ASPRS Launches Revised Website
The American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) launched a new version of its website last week during the 2011 Annual Conference in Milwaukee Wisconsin. The site has been completely overhauled and now uses an Open Source Content Management System (CMS) along with an iMIS membership database to serve materials on the site. The new site was streamlined to cut down on repetition and tested to ensure that popular information was well labeled and easy to find.
The results of the 2011 election have been tallied by the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Tellers Committee and they reported that Stephen D. DeGloria a professor at Cornell University in Ithaca New York won the election to become ASPRS Vice President for 2011.With the installation of officers at the ASPRS Annual Conference in May Gary Florence moves into the position of President; Roberta (Bobbi) Lenczowski becomes President-Elect and Carolyn Merry becomes Past President.
The current Chair of the Coalition of Geospatial Organizations (COGO) announced today that the Coalition has selected as the 2012 Coalition Chair Dr. Carolyn J. Merry American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) Delegate to COGO. Ms. Geney Terry 2011 Chair of COGO indicated that Dr. Merry’s selection was made by unanimous consent of the Coalition.
