PHOTOGRAMMETRIC ENGINEERING & REMOTE SENSING
April 2017
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PHOTOGRAMME TR I C ENG I NE ER I NG & REMOT E SENS I NG
The official journal for imaging and geospatial information science and technology
April 2017 Volume 83 Number 4
ften time, professional people and managers in our industry ignore the young generation who
oin our works places every day leaving them struggling trying to figure out their own ways within
the corporate rat race. Dr. Abdullah shares his own experience and send an important message to those young
professionals. He highlights the importance of their value to the industry and emphasizes issues and habits they need
to develop to help them reach a rewarding and successful professional carrier.
FEATURES
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES
COLUMNS
— Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) is taking the geospatial
industry by storm. Users are confused about products quality and accuracy as there
are no guidelines or best practices to follow when operating UAS. Dr. Abdullah
discusses important issues affecting the accuracy of products derived from UAS. The
article also discusses best practices and recommendations to helps you get the best
out of your UAS.
This month we look at the The Republic of Honduras.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Join us in welcoming our newest members to ASPRS.
DEPARTMENTS
Farhad Samadzadegan , Hadiseh Hasani ,
and
Peter Reinartz
An optimization framework for fusion of thermal hyperspectral imagery and high
resolution visible image in classification of urban area.
A. Salehi
and
A. Mohammadzadeh
Introducing a novel concept named Residue Anomaly Analysis for accurate reconstruction
of a building’s roof from lidar and optical data.
John S. Iiames, Joseph B. Riegel, Kristin M. Foley,
and
Ross S. Lunetta
The development of an above-ground forest biomass product (baseline 2000) for the
island of Puerto Rico is described and compared to an independent product.
Lei Chen, Shengbo Chen,
and
Xulin Guo
An effective solution for blind unmixing of hyperspectral image data.
Anthony R. Cummings, Arlo McKee, Keyur Kulkarni,
and
Nakul Markandey
The rise of unmanned aerial vehicles in civilian remote sensing, the high ease of access
to these devices for commercial and research applications, the evolution of laws
supporting their use, and the ethical, privacy and safety concerns surrounding their use.
