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September 2017
PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERING & REMOTE SENSING
ASPRS
NEWS
At the ASPRS Imaging & Geospatial Technology Forum (IGTF)
in Baltimore, MD in March, 2017, the Standards Committee
implemented the first phase of an outreach campaign by approv-
ing draft versions of “Summary of Research and Development
Efforts Necessary for Assuring Geometric Quality of Lidar
Data” and “Guidelines on Geometric Inter-Swath Accuracy and
Quality of Lidar Data” and releasing them for review by the
ASPRS membership.
Two New Documents Available for Public Review and Comment
Comment Period is 9/1 to 10/30/2017
Industry stakeholders and the general public are now invited
to participate in the approval process by downloading the draft
versions, reviewing the content, and providing comments to
the editors in a timely manner (ASAP) with a final deadline of
October 30, 2017. The readers are requested to send the reviews
and comments to
PECORA 20 REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!
W
ith emphasis on recent significant developments in remote sensing, the
theme of Pecora 20 is “Observing a Changing Earth: Science for Decisions…
Monitoring, Assessment, and Projection.” This conference will offer a program
on applications of satellite and other Earth observations to monitor, assess, and
perform projections of future land and water resources, as well as big data and
other analytical technologies to improve decision making utilizing satellite data.
The Pecora Symposium series was established by the USGS and NASA in the 1970s as a forum to: 1) foster the
exchange of scientific information and results derived from applications of Earth observing data to a broad range
of land-based resources; and 2) discuss ideas, policies, and strategies concerning land remote sensing.
November 13-16, 2017
Sioux Falls, SD
Speakers
• Keynote Speaker: Barbara J. Ryan – Secretariat
Director of the intergovernmental Group on Earth
Observations (GEO)
• Michael H. Freilich – Director, Earth Science
Division at NASA Headquarters
• Harry A. Cikanek – Director (acting), STAR –
Center for Satellite Applications and Research
• Samuel N. Goward – Research Professor/Emeritus
Professor, University of Maryland
• Curtis E. Woodcock – Professor of Earth and
Environment, Boston University
• Mike Warren – Co-founder and CTO, Descartes Labs
• Dr. Valerie Pasquarella
Sessions on
• Trends in big data analytics and progress in using
Earth observations
• New breakthroughs in Earth observations and
applications
• The EROS CalVal Center of Excellence (ECCOE)
First CalVal Workshop
• Landsat 10 User Needs
• Petascale High Performance Computing
• Land Change Monitoring, Assessment, and Projec-
tion (LCMAP)
• Evolution of global land cover mapping: history and
new developments
• Great Lakes Remote Sensing
• Landsat Archive, Product Plans, and Data Conti-
nuity
• Creating a Healthy Remote Sensing Education
Pipeline: Moving from K-12 to University
• Calibration of Satellite Imagery
• and much more
Lidar Standards and Guidelines Public Review Process|
Pecora 20 Registration Now Open!
