PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERING & REMOTE SENSING
June 2015
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REGION
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ASPRS UAS TECHNICAL
DEMONSTRATION AND
SYMPOSIUM
September 29 – 30, 2015, Reno Nevada
Technical Demonstration and Symposium for
Unmanned Aircraft Systems
hosted by the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
(ASPRS)
UAS MAPPING 2015 RENO
The American Society for
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
(ASPRS) is hosting its 2nd Annual
UAS Symposium and Technical Demonstration!
• Saturday – 9/26 UAS Test Flights Sunday – 9/27 UAS Test Flights
• Monday – 9/28 UAS Test Flight Data Processing Workshop (hosted by
ASPRS) Exhibit Set-Up Opening Reception
• Tuesday – 9/29 Symposium and Technical Demonstration – Reno Ballroom
UAS Live Demonstration
• Wednesday – 9/30 Symposium and Technical Demonstration – Reno
Ballroom
• Thursday – 10/1 UAS Meetings and Workshops (open for vendors and
agencies to host)
Purpose: To assemble UAS developers and researchers, along with geospatial
service providers and users of geospatial map data, to share information,
showcase new technologies and demonstrate UAS systems in action (in flight).
Mission: To advance knowledge and improve the understanding of UAS
technologies and their safe and efficient introduction into our national airspace,
government programs and business.
Highlights of the symposium:
• Demonstrations (in-flight) of UAS technologies
• Test flights and on-site data processing
• Data processing training workshops
• Collaboration opportunities among users, mapping professionals,
government, academia, developers, and UAS product and service providers
• Exhibitor floor including attendee breaks and lunch
• Speakers and
presentations on relevant UAS topics
Pacific Southwest Region
INAUGURAL
MEETING OF
NEW ASPRS
REGION
P
acific Southwest
Region Inaugural
Meeting and 54th
Annual CSUF
Geomatics Conference
Dr. Stewart Walker, ASPRS President
and Dr. Michael Hauck, ASPRS
Executive Director were featured as
part of the inaugural meeting of the
Pacific Southwest Region (formerly the
Northern California and Southwest
US Regions) held on the campus of
California State University, Fresno,
on Thursday evening February
19, 2015. The new region hosted
approximately 20 ASPRS members
and nonmembers, some of them
students at Fresno State, enjoyed the
opportunity of the networking period
to become acquainted or reacquainted.
Following refreshments, new officers
were sworn in by Dr. Walker. After
the induction of officers, attendees
listened to Dr. Walker’s discussion on
the state of ASPRS, its future and how
we are going to get there as well as new
initiatives to streamline ASPRS resulting
in a slimmer, more efficient structure.
Dr. Hauck spoke on how ASPRS
headquarters has been modernizing
their operations to better serve the
membership.
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