AmericaView Fall Technical Meeting - October 5th and 6th, 2009

AmericaView members, along with USGS partners and the Upper Midwest Chapter of the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS), met recently at the EROS Data Center in beautiful Sioux Falls, South Dakota.



The AmericaView Fall Technical Meeting combined technical presentations with a poster session, invited feature presentations, and a series of workshops, all aimed at sharing information and strengthening internal and external relationships.  Technical sessions covering research, technology, education, and outreach brought together StateView experts with USGS scientists to share experiences and expertise in our highly dynamic and rapidly developing field.

Special Feature presentations were offered by accuracy assessment authority Dr. Russ Congalton and Dr. Gilbert Rochon, an international authority on high performance supercomputing. We were particularly pleased to have Matt Varilek, Mark Gerhardt, and Benjamin Ready, Economic Development Directors for Senator Tim Johnson, Representative Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, and Senator Mark Thune, respectively, update us on progress on the AmericaView Authorization Act (H.R. 2489, the National Land Remote Sensing Outreach Act; and S. 1078 AmericaView Geospatial Imagery Mapping Program Act).

Presentations are linked below.

STRATEGIC PLAN REPORT - Rick Lawrence (AV Board Chairman)

Research Session

SPATIOTEMPORAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN CLIMATE AND WHITEBARK PINE MORTALITY IN THE GREATTER YELLOWSTONE ECOSYSTEM - Rick Lawrence (MTView)

ASSESSING LAND COVER STATUS AND CHANGE USING HISTORICAL LANDSAT DATA - Jim Vogelmann (USGS EROS)

MAPPING TERRESTRIAL HABITATS IN THE BOSTON MOUNTAIN AND ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY ECOREGIONS: A MULTI-SCALE APPROACH - Bruce Gorham (ARView)

REMOTE SENSING FOR ESTIMATING REGIONAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION AND MODELING BASIN WATER BALANCE - Gabriel Senay (USGS EROS)

Feature Presentations

ASSESSING THE ACCURACY OF REMOTELY SENSED DATA: DOING IT RIGHT! - Russ Congalton (NHView)

ENGAGING REMOTE SENSING & HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH & DISASTER MITIGATION IN AFRICAN COUNTRIES - Gilbert Rochon (INView)

Technology Session

IMAGERY SOLUTIONS FOR FUTURE PROJECTS - Alan Kittson (SPOT)

PRESTIGE: WEB-BASED NEAR REAL-TIME ACCESS TO SATELLITE IMAGE DATA - Larry Biehl (INView)

MODIS TODAY IMAGES - Sam Batzli (WIView)

REDDnet FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE - PR Blackwell (TXView) - Slide 15 mp4, slide 17 mp4

LARGE AOI EXTRACTS FROM WEB MAPPING SERVICE - Dayne Broderson (AKView)

USGS / EROS DATA MANAGEMENT AND DIGITAL DELIVERY OF ANALOG DATA - Tim Smith (USGS EROS)

Education Session

AMERICAVIEW UNIVERSITY: A FRAMEWORK FOR ONLINE REMOTE SENSING COURSES - JC Seong (GAView)

AMERICAVIEW UNIVERSITY – A REMOTE SENSING CERTIFICATE PROGRAM FOPR JUNIOR COLLEGES AND WORKFORCE TRAINING - Pia Van Pentham (CAView)

AMERICAVIEW’S EARTH OBSERVATION DAY PROJECT - Jay Morgan (MDView)

USGS EROS OUTREACH AND EDUCATION - Jan Nelson and Pam Van Zee (USGS EROS)

Outreach Session

REMOTE SENSING ENDEAVORS IN EAST^TM - Robin Gregory (ARView)

PARTNERING WITH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES - Ramesh Sivanpillai (WYView)

OUTREACH RESOURCES THAT WORK: EXAMPLES AND EXHORTATIONS - Rebecca Dodge (TXView)

2009 AmericaView K-12 GIScience Educator Award Presented to Cassandra Soeffing