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July 2016
PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERING & REMOTE SENSING
aptitude to become an education professional and has been
recognized at all levels Of note is his interest in teaching
across a wide spectrum of classes at all levels The committee
wishes him much success and is confident that his current
and future education efforts will continue to make important
contributions to the Surveying, Mapping and Photogramme-
try community.
Purpose:
To encourage and commend college students who
display exceptional interest, desire, ability, and aptitude to
enter the profession of teaching surveying, mapping, or pho-
togrammetry.
Donor:
The ASPRS Foundation from funds donated by the
friends and colleagues of Paul R. Wolf Recognized nationally
and internationally, Paul was an outstanding educator and
practitioner of surveying, mapping, and photogrammetry and
a great friend of the Society As author, teacher, and mentor,
Paul made significant educational and academic contributions
to these fields. The award was inaugurated in 2003.
The award includes a hand-engrossed certificate and a $4,000
grant.
International Educational Literature Award
Surveying Engineering Department, Salahaddin
University-Erbil, Iraq
Established in 2009, the Surveying Engineering Department,
Salahaddin University-Erbil, Iraq is in the process of building
a remote sensing program with a focus on photogrammetry,
map projections, geodesy, GPS, and Land Law Salahaddin
University-Erbil has a strong need for materials to assemble
library holdings and resources for the Department’s Geosci-
ence Program The award materials will provide students with
current technology and advancements in remote sensing The
Surveying Engineering Department will place the materials
in the University Library to share the resources with other
universities in Iraq, especially in Kurdistan.
Purpose:
The International Educational Literature Award
(IELA) was first bestowed in 1990. Its goal is to improve the
quantity and quality of literature in the recipient’s library,
particularly in the mapping sciences (i.e. photogrammetry, re-
mote sensing, GIS, and related disciplines) by providing AS-
PRS educational materials and publications.
Donor:
the ASPRS Foundation from funds donated by
ASPRS members and participating sponsors through
contributions to the ASPRS Foundation.
The IELA includes $350 worth of books, manuals, or other
literature published by ASPRS; a five-year subscription to
PE&RS, proceedings of the Annual Conference and Fall
technical meetings for five years; one free registration to
the Society’s Annual Conference at the time of receiving the
award for a member of the institution to whom the award is
being given; and a hand-engrossed certificate.
This award has been augmented by
a generous grant from the Environmental Systems Re-
search Institute (ESRI) of the complete ESRI Press Li-
brary collection
Selected titles from the John Wiley and Sons, Publishers,
catalog
Boeing Award for Best Paper in Image Analysis
and Interpretation
Xiaodong Li, Yun Du, and Feng Ling
“Sub-pixel-scale Land Cover Map Updating
by Integrating Change Detection and
Sub-Pixel Mapping”
PE&RS
, 81 (1), 59-67
Purpose:
Established in 1965 as the Autometric Award, this
grant recognizes development and achievement in the field of
photographic interpretation through special acknowledgment
of superior publications on the various aspects of image anal-
ysis and interpretation.
Donor:
Boeing S&IS Mission Systems through the ASPRS
Foundation
The Award includes an inscribed certificate and monetary
award of $1,000.
(L-r) Lynn Usery and Amr Abd-Elrahman accepting for Howard Lassiter.
(L-r) Lynn Usery and Sisi Li accepting on behalf of the authors.
Awards & Scholarships
