Tuesday, March 10
Primary Data Acquisition Division (PDAD) Meeting
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Short IADIWG meeting after PDAD meeting
Wednesday, March 11
Technical Sessions
1:30 pm to 3:00 pm
Special Session — Commercial Remote Sensing Satellite Platform
Characterization: Panel Discussion
(Sponsored by the ASPRS Primary data Acquisition Division)
Moderator: Mike Benson, U.S. Geological Survey
This session will focus on the current and future commercial panchromatic and multispectral
satellite remote sensing platforms. The platform characterization of
a variety of commercial satellite platforms, such as Quick-
Bird, WorldView, Ikonos, GeoEye, as well as the Landsat “Data
Gap” platforms will be discussed.
Panelists:
Mike Lawless, Digital Globe
Erol Morey, GeoEye
Greg Buckman, SPOT Image
Jennifer Sabers Willems, U.S. Geological Survey/EROS
3:30 pm to 5:00 pm
Special Session — Digital Camera Technologies and
Applications: Panel Discussion
(Sponsored by the ASPRS Primary Data Acquisition Division)
Moderator: Qassim Abdullah, Fugro EarthData Inc
George Lee, U.S. Geological Survey
Aerial Imaging is in a period of rapid growth and change with new technologies, new customers, and new missions. This is a select panel of both digital camera manufacturers who will talk about the latest camera technologies available to the community and custom digital camera owners who have specified and built customized cameras for their specialized needs.
Digital airborne sensors have matured over the last few years and have gaining acceptance by the mapping community. This is evidenced by the increase in sales of new sensors, the purchase of multiple sensors by data providers, the introduction of enhanced models by the initial manufacturers of sensors, and the manufacturers introducing new sensors into the marketplace that address the needs of a particular sector of the user market not previously addressed.
Meanwhile, early users of digital cameras technologies for their unique business have customized camera for their particular needs. These early adopters have also matured and have made enhancements to their camera systems not only to take advantage of technology advances but also to pursue new business opportunities.
This panel of manufacturers and user will describe their current offerings and capabilities and the particular niche they fill.
Panelists:
Klaus Neumann, Intergraph
Adam Evans, Applanix
Ruediger Wagner, Leica Geosystems
J. Armando Guevara, M7 Visual Intelligence
Jim Kain, GeoVantage Inc.
Thursday, March 12
Technical Sessions
9:15 am to 10:45 am
Special Session — Airborne Lidar Mapping Technology: Panel
Discussion
(Sponsored by the ASPRS Primary Data Acquisition Division)
Moderator: Jason Stoker, U.S. Geological Survey
The purpose of this panel discussion is to have industry experts
present ASPRS mapping professionals with the latest information
on lidar sensor technology and Digital Elevation Model
(DEM) data production work flow. By attending this session, an
ASPRS mapping professional will learn about this state-of-the art
elevation mapping technology and be able to better understand
the critical factors in digital elevation data acquisition and
production for various mapping applications.
Panelists:
Glenn Farrington, Optech, Inc.
Ron Roth, Leica GeoSystems GIS & Mapping
Mike Watry, QCohrent Software, LLC
Steve Symington, Overwatch Geospatial
Technical Sessions
1:30 pm to 3:00 pm
Special Session — Airborne Digital Mapping Camera Systems:
Manufacturer’s Perspective: Panel Discussion
(Sponsored by the ASPRS Primary Data Acquisition Division)
Moderator: Brian Huberty, USFWS
This is the 6th annual panel session hosting a selection of digital
mapping camera manufacturers from around the world. Each representative
will give a short presentation followed by a question and
answer session with the audience. The goal is to provide a dynamic
forum to address current systems and future developments in this
important and rapidly evolving mapping technology. System vendors
will highlight their specific c technologies in order to meet the
demand for aerial digital mapping images for specific markets.
Panelists:
Ruediger (“Ruedi”) Wagner, Leica Geosystems
Gerald Albe, Jenoptik
Klaus Neumann, Intergraph
Adam Evans, Applanix
Dave Fuhr, Airborne Data Systems
Julien Losseau, DiMAC
Friday, March 13
ASPRS BOARD MEETING 8:00am-5:00pm
Technical Sessions
8:00 am to 9:30 am
Special Session — Quality Assurance of Remote Sensing Data
(Sponsored by the ASPRS Primary Data Acquisition Division)
Moderator: Greg Stensaas, U.S. Geological Survey
The synergistic use of remote sensing data will provide the baseline
for addressing change and how the changes impact our society. Data
may be derived from a variety of sources (satellite, airborne and in
situ) at all scales – global, regional and local – through the coordinated
resources and efforts of many systems. In order to use data to
addresses earth observation change parametric, users and processors
of data and derived products must be able to assess the data’s suitability
for their particular application and the “fitness for purpose”
of the data. This session discusses some of the current programs and
processes being implemented to address data quality.
CEOS WGCV QA4EO “Operational Guidelines, A Quality
Assurance Framework for Earth Observation
Greg Stensaas, U.S. Geological Survey EROS
Catalog of Worldwide Test Sites
Gyanesh Chander, SGT/U.S. Geological Survey EROS
USGS QA Plan for Digital Aerial Imagery
Jon Christopherson, SGT/U.S. Geological Survey EROS
Joint Agency Commercial Imagery Evaluation (JACIE)
Mike Benson, U.S. Geological Survey EROS
Due to conflicts in schedule we are going to cancel this session
Special Session — Overview of Remote Sensing Systems
Technology
(Sponsored by the ASPRS Primary Data Acquisition Division)
Moderator: Jon Christopherson, U.S. Geological Survey,