President’s Message
National Director’s Report
As we approach another colorful Northeast fall most
of us are engaging in the flurry of activity that
precedes the snows. The school year is underway,
industry is preparing next year's budgets and most
everyone is taking care of odds and ends that slipped
through the lazy summer days so we'll be ready for
the busy holidays. It can be hard during this time to
step back and consider why it is we do all of this.
I hope that part of that consideration for you is a love
of the geospatial sciences. When more than a third of
one's waking hours go towards their career, it is a
great joy to follow a path that one loves and finds
intellectually stimulating. I find that most everyone I
speak with in this field loves the work they do and
enjoys advocating the field to others.
With that in mind, my goal for this year is to build
our student participation and that of our colleagues
who are entering the work force. Please take some
time out of your day to speak with those whom you
mentor, and collaborate with, about the benefits of
attending the CNY ASPRS meetings, the articles in
PE&RS and the opportunity to see a wide spectrum
of mapping applications in both. These people will
be taking our field in new directions in the coming
years building on the foundation we lay now and by
joining ASPRS they will be included in a strong
community of passionate leaders in the geospatial
sciences. They will be able to engage in the decision
making that will support future legislation, determine
allocation of research monies and drive curriculum
development.
In a field that is quickly expanding into more and
more daily applications, consider making this
contribution so you will reap the benefits of the work
from those who follow in our footsteps.
Nearly forty years ago, the launch of Earth Resources
Technology Satellite-1 (now known as Landsat 1)
fulfilled William Pecora's vision for civilian spacebased observations of the Earth. Pecora 18 celebrates
his vision with the theme "Forty Years of Earth
Observations: Understanding a Changing World." The
symposium focuses on how 40 years of Landsat and
other Earth observation missions have influenced our
understanding of the changing Earth, and contributed to
improving information needed for managing our natural
resources. Special emphasis will be given to the
current state of the Landsat program such as the free
data revolution and the upcoming launch of the Landsat
Data Continuity Mission. Pecora 18 will be held in
Washington, D.C area. on November 14-17.
Items of interest for consideration on the national
website:
The LAS Working Group (LWG) of the
ASPRS Lidar Division has released the draft
proposal for version 1.4 of the LAS
specification for comment. An annotated
version of the LAS 1.4 proposal showing
changes from the LAS 1.3 specification is also
available.
ASPRS has released draft “Guidelines for
Procurement of Commercial Geospatial
Mapping Products”.
These materials are being published to encourage
dissemination and comment. If you have comments on
either document, please submit them to the links you
will find on the website (www.asprs.org).
There are two more webinars being offered in 2011:
“Elements of Orthophoto Production”, and “Basic
Principles of Spatial Data Analysis”. They are
convenient, since you attend from your home or office,
and are an exceptional value.
We would like to hear your thoughts on the ASPRS,
our region, and how we can better serve you. Please
email any of the region officers with your ideas or see
us at the next region meeting.
Jennifer Barber
John T. Boland, CP
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Central New York Region News
Nominations for
2012 Region Officers
Future Dates
CNY Region Fall Meeting:, Oct. 14, 2011, 2:00 – 5:00
SUNY-ESF, 408 Baker Lab, Syracuse
Are you a member of INDUSTRY?
Potomac Region annual meeting: Oct 12-13, 2011
Emergency Preparedness and Response
This annual conference goes back to 1997, and this year
is returning to the NOAA Auditorium and Science
Center, Silver Spring MD.
www.asprspotomac.org/geotech2011/index.html
ASPRS 2011 Fall Pecora Conference
November 14-17, 2011
Hilton Hotel at Washington Dulles Airport
Herndon, Virginia
www.asprs.org/pecora18
The next Vice-President, (position starting May
2012) is a representative from industry.
You would serve as Vice-President for one year and
then move to President in year two.
Your key responsibilities as P-E are to strengthen our
membership, oversee the Region’s annual Students
of the Year Awards, and act on behalf of the
President in that person’s absence.
The Secretary/Treasurer serves for one year and there
is no requirement that this person be drawn from any
particular sector. The primary duty of the
Secretary/Treasurer is to maintain records for the
Region, including minutes of meetings and financial
records. This person receives and disburses Region
funds, supervises fiscal activities, submits interim
and annual fiscal reports to the Region and
coordinates the submittal of an annual Region Report
to National ASPRS.
Serving the region brings great networking
opportunities all the way through to the national
level. It also provides technical enlightenment and is
a service to the industry.
CNY Region Mid Winter Meeting: Jan 2011
Location & Time TBD
ASPRS 2012 Annual Conference: March 19-23, 2012
Imaging and Geospatial Technologies - Into the Future
Sacramento, California
www.asprs.org/Annual-Conferences/Sacramento-2012/
CNY Region Annual Meeting: April/May, 2012,
Rochester, NY
NYS GIS Conference
May 15-16, 2012
The Oncenter
Syracuse, NY 13202
www.esf.edu/nysgisconf/
ASPRS/MAPPS Fall Specialty Conference
October 29 - November 1, 2012
Marriott Tampa Waterside Hotel
Tampa, Florida
If you would like to make an impact in our region
and ASPRS , please email me at
joan.mondello@itt.com or call 585-269-7422.
GRADE POINTS
It's never too early to start thinking about serving the
CNY ASPRS Region!
ASPRS Student Member Newsletter
Thank you,
The ASPRS Student Member Newsletter is now
published as a blog at
http://asprssignature.blogspot.com/ .
You can find back issues at
http://www.asprs.org/student_news
or join in the discussion at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/asprs_students/
Joan Mondello
Chair, ASPRS CNY Region
2011-2012 Nominating
Committee
ASPRS SCHOLARSHIP
APPLICATIONS
STUDENTS AND FACULTY MEMBERS PLEASE
NOTE THE EARLY DEADLINE FOR ALL
MONDAY, OCTOBER 17th 2011
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All applications for scholarships and awards must be
submitted electronically to ASPRS headquarters by
MONDAY, OCTOBER 17th 2011 due to the early
conference date.
The ASPRS Annual Conference will be held in
Sacramento, California, March 19-23, 2012.
A complete description of the awards offered and an
application (in PDF format) can be obtained at the
ASPRS web site at:
http://www.asprs.org/Awards-and-Scholarships/
For more information on the ASPRS Awards and
Scholarships Program, contact:
ASPRS
Scholarship Administrator
5410 Grosvenor Lane, Suite 210
Bethesda, MD 20814
scholarships@asprs.org
301-493-0290 xt-101
Presentation Abstracts
ASPRS Central New York Region
Financial Statement
1 Jan 2011 - 31 August 2011
“Remote Sensing: the Image Chain Approach” will
be presented by Nima Pahlevan. Nima was born and
raised in Tehran, Iran. Last year’s Student of the
Year, he is currently studying under Dr. John Schott
as a doctoral candidate in Imaging Science at
Rochester Institute of Technology. His aspiration is
to conduct novel research in remote sensing.
“Spatial Analyses of Forest Consolidation
Dynamics in the Conterminous U.S.” will be
Presented by Sheng Yang, an ERE Ph.D. Student.
This talk will present a novel technique for assessing
forest changes at the national level. More
specifically, spatial patterns of forest changes, as
observed from NLCD in 1992 and 2001, are of
interest. Significant consolidation patterns have been
identified with the overarching goal to assist forest
management decisions at the national level.
“Developing Confidence Metrics for Remote
Sensing Classifiers” will be presented by Dr.
Giorgos Mountrakis.
An important step in
supervised classification is the selection of the
training dataset. This talk will present a method for
training data selection and the corresponding
implications in classification accuracy. The
underlying idea is that as the representativeness of
the training data to the overall scene increases so
does the classification accuracy.
Dr. Giorgos Mountrakis is an Assistant Professor in
Environmental Resources Engineering at SUNYESF. His areas of expertise include environmental
monitoring using remote sensing methods,
environmental modeling using geographic methods,
and environmental decision systems.
INCOME
Dues
Region Rebate
Region Conferences
Interest
Dinner Meeting
Student of the Year Award
Gifts
$0.00
$877.50
$0.00
$30.71
$336.00
$1,900.00
$0.00
TOTAL
$3,144.21
EXPENDITURE
Region Conferences
Dinner Meeting
Student of the Year Award
Postage
Office Exp
Contributions
$0.00
$1,093.26
$2,270.00
$44.00
$44.30
$0.00
TOTAL
$3,451.56
ASSETS
Base Shares (Savings Account)
12 Month Certificate
Share Draft (Checking Account)
Petty Cash
$4,459.15
$4,825.97
$306.24
$83.62
TOTAL
$9,674.98
LIABILITIES
None
$0.00
TOTAL
$0.00
TOTAL AVAILABLE FUNDS
Assets - Liabilities
$9,674.98
Have you remembered your annual dues!
Region annual dues are $4.00 for members. Dues may be
paid at any Region meeting, or mailed to the
Secretary/Treasurer.
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Directions to CNY ASPRS Fall Meeting
Due to construction, the only viable entrance will be
the Stadium Place Entrance by the Maintenance
Building. If the gate is down, identify yourself in the
speaker as attending the ASPRS CNY Region
meeting in 408 Baker Lab. Parking should be
available in the Baker Lot (P17). If not, you may
find spaces available in P7; (up the hill by Marshall
Hall). A special parking pass will be emailed when
you RSVP with Jenn. Be sure to have your parking
pass visible on your dashboard.
Room 408 Baker Lab is the conference room behind
the elevator on the 4th floor. If you use Baker
Parking lot (P17), access to Baker Lab is through
breezeway in the northeast corner of the lot. Turn
left and about 30’ down the hallway you will find the
elevator. If you park by Marshall Hall, enter through
Jahn Lab and cross to Baker Lab. You will then need
to go up one floor. We will be meeting in the large
room with the big windows immediately behind
elevator.
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Officers of the Central New York Region
President:
Jennifer Barber
Madison County
Office of Real Property Tax
Services
PO Box 284
Wampsville, NY 13163
jennentropy@gmail.com
Vice President:
Rolando Raqueno
Remote Sensing Scientist
RIT, 54 Lomb Memorial
Drive
Rochester, NY 14623
(585) 475-6907 voice
(585) 475-5988 fax
rolando@cis.rit.edu
National Director:
John T. Boland, CP
Senior Technical Associate
ITT Geospatial Systems
1447 St. Paul Street
P.O. Box 60488
Rochester, NY 14606-0488
585.269.5057
john.boland@itt.com
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@arcadisus.com
Council Members:
Immediate Past
President:
Joan A. Mondello, - SSD
Center of Excellence Manager
Systems Engineering Group,
ITT Geospatial Systems
1447 St. Paul St.
Rochester, N.Y. 14606-0488
585.269.7422 (Office)
585.205.0280 (Cell)
joan.mondello@itt.com
Newsletter Editor:
Paul Szemkow
SUNY-College of Env.
Science & Forestry
Environmental Resources
Engineering,
402 Baker Lab
1 Forestry Drive
Syracuse, NY 13210-2778
(315) 470-6635 voice
(315) 470-6958 fax
pszemkow@syr.edu
Central New York Region's Home Page:
Lindi Quackenbush
SUNY-ESF
402 Baker Lab
1 Forestry Drive,
Syracuse, NY
(315) 470-4727 voice
(315) 470-6958 fax:
ljquack@esf.edu
Current Vacancy:
Contact Jennifer Barber if
you are interested, or wish
to nominate someone.
Student Representative:
Currently vacant – let us
know if you are
interested.
DEADLINE FOR NEXT ISSUE:
http://www.esf.edu/asprs
November 1, 2011
ASPRS-CNY REGION
SUNY-College of Env. Sci & Forestry
1 Forestry Drive, 402 Baker Lab
Environmental Resources Engineering
Syracuse, New York 13210-2778
Meeting Announcement
October 14, 2011
Reservations
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