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Lewis was successfully launched into a sun-synchronous orbit aboard an LMLV 1 Saturday morning at 11:51 p.m. PDT 8/23 from space launch complex 6 at Vandenberg AFB in California. Initial operations and check-out of Lewis were proceeding satisfactorily until telemetry received on 8/27 at the mission's Chantilly, VA, control center indicated that the spacecraft was spinning at approximately two revolutions per minute. NASA and TRW officials say that they have approximately three weeks to regain control of the satellite and are cautiously optimistic. Chris Johannsen, Purdue LARS Director is one of a dozen Lewis researchers who have been anxiously waiting for the launch and to receive data from the hyperspectral sensors built by TRW on Lewis which will provide measurements in 384 wavelength bands.
Chang-Woo Ahn, Ph.D., Agronomy, "Hyperspectral remote sensing data analysis for characterizing land surface conditions," Marion Baumgardner, Major Professor, Dec, 1996. Chang-Woo is a Research Scientist at Goddard Space Flight Center.
James A. Davenport, MSE Civil Engineering, "FFT Remove/Restore Deflection of Vertical Production with Variable Input Processes," Boudewijn H.W. van Gelder, Major Professor, May, 1997. Jim works with the Geodesy and Geophysics Section of National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) formerly the Defense Mapping Agency in St. Louis.
Karen Koskey, M.S. Agriculture and Biological Engineering, Bernard Engel, Major Professor, May, 1997. Karen will be the Watershed Program Manager, Macatawa Area Coordinating Council at Holland, Michigan. R. Anthony Valvo, M.S., AGRY, non-thesis option, Chris J. Johannsen, Major Professor, May, 1997. Tony is employed by Conrad Aviation Inc.
John G. Graveel to Full Professor, Agronomy. Boudewijn H.W. van Gelder to Associate Professor, Civil Engineering. Mark Morgan to Associate Professor, Agricultural Engineering. Even though we are a few months late, Congratulations!
Professor Phil Swan recently was named Fellow in the American Society of Engineering Education.
Professor David Landgrebe and Larry Biehl featured in an article about their work with their software, MultiSpec titled "Global Learning", Purdue Engineering Extrapolations, Summer, 1997 issue.
http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/webglis
The Global Land Information System (GLIS) has added the USGS inventory of topographic maps, Digital Raster Graphics (DRG's) and Digital Orthophoto Quadrangles (DOQ's) to their web site above. Topos are searchable by geographic coverage or US place name, DRG's by geographic coverage, US place name, map name or State, and DOQ's by county name or State. Most DOQ's are available on CD-ROM and some when completed will be on recordable Compact Disc (CD-R) as are the DRG's.
As posted in the next section, AIPR-97-APPLIED IMAGERY PATTERN RECOGNITION WORKSHOP sponsored by SPIE & AIPR will be held at the Cosmos Club in Washington, DC on October 15-17, 1997. We have learned that Prof. David Landgrebe will be the Keynoter at this workshop. If you want to learn more about the workshop, visit the website at http://www.mnsinc.com/jms/aipr97/ - Jim Aanstoos, (E&AS, Dec '96), provided us with this update.
The InfoAg Cenference held last month in Champaign, IL was attended by about 800 participants. It was interesting to see the strong interest in remote sensing. Chris J. Johannsen & Paul Carter presented a paper on "Who's Who in Commercial Satellite Remote Sensing: A Status Check" Noteworthy is that there are over 20 satellites (9 of them commercial) scheduled to be launched in 1997 and 98 that will provide data of the Earth's surface.
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Please note that we are not repeating conferences/workshops mentioned in previous newsletters except those of Professional Societies/organizations that appear to be of special interest to our faculty/students.
*+Sep 12-16. National States Geographic Information Council 7th Annual Meeting, NSGIC, Welches, Oregon, USA. Contact: 603-643-1600
*+Sep 15-17, GIS in the Rockies, Denver, Colorado, USA. Contact: Amanda Hargis, 303-441-3930, e-mail: aemlu@boco.co.gov
+Oct 1-3. CIPA INtl. Symp. '97: Photogrammetry in Architecture, Archaeology & Urban Conservation, ISPRS, CIPA, Goteborg, Sweden. Contact: hakanw@gematices.kth.se
+Oct 1-4, GIS/GPS '97: Global Innovative Solutions, Alberta Land Surveyors' Assoc., Calgary, Canada. Contact: 800-661-4278, Fax 403-452-2890l roseccom@supernet.ab.ca; http://www.rosec.com
+Oct 30-Nov 2. 3rd Int'l Symp. on GIS in Higher Education, Towson State Univ. & NCGIA, Chatilly, VA, Contact: 410-830-2964, Fax 3888; morgan@towson.edu
*+Dec 14-19. The International Symposium on Spectral Sensing Research 1997 (ISSSR)'97, US Army Topographic Engineering Center, San Diego, California, Contact: (202)393-1648, fax:(202)628-8498, register@isssr.org
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*+June 1-3 1st Int'l Conf. on Geospatial Info. In Agriculture & Forestry, ERIM, Lake Buena Vista, FL. Contact: 313-994-1200, ext. 3234, Fax: 994-5123; wallman@erim.org, http://www.erim.org/CONF/ag.html
--Chris J. Johannsen, Director Laboratory for Applications of Remote Sensing (LARS) 1158 ENTM 220, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN 47907-1158, USA (765) 494-6305, Fax: (765) 494-7753 johan@purdue.edu Note: login change! johannsn@ecn.purdue.edu also valid login.