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PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERING & REMOTE SENSING
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earn asprs
certification
ASPRS congratulates these recently Certi-
fied and Re-certified individuals:
CERTIFIED MAPPING SCIENTIST GIS/LIS
Joseph R. LaBranche, Certification #GS272
effective July 3, 2014, expires July 3. 2019
RECERTIFIED MAPPING SCIENTIST GIS/LIS
Shawn Headley, Certification #R168GS
effective August 3, 2014, expires August 3, 2019
CERTIFIED PHOTOGRAMMETRIST
Paul A. Montez, Certification #1571
effective August 10, 2014, expires August 10, 2019
Amar Nayegandhi, Certification #1569
effective July 21, 2014, expires July 21, 2019
Robert Riley, Certification #1570
effective July 25, 2014, expires July 25, 2019
CERTIFIEDMAPPINGSCIENTIST/REMOTE SENSING
Amar Nayegandhi, Certification #RS219
effective July 21, 2014, expires July 21, 2019
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ASPRS Certification validates your professional
practice and experience. It differentiates you from
others in the profession.
For more information on the ASPRS Certification
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full accreditation in January 2013 - the only accredited full
certification program in the geospatial sciences.
Among the program modifications, the process for
recertification required that the peer review process be changed
from a ‘points-based’ system to professional development hours
(PDH) earned. PDH is clearly the accepted evaluation criteria
used in current certification programs. The ASPRS website has
a detailed matrix explaining the activities and PDH earned.
Certification of Lidar Practitioners
In response to the lidar practitioner community, the Committee
is in the process of developing certification for Certified
Mapping Scientist-Lidar and Lidar Technologist.
In keeping with the currently accepted methodology, the
Committee is following the DACUM (Development of a
Curriculum) process. The initial step is to develop a Body of
Knowledge (BoK) which is five/six short statements describing
the general knowledge required for the specialty area. Then,
to support each BoK item, specific tasks are identified that
describe performance (usually five/seven tasks). With an
acceptable BoK and Tasks, the development of assessment
items (i.e., exam questions) can be developed.
The final step is to conduct a ‘cut-score’ for the newassessment
items which is to have a small group of lidar practitioners
(professional and technologist) take the test, and then process
the results. The final exams for the lidar certification will also
have content for basic photogrammetry, remote sensing, and
GIS concepts.
The process for developing the BoK and Tasks is underway,
and some work on assessment items has been done based on
the
ASPRS Manual of Airborne Topographic Lidar
. The lidar
certifications are planned to be available in early 2015.
Michael Renslow
Chair ASPRS Evaluation for Certification Committee
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