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January/February/March 1998

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* Note that this issue reflects 3 months. See next article and we think you will understand why! --CJJ

IN REFLECTION:

We warned you in the December Newsletter that we were moving. It took a lot more time and energy than Glenda and I had ever imagined. As we cleared out 30 years of files, it brought back a lot ofmemories such as the Large Area Crop Inventory Experiment (LACIE), AgRISTARS, the Machine Processing of Remote Sensed Data Symposia, and many other activities. We came across some old photographs and blackmail came across our minds but we will spare the guilty. The map files are now in a smaller room in Potter and map clients are finding their way across campus.

We had been in Entomology Hall for 11 years and it's amazing what you can accumulate. The contrast is great as we left one of the oldest building on campus to a more modern building. The Entomology staff were great and we will miss them. We understand that office space will be utilized during Bug Bowl this April. The new LARS address is 1202 Potter Hall, Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN 47907-1202. LARS along with the new Advanced Agricultural Geographic Information Systems (AAGIS) Center are still under the Environmental Sciences and Engineering Institute. The phone remains the same (765) 494-6305 or try the new ESEI number: (765) 496-3209.

WE LOST ANOTHER SATELLITE:

As you probably all know EarthWatch launched Early Bird in late December and lost communication with the satellite. Early Bird was to bring us 3 meter resolution data. The other EarthWatch satellite called QuickBird has had a Fall, 1998 original launch but we have not seen a confirmation. The Lewis satellite built by TRW under a NASA contract was lost in October, 1997 when controllers lost communication with the satellite. This is striking a raw nerve among the aerospace companies.

Space Imaging EOSAT has delayed the launch of IKONOS 1 from December to March and now to June. This satellite will have a one meter panchromatic and 4 meter multispectral capability. The unfortunate thing about a June liftoff is that it usually takes about 90 days to check out the sensors and by that time, the growing season in North America will be over. However, not to worry, SIE knows that the growing season in the southern hemisphere will be starting during our fall and life and sales go on! We are looking for a successful launch and we wish them and others the best!

VISITOR FROM RUSSIA:

Dr. Victor Targulian, Research Scientist, Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, visited the Purdue campus March 16-18. He presented a discussion to the Agronomy graduate students on "Elements of Global Change," presented an Agronomy Seminar on "Soil as an Open Complex System of Exogenic Biotic and Abotic Interactions" and taught a lecture in AGRY 350, Global Awareness. Dr. Targulian who is an internationally recognized soil scientist is currently the Chair of Section V, Soil Pedology of the International Soil Science Society. He is also interested in developing a working relationship between Moscow State University where he is an Adjunct Professor and Purdue University.

PROJECTS FUNDED:

As you can see there are a number of LARS related faculty who have been successful in getting their proposals funded. --CJJ

John G. Lee and Stephen B. Lovejoy, Ag Economics, "A spatial decision support system for water quality management," USDA, $157,000. September, 1997-August, 1998.

Mark T. Morgan, Ag & Biological Engineering, "Tri-state development of multimedia educational materials on site specific farming," Ohio State University, $40,000. Aug, 1997-July, 1999.

George R. Parker, Forestry & Natural Resources, "Indian Pine Pilot Watershed Study," IN Dept. of Env. Mgt, $72,000. Oct, 1997-Sept, 1999.

Chris J. Johannsen, AGRY, "Evaluating remotely sensed data for agricultural and natural resources applications," NASA, $236,363, Oct, 1997-Dec, 1998.

Chris J. Johannsen (LARS), David A. Landgrebe (ECE), M.F. Baumgardner (AGRY), B.A. Engel (ABE) A. R. Gilliespie (F&NR), R.H. Grant (AGRY), J.M. Harbor (E&AS), G.R. Parker (F&NR), G. Shao, (F&NR) and J.J. Vorst, "LARS: A Center of Excellence in Remote Sensing Applications to Regional and Global Integrated Environmental Assessments," NASA $90,220. Nov 1997-Nov 1998

E.M. Mikhail, Civil Engineering, "Rapid, affordable generation of terrain and detailed urban feature data," US Army, $1,000,000. Sept, 1996-Nov 1998.

CONFERENCES/WORKSHOP DATES:

(* = New listing)

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.

1998:

*+April 5-8, Crop Simulation workshop, USDA-ARS Remote Sensing an Modeling Lab, Beltsville, MD. Contact: 301-504-6255.

 

*+Apr 6-9, GIS '98/RT '98, Pathways to Knowledge Integration, GIS World, Toronto, Canada, Contact: 800-447-9753, www.GIS98.geoplace.com

 

*+Apr 6-9, 7th Biennial Remote Sensing Applications Conference. USDA FS, Austin State Uni, Nassau Bay, TX. Contact: (801)975-3660, Fax: 3478, wo_rsac@fs.ded.us or www.fs.fed.us/eng/rsac/rs98

 

+April 26-29, AM/FM International's Conference XXI, AM/FM International, San Jose, CA. Contact: 303-337-0513; fax: 303-337-1001; http://www.amfmintl.org

 

+May 4-7, International IGUG Spring Meeting, US Intergraph Graphics User Group, Huntsville, AL. Contact: 800-642-9420.

 

*+May 20-22. 3rd International Symposium on Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, Centre for Res. in Geomatics, Quebec City, Canada. Contact: 418-656-5491, Fax: 3607, spatial.accuracy@scg.ulaval.ca; www.crg.ulaval.ca

 

+May 27-29 2nd Mobile Mapping Symposium, OSU Center for Mapping, Columbus, OH. Contact: Fax: 614-292-8062, Email: mms@cfm.ohio-state.edu Call for Abstracts Due: October 3, 1997

 

+May 27-30. International conference on Ground-Penetrating Radar, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS. Contact: 913-864-7735

 

+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

 

*+June 8-12, 27th Int'l Symp on RS of Environment, Tromso, Norway. Contact: RSE at (410) 730-5296, Fax: 2392, isrse@symposia.org or http://www.spacecentre.no/

 

*+June 9-11, The 10th Int'l Geomatics Conference, Canada Remote Sensing Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Contact: (613) 947-1244, Fax: 2410, sdi98@ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca or http://www.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/sdi98/

 

+June 17-19, Geoinformatics 98 International Conference, CPGIS and CAGIS, Beijing, China. Contact: fax +86-1-6491-5035; proj@irsa.irsa.ac.cn; http://cpgis.geg.miami.edu/cpgis/geoim98/

 

*+June 21-24 International Airborne Remote Sensing Conference and Exhibition, ERIM, Ottawa, ON, Canada. Contact: 313-994-1200 x3234; fax 313-994-5123; wallman@erim.org

 

*+June 23-25, Int'l Conference on Modeling Geographical & Environmental Systems with GIS, Chinese Uni of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Contact: 852-2609-6643, Fax: 852-2603-5174, geo-conf@cuhk.edu.hk or http://www.geo.cuhk.edu.hk/geo-conf

 

*+July 1-4, InterCarto 4: GIS for Environmentally Sustainable Development Conf & Exhibition, InterCarto, Barnaul, Russia. Contact: 385-2-258-756, Fax: 385-2-24-0396, iwep@iwep.altai.su

 

+July 6-10 1998 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS, Seattle, Washington. Contact: 281-291-9222, Fax: 281-291-9224 or tstein@phoenix.net Call for papers: Due Jan 7, 1998

 

*+July 9-11, Duane C. Brown International Summer School In Geomatics, Ohio State Uni., Columbus, OH. Contact: li.282@osu.edu or http://www-ceg.eng.ohio-state.edu/events/school.htm

 

+July 19-22. 4th Int'l Conference on Precision Farming, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN. Contact: (612) 625-3125, Fax: (621) 624-4223, or probert@soils.umn.edu Abstracts due: December 1, 1997.

 

*+July 19-23, URSIA '98, Charolotte, NC. Contact: (847) 824-6300, Fax: 6363, info@urisa.org or http://www.urisa.org

 

*+July 20-24, 9th Australasian Remote Sensing & Photogrammetry Conference, RS&P Assoc. of Australasia, University of New South Wales, Australia.

 

*+July 27-31, 1998 ESRI User Conference, San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA

 

+Sep 1-4. ECO BP 98: International Symposium on Resource and Environmental Monitoring, ISPRS, Budapest, Hungary. Contact: +36-1-212-0056; fax +36-1-156-6581; http://www.hegyi.com/isprsc7

 

*+Sep 7-11, Early Warning Systems for the Reduction of Natural Disasters, LOC-EWC98, Potsdam, Germany. Contact: 49-331-288-1523, Fax: 1504, ewc98@gfz-potsdam.de or http://www.gfz-potsdam.de/ewc98/

 

*+Sep 14-17. Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere, Environment and Space. SPIE, Biejing, China. Contact: ciecechk@hk.china.com or http://www.china.com/ciec.html

 

*+Sep 21-25, The European Symposium on Remote Sensing, CNR, NASA, EOS, SPIE, Barcelona, Spain. Contact: +32-2-743 15 73, Fax: +32-2-743 15 50, debby@associationhq.com or http://www.europto.org Abstracts due March 9, 1998

 

+Oct 5-7, 5th International conference on Remote Sensing for Marine and Coastal Environments, ERIM, San Diego, CA. Contact: 313-994-1200 x3234; fax 313-994-5123; wallman@erim.org

 

+Oct 8-12. 27th Int'l Symp. on Remote Sensing of the Environment, Tromso, Norway. Contact: isrse@spacecentre.no; URL: http://www.spacecentre.no/ Abstracts due: Oct. 15, 97

 

*+Oct 29-Nov 1. 1st International Conf. on GIS Education (GISED '98), Towson University, Ypsilanti, MI. Contact: 410-830-2964, Fax: 3888; jmorgan@towson.edu

 

*+Nov 6-7. 6TH ACM Symposium on Geographic Information Systems, Washington, DC. Contact: laurini@iutainfo.univ-lyon1.fr

 

*+Nov 10-12, Pre-Conference 8-9, GIS/LIS 98 Annual Conference and Exposition, Fort Worth, Texas. Contact the GIS/LIS registrar 310-493-0200.

 

1999

 

+Mar 1-3, 13th International Conference and Workshops on Applied Geologic Remote Sensing, ERIM, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Contact: 313-994-1200 x3234; fax 313-994-5123; wallman@erim.org

 

+June 4th International Airborne Remote Sensing Conference and Exibition, ERIM, Ottawa, ON, Canada. Contact: 313-994-1200 x3234; fax 313-994-5123; wallman@erim.org

 

*+June 28-July 2. 1999 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS, Congress Centrum Hambug, Germany. Contact: 281-291-9222, Fax: 281-291-9224 or tstein@phoenix.net

 

2000

 

*+July 24-28. 2000 IEEE International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS, Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu, Hawaii. Contact: 281-291-9222, Fax: 281-291-9224 or tstein@phoenix.net

--Chris J. Johannsen, Director           NOTE: New address for LARS
  Laboratory for Applications of Remote Sensing (LARS)
  1202 Potter Hall, Purdue University,
  W. Lafayette, IN 47907-1202, USA
  (765) 494-6305, Fax: (765) 496-3216
  johan@purdue.edu Note: login change! johannsn@ecn.purdue.edu also valid login.