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Airborne Imaging Spectrometer Calibration Workshop.
In an effort to provide better service to its members and the
profession, ASPRS is providing more targeted and current
information through a series of compendia, monographs,
CD-ROMs and other materials. For example, the GIS
Division is striving to meet the needs of new, as well as,
experienced GIS users. This is being accomplished in part
via the publication of compendiums such as Remote Sensing
Thematic Accuracy Assessment and Remote Sensing and
Geographic Information Systems: An Integration of Tech-
nologies for Resource Management. Both publications
were produced jointly with the ASPRS Remote Sensing
Applications Division. Work is beginning on the Manual of
GIS which will be part of ASPRS's Science and Engineering
Series. A revision of the widely distributed Careers Bro-
chure is currently underway in conjunction with the Educa-
tion Committee.
The following examples of soon-to-be-available publica-
tions also reflect the aforementioned goals: Manual of
Remote Sensing - Sensors and Platforms (CD-ROM) and
Principles and Applications of Radar Remote Sensing,
Manual of Photographic Interpretation, Digital Photo-
grammetry: An Addendum to the Manual of Photogramme-
try, Proceedings of GAP Analysis Symposium, and Mono-
graphs No. 1-2 (Accuracy Assessment of Land Cover Change
Detection and History of CORONA and the Contribution of
ASPRS Members).
3.3 Member Services
ASPRS provides many member and professional services in
response to long-standing as well as filling new niches
identified through the strategic planning process. The
following is a sampler of the wide variety of services. Note
the synergism among the various committees and divisions
which was created by the strategic planning process.
- Members of the GIS Division are working with the
Professional Practice Division's Standards Committee to
provide input and evaluate the National Spatial Data Trans-
fer Standard. They are also participating on the Federal
Geographic Data Committee.
- The Data Preservation and Archiving Committee is a new
standing committee, formed in 1994 to address archiv-ing
issues for geospatial data. These data include satellite
imagery, aerial photography, other digitally acquired imag-
ery, and digital data created by geographic information
systems. Committee members represent private, govern-
ment, and academic sectors who are knowledgeable about,
and have a concern for data preservation and archiving
practices. The Committee sponsored a technical session and
panel discussion on data preservation, accessibility, and
continuity at the 1996 ASPRS Annual Meeting. Current
activity is focused on producing a Directory of Sources of
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Historic Photos, Images, and Maps.
- The ASPRS Memorial Lecture Committee recognizes that
knowledge of the historical development of photogramme-
try, remote sensing, geographic information systems and
related mapping sciences technologies is important to a full
understanding of continued progress in these fields. A key
means of capturing this history is to share the past accom-
plishments of pioneers and leaders in our science with
current and future professionals through a program of
memorial lectures. Therefore, in 1971, ASPRS established
atradition of recognizing its outstanding departed members
by means of aseries of Memorial Lectures presented at each
annual meeting. All of these lectures have been published
in the Society’s journal and those presented between 1971
and 1986 have been collected and published by ASPRS in
a volume entitled Pioneers in Photogrammetry.
- The Student Activities Committee is designed to study and
recommend policy to the Society, establish and foster
communication among student members, plan and establish
student programs and related activity at Society symposia
and conventions, and liaise with related ASPRS entities.
The committee will target learning materials to the member’s
level of education and interest, to spread successful interac-
tion ideas between regions and chapters by designing tem-
plates of involvement, and to build an Internet structure for
effective communication. In addition, it is advisable to
create links between ASPRS committees, between industry
and academia, between full members and student members,
and between job seekers and job suppliers. By building a
structure for student activities, future committee members
can concentrate their efforts on implementing the ideal.
- In the past four years, the Professional Practice Division
(PPD) has worked with the membership on several pro-
grams and initiated new agendas to meet future needs. PPD
has closely coordinated its activities with the certification
programs for photogrammetrist and mapping scientist (GIS
and remote sensing), which are described separately for this
report. The new written examination for photogramm-
etrists is being developed so that ASPRS and, perhaps later,
state licensing boards, will use it to license photogramm-
etrists and mapping scientists.
- The Standards Committee provides leadership with-in
ASPRS to ensure the Society's participation in the develop-
ment, review, and implementation of national standards
related to the spatial data sciences. Included among these
are the ANSI-GIS X3L1 Standards Committee activities
that have resulted in national standards. ASPRS has also
participated in review activities for data and metadata
standards within the U.S. Federal Geographic Data Com-
mittee, and has organized a Digital Orthophoto Standards
Working Group to address the requirements and models for
acquisition and use. A formal standards liaison activity has
been established with URISA.
The Draft "Standard Specifications for Aerial Photogra-
