2012 Annual Conference is coming soon!

Deadline to apply for a Student Assistant position at the 2012 ASPRS Annual Conference is coming up! Complimentary hotel stay, complimentary conference registration, and $100 stipend at the end of the conference, plus more in exchange for 15 hours of work at the conference! Deadline to apply is January 20th!

http://www.asprs.org/Conferences/Participate/Students-Volunteers

Call for Abstracts for ASPRS SAC Student Summer Conference

1^st Annual ASPRS Student Advisory Council Summer Conference

Call for Abstracts

Are you performing research in the field of geospatial science and plan on conducting an oral or poster presentation on your topic? We would like to provide a peer forum for you to present, and maybe gather some experience to gain comfort in front of an audience while sharing your research. We encourage you to present your research at the 1^st Annual ASPRS Student Advisory Council Summer Conference on June 10-16^th, 2012 at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. The topic of your research should be related to Multi-source Geospatial Data Fusion, but other topics will also be considered for presentation.

Deadline for abstracts: February 24^th, 2012

Notification for authors: March 28^th, 2012

Deadline for full papers: May 27^th, 2012

Deadline for presentation materials: May 27^th, 2012

Abstracts should be submitted with the contact information, corresponding author(s) name(s) and e-mail address. To submit your abstract go to: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dFl4bFl1Y0tWOTBvNDdGOGczRjRrbVE6MQ#gid=0

Want to attend this conference? Be sure to check the ASPRS Student Advisory Council pages for announcements!

Student Newsletter: http://asprssignature.blogspot.com/

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/ASPRS-Student-Advisory-Council/117943608233122

Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/asprs-sac

LinkedIn Group: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=2487675&trk=anet_ug_hm

How to participate in the UN crowdsourcing opportunity

Exciting volunteer opportunity! Would you like to be a part of the UN crowdsourcing for manual imagery analysis in Somalia? The pilot project started at 12:00 (noon) EST on November 4th and will run through 12:00 (noon) EST on November 10th.

Here are three ways you can participate:

1. Join the Crisis Mappers Standby Task Force (SBTF) (http://blog.standbytaskforce.com/) and, once logged onto the SBTF site join the "satellite team" where you will find links and information about the current deployment. You can sign up to receive e-mail updates.

2. You can volunteer without joining the SBTF as well. The rule-set and workflow for the pilot are posted on this Google document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iTXqSw1xiEvsCtBf_QXR73ogXSxfisIwoIz8wONDP_A/edit?hl=en_US and the URL for the TomNod platform where the work will be done is http://mapper.tomnod.com/afgooye/.

3. Work with your ASPRS student chapter to organize a Crisis Mapping event (e.g. contact Chris Strother at UGA or Lawrence Jefferson at GMU) or use any existing student group framework that exists at your university (e.g. contact Nadia Hasham of Columbia University).

If you would like to participate please contact Patrick Meier via Skype (patrickmeierskype). He will add you to the Skype Chat for Somalia II. The Skype chat is a critical resource throughout the pilot - it is where all the volunteers connect to exchange questions and answers. If you have any other questions please contact Shadrock Roberts at shadrock(dot)roberts(at)gmail(dot)com or skype shadrock(dot)roberts.

UN Volunteer Crowdsource Opportunity

The fighting and famine in Somalia have displaced enormous numbers of people in an area where access to the ground is very difficult. The UN needs reliable population estimates to begin the logistical planning for response: remote sensing is one way to achieve this.

The SAC is currently working with Shadrock Roberts (University of Georgia) and Patrick Meier (Director of Crisis Mapping for Ushahidi) to crowdsource the manual interpretation of imagery in Somalia for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.

Digital Globe is donating imagery which will be served out as small tiles in the free, easy-to-use Tomnod platform. Volunteers will follow a provided rule-set and try to identify as many structures as possible in a 5-day period. You can learn more about the effort from Patrick's blog entry here: http://irevolution.net/tag/tomnod/.

If you would like to help out the UN, you can contribute to the project in your ASPRS student chapter or as an individual! This project is expected to occur in early November.

More information about the dates and how to participate will be distributed shortly. If you are interested in participating or have questions, please email: Laura Calandra, SAC Communications Councilor at lncalandra@gmail.com.

Many thanks from all of us for helping to improve the humanitarian response to Somalia!

ASPRS Student Volunteer Opportunity!

Pecora 18 Symposium - Student Volunteer Opportunity!

When: November 13-17, 2011

Where: Herndon, Virginia

Attention all student members of ASPRS!

If you have not already done so, plan now to attend this conference as a Student Volunteer and pay NO registration fee.

If you are a student at an accredited college/university and would like to attend this conference without paying the required conference registration fee, consider serving as a Student Volunteer. Note, volunteers are responsible for all other expenses including travel, accommodations and meals.

The Conference Volunteer Coordinator is looking for Student Volunteers to help from Sunday, November 13 – Thursday, November 17, 2011. In exchange for the opportunity to attend the General and Technical Sessions, visit the Exhibit Hall, and enjoy the Exhibitor's Reception, Student Volunteers will be required to work at least 8 hours during the conference.

This is a great opportunity to learn more about the geospatial field, meet some of the top names in the industry, and explore job possibilities; you are encouraged to bring your resumé as a special area will be set aside for resumé postings. In addition, the ASPRS Student Advisory Council has organized a Student-Employer Meet and Greet and informal evenings out for students during the conference.

If you are interested in attending as a volunteer, fill out an application http://www.asprs.org/pecora18/pdf/Volunteer%20Opportunities%20Application_Fall%20mod.pdf and send it in.

Also, see the description of Volunteer Tasks. http://www.asprs.org/pecora18/pdf/Volunteer_Guidelines.pdf

All applications must be submitted by e-mail to the Conference Volunteer Coordinator, Rakesh Malhotra, at mailto:rmalhotr@uncfsu.edu. Please include ASPRS Volunteer Program in the Subject Line of all e-mail correspondence. Assignments will be made on a first come basis.

Here is a timeline for the Student Volunteer process:

Application Deadline: October 17, 2011

Student Volunteer work schedules announced: the last week in October

Please note: This message is being sent to all ASPRS Student Members and faculty.

ASPRS Scholarships!

Don't forget to apply for the 2011-2012 ASPRS Scholarships! Deadline is October 17, 2011.

For a list of awards, visit http://www.asprs.org/Awards-and-Scholarships/

For award application instructions, visit http://www.asprs.org/Awards-and-Scholarships/General-Application-Instructions.html

Good luck!

-Adam

The 2nd Annual ASPRS GeoLeague Challenge Announcement!

Students,

The 2nd Annual ASPRS GeoLeague Competition is here!

Create a group of 5 or more ASPRS student members and get ready to use all of your geospatial talents to find a solution to this year's wetlands inventory challenge!

THE COMPETITION HAS BEGUN, and solutions will be presented at the 2012 Annual ASPRS Conference in Sacramento, California. Prizes will be awarded to the groups that come up with the most effective and creative solutions!

Registration ends November 30th, 2011.

Follow these steps to register your group now!

1. Download the GeoLeague Team Registration Form
2. Email the completed registration form to the Student Advisory Council Deputy Chair, Adam Benjamin (abenjamin1@ufl.edu)

Challenge specifics and parameters will be posted here in early October. Feel free to email the SAC Deputy Chair with any questions.