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May 2019
PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERING & REMOTE SENSING
INDUSTRY
NEWS
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ACHIEVEMENTS
Dr. Qassim Abdullah, Ph.D., CP,
PLS, was honored on Tuesday,
January 29, 2019 with the American
Society for Photogrammetry and
Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Lifetime
Achievement Award. The distinction,
formerly known as the Honorary
Member Award, is the highest honor
the society bestows on an individual.
This award recognizes Abdullah’s
distinguished service to ASPRS and in advancing the science and
uses of remote sensing, photogrammetry and related disciplines.
Abdullah, chief scientist and senior associate at
Woolpert
,
received the award during Geo Week in Denver. The event
started Friday, January 25
th
with the MAPPS Winter
Conference and continued through Thursday, January 31
st
with the ASPRS Annual Conference and the International
Lidar Mapping Forum (ILMF) joint conference.
Abdullah, the creator and principal author of the new ASPRS
Positional Accuracy Standards for Digital Geospatial Data
Standards, is also a member of Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Standardization Collaborative, developing standards to
facilitate the safe integration of drones into the U.S. National
Airspace System. He also publishes a monthly “Mapping
Matters” column in the
Photogrammetric Engineering and
Remote Sensing
(
PE&RS
) Journal, teaches graduate courses
on geospatial subjects and has periodic blogs on the Woolpert
website, including his most recent highlighting “The Geospatial
Trends for 2019.”
Woolpert leadership lauded Abdullah’s volume of
groundbreaking work and his dedication to the geospatial
industry.
“The Woolpert family is very proud to see Qassim’s
contributions to the photogrammetry and remote sensing
community being recognized by such an esteemed organization
as ASPRS,” Woolpert President and CEO Scott Cattran said.
“This is a great honor for him and for Woolpert. Qassim
exemplifies all of our core values at Woolpert, especially
industry leadership. We are all very proud of you!”
“To become an industry leader, it takes focus on what
matters each day; it takes determination and hard work,”
Woolpert Chief Operating Officer Kirk McClurkin said.
“Qassim’s positive impact on Woolpert, our clients and the
geospatial community have been amazing. From the entire
Woolpert family, we congratulate Qassim on his well-deserved
success and accomplishments.”
Abdullah said he is grateful to be a member of the geospatial
community and thanked ASPRS for this Lifetime Achievement
Award.
“I am surrounded by this community of intelligent and
creative friends and colleagues, who provide me with an
invaluable technical and dynamic environment,” Abdullah
said. “I am honored to be a part of this vital, thriving industry.”
ANNOUNCEMENTS
GeoCue Group Inc.
(GeoCue) is excited to announce a new
Drone Lidar rental program designed to allow interested
groups to try out the functionality of collecting lidar data via
drone before “making the plunge” and buying an entire system.
“The adoption of drone-based lidar acquisition continues to
grow. Because Drone projects tend to be contracted to local
companies, there is sometimes not enough work for these
companies to justify purchasing a system as they build their
client base and ROI. The rental program allows them to rent
the tool and keep their customers from going to a competitor.
Government Agencies are using the program to help proof the
technology for their internal needs. “Says Hank DiPitero, VP
of Business Development for GeoCue.
Initially the program will offer three lidar sensors for rental
with rentals as short as a single day. There are plans for
adding additional lidar sensors in the future.
Please contact
for additional information.
PRODUCTS
The SPECTRAL EVOLUTION standard contact probe
is designed for mineral identification and soil analysis.
This lightweight and comfortable probe measures surface
reflectance from 350-2500nm. The probe features a new high
intensity bulb to provide a focused and more intense light
source for contact measurements. The compact probe works
with the oreXpress, SR-6500 and RS-5400 spectrometers for
mining exploration, core logging and chip tray analysis and
the PSR+, RS-5400 and RS-3500 for soil analysis.
For more information on the mineral contact probe, visit:
CALENDAR
• 17 May, N
CAUG and NCASPRS Spring Symposium—
Remote Sensing 101
, Greenville, North Carolina. For
more information, visit
-
symposium-remote-sensing-101/form.
• 21-23 May,
SPAR 3D Expo & Conference
, Anaheim,
California. For more information, visit
event.
• 11
‑
15 August,
SPIE—Imaging Spectrometry XXIII
,
San Diego, California. For more information, visit spie.
org/OP423.
• 28 September – 2 October,
GIS-PRO 2019
, New Orleans,
Louisiana. For more information, visit
gispro2019.
• 6-11 October,
Pecora 21/ISRSE 387
, Baltimore,
Maryland. For more information, visit
org/event/pecora21-isrse38.
