NMGIC

Hello NMGIC Members,

The agenda for the Spring Meeting can be found HERE.

Regarding parking, here are some instructions:

Parking at the UNM Rotunda will require a validation code.
How to use the validation code: 817345
1. Park in any numbered stall
2. Proceed to nearest pay station
3. Enter stall number
4. Select “STP Visitor” from the screen display
5. Enter code number
6. Collect Receipt
There is no need to return to your vehicle to display the receipt. The pay station will track the validation by the stall number.

We look forward to seeing you there!

We are excited to announce our NMGIC Spring 2018 Workshop!

Space is limited and pre-registration is required.  To register, please contact Joe Zebrowski at 505-426-2146 or jpzebrowski@nmhu.edu

We are excited to announce the NMGIC Spring Meeting! Preliminary Information is as follows:

Meeting Theme: GIS and the Environment

Workshop Theme: Landsat 8 & Sentinel 2 – The dynamic duo of earth imaging.

Dates: Thursday April 19 (Workshop) and Friday April 20 (Meeting)

Location: UNM Rotunda , 801 University Blvd, SE. Albuquerque NM

We are putting together an exciting agenda and will have more information soon!

PECORA Awards

NMGIC sponsored student awards at the 2017 Pecora conference in Sioux Falls, SD this year. The NMGIC board would like to thank Amy Budge and PECORA for bringing our two organizations together to have a positive impact on the field of geospatial technology, and giving students a chance to showcase their work!

Here are the finalists:

For the papers…..

• First place went to Paulo Arevalo from Boston University.  His paper title is “Using Time Series and Statistical Inference Methods to Estimate Unbiased Land Cover Change Areas in the Colombian Amazon”.
• Second place went to Eric Bullock from Boston University.  His paper title is “Monitoring Tropical Forest Degradation Using Time Series Analysis of Landsat Data”.
• Third place went to Samara Calcado do Azevedo from Sao Paulo State University in Sao Paulo, Brazil.  Her paper title is “Shadow Removal in High Resolution Remote Sensing Images Using Local Inpainting Strategy”.

For the posters…..

• First place went to Jill Derwin from Virginia Tech.  Her poster title is “ Estimating Percent Tree Canopy Cover Using Landsat Time-Series”.
• Second place went to Lan Nguyen from South Dakota State University.  His poster title is “Detecting Land Change Using Land Surface Phenology Modeling: An Application to the Dynamic Northern Great Plains”.
• Third place went to Yenni Vetrita from South Dakota State University.  Her poster title is “Assessing Three Satellite-derived Burned Area Products and Combining with Medium Resolution Data for Characterizing Peatland Fires”.

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Hello NMGIC Members,

The agenda for the Fall Meeting on October 27th can be found HERE.

Regarding parking, here are some instructions:

Parking at the UNM Rotunda will require a validation code.
How to use the validation code: 817263
1. Park in any numbered stall
2. Proceed to nearest pay station
3. Enter stall number
4. Select “STP Visitor” from the screen display
5. Enter code number
6. Collect Receipt
There is no need to return to your vehicle to display the receipt. The pay station will track the validation by the stall number.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Amy Ballard

Secretary, NMGIC

The William T. Pecora Memorial Conference (Pecora20: Observing A Changing Earth) will be held in Sioux Falls, South Dakota USA November 14-16, 2017 and is being organized by the U.S. Geological Survey, NASA, and ASPRS.  The call for abstracts is open now…the deadline for submitting abstracts is June 1, 2017.  The Steering Committee wants to announce the call for abstracts and information on the conference to the ISPRS community.

More info at : http://pecora.asprs.org

Hello NMGIC Members,

Meeting Theme: Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry

Workshop Theme (tentative): Structure for Motion Photogrammetric Technique

Thank you to all of our nominees from 2016!

Here are your 2017 board members.