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January 2014
PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERING & REMOTE SENSING
PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERING
& REMOTE SENSING
J
ournal
S
taff
Publisher
James R. Plasker
Editor
Russell G. Congalton
Executive Editor
Kimberly A. Tilley
Technical Editor
Michael S. Renslow
Assistant Editor
Jie Shan
Assistant Director — Publications
Rae Kelley
Electronic Publications Manager/Graphic Artist
Matthew Austin
Photogrammetric Engineering &Remote Sensing
is the official journal
of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. It is
devoted to the exchange of ideas and information about the applications
of photogrammetry, remote sensing, and geographic information systems.
The technical activities of the Society are conducted through the following
Technical Divisions: Geographic Information Systems, Photogrammetric
Applications, Lidar, Primary Data Acquisition, Professional Practice, and
Remote Sensing Applications. Additional information on the functioning
of the Technical Divisions and the Society can be found in the Yearbook
issue of
PE&RS
.
Correspondence relating to all business and editorial matters pertaining
to this and other Society publications should be directed to the American
Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 5410 Grosvenor Lane,
Suite 210, Bethesda, Maryland 20814-2144, including inquiries, mem-
berships, subscriptions, changes in address, manuscripts for publication,
advertising, back issues, and publications. The telephone number of the
Society Headquarters is 301-493-0290; the fax number is 301-493-0208;
email address is
.
PE&RS.
PE&RS
(ISSN0099-1112) is published monthly by the American
Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 5410 Grosvenor Lane,
Suite 210, Bethesda, Maryland 20814-2144. Periodicals postage paid at
Bethesda, Maryland and at additional mailing offices.
SUBSCRIPTION.
For the 2014 subscription year, ASPRS is offering two options
to our
PE&RS
subscribers -- an e-Subscription and the print subscription.
All Print subscriptions are on a calendar-year basis and run from January
through December, while Electronic subscriptions run for twelve months on
an anniversary basis. Ten years’ worth of digital back issues of
PE&RS
will
be available to online subscribers through the same portal at no additional
charge. Please see the Frequently Asked Questions about our journal sub-
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(Other Foreign). *Note: Subscription rates for Canada (including postage
for print) include 5% of the total amount for Canada’s Goods and Services
Tax (GST #135123065).
POSTMASTER.
Send address changes to
PE&RS
, ASPRS Headquarters,
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MEMBERSHIP.
Membership is open to any person actively engaged in the
practice of photogrammetry, photointerpretation, remote sensing and geo-
graphic information systems; or who by means of education or profession
is interested in the application or development of these arts and sciences.
Membership is for one year, with renewal based on the anniversary date
of the month joined. Membership Dues include a 12-month subscription to
PE&RS
. Subscription is part of membership benefits and cannot be deducted
from annual dues. Beginning with the January 2014 issue of
PE&RS
, all
members outside of the USA will receive access to the full digital edition of
the journal rather than the printed copy. Dues for ASPRS Members outside
of the U.S. will now be the same as for members residing in the U.S. Annual
dues for Regular members (Active Member) is $150; for Student members it
is $50 for USA and Canada; $60 for Other Foreign (E-Journal – No hard copy
for all Students); for Associate Members it is $100 (member must be under
the age of 35, see description on application in the back of this Journal). A
tax of 5% for Canada’s Goods and Service Tax (GST #135123065) is applied
to all members residing in Canada
COPYRIGHT 2014
. Copyright by the American Society for Photogrammetry
and Remote Sensing. Reproduction of this issue or any part thereof (except
short quotations for use in preparing technical and scientific papers) may be
made only after obtaining the specific approval of the Managing Editor. The
Society is not responsible for any statements made or opinions expressed
in technical papers, advertisements, or other portions of this publication.
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kinds of copying, such as copying for general distribution, for advertising
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Throughout my time as ASPRS Executive
Director, the role for which I felt the great-
est responsibility was as Publisher, both for
this
Journal
and for the numerous books and
manuals we have produced in the past nearly
16 years. All ASPRS publications are held in
high esteem by the geospatial community, and
we have worked continuously to ensure they
remain so. With that in mind, I want to take
this opportunity to reflect on the latest chang-
es we have implemented to improve
PE&RS
.
First, with this January issue, we have in-
stituted an updated electronic subscription for
individuals and extended that opportunity to institutions. Libraries can
now subscribe to this
Journal
through a site license that allows all autho-
rized users within their domain to access all current year, plus a mini-
mum of ten years’ worth of back issue material, during the subscription
period. By doing this, we expect
PE&RS
to have a much wider audience
throughout the vast educational and research communities.
Second, by extending our visibility online, we also expect the
Journal’s
impact factor will improve significantly as more and more users have
access to the peer-reviewed materials. An improved impact factor should
draw more articles of a high quality to
PE&RS
. Eventually, once we are
fully digital, we also anticipate being able to significantly expand the
number of pages and articles available in each issue.
Thirdly, we have begun assigning Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) to
peer-reviewed papers published in
PE&RS
. The DOI is used to cite and
link to electronic documents, and consists of a unique alpha-numeric
character string which is assigned to a document by the publisher upon
the initial electronic publication. The assigned DOI never changes; there-
fore, it is an ideal mechanism for citing a document, particularly “Articles
in Press” that have not yet received their full bibliographic information.
Finally, ASPRS has now adopted an Open Access policy for authors
who wish to make their articles immediately available online, rather
than delaying public access to the article for the 24 months that we cur-
rently embargo the material. ASPRS has chosen to apply the “Gold road”
approach for open access, common in the community, which involves
the author paying the publisher an Article Processing Charge to make
the published version available through open access immediately. This
process utilizes a Creative Commons (CC-BY) license, which allows for
unrestricted reuse of content subject only to the requirement that the
source work is appropriately attributed. Such a license lets others modi-
fy, build upon and/or distribute the licensed work (including for commer-
cial purposes) as long as the original author is credited.
I trust you will find each of these changes positive as we work to
raise the level of awareness of
PE&RS
while continuing to provide the
highest quality publications to the geospatial information community. It
has been my pleasure to serve both as Publisher and ASPRS Executive
Director. I look forward to seeing you in the future in my most important
capacity--as an ASPRS member. Thank you for your support over these
past 16 years.
James Plasker
ASPRS Executive Director
