The Fall 2004 ASPRS Specialty Conference

“Images to Decisions: Remote Sensing Foundations

for GIS Applications” will focus on the integration

of remote sensing image data into GIS and Decision

Support Systems (DSS). The intended audience is the GIS practitioner who needs information about the extraction and use of

data and products derived from airborne and satellite

sensors.

In addition to ASPRS Workshops, the first

day of the Conference will feature four sets of

paired concurrent how-to seminars for novice and

advanced users of remote sensing image data. In

these seminars, real-world GIS and DSS examples will be presented to illustrate how images help lead to

decisions.

The conference will be organized around four major

user groups of geospatial data: regional, state,

local, and tribal. A Plenary Speaker will focus on each of these groups, followed

by concurrent sessions consisting of invited papers and submissions to this Call

for Presentations.

Submission of AbstractsAbstracts should be submitted electronically only, using the form shown on the conference web site: www.asprs.org/Fall2004.

Deadline: March 15, 2004

Abstracts are limited to 250 words and must include:

A% Paper TitleA% 3 – 5 key wordsA% Author name(s)A% Proposed presenterA% Affiliation(s)A% Mailing addressA% Phone, fax and email address for all authors

If electronic submission using the web site abstract form is not possible, please send the above information in electronic form by email: ASPRS Fall 2004 Technical Program Co-Chairs:

Dan CivcoCenter for Land use Education and Research

U-4087, Room 308, 1376 Storrs RoadThe University of Connecticut

Storrs, CT 06269-4087Tel: (860) 486-2840Fax: (860) 486-5408

dcivco@canr.uconn.eduor

Marguerite MaddenCenter for Remote Sensing and Mapping Science (CRMS)

Department of GeographyThe University of GeorgiaAthens, GA 30602-2503

Tel: (706) 542-2379Fax: (706) 542-2358

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Registration and DeadlinesAuthors of accepted abstracts will be notified by April 15, 2004 and will be asked to confirm their participation by completing a speaker registration form, video release form, if required, and include the speaker registration fee. Speakers must register by June 15, 2004 to receive the discounted speaker rate. Speakers who intend to submit a paper for the final Conference Proceedings must do so by June 15, 2004.

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sCategories and Topic Areas for Abstracts There will be technical sessions of application presentations

addressing the following topics. A% Forest, Range, and AgricultureA% Homeland SecurityA% TransportationA% Oil and Gas Pipeline UtilityA% Disaster Preparedness and Emergency ResponseA% Water ResourcesA% Environmental Decision-makingA% Wildlife and Human DiseasesA% Urban and Regional PlanningA% Cultural PreservationA% Economic DevelopmentA% Natural Resources PlanningA% The EarthGrant Geospatial Information Technologies ProgramA% The National NEMO NetworkA% The National Map … and many others

Selection CriteriaAll abstracts will be reviewed for content and scientific merit. The final decision on program topics will depend on response to the call for papers and space availability. Authors will be notified by April 15, 2004 regarding acceptance. Authors must indicate their intent to participate in the Conference by registering before the deadline of June 15, 2004.

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Introductory How-to Seminars:A% Remote Sensing Principles and ApplicationsA% Image Data Types and SourcesA% Elements of Digital Image ProcessingA% Database AccuracyA% MetadataA% Projections, Coordinate Systems, and DatumsA% Mobile Mapping

Advanced How-to Seminars:A% Remote Sensing Database ManagementA% Integration of Remote Sensing Data into GIS/DSSA% Economics of Digital Image DataA% Advanced Digital Image Processing … and other areas of interest

How-to Seminar ProposalsAnyone wishing to propose a Conference Seminar should contact the Technical Program Committee Co-Chairs:

Dan Civco at (860) 486-2840dcivco@canr.uconn.edu

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Marguerite Madden at 706-542-2379mmadden@crms.uga.edu.

These “seminars” should be approximately 11⁄2 hours in length and have appeal to novice and advanced users of image data.

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Everyone involved in information extraction from image data, GIS database development and analysis of spatial data for assisting in decision making. Special effort will be made to reach out to new users of remote sensing and GIS at broad and local scales. Issues will be addressed including the need to balance natural and cultural resource preservation with economic concerns, homeland security, smart growth, emergency response, and urban planning.

Who Should Submit Abstracts?All users, producers, vendors and researchers who are interested in the incorporation of information from remotely sensed image data in GIS databases and decision support systems. This Conference is geared towards the novice and expert alike with both introductory and advanced seminars, along with plenary sessions presenting real-world applications at the regional, state, local and tribal levels of government and organization.

Conference Organization

The ASPRS Fall 2004 Specialty

Conference will be held

September 11-16. 2004 at

the Hyatt Regency Crown

Center Hotel, Kansas City,

Missouri. Scheduled are

ASPRS Committee meetings,

Pre-Conference Workshops,

Conference Seminars,

Technical Sessions, a Keynote

Address, Plenary Session

Speakers and Exhibits. The

primary conference events

will be held at the Hyatt

Regency Crown Center Hotel

in Kansas City. See the ASPRS

web site for more information

as it becomes available

– www.asprs.org.

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ASPRS Workshop ProposalsASPRS Workshops are intended to be educational. As a result, they should not to be commercials for vendor software or hardware. (User group meetings are available for vendor specific products.) Workshops should be impartial and cover a wide range of commercial sources even if a specific commercial vendor employs the instructor. Workshops can be taught as either half-day (4 hour) or whole-day (8 hour) courses. Workshops will not have more than two paid instructors. If there is more than a single instructor, one instructor will be the point of contact for the workshop.

Anyone wishing to propose a workshop for presentation (this would be the instructor) must provide the following information to the National Workshop Director, Russ Congalton at 603-862-4644 or russ.congalton@unh.edu for instruction by March 15, 2004:

A% Workshop title

A% 500 word abstract describing the length of the workshop (half or whole day); the goals/objectives and content of the workshop; the intended audience of the workshop including whether it is introductory, intermediate, or advanced material; and, names of instructors

A% Instructor(s) brief vitae

A% Whether or not this is an established or a newly developed workshop and whether these instructors have given this workshop in the past

A% If it is an established workshop, provide a copy of the most current workbook/materials

All workshop proposals will be considered for this meeting and the National Workshop Director will notify those selected for inclusion in the Workshop Program.

In addition to considering new proposals, the Workshop Director will recruit additional workshops to complete a well-balanced program, minimizing subject overlap and maximizing the quality of the overall Workshop Program.

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erPoster/Video PresentationsPoster papers and short video presentations will be featured as a part of the technical program. Abstracts for posters/video are encouraged and will be given full consideration by the Technical Program Committee. Please use the online abstract form to submit your abstract and indicate your preference for a poster/video presentation. In some cases, abstracts submitted for oral presentation may be accepted as posters.

Important DatesAbstract Deadline

March 15, 2004

Notice of Acceptance

April 15, 2004

Speaker Discount

Registration Deadline

June 15, 2004

Paper Submission Deadline

June 15, 2004Cover image courtesy of Airborne 1.