ASPRS Northern California Region
Meeting Announcement: Northern California Chapter
Sacramento Technical Meeting
September 26, 2013 - Thursday Evening from 6:00 to 9:00 pm
Back to Our Roots: Aerial Photography
Bill Calmes - Cartwright Aerial Surveys
Curtis Holmes - American Aerial Surveys, Inc.
Lorraine Amenda, PLS, CP - Towill, Inc.
Would you like to learn about planning an aerial photography mission? What are the logistics involved with putting an aircraft, a camera and the crew up into the air? How do they stay on line and get moving objects on the ground, centered in the camera lens? What's involved with processing film and making prints? Do you know the pros and cons of film versus digital imagery?
Even with today's high-tech world of satellites and digital imagery, mapping professionals still need to know how to go about planning for and acquiring airborne aerial photography. Knowledge of aerial photographic equipment and operations is a skill set that is not really covered in college, but which is needed once young mapping professionals get out into the working world.
Arrive early at 5:30 pm if you'd like to munch or network. This is a chance to get out of the office and mingle with colleagues you've been working with over the Internet and via email. Meet your new officers and other members of our Northern California and Nevada region. If you are not a member of ASPRS and are interested in aerial photography, you are welcome to attend.
Thanks to Caltrans GeoMetronics, Office of Photogrammetry, for hosting the meeting.
An RSVP is required to attend the meeting due to Caltrans building access requirements after hours
(you need to be on “the list” to attend).
RSVP link : events page
Meeting Agenda
5:30 - Networking and Refreshments (coffee and sandwiches)
6:00 - Welcome and Update on Regional Activities
6:15 - Installation of New Officers
Immediate Past President – Devin Kelley
President – Bill Zeman
President Elect – Catherine Burton
Vice President – Stephan Barton
Secretary/Treasurer – Matt Coleman
Regional Directors (2 positions) – Robert Yoha and Melissa Christie
6:30 - Bill Calmes - Cartwright Aerial Surveys, Sacramento, California
Cartwright Aerial Surveys, Inc. has been providing the highest quality photogrammetric services since the company’s inception in 1946. Their services include: topographic and planimetric mapping; volume calculations; orthorectification; aero triangulation; aerial photography; and, aerial photo reproduction. A photo library is maintained in their Sacramento office, the collection consists of vertical black & white imagery dating from the late 1950's covering thirty counties and numerous cities throughout California. Cartwright's historical aerial photography is also held by the Map and Imagery Library at UC Santa Barbara and the San Diego Historical Center.
7:15 - Break
7:25 - Curtis Holmes - American Arial Surveys, Inc., Ione, California
American Aerial Surveys, Inc. has been family owned and operated since 1968, providing large format aerial photography to both the public and private sector. American Aerial owns and operates three twin engine aircraft: two are RAM converted Cessna 310s; and, one is a Merlyn converted Aero-Commander 500S. Aerial mapping cameras are Zeiss Top 15 with forward motion compensation in gyro stabilized mounts. At low altitude, objects smaller than one inch are visible when there is a contrasting background. The majority of their aerial photography is used for engineering grade topographic/planimetric mapping but have many purposes.
8:10 - Break
8:20 – Lorraine Amenda, PLS, CP – Towill, Inc.
Towill, Inc. is a geomatics firm operating in the San Francisco Bay Area. Ms. Amenda has been with Towill’s photogrammetry department since receiving her B.S. in Surveying Engineering from California State University, Fresno, in 1990. She has been a photogrammetric project manager for over 15 years, responsible for all aspects of project design on both large-scale and small-scale mapping projects, utilizing both film-based and digital photography. Lorraine will discuss the similarities and differences in flight and project planning when utilizing digital imagery for photogrammetric mapping.
8:50 - Wrap Up
RSVP by September 24
If you plan to (or think you may) attend -- please log into the Northern California Region's web site and register for the workshop. Your name must be on the workshop attendance list in order to be admitted into the building. CalTrans requires outside meeting attendees to register in advance for security purposes. This link events page will connect you to our website.
Location:
Caltrans GeoMetronics
Office of Photogrammetry
1st floor conference room
1727 30th Street
Sacramento, CA 95816
Transportation and Parking
Light Rail station stop is 29th and R Streets
Public parking is available in the parking structure underneath the
elevated freeway between S and T streets and 29th and 30th streets.
On Street Parking meters are free after 6 pm
Thanks
HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE
Lorraine
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Lorraine B. Amenda, PLS, CP
ASPRS, National Director
Lorraine (period) Amenda (at) towill (dot) com
