President’s Message
National Director’s Report
I want to thank all the participants who made the
trip to the New York Wine and Culinary Center for
our Winter/Spring meeting. While we wined and
dined with the usual suspects, I hope that the event
has renewed connections between old colleagues
and established new ones between strangers. Our
intent was to expose everyone to the ecological
issues at the local and global level and how the
mapping sciences and technologies might aid in the
management of these problems [Events.CNYASPRS.org]. The issues of local water quality and
its management is crucial not only because of our
proximity to one of the largest fresh water reserves
in the world, but that our stewardship of this
resource will be a model for the rest of the globe to
follow. In the case of the small scale community
agricultural projects in Africa, it was possible that
the technology can help manage the process in a
sustainable manner. The recurring question comes
back to the short and long term economics of
putting these technologies into practice. Regardless
of these resource limitations, the impact of applying
these tools will have a profound impact to the
quality of life for the families in these regions.
Speaking of families, I was particularly pleased to
see several spouses attending the meetings. I am
sure that this was partly because of the talks, partly
because of their spouse and, without any
reservations, because of the wine and drink. I was
engaged in several technical conversations before
and after dinner and also overheard others that
reminisced about classmates from grad school days
and their whereabouts, the current research of old
advisors, the latest knitting/woodworking projects,
and the universal trials and tribulations of
parenthood and rewards and spoils of
grandparenthood. I remind myself that this mix of
interactions provides the social grease that helps the
continuity of collaboration. To that end, I am
grateful for this opportunity. (see President, pg 2)
In the last newsletter I mentioned that I had signed up
for a webinar on Hyperspectral Remote Sensing. I
found it to be very informative and easy to participate
while in my office due to the two sessions with a good
break in between. The web aspects worked very well
with clear visuals and audio. There are webinars
coming up in May and June. If the topics are of
interest to you, I think it will be worth your while to
sign up.
I attended the Central New York Region’s
Winter/Spring meeting on March 12, which was held
at the New York Wine & Culinary Center. The theme
of the meeting was “Think Globally, Act Locally,
Collaborate Internationally”. The case studies
presented - and the food - were excellent.
I am not going to make it to the San Diego meeting.
Rolando Raqueno has agreed to act as my proxy at the
board meeting so our region will be well represented.
The theme for the Fall conference in Orlando is
Geospatial Data and Geovisualization: Environment,
Security, and Society. It is being held in conjunction
with a special joint meeting of ISPRS Technical
Commission IV and AutoCarto 2010, so there will be
alot of content for those in attendance.
The region officers have been discussing how ASPRS
can bring more value to its members on the regional
and national level. We would like to hear your
thoughts on what is providing the most value now –
the journal, the website, the RSS feeds, Twitter – and
what you would like to see in the future. You can tell
us directly at the Annual Dinner Meeting on May 17th.
John T. Boland, CP
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(President, from pg 1)
and annual meeting and report the state of ASPRS
and its efforts to keep abreast with the rapidly
changing technologies and maintain relevance to its
members.
This also underscores that behind all the names that
we read in the journal articles and the titles
bestowed on our distinguished colleaques lies a
familial unit (traditional or otherwise) that is the
bedrock of our professional and personal lives.
Without them, the purpose and relevance of all our
efforts is greatly diminished. I ask that you take a
moment to thank them in your own way.
For our upcoming annual meeting (Monday, May
17th at RIT), we chose the theme of "Mapping
Swords to Plowshares" [Events.CNY-ASPRS.org].
I firmly believe that we need to understand the past
to guide us for the future. This is truism applies to
technology as well as other aspects of human
history. As I mentioned in my first article as
president, we have a rich history in our region in the
the disciplines of our profession. We celebrate and
exemplify this heritage by melding past and present
in our program. We have the privilege of having
Dwayne A. Day (Co-editor of Eye in the Sky: Story
of the Corona Spy Satellites) to discuss his
involvement in historic and current issues of the
U.S. Space Program. This will be followed by a
round table of team members involved in the recent
remote sensing missions over Haiti after the
earthquake devastations.
Both promise to be
enlightening and engaging programs.
Lastly, I thank and apologize to all our offsite
participants who attempted to "virtually" attend our
last meeting via the web. This concept is very
much welcomed by everyone, but the capability, as
many of you know, is far from turnkey. We hope to
have better success with this at our annual meeting.
As I write this from the national conference at San
Diego, I cannot believe how quickly the past year
has gone by. It would be disingenuous of me to say
that it has all been a pleasure, but as the old adage
goes "what does not kill you will only make you
stronger". I hope to have a final opportunity to
offer parting words after the national conference
Rolando Raqueno
ASPRS Central New York Region
Financial Statement
1 Jan 2010 - 31 March 2010
INCOME
Dues
Region Rebate
Region Conferences
Interest
Dinner Meeting
Student of the Year Award
Gifts
TOTAL
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$34.41
$528.00
$0.00
$0.00
$562.41
EXPENDITURE
Region Conferences
Dinner Meeting
Student of the Year Award
Postage
Office Exp
Contributions
TOTAL
$0.00
$1,033.10
$0.00
$88.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,121.10
ASSETS
Base Shares (Savings
Account)
12 Month Certificate
Share Draft (Checking
Account)
Petty Cash
TOTAL
$7,308.00
$4,756.48
$400.00
$4.00
$12,468.48
LIABILITIES
None
TOTAL
$0.00
$0.00
TOTAL AVAILABLE FUNDS
Assets - Liabilities
Future Dates
The New York State Geographic Information Systems
Conference: October 24 - 26, 2010,
Saratoga Springs, NY.
http://www.esf.edu/nysgisconf/
GIS Day 2010: Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010.
www.gisday.com
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$12,468.48
Central New York Region News
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 society.
2010 Region Officers Candidates
President-Elect
The Nominations Committee respectfully submits
the following persons as candidates for the 2010
ASPRS Central New York Region election of
officers:
Joan Mondello
Joan Mondello is the
Division Manager of
the
Systems
Engineering Group
within ITT’s Space
System
Division.
Ms. Mondello has
been involved in the
geospatial information community for over 25
years. Her career spans employment by the Federal
Government, both the government and commercial
sides of Eastman Kodak Company, and currently
ITT’s Space Systems Division.
She has
continuously been involved with the design,
development, and delivery of systems to capture,
process, exploit, and disseminate geospatial
information.
Key products built by ITT Space Systems Division
(SSD) and supported through Ms. Mondello’s
Systems
Engineering
Group
include
the
meteorological sounding data used to map and track
weather, the navigation system on GPS satellites,
commercial remote sensing systems (GeoEye), and
other geospatial products and services.
The
Systems Engineering group performs architecture
trades, translates voice of customer into systems
requirements, flows those requirements to
subsystem specifications, and verifies that the final
product meets the customer’s requirements.
Ms. Mondello holds a BS in Imaging Science and
Remote Sensing from the Rochester Institute of
Technology. She is a Six Sigma Black Belt and a
certified
Geographic
Information
Systems
Professional (GISP).
With the increase of consumer mapping such as
personal navigation devices (PND), Google Earth,
Vice President: Jennifer Barber, Justin Cole
Secretary-Treasurer: William Stiteler
The Vice President position is a three-year
commitment to the council. During the first year
this person serves as Vice President responsible for
Membership and Student Awards, and then serves
as President, who is responsible for our technical
program, followed by Past President, responsible
for nominations. We alternate this position among
the academic, public, and private sectors. In this
cycle, we were seeking nominations from members
in the public sector.
The Secretary/Treasurer position is responsible for
minutes at Council and business meetings, Region
accounting and bookkeeping, and Region
correspondences. The council has retained the
business operations of the Region with our
colleagues at SUNY-ESF. So, it is convenient, but
not required, that members in proximity to Syracuse
be candidates for this position.
Also, the Region Council consists of members
interested in guiding the Region during the coming
year. The President appoints these positions.
Please contact Joan Mondello, who will become
President at the May meeting, if you wish to be on
the Council or have any suggestions, including
meeting places, topics of discussion or concerns for
our region council.
joan.mondello@itt.com 585.269.7422 (Office)
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and Virtual Earth from Microsoft, geospatial
information is expanding exponentially into new
markets. Given this market expansion and the
current state of the economy, we have to think more
strategically on how we invest in ourselves for
future growth. The Central New York region of
ASPRS is strong in all sectors that support those
markets: government, education, and industry. We
represent the user, the researcher, and the builder of
geospatial systems and products. My focus will be
to promote collaboration across the region, across
the sectors, and to grow its membership. I would be
honored to serve the Central New York region and
its
members
in
the
advancement
of
photogrammetry, remote sensing, GIS, and its
supporting technologies.
Joan Mondello.
Candidates for Region Officers
cover model (Which I created in 2008 and is
Vice-President Candidate
currently in the process of going through the 2009
Justin Cole
updates), any suitability modeling for development,
and near real-time flood model, which is still
ongoing.
I received my GISP in 2009 and was elected to the
GISSIG board of directors in April of 2009. I have
presented 14 times at 12 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 used to expand
membership and scholarship. I have planned events
such as GIS Day, which brought agencies from the
Private, Public, and Academic sectors together and
showed students the benefits of geospatial
technology.
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. In the fall of 2010, I will be
returning to RIT to teach the Urban and Community
Studies using GIS class.
I started at Monroe County in 2003 as a coop where
my time was split between mapping wetlands in the
Rochester embayment with RIT, and other County
GIS projects. The following summer I went back to
the County and worked on more government
projects such as mapping sewer clean-outs,
updating and collecting apartment addresses, and
assisting in training. In 2005, I was promoted to full
time and I took over the training program,
Pictometry, and other GIS projects. During this time
we had some LiDAR data which I started to
investigate how we could incorporate this new data.
It is roughly at this time, I began working on the
near real-time flood model.
Now I am in charge of the outreach program,
analysis, and training. I maintain the County's land
Justin Cole, MS, GISP
Vice-President Candidate
Jennifer Barber
Jennifer Barber is the GIS
Technician for the Madison
County Office of Real
Property Tax Services. Her
involvement in the mapping
sciences has spanned 13
years
and
includes
experience
in
the
government, education and private sectors. In
addition to her responsibilities maintaining the
county tax map records, Ms. Barber is ferrying the
county through the process of upgrading the real
property GIS from PC Arc/Info to ArcGIS 9.3.x.
She has developed a number of products for the
department merging GIS and image data.
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Previously she was the Software Test Manager at
PAR Government Systems, responsible for testing
image archiving software and GIS products for
military applications. While working at PAR as a
Geospatial Engineer, she also developed a semiautomated approach to impervious surface
extraction from digital imagery using machine
learning techniques for the New York City Drinking
Water Watershed. Ms. Barber also worked as the
Mapping Support Specialist for the Mapping
Sciences Laboratory at SUNY ESF. While there she
maintained the GIS and image processing systems
and software. She also aided in the development of
curricula for use in laboratory exercises and
consulted with students, faculty and the public on a
variety of image analysis projects.
Ms. Barber joined ASPRS in 1998. She holds a BS
in Bioengineering Instrumentation from Syracuse
University. She also completed her MS in
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing at SUNY
ESF. She is a certified Geographic Information
Systems Professional (GISP).
Ms. Barber is interested in becoming the Vice
President of CNY ASPRS to continue promoting
the collaboration between the sectors represented by
our region. Additionally, she would like to ensure
our continued engagement at the national level as
our region is comprised of key educational
institutions performing research and developing
applications in the mapping sciences. She would
like to see the inception of a mentoring program
within the region and continuing education
opportunities for our working members.
Secretary/Treasurer Candidate
William Stiteler
William Stiteler currently works as a
photogrammetry and remote sensing scientist /
statistician at ARCADIS in Syracuse, NY. His
position involves using remote sensing analysis and
geostatistics for a wide variety of environmental
engineering and risk management projects. He has
also worked as a research scientist at SUNY-ESF, a
consultant developing remote sensing-based
approaches to toxic spill detection, and taught
courses in GIS and Surveying. Bill completed his
Masters degree in 1995, and his PhD in 2003, both
at SUNY-ESF. He attained a degree in computer
science from the State University of New York at
Binghamton in 1993.
I became a member of ASPRS in 1993; initially
joining as a student, later transferring to full
member status. I have become more involved in the
local ASPRS region. I believe I have the skills
necessary
to
serve
as
the
region
Secretary/Treasurer.
William Stiteler
Jennifer Barber
GRADE POINTS
ASPRS Student Member Newsletter
Student of the Year Award
The ASPRS Student Member Newsletter is now
published as a blog at
http://asprssignature.blogspot.com/ .
Award winners will be honored at the Central New
York Region Annual Spring Meeting in Rochester,
May 17, 2010.
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/
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Directions to CNY ASPRS Annual Meeting
The RIT campus is located in Rochester, New York. The third largest city in New York State, Rochester is
on Lake Ontario, about midway between Niagara Falls and Syracuse and within easy driving distance to
Toronto.
RIT's main campus is five miles from the New York State Thruway (Interstate 90), exit 46.
From the NYS Thruway: Take exit 46 and proceed
north on I-390 to exit 13 (Hylan Drive). Take a left onto
Hylan Dr. and continue north to Jefferson Road (Route
252), and take a left at the light. Proceed west a short
distance to the main campus.
Once entering campus at the main entrance (indicated
with a VERY large sign: "Rochester Institute of
Technology, Founded 1829"), follow the signs to the
Information Booth. The Campus Safety officer will
issue a parking pass and provide directions to the CIMS
Building.
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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 May 12, 2010 (postmarked); or delivered in person at the
annual meeting in Syracuse on May 17th, 2010.
Please
fold
so
that
the
address
is
visible,
tape
the
edge,
add
postage
and
mail.
Thanks for your vote!
Fold Second
William M. Stiteler IV, Ph.D., CMS
5137 Glass Factory Rd
Munnsville, NY 13409
Fold Under First
ASPRS CNY Region Officers
Vice-President:
_________
Jennifer Barber
Madison County Office of Real Property Tax Services
(Vote for one)
_________
Justin Cole
Monroe County GIS Services Division
Secretary/Treasurer: _________
William Stiteler
Scientist / Statistician
ARCADIS, Syracuse, NY
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Officers of the Central New York Region
President:
National Director:
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
Vice President:
Joan A. Mondello, - SSD
Center of Excellence
Manager Systems
Engineering Group,
ITT Geospatial Systems
1447 St. Paul St.
Rochester, N.Y. 146060488
585.269.7422 (Office)
585.205.0280 (Cell)
joan.mondello@itt.com
Ron Frederiks
New York State
Department of
Transportation
(NYSDOT),
88 Dumbarton Drive
Delmar, NY 12054-4406
(518) 439-7109 voice
r.frederiks@verizon.net
(315) 470-6633 (Work)
Ricardo Lopez-Torrijos,
IAGT, Chief, Watershed GIT
Support Group
Division of Water, NYS DEC
625 Broadway, 4th floor
Albany, NY 12233-3500
(518) 402-8259
rxlopez@gw.dec.state.ny.us
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 & Forest
Engineering,
402 Baker Lab
SUNY-College of Env.
Science & Forestry
1 Forestry Drive
Syracuse, NY 132102778
(315) 470-6635 voice
(315) 470-6958 fax
pszemkow@syr.edu
Lindi Quackenbush
SUNY-ESF, 402 Baker
Lab
1 Forestry Drive,
Syracuse, NY
(315) 470-4727 voice
(315) 470-6958 fax:
ljquack@esf.edu
Student Representative:
DEADLINE FOR NEXT ISSUE:
http://www.esf.edu/asprs
A SPR S-C NY R EGION
SUN Y-College of Env. Sci & Forestry
1 Fore stry Dr ive, 402 Baker Lab
Environm ental Resources & Forest Engi neer ing
Syracuse, Ne w York 13210-2778
Council Members:
Immediate Past
President:
John T. Boland, CP
Senior Technical
Associate
ITT Geospatial Systems
1447 St. Paul Street
P.O. Box 60488
Rochester, NY 146060488
585.269.5057
john.boland@itt.com
August 15, 2010
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Due May 12
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