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April 2019
PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERING & REMOTE SENSING
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ommittee
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pdates
Certification
Mike Zoltek, a national expert in licensing and former
Director of the Professional Practice Division is the new
Chair of the Evaluation for Certification Committee as past
president Mike Renslow has retired. Mike Renslow, as most
know, was a protégé of the late “Sky” Chamard, founder of
the certification program in 1974, and brought with him
tremendous experience and understanding of the workings
of such an important professional service and oversaw many
critical developments including achieving accreditation for
our certification program from the Council on Engineering
and Scientific Specialty Boards.
Mike Zoltek has been very active in getting involved in all
aspects of the certification program and with Mike’s help, we
revised the eligibility requirements for the Geospatial Intern
designation to cover students who have passed post-second-
ary studies in the geospatial sciences. This will effectively
include community college students and those who have
completed geospatial certificate programs.
Considering all applications for certification and/or recerti-
fication in all designations, we had over 130 applications in
2018, a record number.
The addition of the UAS certification has helped spur this
growth but we are also seeing more photogrammetry and
Lidar Certifications as well.
Y E A R B O O K
Awards and Scholarships
2018 was Al Stevens’ last year as Chair of the Awards
Committee. I have worked with Al for all of my 20+ years
with ASPRS and it has been a rewarding and insightful
experience for me and Al’s work has been a great benefit
to ASPRS. We are extremely fortunate that Dr. Lindi
Quackenbush has agreed to become the new Awards
Committee Chair. Lindi has managed the Ta Liang
Scholarship review committee for many years and is
eminently qualified to lead the Awards Committee. Past
president Steve DeGloria has agreed to take over the chair
of the Ta Liang review committee. Jessica Fayne who has
managed the on-line application process will be leaving that
position this year and will be succeeded by Dr. Peng Fu.
P
ublications
PE&RS
Mike Renslow has also retired as technical editor of
PE&RS
and ASPRS has contracted with Allen Press to perform that
role.
2018 saw the publication of
Landsat’s Enduring Legacy
which continues to sell quite well through bookstore and
conference sales.
MRS4
is nearing completion and we hope to see a final publi-
cation by the end of Summer, 2019, if not sooner.
DEM Manual, 3
rd
Edition
was debuted at the 2019 confer-
ence. Thanks to Dave Maune and Dewberry for making that
happen.
We had several other publications from ASPRS member-au-
thors available at the ASPRS exhibit hall booth.
Several ASPRS publications are now available through Ama-
zon to buyers in the US and Canada. We will be distributing
to Mexico very soon and hope to add additional International
distribution in the near future. Member discounted pricing is
not available through Amazon but regular as well as member
and student discounted purchases may still be made through
the ASPRS online bookstore.
These are just some of the exciting things that are hap-
pening in ASPRS and I would like to thank our active and
sustaining members for their support of ASPRS, the
Imaging
and Geospatial Information Society
!
The complete ASPRS 2019 Yearbook can be found on the
ASPRS website.
Rising Star
ASPRS
PROGRAM
Meet Our Rising Stars!
Chris Stayte I Corey Ochsman I Collin Hutcheson
Charles Krugger I Kristine Taniguchi-Quan
The Rising Star program is focused on mentorship of tomorrow’s
leaders within ASPRS and the geospatial and remote sensing
community. Geospatial companies, agencies, and ASPRS regions can
all benefit by participation in the program through the advancement
and professional development of their employees or associates
through the process of sponsorship.
For more information go to
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