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President’s Message
I want to thank all the
participants who attended
our winter technical
meeting at RIT in early
March. Dr. Clive Fraser,
Program
Science
Director for Australia’s
Cooperative
Research
Centre
for
Spatial
Information gave a very
interesting presentation
on
creating
and
georeferencing Australia’s base imagery infrastructure
using high resolution satellite imagery with a strip
adjustment process that requires very few checkpoints
for imagery strips that are 1000s of kilometers in length.
The accuracy they attain from their georeferencing
model is remarkable to say the least.
We are looking forward to the many local presentations
that are coming up at the annual CNY meeting that will
be held in conjunction with the GIS/SIG conference in
mid-April. Our new officers will be installed at the
annual meeting. We will also get an update on the
National happenings from ASPRS National President
Stephen DeGloria. I hope that many of our members
will take the opportunity to attend the conference and
annual meeting.
It has been a pleasure serving as the region President
during the last 12 months. I would like to thank all of the
members of the current board for the great work they
have done this year: Bill Stiteler, John Boland, Trevis
Gigliotti and council members Lindi Quackenbush and
Paul Szemkow. It definitely isn’t easy for anyone to
volunteer their time with lives that are so full already.
But all of these people manage to find the time to
continue the activities of the region. I applaud you and
thank you for your continued service to the region.
We will be going completely digital with our
newsletter by the end of this year. If you would like
to keep receiving the newsletter, and other Region
announcements, then we need your email address.
You can update your email address by going to the
National website at asprs.org and login to preview
and edit your profile. Your default username is
your membership number. If you can’t track down
your membership number, contact Sokhan Hing at
sokhanh@asprs.org to ask for your member
number.
Region Council
The CNY ASPRS Region Council is comprised of a
President, Vice-President, Past-President, SecretaryTreasurer, and National Director. In addition, there
are several board members on the Council who are
appointed by the current President.
If you have an interest in serving on the Region
Council, now or down the road, contact any current
Council member. We are always eager to get new
people engaged in the society. Getting involved
with the Region Council is a great way to become
actively involved in ASPRS and help shape the
direction of this organization.
Annual Meeting
April 16 at 4:30pm in the Empire Room
No-host dinner immediately following
meeting at a local restaurant
Burgundy Basin
Pittsford, New York
Karen Kwasnowski
Ballot on page 5!
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Central New York Region News
Future Dates
ASPRS Launches New
Association Smartphone App
CNY Region Annual Meeting at the GIS/SIG Annual
Conference: Tuesday, April 16, 2013, Rochester, NY
BETHESDA, Md., March 5, 2013 -- The American
Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
(ASPRS) is launching an association and conference
focused smartphone app for use by ASPRS members
and those interested in the Society. The app will keep
ASPRS competitive and continue to provide
members with the tools they find essential, such as
real-time access to association news, member
directories, information on ASPRS webinars and
conferences and critical industry alerts all from their
iPhone or Android smartphone. The app is available
on both iPhone and Android platforms.
ASPRS/ CaGIS 2013 Fall Specialty Conference
October 29-31, 2013: Crowne Plaza San Antonio
Riverwalk,San Antonio, Texas
NYGeoCon 2013: November 12 & 13, 2013: It will be
at the Saratoga Hilton, Saratoga Springs, NY.
ASPRS 2014 Annual Conference:
March 23-27, 2014: Galt House Hotel
Louisville, Kentucky
ASPRS Central New York Region
Financial Statement
1 Jan 2013 - 31 March 2013
In addition, the ASPRS smartphone app includes a
second screen dedicated to conference activities. The
latest conference information is uploaded to the app
approximately 45 days prior to the upcoming
conference and then requires the well-known “shake
to update” for the latest app information.
INCOME
Dues
Region Rebate
Region Conferences
Interest
Dinner Meeting
Student of the Year Award
Gifts
TOTAL
EXPENDITURE
Region Conferences
Dinner Meeting
Student of the Year Award
Postage
Office Exp
Contributions
TOTAL
ASSETS
Base Shares (Savings Account)
12 Month Certificate
Share Draft (Checking Account)
Petty Cash
TOTAL
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$4.51
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$4.51
The Conference side of the app will allow attendees
to connect with the conference web page, access a
dynamic electronic final program, create a
personalized calendar of events during the
conference week, view a map of activities,
restaurants and attractions surrounding the
conference location, post personal experiences and
leave live real-time comments for other attendees on
the “Fan Wall”, a “Socialize” tab for access to the
ASPRS Facebook page and Twitter account, and an
“FAQ” tab with the most important questions and
answers asked during the conference.
$112.86
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$112.86
Downloading the new ASPRS app is simple! iPhone
users can visit the Apple App Store and download
the ASPRS App free of charge. Android users would
access via the Google Plays Store to download the
new version, also free of charge. Individuals may
also find the links to download the smartphone app
on the ASPRS website.
$3,670.26
$4,868.44
$163.55
$83.62
$8,785.87
LIABILITIES
None
TOTAL
TOTAL AVAILABLE FUNDS
Assets - Liabilities
$0.00
$0.00
$8,785.87
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New President
the state-of-the-art for emerging or potential members. I
believe that if we leverage our region as a tool that the
greater community can benefit from; we have done a
tremendous service to ourselves while simultaneously
stimulating new memberships and thereby strengthening
our region. I am very honored to be serving the Central
New York region.
Statement
Trevis J. Gigliotti
Trevis Gigliotti is a
Senior
Engineer,
Program
Manager
and Technical Lead
at
Exelis
Inc.
(formerly
ITT
Geospatial Systems).
During
Trevis’
tenure with Exelis he
has
dealt
with
multiple facets of the airborne, spaceborne and terrestrial
geospatial market places including business and
customer development, technical oversight and
execution,
budget,
schedule
and
personnel
administration.
Prior to joining Exelis Inc., Mr. Gigliotti served as the
technical and administrative Coordinator of the NASA
Affiliated Research Center in Syracuse, New York
where he provided remote sensing, photogrammetry and
GIS consulting services to promote business growth for
non-geospatial organizations.
In addition, he was
employed as an Adjunct Professor in the Environmental
Resources Engineering Department at the State
University of New York College of Environmental
Science and Forestry where he taught GIS and
Photogrammetry.
Currently, Trevis provides administrative and technical
oversight to programs involving Lidar and Hyperspectral
data fusion for the National Geospatial-Intelligence
Agency and close range photogrammetry for NASA’s
James Webb Space Telescope Program. As part of
Exelis’ Image Science and Intelligence Products
Leadership Team, Trevis manages the Intelligence
Architecture, Design and Evaluation group where he
provides business and technical development support to
an engineering services and product development
paradigm. Mr. Gigliotti is an American Society of
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS)
Certified Photogrammetrist #1492.
In the coming year as the President of the Central New
York (CNY) ASPRS region I will continue to help
promote the creation of CNY ASPRS as a viable and
meaningful tool for use by the geospatial community.
This region possesses many great resources in academia,
government and industry. I want to help organize and
advertise these resources in such a way as to empower
current members and extend future memberships. This
could potentially include, developing tools that foster
synergies between sustaining members, solidify a
continuing education program and creating insight into
Trevis J. Gigliotti
Vice-President
Candidate Statement
Justin Cole, MS, GISP
I graduated from RIT in
2007 with a combined
BS/MS in environmental
science.
My thesis
focused on understanding
the historical aspects of
spatial
data,
mainly
concerning Lake Ontario.
My project entailed an
attempt to estimate the
effect that the lake level
fluctuations
had
on
wetlands.
This study
attempted to estimate the amount of disturbance from
1860-2005. I also looked at the historic photo database
to understand the changes. During that time, my advisor
went on sabbatical. When he did this, I was asked to
teach the introduction to GIS class in his absence. This
was my first academic teaching experience. I am
currently adjunct as needed for RIT.
Outside of academics, I have worked for Monroe County
Department of Environmental Services GIS Division for
over 9 years. I am in charge of the training program, as
well as high level analysis such as LiDAR, hydrological,
and remote sensed land cover. I have been involved in
many emergency activations and developed many
analyses for each.
I received my GISP in 2009 and was elected to the
GISSIG board of directors in April of 2009. I have
presented 24 times at many conferences such as the
ESRIUC, Pictometry's FutureView, GISSIG, NYSGIS,
and NYS Wetland Forum.
The reason that I would like to be the regional vicepresident is that I feel my background in both
Government and Academics can be put to good use for
expanding membership and scholarship. I have planned
events such as GISDay, which brought agencies from
the Private, Public, and Academic sectors together and
showed students the benefits of geospatial technology.
Justin D. Cole, MS, GISP
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CNY Region Annual Meeting
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Burgundy Basin
1361 Marsh Road
Pittsford, New York 14534
The Region will be hosting speaker sessions
relating remote sensing applications to GIS
at the GIS/SIG 21st Annual. The CNY
Region Annual Meeting will immediately
follow the conference at the same location.
Start of Meeting: 4:30 pm in the Empire Room.
Reception with hors d'oeuvres and networking session.
Business meeting with Reports, Student of the Year award and swearing in of new Officers.
State of the Society by Dr. Stephen DeGloria, President of ASPRS.
Stephen D. DeGloria is Professor of Resource Inventory and Analysis, and Director, Institute for Resource
Information Sciences, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, at Cornell University. He teaches undergraduate
and graduate courses in geographic information systems, environmental information science, GPS, and spatial
modelling and analysis. His research focuses on improving the resource inventory process through the
application of aerospace imagery, mapping land cover conditions and trends using digital imagery and
geospatial databases, and integrating resource inventory data for use in spatially-explicit predictive models of
agro-environmental processes in temperate and tropical landscapes.
All are welcome to attend. If you are planning on attending the CNY Annual
meeting, please let Karen Kwasnowski know at kkwasnowski@groundpointllc.com
(315) 459-1515. There will be a $10 fee for members and a $5 fee for students to
cover food costs and Region annual dues.
Remember to also Register for the GIS/SIG 22nd Annual
Spatial/Digital Mapping Conference
co-hosted by Central New York ASPRS
The registration form for the GIS/SIG 22nd
Annual Spatial/Digital Mapping Conference
is available on the GIS/SIG website at
http://www.gis-sig.org/conference.html.
The fee for the conference is now $90.
The keynote address will be “What’s the
State of the State’s GIS?” presented by. Bill
Johnson, Director of GIS Programs Office in
the NYS Office of Information Technology
Services (ITS)
GIS/SIG is the Rochester / Genesee / Finger
Lakes GIS User Group. This is a great
opportunity to attend a well respected oneday GIS conference, with a fantastic line-up
of speakers.
For more information on the conference,
please visit the GIS/SIG Conference page at
http://www.gis-sig.org/conference.html. The
conference agenda and abstracts are now
available!
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This ballot is provided to all voting members of the Central New
York Region, ASPRS. The ballot should be completed and
returned to the Region Secretary at the address provided below
before April 12th, 2013 (postmarked); or delivered in person at the
annual meeting in Rochester on April 16th, 2013.
Please
fold
so
that
the
address
is
visible,
tape
the
edge,
add
postage
and
Thanks for your vote!
Fold Second
William M. Stiteler IV, Ph.D., CMS
5137 Glass Factory Rd
Munnsville, NY 13409
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ASPRS CNY Region Officers
Trevis J. Gigliotti
Incoming President:
ITT Exelis Geospatial Systems
Vice-President:
_________
Justin D. Cole
Monroe County Department of Environmental
Services GIS Division
Secretary/Treasurer: _________
William Stiteler
Scientist / Statistician
ARCADIS, Syracuse, NY
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mail.
Officers of the Central New York Region
President:
National Director:
Karen Kwasnowski
GroundPoint Technologies
17 Highland Dr
Marcellus, NY 13108
John T. Boland, CP
Senior Technical Associate
ITT Exelis
332 Initiative Drive
P.O. Box 60488
Rochester, NY 14606-0488
MAIL CODE: 39700
585.269.5057
john.boland@exelisinc.com
kkwasnowski@groundpointllc.com
(315) 459-1515
Vice President:
Trevis J. Gigliotti
ITT Exelis Inc.
400 Initiative Drive
Rochester, New York 14606
(585) 26-.5381
trevis.gigliotti@exelisinc.com
Immediate Past President:
Jennifer Barber
Madison County
Office of Real Property Tax
Services
PO Box 284
Wampsville, NY 13163
jennentropy@gmail.com
Newsletter Editor:
Secretary/Treasurer:
William M. Stiteler IV
Scientist / Statistician
ARCADIS
6723 Towpath Road,
PO Box 66,
Syracuse, NY 13214
(315) 671-9337 voice
(315) 449-4111 fax
william.stiteler@arcadis-us.com
Central New York Region's Home Page:
Paul Szemkow
Environmental Resources
Engineering,
402 Baker Lab
SUNY-College of Env.
Science & Forestry
1 Forestry Drive
Syracuse, NY 13210-2778
(315) 470-6635 voice
(315) 470-6958 fax
pszemkow@esf.edu
Current Vacancy:
Contact Karen if you are
interested, or wish to
nominate someone.
Student Representative:
The region is looking for
an enthusiastic student
representative to serve in
2013.
DEADLINE FOR NEXT ISSUE:
http://www.esf.edu/asprs
ASPRS-CNY REGION
SUNY-College of Env. Sci & Forestry
1 Forestry Drive, 402 Baker Lab
Environmental Resources Engineering
Syracuse, New York 13210-2778
Council Members:
Lindi Quackenbush
SUNY-ESF
402 Baker Lab
1 Forestry Drive,
Syracuse, NY
(315) 470-4727 voice
(315) 470-6958 fax:
ljquack@esf.edu
July 15, 2013
Region Council Members
needed!
Ballot enclosed.
Meeting
April 16, 2013
Rochester
FIRST CLASS
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