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854 December 2019 PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERING & REMOTE SENSING
INDUSTRYNEWS To have your press release published in
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Clifford J. Mugnier, C.P., C.M.S., Chief of Geodesy,
Louisiana State University Center for GeoInformatics and
author of Grids & Datums, discusses subsidence as it relates
to Louisiana. Over the past year, LSU and NOAA completed
gravity measurements around the state of Louisiana. The
result showed a change in elevation.
Visithttps://www.kplctv.com/2019/08/22/special-report-
louisiana-is-sinking-what-does-that-mean-lake-area/ to view
the interview with KPLC.
To read the studies , visithttps://www.asprs.org/
wp-content/uploads/2019/11/01-19-HLA-Are-We-Sinking.pdf
andhttps://www.asprs.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/08-19-
HLA-Are-We-Sinking-Pt2.pdf .
CALENDAR
• 9-12 December 2019, IEEE BigData2019 - The next
frontier of big data from LiDAR workshop, Los Angeles,
CA. For more information, visit:https://big-data-lidar.
mybluemix.net/
• 9-11 February 2020, CALGIS, Long Beach, California.
For more information, visithttps://www.urisa.org/calgis.
• 10-12 February 2020, ESRI Federal GIS Conference,
Washington DC. For more information, visit: https://
www.esri.com/en-us/about/events/federal-gis-conference/
overview
• 23-25 March 2020, Geo Week, Washington, DC. For
more information, visithttps://www.lidarmap.org/
geoweek/.
• 7-9 May 2020, GISTAM 2020—6th International
Conference on Geographical Information Systems
Theory, Applications and Management, Prague,
Czech Republic. For more information, visit:http://www.
gistam.org/.
• 20-22 May 2020, AutoCarto 2020—the 23rd
International Research Symposium on Computer-
based Cartography, Redlands, California. For more
information, visithttps://cartogis.org/autocarto /.
• 15-22 August 2020, 43rd COSPAR Scientific
Assembly, Sydney, Australia. For more information,
visithttps://www.cospar-assembly.org/.
ACHIEVEMENTS
Pecora Award Honors Excellence in Earth Observation – Two
awardees have been recognized with the 2019 William T.
Pecora Award for achievements in Earth remote sensing.
Thomas R. Loveland has been honored for outstanding
contributions to earth science as a leading scientist for the
U.S. Geological Survey and as chief scientist at the USGS
Earth Resources Observation and Science Center. NASA’s
Terra team has been recognized for significant contributions
in all areas of earth science, with scientific impacts and a
legacy that make it one of the most successful missions in the
long line of earth observing system satellites.
Sponsored by the USGS and NASA, the annual award has
been presented since 1974 and honors the memory of William
T. Pecora, former USGS director and Department of the
Interior undersecretary. The formal presentation to the 2019
Pecora Award recipients was made Monday, Oct. 7, during
the opening session of 21st William T. Pecora Memorial
Remote Sensing Symposium and the 38th International
Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment (ISRSE 38)
in Baltimore, Md.
For more information, visithttps://www.usgs.gov/news/
pecora-award-honors-excellence-earth-observation-0.
Kucera International Inc. is pleased to announce the
following staff additions and certifications: Chris Harman
as Marketing Manager, John Henry Antalovich as Project
Manager, Caroline Beck as Proposal Coordinator and Project
Manager, Mark Merritt as Network Administrator, and
Andrew Mitchell as Certified Photogrammetrist and Certified
Mapping Scientist in LiDAR.
Mr. Harman is a veteran of the United States Marine
Corps, graduate of Miami University of Ohio, and has been
developing and delivering marketing solutions for over 20
years. Mr. Harman is leading the redesign of the Kucera
International brand, for representation of the company’s
growing capabilities and customer base.
Mr. Antalovich is a graduate of The Ohio State University
with a degree in civil engineering and a third-generation
family member at Kucera. He has four years of experience in
bringing photogrammetric and remote sensing solutions to
Kucera’s government and business clientele.
Ms. Beck is a graduate of the University of Toledo and has
over four years of experience managing geospatial and remote
sensing projects for customers in the oil and gas, utilities,
water/wastewater, and environmental services industries.
Mr. Merritt has over 22 years of experience in the IT field
and is overseeing the continued investment in Kucera’s IT
infrastructure, allowing for more efficient data processing,
analysis, and delivery to customers.
Mr. Mitchell, a graduate of Westfield State University, has
over 14 years of experience at Kucera as a lidar processing
specialist, flight planner, and project manager. He is now an
ASPRS Certified Photogrammetrist and ASPRS Certified
Mapping Scientist in Lidar.
For more information, contactinfo@kucerainternational.com.