ice, numerous volcanoes dot the landscape. Many are partially buried, with only their tops exposed above the ice sheet’s surface—that is, except for Mount Siple. This stately island volcano stands in full view, from sea level to its summit elevation of more than 3,100 meters (10,000 feet).

The OLI-2 (Operational Land Imager-2) on Landsat 9 captured the image of Mount Siple, cover, on February 26, 2024. Sunlight reflects from the snowy, icy surfaces, including the Getz Ice Shelf, which separates the volcano from mainland West Antarctica.

Mount Siple and other Antarctic volcanoes are located in a remote, extreme environment, making them a challenge for scientists to study and monitor. However, remote sensing can help. During the dark winter months, satellite sensors cannot collect the light needed for natural-color images like the cover image, but there are other ways to “see” in the dark.

This false-color image, above, was acquired by the VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) on the Suomi NPP satellite. It shows a wider view of Mount Siple and mainland Antarctica on June 9, 2024, during the Antarctic winter. The image was overlaid on data from the Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica (REMA) to give a sense of the topography.

The colors in this image represent brightness temperature, which is useful for distinguishing the relative warmth (orange and pink) or coolness (purple and blue) of various features. Here, clouds appear cooler than the underlying icy surfaces.

Read more on our website (Membership required for full access).

Both images can be viewed online by visiting the Landsat Image Gallery, https:// landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/, image id 152988.

💡 Extend your impact by publishing a Highlight/Feature Article in PE&RS. 💡

✒ Highlight/Feature Articles are semi-technical or non-technical and intended for a broader audience within the geospatial community. These articles should interest readers with a diverse level of geospatial knowledge and address topics of broad interest. Highlight/Feature Articles will not be peer-reviewed and should not contain a lengthy list of references or equations. They should contain imagery that will be used throughout the article.

✒ Publishing in PE&RS brings recognition to the writer, their company or agency. Demonstrating experience and expertise in geospatial information technology enhances the geospatial community.

🔔 For a limited time, ASPRS Sustaining Members will receive a complimentary half-page advertisement for each article published in PE&RS. The complimentary advertisement can be used at the same time or saved for a future issue.

✉ Contact Rae Kelley, Director of Publications at [email protected], to submit an abstract and discuss further.

We would love for you to join our meetings!

Email [email protected] for the meeting link.
*Times listed below are Eastern Time.

Don't miss out! Our Call for Speakers closes this Friday! We're looking for examples of cutting-edge digitization projects, unique lidar applications, innovative digital workflows for complex built-world projects, and more! Submit your proposal today!

Learn More: https://www.geo-week.com/call-for-speakers/

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🔔 REMINDER 🔔

Don't forget to join the live podcast TODAY at 1:00 PM (ET) / 10:00 AM (PT)!

Dr. Qassim Abdullah will discuss the ASPRS Positional Accuracy Standards for Digital Geospatial Data Edition 2, Version 2.

Zoom link can be found on our website: https://community.asprs.org/ecpc/home

🌟 ✨ Will you be attending the ESRI UC 2024 next week? ✨🌟

We’ll be offering an "ESRI UC SPECIAL" for everyone to participate, so make sure to visit our booth!

Hardcopy of the ASPRS Positional Accuracy Standards for Digital Geospatial Data Edition 2, Version 2 will be available this month!
Pre-order now on our bookstore: https://my.asprs.org/ASPRSMember/Store/StoreLayouts/Item_Detail.aspx?iProductCode=PAS2024&Category=PUB&WebsiteKey=9126ee3f-e9e1-43bd-a00c-0cfa63182579
*MyASPRS account is required to purchase.
Hardcopies will also be available at ESRI Bookstore next week at the ESRI UC in San Diego!

🔊 We are offering a unique sponsorship opportunity that can significantly boost your company's visibility and engagement within the geospatial community.

Would you be interested in sponsoring the ASPRS Mentors Podcast, an initiative of the ASPRS Early Career Professionals Council (ECPC)? Our podcast is designed to inspire and educate the next generation of geospatial professionals by featuring industry leaders who share their career journeys, insights, and advice.

💡Click the link for more information: https://conta.cc/3y0gnGK

Happy 4th of July!

🎉 Hello July🎉

The July issue of PE&RS is now accessible to all ASPRS members!

While the Arabian Peninsula is known for its vast deserts of sand, the area also contains extensive fields of lava. The western half of the peninsula contains at least 12 volcanic fields known as harrats. One such field is the 14,000-square-kilometer (5,400-square-mile) Harrat Khaybar, one of the largest in Saudi Arabia.

Harrat Khaybar was formed by eruptions over the past 5 million years along a 100-kilometer vent system that runs north-south. According to the Smithsonian’s Global Volcanism Program, the volcanic field is still active, and eight lava flows are less than 1,500 years old. The last known eruption was reported in Harrat Khaybar in the 7th century.

Three of the youngest volcanic vents in Harrat Khaybar can be seen in this image, acquired by the OLI-2 (Operational Land Imager-2) on Landsat 9. These volcanoes resulted from different eruptive styles: Jabal Qidr is a stratovolcano (or composite cone); Jabal Abyad is a felsic dome; and Jabal Bayda is a tuff cone.

Jabal Qidr, in the northern part of the volcanic field, is built from several generations of dark, basaltic lava flows. Qidr has a 400-meter-diameter summit crater and exhibits the textbook cone shape of a stratovolcano. This is the only stratovolcano in the harrats of western Saudi Arabia.

Jabal Abyad, in the center of the image, was formed from a more viscous, silica-rich lava classified as rhyolite. While Jabal Qidr exhibits the cone shape of a stratovolcano, Jabal Abyad is a lava dome—a rounded mass of thicker, more solidified lava flows. Abyad’s dome reaches over 2,090 meters above sea level, the highest elevation amongst all the surrounding harrats.

To the west of Jabal Abyad is Jabal Bayda, a tuff cone volcano with a much larger summit crater measuring 1,400 meters in diameter. Tuff cones form from the interaction of rising magma with water. When heated rapidly by lava, water turns to steam and expands violently, fragmenting the lava into plumes of very fine grains of ash.

Abyad and bayda are the masculine and feminine words for “white” in Arabic. The lighter color of these mountains comes from the ash of comenditic lavas that are rich with silica. The white and beige colors stand out against the darker basaltic lava of Qidr.

NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Emily Cassidy.

The image can be viewed online by visiting the Landsat Image Gallery, https:// landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/, image id 152839.

Baton Rouge, LA June 28, 2024: The American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) is pleased to announce adoption of the Positional Accuracy Standards for Geospatial Data, Edition 2, Version 2 (2024), which includes important modifications and additions to Edition 2, Version 1 published in August 2023.

Edition 2, Version 2 introduces four new addenda for:
a. Mapping with Lidar.
b. Mapping with Photogrammetry.
c. Mapping with Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS).
d. Mapping with Oblique Imagery.

Together with the two addenda that were published in Edition 2, Version 1.0, the Standards offer the mapping community with six addenda detailing guidelines and best practices to help the practitioners perform mapping and create geospatial products that comply with the adopted Standards.

Edition 2, Version 2 was adopted after a formal public review period ending April 26, 2024. Public comments were incorporated into the final version adopted by the ASPRS Board of Directors on June 24, 2024.

“The publication of this new edition of the accuracy standards came in response to evolving technologies and industry needs. It will have a positive and lasting impact on geospatial capabilities and all who benefit from these services, here in the United States of America and worldwide. It is a history-making accomplishment that we should all be proud of” said Dr. Qassim Abdullah, Vice President and Chief Scientist of Woolpert, who led the ASPRS Positional Accuracy Standards Working Group. “We are fortunate to have among our members such talented and willing volunteers who worked hard during the last two years to update these important Standards. This latest version represents a collaborative effort by 40 subject matter experts representing public, private, and academic sectors.” said Bandana Kar, Ph.D., ASPRS President.

Click the link to read more: https://conta.cc/3RMHFXP

📅 Mark your calendars 📅

Check out the event/meeting calendar for July! Some of the regional meetings are open to members only, but most of our meetings are open to non-members as well.

Get involved, and get to know our amazing leaders and members!

Please contact [email protected] for the meeting link. Times listed are Eastern time.

🔔 Upcoming Webinar Invitation from the ASPRS Bathy Working Group! 🔔

📅 July 12th, (Friday) at 3:00 PM (ET). Dr. Christopher Parrish will be the presenter for this webinar.

📍 Join the BWG community page for the meeting link. https://community.asprs.org/wg-bathymetry/events/event-description?CalendarEventKey=7cd4f966-5bb1-4dac-bc73-01905a6036c7&CommunityKey=7cbc1075-a5c5-4b02-9b3a-0185acea9696&Home=%2fwg-bathymetry%2fdo-not-delete%2fcommunities%2fcommunity-home

Are you attending the Commercial UAV Expo this year?

Don't miss the workshops hosted by ASPRS!

Workshop 1: Photogrammetric Mapping with UAS, instructed by Michael Detwiler, PLS, CP.

Workshop 2: Lidar Mapping with UAS, instructed by Ravi Soneja, CMT-Lidar.

Check out the details here: https://www.expouav.com/workshops-demos/

Join the ECPC Mentors Podcast today at 1:00 PM ET! Today's special mentor is Karen Schuckman! Zoom link can be found on the website here https://community.asprs.org/ecpc/home

The Call for Speakers is now open for Geo Week and the ASPRS Annual Conference. By filling out the submission form, you will be considered for sessions hosted by either Geo Week or ASPRS. If accepted, your presentation will be matched to the session that is best fit for the content.

We invite you to submit the following topic areas:

· Aerial Lidar and Data Acquisition
· Reality Capture
· Emerging Technologies
· Data Visualization
· Topobathymetry
· SLAM / Mobile Mapping
· Digital AEC Workflows
· Digital Twins
· Photogrammetry
· Data Integration and Management
· Point Cloud Processing
· AI and Machine Learning
· Automation / Robotics
· Sustainability
· UAV / UAS Applications
· Using Technology in Infrastructure Projects

For details or to submit your Abstract, go to https://www.geo-week.com/call-for-speakers/

🔊 Are you ready to showcase your research? 🔊

🔔 ASPRS is soliciting abstracts for the 2024 International Technical Symposium (Virtual)!

📝 Presentation topics:
● Innovative approaches to acquisition of remote sensing and geospatial data
● Practical applications of remote sensing and geospatial data
● Remote sensing data management and processing
● Decision-making based on remote sensing and geospatial data at the local, state, and federal level

📝 Presentation type:
▪ 15-minute Oral Presentation
▪ 5-minute Ignite-Style talk
▪ Poster

To find out more details or submit your abstract, click the link: https://my.asprs.org/2024Symposium/2024Symposium/Call-for-Abstracts.aspx?hkey=3c808643-9bff-47e4-8c06-1d51774a3d38

Happy Friday! We are already a week into June, but check out our meeting/event calendar for this month. Those meetings listed are open to everyone (you'd have to be a member for some regions' meetings), so if you are interested in joining, contact [email protected] for the meeting link.

💡 JUNE is here! Our members can access the June issue of PE&RS now 💡

A slow-moving storm system pummeled the United Arab Emirates and dropped more than a year’s worth of rain on some cities in April 2024. Heavy rain triggered flash flooding across eastern parts of the country, inundating roads and disrupting transportation.

The system first hit Oman on April 14 and continued to batter the UAE through most of the day on April 16. Michael Mann, a climate scientist at the University of Pennsylvania, told the Associated Press that three low-pressure systems formed a train of storms slowly moving along the jet stream—the river of air that moves weather systems—toward the Persian Gulf. The strong low-pressure system delivered multiple rounds of high winds and heavy rain to the northern and eastern parts of the country.

Some areas remained flooded on April 19, when Landsat 9 passed over the region for the first time since the storms. The image above (right), acquired that day with the satellite’s OLI-2 (Operational Land Imager 2), shows flooding in Jebel Ali, a town 35 kilometers (22 miles) southwest of Dubai. The image is false color (bands 6-5-3) to emphasize the presence of water, which appears blue. Flooding can be seen in the industrial area of Jebel Ali just south of the port and near the green resorts and parks south of Palm Jebel Ali.

Parts of Abu Dhabi, the UAE’s capital city, were also inundated by the storms. The Landsat 9 images above show the city and surrounding area on April 3 (left) and April 19 (right), before and after the storms. On April 19, water can be seen covering the Sheikh Zayed Road, a major thoroughfare that runs through Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Patches of flooded areas are also visible in Khalifa City and Zayed City, residential areas southeast of Abu Dhabi’s downtown.

The UAE’s National Center for Meteorology reported that eastern parts of the country measured up to 250 millimeters (10 inches) of rain in less than 24 hours. UAE, known for its dry desert climate, receives only about 140 to 200 millimeters (5.5 to 8 inches) of rainfall per year.

Dubai International Airport (northeast of these images) recorded 119 millimeters on April 16, which is 1.5 times its typical annual rainfall. The deluge temporarily halted flights at the airport, which is among the world’s busiest for international travel.

As of April 18, some of the UAE was working to recover from the flooding, according to news reports. Dubai’s international airport was reportedly still experiencing delays. NASA Earth Observatory images by Wanmei Liang, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Emily Cassidy.

All of the images can be viewed online by visiting the Landsat Image Gallery, https:// landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/, image id 152703.

The ASPRS Office will be closed May 24 (Fri) - May 27 (Mon).

We will be back open on May 28 (Tue).

Have a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend.