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February 2017
PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERING & REMOTE SENSING
INDUSTRY
NEWS
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EVENTS
RSCy2017 - Fifth International Conference on Remote
Sensing and Geo-information of Environment —
The
Organizing Committee of the ‘Fifth International Conference
on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of Environment’ in-
vite you to join us in Cyprus from 20-23 March, 2017 to net-
work with leading experts in the field of Remote Sensing and
Geo-information.
The Keynote Speakers and thought-provoking technical
program will encourage the exchange of ideas and provide
the foundation for future collaboration and innovation. The
Technical Program is open to all topics in Remote Sensing and
Geo-information of Environment and related techniques and
applications.
Please go to the RSCy2017 website for information
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SGEM2017 - 17th International Multidisciplinary
Scientific GeoConference & Expo —
The 17th Interna-
tional Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference & EXPO
SGEM2017, will be held 27 June – 06 July, 2017 in Paradise
Blue Congress Center, Albena Resort & SPA, Bulgaria. Where
scientists, educators and practitioners, representing research
and educational institutions, companies, governmental agen-
cies and consulting organizations from all over the world come
together to exchange ideas, to define the research priorities
in the above fields and to propose potential solutions to prob-
lems related to the global changes. SGEM considers matters
concerned with Geology and Mining, Oil and Gas, Geodesy,
Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, GIS, Informatics, Geoin-
formatics, Micro and Nanotechnologies, Water resources, Air
and Climate, Ecosystems, Soils, Renewable Energy, Environ-
mental Protection, Environmental Economics, Nano and Bio
Technologies, Green Buildings Design and Architecture, Plan-
etary Sciences and Space Technologies. For more information
on this event, visit
PRODUCTS
Acuity Technologies
has introduced the AL-500 Lidar Sys-
tem, a compact omnidirectional scanning range and image ac-
quisition, which comes in several configurations for all kinds of
terrain and environments. This Class I laser product includes
the unique ability to simultaneously acquire monochrome im-
ages with range data. Issues of registration and mismatch in
applications are eliminated since scene brightness is captures
point by point along with distance. The AL-500 continues Acu-
ity Technologies’ focus on simple yet flexible 3D data acquisi-
tion systems.
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425 Barlow Place, Suite 210, Bethesda, MD 20814
301-493-0290, 301-493-0208 (fax),
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ANNOUNCEMENT
SPECTRAL EVOLUTION PSR-1100
used in glaciology
summer program at Juneau Icefield Research Program. Stu-
dents get hands on experience understanding the relationship
between solar radiation, glaciers, and melt.
The Juneau Icefield Research Program (IIRP) provides an
unrivaled educational and expeditionary experience in the
Coast Mountains of Alaska for undergraduate and graduate
students in Earth sciences. This year, Dr. Allen Pope and his
students were able to take along a PSR-1100 spectroradiome-
ter from Spectral Evolution to study the effects of solar radia-
tion on glacier melt.
The PSR-1100 is a lightweight spectroradiometer with a
spectral range from 320-1100 nanometers. It can store up to
2500 scans in standalone mode making it an excellent choice
for field work. The PSR-1100 can be operated with one hand
and measures the amount of visible and near-infrared light
being reflected and absorbed by a surface.
Under the direction of Dr. Pope, students were able to collect
measurements from white snow, snow that was darkened by
algae or other factors, pools of water, red algae and some local
rock samples. The collected data was downloaded to laptops
for analysis with Excel or Matlab. Students were encouraged
to calculate average reflectance, albedo and radiative forcing.
According to Dr. Pope, radiative forcing is especially important
in understanding glacier melt since a darker glacier surface
absorbs more energy and melts more snow and ice.
For more information on the PSR-100, go to:
To read more about JIRP, go to:
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