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July 2016
PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERING & REMOTE SENSING
award encourages and commends individuals who publish
papers of scientific merit that advance our knowledge of remote
sensing technology.
Donor:
ERDAS through the ASPRS Foundation
The ERDAS Award first prize is a monetary award of $500
and a hand-engrossed certificate; second prize is a monetary
award of $300 and a hand-engrossed certificate; third prize is
a monetary award of $200 and a hand-engrossed certificate.
The Esri Award for Best Scientific Paper in GIS
First Place
Tammy E. Parece and James B. Campbell
“Identifying Urban Watershed Boundaries and Area,
Fairfax County, Virginia.”
PE&RS
, 81 (5), 365-372.
Second Place
Muditha K. Heenkenda, Karen E. Joyce, StefanW. Maier
“Mangrove Tree Crown Delineation from High-
Resolution Imagery,”
PE&RS
, 81 (6), 471-479.
Purpose:
Established in 1991, the fully-endowed Esri Award
honors individuals who publish papers of scientific merit that
advance our knowledge about GIS technology.
Donor:
Esri, Inc. through the ASPRS Foundation
The Esri Award first prize is a monetary award of $1,000
and a hand-engrossed certificate; second prize is a monetary
award of $600 and a hand-engrossed certificate; third prize is
a monetary award of $400 and a hand-engrossed certificate.
The Talbert Abrams Award
Grand Award
Mehdi Mezaheri and Ayman Habib
“Quaternion-Based Solutions for the Single Photo
Resection Problem,”
PE&RS
, 81 (3), 209-217.
First Honorable Mention
Bo Wu, Lei Ye, and Yuansheng Yang
“Accuracy Analysis of a Dual Camera System
with an Asymmetric Photogrammetric
Configuration,”
PE&RS
, 81 (3), 219-228.
Second Honorable Mention
Han Hu, Qing Zhu, Zhiqiang Du, Yeting Zhang, and
Yulin Ding
“Reliable Spatial Relationship Constrained
Feature Point Matching of Oblique Aerial
Images,”
PE&RS
81 (1), 49-58.
Purpose:
The Talbert Abrams Award was established in 1945
to encourage the authorship and recording of current, histori-
cal, engineering, and scientific developments in photogramme-
try. The Award is determined from papers published in Photo-
grammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing (PE&RS).
Donor:
The ASPRS Foundation
The award consists of a monetary award of $3,000 and
an engraved plaque for the Grand Award, and an award
certificate for the First and Second Honorable Mentions.
ASPRS Service Award — Ford Bartlett Award
Erik Brewster, Ekaterina Fitos, and Jonathan Li
Purpose:
First awarded in 1968, the ASPRS Ford Bartlett
Membership Award honors members for actively promoting
membership in ASPRS.
Donor:
The ASPRS Foundation. (This award was originally
sponsored by the firm of Lockwood, Kessler, and Bartlett, Inc.)
A member is eligible to receive the Award after sponsoring ten
or more members in one year. Each recipient receives a hand-
engrossed certificate and a one-year membership in the Society.
(L-r) Lynn Usery and Tammy Pearce.
(L-r) Lynn Usery and Megan Miller accepting for the authors Mehdi
Mezaheri and Ayman Habib.
Awards & Scholarships
