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936 October 2014 PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERING & REMOTE SENSING
ASPRSNEWS Fall ASPRS UAS Symposium| ASPRS Scholarships
ASPRS ESTABLISHES THE FIRST UAS MAPPING
CALIBRATION TEST COURSE
The first mapping
calibration test course
for Unmanned Aircraft
Systems (UAS) will be
established by ASPRS at
the Reno Stead airport, an FAA-designated UAS test site. The course will
include ground surveyed targets of varying height, radiometric targets,
undulating surfaces, “surprise” targets, and simulated flight restricted
areas. The first UAS flights of the test course will be conducted in
conjunction with the UAS MAPPING 2014 RENO symposium on October
21-22, 2014 in Reno, Nevada.
The UAS Mapping 2014 RENO symposium is focused on “Change is in the Air” with a mission to acquaint attendees with
new technologies, demonstrate survey, mapping, and remote sensing capabilities of UAS data, and provide a forum for
UAS collaboration among government, private sector and academia. The full program is available online and includes
representatives from such well-known companies as Google, 3D Robotics, Skyward, Trimble, Leica, GeoCue, Pix4D, Silent
Falcon, Multirotor Service-Drone, Altavian, senseFly, Velodyne, Optech, Phase One, and Aerovironment, among many others.
The symposium is being organized by the ASPRS Northern California Region.
To find out more about the test course and symposium, UAS MAPPING 2014 RENO, visithttp://uasreno.org. To learn
more about ASPRS, visithttp://www.asprs.org.
education
for satellite resources or with DigitalGlobe Regional
Affiliates (Contact the DigitalGlobe Foundation for
details). This is limited to one new collection that will
be granted within one calendar year, conditioned upon
satellite availability and a strong application.
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The SAIC/Estes Memorial Teaching Award will
now be supported by Leidos whose mission ‘…is
built on a commitment to do the right thing for our
customers, our people, and our community.”
The Award will be known as the Leidos/Estes
Memorial Teaching Award .
Attention Students
The ASPRS Scholarships Application Deadline for the 2015 Awards Year is October 31, 2014.
New for 2015
The DigitalGlobe Foundation Award for the
Application of High-Resolution Digital Satellite
Imagery will make available one new collection of
imagery in addition to the archive imagery previously
available:
New Collection
In addition to archive imagery, applicants may apply
for one new collection from any of DigitalGlobe’s
five satellites (IKONOS, QuickBird, GeoEye-1,
WorldView-1, and WorldView-2), not exceeding 500
square kilometres. Grant of a new collection may
not compete with areas experiencing high demand
For details, go to:
http://www.asprs.org/ASPRS-Awards-and-Scholarships.html