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For Immediate Release
Contact:Anna Marie Kinerney, Marketing/Meetings Manager
301-493-0290 ext.106; akinerney@asprs.org
Contact: Stewart Walker, LH Systems, LLC
858-675-3335 ext.112; walker@lh-systems.com
ASPRS, The Imaging and Geospatial Information Society, is very pleased to announce that its sustaining membership has unanimously elected George Southard to chair the ASPRS Sustaining Members Council.
The Council’s role is to provide ASPRS Officers and Directors with input on how the Society’s corporate members can make more of a contribution to the success of ASPRS in the national and international community. The Council will also advise ASPRS on how the Society can support its corporate members throughout the profession and industry.
Southard is a regional director with LH Systems and has overall responsibility for sales and support in the Americas of all LH Systems’ product lines. Southard has been with LH Systems since its formation in 1997 and before that with its parent company, Leica Geosystems, since 1993. His career in the field of geomatics began in 1977 and has included assignments as an aerial photographer, aerial photo lab manager, sales representative, business development manager and sales manager. He earned a Master’s Degree in Geography with an emphasis on surveying and mapping in 1977 from Brigham Young University. During his career, Southard has worked for ENH Mapping, Intermountain Aerial Surveys, and Analytical Surveys.
After receiving news of the ratification of his appointment Southard commented, “I am pleased with this opportunity to be of service to ASPRS and thereby the growing geomatics industry. It is my expectation that having an active Sustaining Members Council will promote even greater cooperation between the business community and the Society at large.”
Southard’s two-year term as chair begins in April 2001 at the ASPRS 2001 Annual Conference in St. Louis, Missouri. The Council, comprising the chair, two sustaining member representatives, the ASPRS President and ASPRS Executive Director, will convene during the Conference. Southard’s plans as chair include helping ASPRS introduce a new multi-tier membership program for sustaining members that is designed to increase sustaining membership, especially from smaller companies; and, recommending incremental improvements to regular ASPRS activities, such as conferences, symposia and regional events, in order to maximize their value to the membership at large.
James Plasker, Executive Director of ASPRS, commented on the result of the election: “ASPRS is delighted that George has agreed to serve as chair of our Sustaining Members Council. We are very interested in strengthening our ties with the sustaining members. I believe the Council can be the catalyst for helping that happen.”
A photograph of George Southard is available with this release and can be supplied over the Internet upon request. To request a copy of George Southard’s photograph, or for more information about the Sustaining Members Council, please log on to the ASPRS website at http://www.asprs.org.
Founded in 1934, ASPRS is an international professional organization of 7,000 geospatial data professionals. ASPRS is devoted to advancing knowledge and improving understanding of the mapping sciences to promote responsible application of photogrammetry, remote sensing, geographic information systems and supporting technologies.
LH Systems designs, develops and manufactures a range of products and software-based systems for the acquisition, processing, management and archiving of imagery and precise geospatial information, primarily from airborne and satellite imagery. Product lines include aerial sensor systems (RC30 film camera; recently introduced ADS40 Airborne Digital Sensor; PAV30 gyro-stabilized mount), flight management system (ASCOT), post-processing of airborne GPS (Flykin Suite+), analytical plotters (SD2000/3000), triangulation software (ORIMA), feature collection software (PRO600), photogrammetric scanner (DSW500) and digital photogrammetric software (SOCET SET®, DODGER). Headquartered in San Diego, California, USA, LH Systems operates a distribution channel consisting of direct outlets and appointed representatives. The direct outlets comprise subsidiary companies in Heerbrugg (Switzerland), London, Paris, Berlin, Tokyo, Madrid and Sydney, and sales offices in Denver and Singapore. The appointed representatives form an expanding network of exclusive third party distributors trained in and committed to LH Systems products. LH Systems competes effectively in the systems business, stressing flexibility and fast response as it provides its customers with solutions for precise information from imagery. The company’s systems provide users in over 75 countries with the latest production tools for precision mapping to support engineering, telecommunications, environmental, planning and other land-related information applications.
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(20 March 2001)