Workshop registration is NOT included in the full Symposium registration fee. Workshops require separate registration and payment for each workshop. Availability is based on space.
ASPRS 2006 Annual Conference
“Prospecting Geospatial Information Integration” May 1-5, 2006
Reno, Nevada
See www.asprs.org/Reno2006 for details.
Workshop 1
Professional Airborne Digital Mapping Systems - An Overview
8:00 am - 5:00 pm, 0.8 CEU
Room 11
Dave Fuhr, Airborne Data Systems
Brian Huberty, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Introductory Level Workshop
The primary objective of this tutorial is to review professional airborne digital mapping camera systems. We will discuss all advantages and disadvantages of these new, dynamic systems - technical, costs, feasibility, calibration and applications. Participants will leave with a better understanding of what it takes to map their projects by either contracting or acquiring airborne digital mapping camera systems.
Workshop 2
Assessing the Accuracy of GIS Information Created from Remotely Sensed Data: Principles and Practices
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm, 0.4 CEU
Room 12
Kass Green, President, Alta Vista
Russell G. Congalton, University of New Hampshire
Intermediate Level Workshop
In order to maximize the benefits of this course, participants should have previous experience with GIS and remotely sensed data. In addition, a good understanding of statistical principles is also strongly suggested.
This course focuses on the principles, techniques, and practical aspects of assessing the accuracy of GIS information derived from remotely sensed data. Participants will receive instruction in how to design accuracy assessment procedures, allocate accuracy assessment samples, collect both .eld and photo reference data, and analyze accuracy assessment results. While spatial accuracy is addressed, the course primarily focuses on methods and analysis for thematic accuracy assessment. Examples of accuracy assessment case studies based on actual project data will be presented and discussed. Each participant in this course will come away with a solid understanding of accuracy assessment procedures for spatial data, and the knowledge to properly interpret the results of such procedures.
Workshop 3
Remote Sensing of Vegetation
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm, 0.4 CEU
Room 14
Charles Olson, Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan
Introductory Level Workshop
The goal of this workshop is to provide an examination of morphologic and physiologic factors affecting signals upwelling from vegetated areas and their in.uence on remotely sensed data in the visible, near-IR, middle-IR, thermal and microwave spectral bands, with emphasis on the spectral bands of camera systems and the ETM+ sensor.
Workshop 4
Preparing For ASPRS Certification
8:00 am - 5:00 pm, 0.8 CEU
Room 11
Robert Burtch, Professor, Ferris State University
Intermediate Level Workshop
Assumes participants have subject knowledge and are serious about taking the Certification Exam. The purpose of this workshop is to prepare individuals who are planning to sit for the ASPRS Certification exams as a Certified Photogrammetrist or Certified Mapping Scientist in either Remote Sensing or GIS. The workshop will begin by explaining the purpose and form of the exam. It will then begin to identify key topical areas that an applicant should be aware of prior to taking the exam. Topics will begin with a review of the basic concepts and sample questions to show how these topics will be tested for on the exam. Finally, the workshop will try to identify resources in which exam takers should be aware of and study from in their preparation for the examination.
Workshop 5
Image Classification Techniques for the Development of Accurate, Detailed, Quantitative Land Cover Data
8:00 am - 5:00 pm, 0.8 CEU
Room 12
Kenneth A. Stumpf and John Koltun, Geographic Resource Solutions
Introductory Level Workshop
Attendees should be acquainted with the basic concepts of image classification and GIS. Attendees should be interested in learning more about how to use classification techniques in different ways to generate detailed, quantitative, and accurate results. Those considering image classification efforts will and the workshop informative and gain knowledge about useful alternative strategies. Participants actively involved in image classification projects will and the workshop challenging and useful in identifying and discussing problems that may be affecting their ongoing projects.
This workshop is designed as a workflow that takes participants through the different stages of a land cover mapping (data development) project while identifying problems, issues, and concerns and comparing and contrasting traditional and alternative techniques. The workshop is built around the four major parts of an Image Classification Project - Data Acquisition and Preparation, Image Classification, Pixel to Polygon Conversion, and Accuracy Assessment. The workshop wraps up with a comprehensive summary followed by final questions and answers.
Workshop 6
Identifying and Mapping Land Cover and Land Use Change Over Time
8:00 am - noon, 0.4 CEU
Room 14
Kass Green, President, Alta Vista
Introductory Level Workshop
Assumes that the participants have some experience with land cover mapping or are about to begin using these techniques The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the concepts and techniques of change detection. Two primary questions are answered:
How should change in land cover and land use be characterized?
What types of GIS and remote sensing procedures can be used to locate, identify, measure, and incorporate change into land cover and land use applications?
