Top 7 (Googled !!) Remote Sensing Tutorials

Looking for a quick and easy briefing on the basics of remote sensing, need a refresher, a source for remote sensing methods, or maybe just some summer reading? ... check out these top 7 links to great remote sensing tutorials.

1. Dr. Nicholas Short's Remote sensing tutorial (http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/)


2. Canada Center for Remote Sensing (http://ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/resource/tutor/fundam/pdf/fundamentals_e.pdf)


3. Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing at National University of Singapore (http://www.crisp.nus.edu.sg/~research/tutorial/rsmain.htm)


4. Federation of American Scientists (FAS) (http://www.fas.org/irp/imint/docs/rst/Front/tofc.html)


5. Center for GIS, Towson University (http://chesapeake.towson.edu/data/principles.asp)


6. NEODC Remote Sensing Tutorial (http://www.neodc.rl.ac.uk/tutorials/rstutorial/tutorialhome.htm)


7. NASA EOS (http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/RemoteSensing/)

If you have any site suggestions of your own, post it here in our comments section!

Reviewers required for the upcoming GIS manual

The ASPRS will be publishing the
Manual of Geographic Information Systems soon. We are looking for Graduate students who would be interested in reviewing a section of this manual and providing a written review for publication in PE&RS.

Please click here to take a look at the Table of Contents. There are eight sections in this manual, each containing multiple chapters. You will be required to review one section in about a month's time, beginning in mid June, and provide a written review. If you are interested in reviewing (and this will require some time commitment), please send a copy of your resume to Naresh (naresh.pai@gmail.com), SAC Communications Councilor, before Monday June 09, 2009. Also, if you are interested in reviewing any particular section, please indicate that in your email (though we can't promise, we will try to have you review that section).

SAC Deputy Networking Councilor position open !!

The ASPRS Student Advisory Committee (SAC) invites application from interested students to apply for the Deputy Networking Councilor position to be filled immediately. This position works closely with SAC Chair and other members to organize networking events during the conferences. This is a great opportunity for student members to gain leadership experience and make important contacts.

The application form is available at the following link:

http://groups.google.com/group/asprs-sac/web/SACApplication_Final.doc


For more information please contact Rose Kearney, SAC Chair, at ASPRS.ChairSAC@gmail.com.

Presentations on Career Planning, Academic Publishing, and Preparing Grant Proposals

We have uploaded slides from the SAC organized session presentations (in .pdf format) from the ASPRS annual meeting in Baltimore. Click the links below for these presentations:

Academic Publishing by Russell Congalton , John Jensen, and Jie Shan


Career Planning by Mike Flynn, Marguerite Madden, and Mark Stanton


Preparing Grant Proposals by Scott Freundschuh

Hope you find it useful !

Speed Networking Tomorrow

Don't forget about Speed Networking at 5pm tomorrow in Baltimore at the ASPRS Annual Conference!

Grant Programs Update

1) NGA ANNOUNCES COMPETITION FOR 2009 UNIVESITY RESEARCH INITIATIVEPROGRAM GRANTS (NURI)

Application information is posted on www.grants.gov Keyword: NURI

The NURI program focuses on specific research topics ingeospatial-intelligence analysis and its related technologies. Closing date is March 19, 2009.


2) NGA ANNOUNCES COMPITITION FOR 2009 HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES ANDUNIVERSITIES-MINORITY INSTITUTIONS (HBCU-MI)

Application information is posted on www.grants.gov Keywork: HBCU

The HBCU-MI focuses on special research topics ingeospatial-intelligence analysis and its related technologies. Closing date is March 2, 2009.

Opportunity at SUNY ESF

M.Sc, Ph.D. and Postdoctoral positions are now available in Geospatial Information Science and Engineering.  The State Universtiy of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry is currently accepting applications for M.Sc., Ph.D. and Postdoctoral positions in the Intelligent Geocomputing Laboratory of the Department of Environmental Resources and Forest Engineering located in Syracuse, NY.  We are seeking applicants with a strong quantitative background who are interested in performing research in Remote Sensing, Geographic Information Science and Artificial Intelligence. Our lab supports interdisciplinary work including the fields of computer science, electrical engineering, ecological-environmental engineering and biology, therefore applicants with diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

Recent projects comprise of land use change monitoring using satellite imagery, urban sprawl models, spatiotemporal analyses of animal-vehical collisons and of deer movements, forest change models, spatiotemporal socioeconomic models, human cognition and spatiotemporal relationships.  Research in the Intelligent Geocomputing Laboratory is funded by several NASA, NSF and EPA projects and selected applicants will be offered competitive research assistantships.  Our Department also offers several teaching positions with tuition waivers and stipends.  Interested applicants should contanct the lab director, Dr. Giorgos Mountrakis thourhgemail (gmountrakis@esf.edu) and include your CV and a short statement about your research area of interest.  Optimal consideration will be given to complete applications received by February 15th.  We will continue to accept applications after that until positions are filled.  For additional information visit:

Applications information:  www.aboutgis.com (click under students)

Program information: www.esf.edu/erfeg/graduate/gisce