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The archive contains news and special announcements relating to Society affairs that are greater than 6 months old.

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2010

05-28 - Roger Crystal Assumes Role as ASPRS Foundation President

05-21 - ASPRS Announces 2010 Award Winners

05-11 - ASPRS 76th Annual Conference – Very Successful with Large Conference Attendance

03-25 - Roberta E. Lenczowski Elected as ASPRS Vice President; Becky Morton, Douglas L. Smith and David L. Szymanski Elected as Assistant Division Directors

03-03 - ASPRS Announces Daniel Civco as 2010 SAIC/Estes Memorial Teaching Award Winner

02-24 - ASPRS is Now on Twitter

02-17 - 2010 ASPRS Fellow Award Winners

01-10 - Digital Edition of ASPRS Journal Now Available

2009

09-11 - Charles E. Olson, Jr. Selected as ASPRS Honorary Member

09-09 - ASPRS Board of Directors Approves Guidelines for the Procurement of Professional Services

08-09 - ASPRS Board Approves LAS 1.3 Specification

07-09 - Nathaniel J. Ovans Named First Provisional Certified Photogrammetrist by ASPRS

07-09 - Webinar Workshop Series Announced by ASPRS

05-09 - Manual of Geographic Information Systems Published by ASPRS

04-09 - ASPRS Provides Dues Relief to Members Affected by Economic Recession

04-09 - ASPRS Announces Charles K. Toth as Winner of the Photogrammetric Award

04-09 - ASPRS Announces Sergio Bernades as 2009 Colwell Fellowship Winner

04-09 - 2009 Boeing Award for Best Paper in Image Analysis and Interpretation Announced by ASPRS

04-09 - BAE Systems Award Given to Ju Won Hwangbo by ASPRS Foundation

04-09 - ASPRS Announces Nicole Wayant as 2009 Winner of the Abraham Anson Memorial Scholarship

03-09 - ASPRS Celebrates 75TH Anniversary with Record Conference Attendance

02-09 - Florence Elected as ASPRS Vice President, Finn and Ryan Elected as Assistant Division Directors

02-09 - Intergraph Announces 2009 Carl Pulfrich Award Call for Nominations

02-09 - 2009 Fellow Award Winners

2008

12-08 - Thomas M. Lillesand Approved as ASPRS Honorary Member

10-08 - Draft Guidelines for the Procurement of Professional Services Released by ASPRS for Comment

09-08 - JOHN O. BEHRENS Institute for Land Information MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP ANNOUNCED BY ASPRS

09-08 - ASPRS Foundation Awards $40K Grant to Penn State Public Broadcasting Project

08-08 - ASPRS Members Renslow and Madden Elected to ISPRS Positions

06-08 - ASPRS Announces Certification of the First Remote Sensing Technologist

06-08 - Abraham Anson Memorial Scholarship Established by ASPRS

05-08 - ASPRS 2008 Annual Conference - A Grand Success!

04-08 - 2008 Boeing Award for Best Paper in Image Analysis and Interpretation Announced by ASPRS

04-08 - 2008 ESRI Best Scientific Paper Award Winners Announced by ASPRS

04-02 - Carolyn Merry Elected as ASPRS Vice President Graham, Hillyer and Knight Elected as Assistant Division Directors

03-12 - Robert Burtch Named New ASPRS National Workshop Coordinator

02-21 - 2008 ASPRS Fellow Award Winners

01-23 - Roger M. Hoffer Selected as ASPRS Honorary Member

01-15 - Dr. Russell G. Congalton Named Editor-in-chief of Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (PE&RS

2007

09-17 - First Provisional Certifications Awarded by ASPRS

08-27 - ASPRS, ACSM And MAPPS Announce Establishment of the Francis H. “Frank” Moffitt Memorial Scholarship Award

08-17 - ASPRS and MAPPS Applaud National Land Imaging Program

08-15 - Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (PE&RS) Journal Receives Top Rankings

07-26 - Two New Members Named to ASPRS Foundation Board of Trustees

07-10 - ASPRS Foundation Receives First Transfer of Scholarship Funds from Region

05-30 - ASPRS 2007 Annual Conference – A Huge Success!

05-02 - George Y. G. Lee, PhD Receives 2007 ASPRS Photogrammetric Award (Fairchild)

04-18 - 2007 ESRI Award Winners Announced by ASPRS

04-02 - ASPRS Announces Michael Falkowski as 2007 Colwell Fellowship Winner

03-23 - GeoEye Award Winners for 2007 Announced by ASPRS

02-08 - 2007 ASPRS Fellow Award Winners

02-01 - Lillesand, Crystal and Renslow Reappointed as ASPRS Foundation, Inc. Officers

01-16 - Intergraph Announces 2007 Carl Pulfrich Award Call for Nominations

2006

11-15 - Dean Merchant Approved as ASPRS Honorary Member

10-13 - Provisional Certification Program Announced by ASPRS

09-05 - Funding Doubled for Three ASPRS Scholarships

06-21 - Dangermond Fully Endows ESRI Award Through the ASPRS Foundation

06-19 - Remote Sensing of the Marine Environment Recently Published by ASPRS

06-01 - Kodak International Educational Literature (KIELA) 2006 Award Recipient Named by ASPRS

05-19 - ASPRS Announces 2006 SAIC/Estes Memorial Teaching Award Winner

05-19 - Osborn and Wolf Memorial Scholarship Winners Announced by ASPRS

05-18 - ASPRS 2006 Annual Conference – A Great Event!

04-14 - “The Future of Landsat” Hot Topic Heats Up at ASPRS Annual Conference

04-07 - 2006 ESRI Award Winners Announced by ASPRS

03-22 - Kass Green Elected as ASPRS Vice President, Morton, Smith, and Iiames Elected as Assistant Division Directors

01-25 - 2006 ASPRS Fellow Award Winners

01-19 - ASPRS and MAPPS to Cosponsor Automated Feature Extraction Conference

01-13 - Professor Gordon Petrie Receives2006 ASPRS Photogrammetric Award (Fairchild)

01-12 - ASPRS and MAPPS Applaud White House Support for LANDSAT Continuity Free Flyer Mission

2005

12-13 - BAE Systems Named ASPRS Partner in Education

12-08 - Robert H. Brock, Jr. and Roy R. Mullen selected as Honorary Members

12-02 - George E. Brown, Jr. Congressional Honor Award Goes to Senator Allard

10-06 - Full Text of Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (PE&RS) Journal Now Available Online

09-12 - ASPRS Names Three New Members to the ASPRS Foundation Board of Trustee

07-14 - Jon Stigant to Keynote GIS in the Rockies 2005 - Thursday Luncheon Speaker to Recount Lessons Learned in the Field

07-07 - Early Registration Deadline Nears for GIS in the Rockies 2005 - Only Three Weeks Left to Get Full Conference for $175

06-29 - GIS in the Rockies Conference Program Is Online Earlier Than Ever Before

06-28 - ASPRS Announces Establishment of the Robert N. Colwell Memorial Fellowship Award

05-25 - ASPRS Releases Update to LAS Lidar Data Exchange Format Standard

04-13 - ASPRS Announces the Launch of The ASPRS Foundation, Inc.

04-06 - Letter to Dr. John Marburger, White House/OSTP (Adobe PDF 76Kb)

03-25 - ASPRS Holds Very Successful 2005 Annual Conference

03-16 - Kenneth J. Osborn Memorial Scholarship Awarded for the First Time

03-16 - Nora Csanyi Receives BAE Systems Award

03-16 - ASPRS 2005 Awards

02-28 - Marguerite Madden Elected as ASPRS Vice President Smit, Eadie Elected as Assistant Division Directors

02-25 - Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Förstner Receives 2005 ASPRS Photogrammetric Award (FAIRCHILD)

02-14 - ASPRS Announces 2005 SAIC/Estes Memorial Teaching Award Winner

01-27 - ASPRS 2005 Fellow Award winner

2004

11-22 - ASPRS Announces Certification of the First GIS/LIS Technologist

08-19 - ASPRS Releases Guidelines on Vertical Accuracy Reporting Requirements for Lidar-Derived Elevation Data

07-09 - ASPRS Announces the Kenneth J. Osborn Memorial Scholarship

06-30 - ASPRS Announces Certification of the First Photogrammetric Technologist

06-15 - ISPRS Foundation Invites Donations - Board of Trustees Is Announced

06-15 - ISPRS Announces Winners of Helava Award Lee and Bethel Honoured for Best Paper in the ISPRS Journal

06-18 - 2004 ASPRS FELLOW AWARD WINNERS

06-09 - Record Attendance at Annual Conference as ASPRS Celebrates 70th Anniversary

06-08 - John Russell Jensen Honored with the SAIC/Estes Memorial Teaching Award

06-08 - DR. J. CHRIS McGLONE RECEIVES ASPRS PHOTOGRAMMETRIC AWARD (FAIRCHILD)

05-12 - ISPRS Announces Winner of Brock Gold Medal Kasturirangan Honoured for Leadership of Indian Space Program

04-05 - ASPRS Releases Draft Position Paper on Vertical Accuracy Reporting Requirements for Lidar-Derived Elevation Data

04-05 - Kari J. Craun Elected as ASPRS Vice President; Mugnier, Loveland and Paulsen Elected as Assistant Division Directors

03-29 - Memorial Scholarship Established Honoring Kenneth J. Osborn

03-11 - ASPRS Readies for 70th Anniversary Annual Conference

02-25 - Michael Renslow Named New PE&RS Technical Editor

01-07 - ASPRS Publishes Report on Remote Sensing 10-Year Industry Forecast

2003

12-02 ISPRS Expands Its Scientific and Technologic Activities

11-24 ASPRS Issues Resolution on U.S. Landsat Program

11-18 ISPRS Record Number of Abstracts Submitted for ISPRS Congress

11-12 ASPRS Announces New Technologist Certification Program

08-01 ASPRS Seeks Support for Landsat 7

06-02 ASPRS Approves Lidar Data Exchange Format Standard

06-02 ASPRS Hosts Very Successful 2003 Annual Conference in Anchorage, Alaska

05-22 ISPRS Issues Call for Abstracts

04-21 GIS in the Rockies Call for Papers

04-18 Roger M. Hoffer to Receive SAIC Estes Memorial Teaching Award

03-31 Karen L. Schuckman Elected as ASPRS Vice President; Greenlee and Bailey Elected as Assistant Division Directors

03-10 ASPRS 2003 Outstanding Service Awards

02-20 2003 ASPRS Fellow Award Winners

02-12 Kodak to Fund International Educational Literature Award

01-31 ASPRS Brown Award Given to Senator Trent Lott

2002

11-26 ASPRS Specialty Conference on Platforms and Sensors A Hugh Success

11-04 ASPRS Announces NOAA'S Addition to the ASPRS/NASA Ten-Year Remote Sensing Industry Forecast

02-08 ASPRS and MAPPS to Sponsor Fall 2003 Conference with focus on DIGITAL TERRAIN DATA AND 3-D VISUALIZATION

02-07Announcing 2003 PE&RS subscription rates

02-06 Perkins Elected Vice Chair of ASPRS Sustaining Members Council

02-05 2002 Outstanding Service Awards

02-04 ASPRS Gives Scholarship Awards

02-04 Russell G. Congalton Elected as ASPRS Vice Presiden; Toth, Simmers and Northcutt Elected as Assistant Division Directors

02-03 2002 ASPRS Fellow Award Winners

03-02 ASPRS International Educational Literature Award in Mapping Sciences Goes to South African University

2001

01-10 Letter to the National Security Council and Federal Aviation Authority requesting waiver to Enhanced Class B airspace for aerial photo overflights

01-05 2001 ASPRS Annual Conference A Huge Success!

01-03 Integrating Remote Sensing at the Global, Regional and Local Scale: Announcing Pecora 15 & Land Satellite Information IV Conference in Conjunction with the ISPRS Commission I Symposium

01-03 2001 ASPRS Fellow Award Winners

01-03 James M. Anderson Selected as ASPRS Honorary Member

01-03 Donald T. Lauer Elected as ASPRS Vice President; Boland and Madden Elected as Assistant Division Directors

01-03 US Remote Sensing Industry $2.2B and Growing

01-03 Advent of Commercial High-Resolution Satellites Poses Challenging Questions - New ASPRS/RAND Book Analyzes the Issues.

01-03 George Southard Elected to Chair ASPRS Sustaining Members Council

2000

00-07 2000 ASPRS Annual Conference in Washington, DC

00-03 2000 ASPRS FELLOW AWARD WINNERS

00-03 Roger R. “Sky” Chamard Selected as ASPRS Honorary Member

00-02 ASPRS Releases Final Camera Calibration Report to USGS

00-02 Erdas takes the lead in the ASPRS education initiative kickoff!

00-02 ACSM and ASPRS Announce Fall 2000 Conference. First Jointly Sponsored Meeting Since 1997

1999

99-10 ASPRS Announces Space Act Agreement with NASA to Develop "10-Year Remote Sensing Industry Forecast"

99-10 ASPRS Releases Open Skies Policy

99-10 ASPRS Open Skies Policy

99-09 Kimberly Tilley promoted to Assistant Executive Director

99-07 William D. French, former ASPRS Executive Director, Dies

99-07 ASPRS Releases Draft Camera Calibration Report

99-06 1999 ASPRS Annual Conference in Portland, OR Another Successful Event

99-04 1999-2000 Election Results Announced

99-04 1999 ASPRS Fellow Award Selections Announced

99-04 Dr. Edward M. Mikhail Named ASPRS Honorary Member

99-02 ASPRS Supports NAPA in Building the National Spatial Data Infrastructure

1998

98-12 The GIS/LIS Conference Series: Mission Accomplished

98-10 Call for PE&RS Articles Practical series on Photogrammetry

98-10 NCEES: ASPRS Membership, the Model Law, and More

98-09 Understanding UCGIS

98-07 ASPRS Adopts Tag Line: "ASPRS: The Imaging and Geospatial Information Society"

98-06 A Message from the Executive Director James R. Plasker

98-05 Report to the ASPRS Board of Directors Task Force on Administration -- Prepared by Michael Renslow, Chair (Presented at the 1998 ASPRS Annual Conference) -- file in Adobe Acrobat PDF format

98-05 "Maximizing the Societal and Commercial Opportunities of the Coming Era of Geospatial Imaging and Information" -- Inagural Address by Thomas M. Lillesand, ASPRS President -- file in Adobe Acrobat PDF format

98-05 PE&RS Readership Survey Final Report -- Prepared by Stan Morain, Editor -- file in Adobe Acrobat PDF format

98-05 Alan M. Mikuni Elected ASPRS Vice President

98-05 ASPRS Names James R. Plasker New Executive Director

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