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December 2014
PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERING & REMOTE SENSING
REGION
EWS
Fall ASPRS UAS Symposium
FIRST ASPRS UAS MAPPING 2014 SYMPOSIUM
T
he first ASPRS UAS
Mapping Symposium
was held in Reno, Nevada
on October 21-22, 2014,
organized by the ASPRS
Northern California Region.
It featured over 500 attendees and 50 exhbitors assembled for talks, demonstrations, and networking. Highlights included
a special conference video “Change is in the Air”, an inspirational talk by innovator/entrepreneur Dr. Brandon Basso of 3D
Robotics who spoke on the future of mapping, and a special welcome by the Mayor of Reno. Attendees also traveled to the
“turf farm” to see the calibration/validation range laid out by conference organizers for hobby fliers that included radiometric
targets and surveyed locations. ASPRS president Dr. Stewart Walker likened the energy in the room to the days when
satellites and remote sensing brought a whole new technical dimension to the Society.
