| 2008 Civil Commercial Imagery Evaluation Workshop |
| TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 2008 |
| 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM |
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Registration |
| Morning |
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| 9:00 - 9:15 |
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Welcome: Greg Stensaas |
| 9:15 - 9:45 |
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Keynote Speaker: Dr. Gene Whitney - Office of the President, Office of Science and Technology Policy
The Future of Land Imagery and US Global Earth Observation |
| 9:45 - 10:15 |
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Invited Speaker: Douglas Muchoney - GEO / GEOSS - GEO Secretariat |
| 10:15 - 10:45 |
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Invited Speaker: Kass Green - ASPRS
Future of Remote Sensing and Land Imaging Surveys |
| 10:45 - 11:00 |
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Break |
| 11:00 - 11:30 |
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Invited Speaker: Brad Doorn, USDA
Expanding the Use of Land Imaging for Agriculture Decision Making: The Gobal Agricultural Monitoring (GLAM) Partnership |
| 11:30 - 12:00 |
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Invited Speaker: Dr. Stefan Buckreuss - DLR
The German Radar Mission TerraSAR-X |
| 12:00 - 1:15 |
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Lunch (provided with registration)
Set up posters |
| Afternoon |
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| 1:15 PM - 3:35 PM |
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Government Overview Session |
| 1:15 - 1:40 |
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USGS - Barbara Ryan - Associate Director for Geography |
| 1:40 - 2:05 |
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NGA - Corena Alexander - Deputy Chief, Sensor Assimilation Division,ASX,
Acting Branch Chief, Commercial Data Integration Branch, ASXC. |
| 2:05 - 2:30 |
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USDA - Glenn Bethel - Remote Sensing Advisor |
| 2:30 - 2:45 |
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Break |
| 2:45 - 3:10 |
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NASA |
| 3:10 - 3:35 |
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NOAA |
| 3:35 PM - 4:30 PM |
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Land Imaging Panel Discussion |
| 4:30 - 4:45 |
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First day wrap-up - announcements, etc |
| 4:45 PM - 7:00 PM |
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Poster Session / Reception |
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| WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2008 |
| 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM |
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Registration |
| Morning |
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| 8:30 AM - 2:10 PM |
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Session 1: AERIAL IMAGERY |
| 8:30 - 9:10 |
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Galappaththi, Thilanka - Applanix
GNSS-Aided Inertial Navigation for Direct Geopositioning of Digital Airborne Imagery
Hogan, Bruce - Applanix
High Altitude Tactical Mapping with Applanix DSS (Digital Sensor System) |
| 9:10 - 9:35 |
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Madani, Dr. Mostafa - DMC
Intergraph DMC System – Features and Benefits |
| 9:35 - 10:00 |
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Varlyguin, Dmitry - GDA Corp
Feature Mapping and Decision Support with Digital and Analog Air-borne Data Mesh |
| 10:00 - 10:25 |
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LeFeir, Len - Commercial Airborne Initiatives |
| 10:25 - 10:40 |
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Break |
| 10:40 - 11:05 |
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Gruber, Michael - Microsoft Photogrammetry, UltraCamX
Large Format Digital Aerial Camera |
| 11:05 - 11:30 |
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Mootz, John - USDA FAS
USDA - FSA National Agriculture Imagery Program |
| 11:30 - 11:55 |
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Adkins, Zach - USDA FSA
USDA-FSA Aerial Photography Field Office |
| 11:55 - 12:20 |
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Molander & Merritt - Surdex Corporation
Practical Experience with Image Metrics for Aerial Products |
| 12:20 - 12:45 |
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Warner, Dr. Eric - Penn State University
Application of NAIP Imagery for Visual Interpretation of Land Cover/Impervious Surface Mapping |
| 12:45 - 1:45 |
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Lunch (provided with registration)
Posters available for viewing |
| Afternoon |
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| 1:45 - 2:10 |
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Bang, Ki In - University of Calgary, Canada
Error Budget of LiDAR Systems and Quality Control of the Derived Data |
| 2:10 PM - 6:00 PM |
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Session 2: HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGERY |
| 2:10 - 2:50 |
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Bresnahan, Paul - NGA
Absolute Geolocation Accuracy Evaluation of WorldView-1 Basic 1B and EROS-B Level 1A Imagery |
| 2:50 - 3:15 |
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Hellerman, Rani - ImageSat International
Operational Experience from EROS B |
| 3:15 - 3:39 |
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Smiley, Byron - DigitalGlobe
The Absolute and Relative Geolocation Accuracies of QB02 and WV01 |
| 3:40 - 4:05 |
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Chander, Gyanesh - SAIC
Geometric Characterization of TopSat and Bejing1 Satellites |
| 4:05 - 4:20 |
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Break |
| 4:20 - 4:45 |
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Dial, Gene - GeoEye
Remote Sensing & Production Services at GeoEye—A Look at Present Performance and Future Systems |
| 4:45 - 5:10 |
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Buchanan, John - University of Arizona
Assessment of the Automated Ground-based Vicarious Calibration Method using High-Resolution Commercial Sensors |
| 5:10 - 5:35 |
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O'Hara, Chuck - Mississippi State University
Evaluating the Accuracy and Characteristics of Commercial Satellite Image Data for Map Modernization and Maintenance Using Map Accuracy Tools |
| 5:35 |
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Second day wrap-up - announcements, etc - |
| 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM |
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No Host Dinner - Champps Fair Oaks |
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| THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2008 |
8:00 AM |
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Registration |
| Morning |
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| 8:30 AM - 4:15 PM |
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Session 3: MEDIUM RESOLUTION IMAGERY |
| 8:30 - 8:55 |
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Invited Speaker - Michael Hales - NGA
A Focus on Global Transparency |
| 8:55 - 9:20 |
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Invited Speaker: Satish Srivastava - RADARSAT-1
Image Quality and Calibration Performance Maintained Beyond 12 Years of Operation |
| 9:20 - 9:45 |
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Hodgson, David - DMCii
Constellation Calibration for Commercial Application support |
| 9:45 - 10:10 |
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Chander, Gyanesh - SAIC
Catalog of World-wide Test Sites for Sensor Characterization |
| 10:10 - 10:25 |
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Break |
| 10:25 - 11:05 |
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Invited Speakers: Julio Dalge - INPE - Radiometric and geometric quality of CBERS-2B images
Antonio Machado - Kepler Sistemas - Status of CBERS-2B data reception, archiving, processing, and distribution. |
| 11:05 - 11:30 |
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Johnson, Shawana - Global Marketing Insights
Overview of Indian Constellation as Marketed by ANTRIX, ASRC, and GMI |
| 11:30 -11:55 |
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Tetrault, Bob - USDA
Access and Availability of Resourcesat-1 AWiFS Data for Agriculture |
| 11:55 - 12:20 |
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Johnson, David - USDA/NASS
Cropland classification accuracy as a function of P6-AWiFS incidence angle |
| 12:20 - 1:20 |
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Lunch (provided with registration)
Take posters down |
| Afternoon |
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| 1:20 - 1:45 |
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Clark, Jess - USDA/RSAC
Assessing Post-fire Burn Condition Using Remotely-Sensed Commercial Imagery |
| 1:45 - 2:10 |
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Boryan, Claire - USDA/NASS/RDD
Research to Operational: A Paradigm Shift for Remote Sensing Based Acreage Estimates |
| 2:10 - 2:35 |
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Stephens, Paul - DMCii
New developments in the DMC small satellite constellation service |
| 2:35 - 3:00 |
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Thome, Kurt - University of Arizona
Inflight, intersensor radiometric calibration of high- and moderate-resolution sensors using the reflectance-based method |
| 3:25 - 3:50 |
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Passini & Karsten - BAE Systems
Geometric and Radiometric Property of Large Size Digital Aerial Frame Cameras |
| 3:50 - 4:15 |
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Chander, Gyanesh - SAIC
Radiometric and Geometric assessment of the ALOS AVNIR-2 data |
| 4:15 PM |
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Discussion and Conference wrap-up - Drawings |
