ASPRS - Mid South Region

We are very happy to have impulseRADAR as one of our corporate sponsors for the ASPRS Mid-South Annual Conference to be held 24-25 April 2025 at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. ImpulseRADAR (https://lnkd.in/dNcmpTe) is focused on bringing the latest technology to market, packaged in robust and user-friendly ways. As industry professionals, their staff have been influential in bringing to market innovative ground penetrating radar (GPR) solutions that have often driven paradigm shifts in the application of this effective non-destructive technology. Located in Charleston, SC, the team at ImpulseRadar USA manages their business interests across the Americas, where they have a growing presence, supported by an experienced network of distribution partners.? We are very lucky to have their financial and scientific backing for the conference! Come to the conference (in-person or virtually) and engage ImpulseRADAR staff at their booth, at their talk, or meet up with them one-on-one to discuss your interest in GPR. The deadline to register for the conference is quickly approaching! Deadline is April 11. Make sure to register: https://lnkd.in/eDpKmDsc Also, March 21 is the final day to submit talks. If you wish to be considered for a talk, you must send a title, abstract, authors and affiliations to David Hughes ([email protected]) by the deadline.

We are very excited at our group of keynote speakers at this year's ASPRS Mid-South Annual Conference to be held 24-25 April at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Today we share with you one of those keynote speakers, Dr. George Raber from the University of Southern Mississippi. Dr. Raber's talk is entitled, "Mapping and Monitoring the Coral Growth and Dynamics Utilizing High-Resolution Drone (UAV) Imagery and Machine Learning Techniques" Dr. George Raber is a geographic information scientist with research interests centered on remote sensing and spatial modeling, particularly within coastal and littoral environments and their interaction with human activities. His expertise encompasses web mapping, spatial programming and automation, and image processing. Dr. Raber's current research involves applying spatial modeling to coastal and littoral environments and has increasingly incorporated machine learning for various applications such as coral reef identification and mapping, conservation planning, and the analysis of remotely sensed data for sidewalk networks. He actively engages in research through numerous funded projects with organizations like The Nature Conservancy, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the Naval Research Lab. Beyond his research, Dr. Raber is a Professor and Program Coordinator for Geography and Geology at the University of Southern Mississippi where he has been on the faculty for over 20 years. Before USM he did his graduate work in Geography at the University of South Carolina.?He teaches courses in his field including newer technology-based courses like Drones and Spatial Data Collection, advises undergraduate and graduate students, and contributes to the university and wider community through institutional and public service, such as his role on the Mississippi IHL Geospatial Board. + Consider attending the conference virtually or in-person through registering (deadline April 11): https://lnkd.in/eDpKmDsc + Consider giving a talk at the conference (deadline March 21 for titles and abstracts emailed to David Hughes [[email protected]]) + Thank you to NV5, Orbital Sidekick, Spectral Evolution, ImpulseRADAR, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory for their financial, scientific, and logistical sponsorship this year!

My apologies but it appears that a mistake (I probably made) has closed registration for the conference. But this is not the case as you can still register if you are a US citizen. Until the deadline is changed for registration in the system and it opens back up, please feel free to email me at [email protected] if you would like to register and I can work with you on getting on our list. When the system comes back up, you can then handle registration fees (if they apply to you). Thank you for your patience and sorry for the inconvenience. I hope you all have a super day! David Hughes ASPRS Mid-South Conference Lead

We are fortunate to have such great sponsors to our upcoming (24-25 April 2025) ASPRS Mid-South conference. Today we highlight a manufacturer of reliable and accurate UV-Vis-NIR field-portable spectrometers and spectroradiometers providing corporate sponsorship for the ASPRS Mid-South Conference to be held 24-25 April 2025 at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Spectral Evolution [https://lnkd.in/dgAxXSDp] boasts a team of highly trained individuals with experience in many different spectroscopic fields and applications. Headquartered in Haverhill, Massachusetts, they offer a full line of UV-Vis-NIR field portable spectrometers and spectroradiometers for mining, remote sensing, solar simulator testing, radiometric calibration transfer, and general photonics applications. Spectral Evolution brings to bear scientific and technical expertise in field portable radiometry fundamental to the work we do associated with ASPRS. We are lucky to have them provide an invited talk regarding their offerings and expertise, and their table at the conference where you can meet with their representatives who will be in-person. Thank you to Spectral Evolution for their financial and scientific contributions to ASPRS Mid-South annual conference! Register today (US citizen deadline April 11): https://lnkd.in/eDpKmDsc Present a talk!: email [email protected] (David Hughes), by March 21 with your title and short abstract.

We are lucky to have sponsors to our upcoming (24-25 April 2025) ASPRS Mid-South conference. Today we highlight a premier, hyperspectral satellite providing corporate sponsor for the ASPRS Mid-South Conference to be held 24-25 April 2025 at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Orbital Sidekick (OSK) [https://lnkd.in/dzvU2q3x] is the premier persistent monitoring service helping commercial and government organizations meet their sustainable operations, ESG, and security goals. Their satellite constellation supplies fast, efficient hyperspectral intelligence from anywhere on the planet. OSK brings to bear scientific and technical expertise in space-based hyperspectral acquisition and analysis and are fundamental to the work we do associated with ASPRS. We are lucky to have them provide an invited talk, a free 1 hour workshop regarding their offerings and hyperspectral imagery, and their table at the conference where you can meet with their representatives who will be in-person. Thank you to OSK for their financial and scientific contributions to ASPRS Mid-South annual conference! Register today (US citizen deadline April 11): https://lnkd.in/eDpKmDsc Present a talk!: email [email protected] (David Hughes), by March 21 with your title and short abstract.

We are lucky to have sponsors to our upcoming (24-25 April 2025) ASPRS Mid-South conference. Today we highlight one of our awesome corporate sponsors for the ASPRS Mid-South Conference to be held 24-25 April 2025 at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. NV5 are the makers of ENVI and IDL used extensively in remote sensing, photogrammetry, and GIS. They are a scientific and technical cornerstone to the work we do associated with ASPRS, and we welcome the talk they will give, the free 1 hour workshop they will provide, and their table at the conference where you can meet with their representatives who will be in-person. Thank you to NV5 for their financial and scientific contributions to ASPRS Mid-South annual conference!

Have you been recently laid-off? ASPRS Mid-South region extends to you free registration to the ASPRS Mid-South Annual conference (24-25 April 2025 at Oak Ridge National Laboratory). We want to help you connect with your scientific and technical community! ASORS (asprs.org) is an organization centered on remote sensing, photogrammetry, and GIS and if this would benefit you, please email David Hughes ([email protected]) with your request for free registration and we will make that happen for you. We hope you will attend virtual or in-person to connect with the ASPRS community. And if you know someone who has been laid-off, please forward this announcement so others can learn of this opportunity.

Are you a non-US citizen who would like to attend (virtual or in-person) the ASPRS Mid-South Annual Conference? If so, this email is specific to you: as we are having the event at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (24-25 April 2025), the deadline for any non-US citizen attendance (either virtual or in-person) MUST be entered today (March 6). If you are unsure if you will be able to attend but have a feeling you might, please send me an email at [email protected] so we can at least get your access paperwork started. If you decide later, there won't be a way I can get you in attendance. So contact me today! All I need is: name, email, and virtual or in-person. Thank you for considering! And if you are further along in your decision process, please register (registration won't close until in April). Use this link: https://lnkd.in/eDpKmDsc Have a super day!

***Important announcement*** If you are a non-US citizen, you need to register for the ASPRS Mid-South Conference by March 6, 2025. This is so your paperwork can complete for virtual or in-person attendance for the conference at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Please register before March 6 if you are a non-US citizen. If any problems or questions, please contact David Hughes ([email protected]), ASPRS Mid-South Conference Lead. https://lnkd.in/eDpKmDsc

We hope you are having a super day! Today we're sharing one of our awesome keynote speakers who will join us virtually at the ASPRS Mid-South Conference (24-25 April, 2025 at Oak Ridge National Laboratory) and discuss his work entitled "Geospatial Operations for Missions". We are very lucky to have Dr. Fred J. Calef III, a Science Systems Engineer/geologist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), be one of our honored keynote speakers! He's worked in the geospatial field for over 30 years in private industry and federal, state, and local government agencies. Fred is the principal investigator for the Multi-Mission Geographic Information System (MMGIS) which is an open source, web-based, mapping system for science operations on Earth, Mars, the Moon, and beyond. He works on the Curiosity and Perseverance rover missions on Mars as lead Mapping Specialist. Talk abstract: Missions operations on Earth, the Moon, and Mars always requires a clear spatial context for understanding spacecraft position, instrument pointing, and target acquisition. For the past eight years, we've been building an open source, web-based, geospatial application called the Multi-Mission Geographic Information System (MMGIS) focused on planetary science operations. Having a unified mapping system shared across a science team provides spatial awareness and capabilities to answer "first questions" (e.g. "where is the spacecraft?", "where have we acquired images?, etc.). In addition, we provide more advanced geospatial tools like viewshed generation, data profiles, collaborative mapping, raw data querying/rendering, and labeling for machine learning. Our supported mission profiles have expanded from surface and orbiter missions to airborne imaging campaigns and other simulated mission fieldwork on Earth. ++Register to attend the conference (in-person or virtual): https://lnkd.in/eDpKmDsc ++Talk requests are still open until Friday, March 21. If you'd like to give a talk, please contact David Hughes ([email protected]) to get on the agenda!