February 2010
The Call for Presentations for the 23rd Annual Towson University Geographic
Information Sciences Conference (TUgis 2010) is now available on the conference
Web site at http://tugis.towson.edu/. The theme for this year's conference, which
will be held on May 24 and 25 on the Towson University campus, is "GIS in Budget
Constrained Times: Doing More With Less." In keeping with the conference theme,
we are offering a discounted attendee registration fee through Friday, February 12.
To take advantage of this offer, click on the "Register for TUgis 2010" button on the
home page of the Web site.
I hope you will consider making a presentation at TUgis 2010. Presentations on all
topics related to GIS will be considered. Also, we are continuing our tradition of
offering presenters a discounted registration fee. The deadline for presentation
proposals is Friday, February 12.
Please contact me at jmorgan@towson.edu or 410-704-2964 if you have any
questions. I look forward to seeing you at the conference in May!
Jay Morgan Towson University Geospatial Research and Education Laboratory
November 2009
Potomac Region Newsletter
Winter 2009
ASPRS-PR Board Election Results
Manzer, Sisskind Elected to PR Board
After a one-month voting period, the ASPRS Potomac Region selected John Manzer as the 2010 Secretary/Treasurer and Josh Sisskind as the new Region Director. Manzer, a Business Manager at GeoEye’s facility in Dulles, Virginia, will assume the board’s recording and financial duties. During his recent 3-year tenure as Region Director, John Manzer chaired the Communications Committee, served on three GeoTech Conference Planning Committees, and also served on the 2009 ASPRS Baltimore Spring Conference Planning Committee. He succeeds Chris Parrish, who will be the ASPRS-PR Vice President in 2010.
Josh Sisskind, an Image Scientist at ITT Space Systems, will be the new Region Director, serving a 3-year term from 2010 through 2012. Josh Sisskind joins the PR Board after serving on ASPRS National Committees, most recently as the Communications Councilor for the Student Advisory Council. He will bring membership recruitment experience to the Potomac Region.
Potomac Region Newsletter
Fall 2009
Fall 2009 Elections for Region Director & Secretary Treasurer
October 2009
ASPRS NORTH CAROLINA CHAPTER FALL CONFERENCE
November 13th and 14th , 2009
North Carolina A&T State University, Gateway University Research Park, 5900 Summit Avenue, Browns Summit, NC 27214
Directions to the Gateway University Research Park (Adobe PDF 78Kb)
CONFERENCE AGENDA
County Products, Pictometry On-Line, New Directions in LiDAR, leading- edge 3-D solutions, IR Real Time products Pictometry International
South Carolina Real Time Network Operational Status, Performance and Calibration Lew Lapine, Chief, SC Geodetic Survey
Changes in the surveying technology and geospatial technology degrees within the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS) Rodney D. Jackson, Senior Researcher, CPCC
An overview of airborne and terrestrial data sources for disaster response; emphasis on multiple sensors including panchromatic, lidar, hyperspectral including real-world case studies George Hoffman, CP Booz Allen Hamilton Yogendra Singh, CP, Fairfax County, VA (retired)
Applications of synthetic aperture radar data in coastal zones; ship detection after the removal of azimuth ambiguities and study of shoreline changes.
Dr. Yong Wang, Professor East Carolina UniversitySeptember 2009
On-line Registration for the ASPRS Potomac Region Fall 2009 Tech Tour is now open. Cartographic Section of the National Archives at College Park, MD. October 28, 2009.
August 2009
Virginia GIS Conference 21-23 September 2009
(Adobe PDF 130Kb)
Potomac Region Newsletter Summer 2009
(Adobe PDF 256Kb)
ASPRS Potomac Region will ASPRS Tech Tour of the Cartographic Section of the National Archives at College Park, MD. Scheduled for October 28, 2009 (Further details coming soon).
June 2009
ASPRS Potomac Region Technical Tour
GeoEye Corporate Headquarters.
The ASPRS-Potomac Region Tech Tour was held on Tuesday, July 21st, 2009, at 1:00 PM, at the GeoEye Corporate Headquarters, 21700 Atlantic Boulevard, Dulles, VA 20166.
May 2009
ASPRS Potomac Region Technical Tour
National Agricultural Statistics Service/United States Dept. of Agriculture
The next ASPRS-Potomac Region Tech Tour will be held on Wednesday, May 13th, 2009, at 1:00 PM, at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Fairfax, Virginia.
This is a FREE event. Registration is limited to ASPRS Potomac region members and to the first 40 applicants on a "first come first served" basis.
April 2009
Potomac Region Newsletter Spring 2009
(Adobe PDF 187Kb)
North Carolina Chapter Spring 2009 Conference
The Spring 2009 Conference of the North Carolina chapter (NCASPRS, www.ncasprs.com/) of ASPRS-Potomac Region has been scheduled for Friday, April 24th, and Saturday, April 25th, 2009. We will schedule Professional Development Hour (PDH) Classes, 6 hours on Friday and 2 hours on Saturday followed by our Business Meeting. The location for the Conference will again be located at North Carolina Central University, Room 1227, M. Townes Science Complex, Durham, NC 27707.
December 2008
Potomac Region Newsletter December 2008
(Adobe PDF 1.13Mb)
November 2008
Classified Session at the 2009 American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
(ASPRS) Conference – Baltimore, MD, 9-13 March,
Call for Presentations (22Kb Adobe PDF).
June 2008
The Potomac Region of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS-PR) is pleased to announce the 15th annual GeoTech: The Premiere Mid-Atlantic Imagery and Geospatial Conference, exploring “Emerging Geospatial Technologies and Applications” on 7 and 8 October 2008. See full announcement (Adobe PDF)
May 2008
Join Members of the Potomac Region of ASPRS at The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, MD. Maps: Finding Our Place in the World,
Sunday, May 18 2008 from 2:30-5:00
Followed by a Region membership gathering at Mick O’Shea’s (137Kb Adobe PDF)
March 2008
Notes from the 2008 Annual Dinner Meeting (526Kb Adobe PDF)
February 2008
The Potomac Region Annual Dinner Meeting will take place at the Marco Polo Restaurant, Vienna, VA March 13th 2008, 6:30pm. Download the flyer (33Kb Adobe PDF).
January 2008
Potomac Region Board of Directors elections are underway.
Potomac Region Holds Camera Symposium - August 2007
November 2007
ASPRS Potomac Region 2007 Member Survey
Deadline for Student Scholarship Application is 3 December 2007
October 2007
Call for Nominations for Potomac Region Board
September 2007
Potomac Region tours the US Army Corps of Engineers Topographic Engineering Center on 8/23/07
The Potomac Region moves forward with the Abraham Anson Memorial Scholarship.
August 2007
Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (PE&RS) Journal Receives Top Rankings.
Potomac Region Introduces Really Simple Syndication (RSS) 'News' feed. (Adobe PDF 16Kb)
Large Format Digital Camera Symposium. The Potomac Region of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing will host a Large Format Digital Camera Symposium on Wednesday, August 29, 2007 from 9am – 3pm. (Adobe PDF 15Kb)
Registration: http://www.dewberry.com/geographic.asp?id=994
North Carolina A&T State University Photogrammetry Lab to Open Fall 2007. School is seeking donations of equipment or cash for purchase of equipment to complete the workstations. (Adobe PDF 14Kb)
Potomac Region Membership News. ASPRS Potomac Region Membership Champions,
2005-2007 (Adobe PDF 20Kb)
Map of ASPRS Potmac Region Membership by County (Adobe PDF 185Kb)
Summer message to members from Dave Szymanski, President of the Potomac Region (Adobe PDF 19Kb)
Why Google Earth™? Why not? (Adobe PDF 19Kb)
J. Chris Mc Glone, Ph.D., CP
June 2007
Check out neoPhotogrammetry, a blog run by J. Chris Mc Glone, Ph.D., CP http://jcmcglone.wordpress.com
September 2006
Potomac Region Newsletter September 2006 (Adobe PDF 360Kb)
September 2005
Potomac Region Newsletter September 2005 (Adobe PDF 360Kb)
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