[nasdug-l] NASDUG meeting Thurs. May 13 4:00 UAF GI Globe room

[Tom Heinrichs]

NASDUG members,

We have a NASDUG meeting scheduled for Thursday May 13 at 4:00
in the UAF Geophysical Institute Globe Room; see below for
logistics details.

I am really looking forward to our talks. Our main speaker
will be Will Putman, Forester/GIS Coordinator for the Tanana
Chiefs Conference. We'll also have a second, shorter
presentation from Jason Williams of the USGS EROS Data Center
regarding the current status of the Landsat program.

We will provide refreshments before and after the meeting, so
please fell free to come and chat with colleagues.

Will Putman will speak on "High-resolution satellite image
processing in the Tanana Valley". Will and Alaska DNR
Forestry staff orthorectified and classified a large amount of
high-resolution satellite data. They are creating vegetation
and community maps using the imagery. Will will present a case
study of this ongoing project. He would like it to be
informal and interactive, so please bring your questions.
See some of their maps at: http://www.tananachiefs.org/maps/

Jason Williams will give us an update on the Landsat program.
Landsat 7 suffered a mechanical failure in May 2003. Landsat 5
continues to gather useful data. Planning for the Landsat Data
Continuity Mission (aka Landsat 8) is progressing. The USGS
EDC is producing Landsat 7 products that fill in the gaps in
the SLC-off data. See http://landsat.usgs.gov and
http://landsat7.usgs.gov/slc_off.html

The meeting will be held in the UAF Geophysical Institute's
Globe room. This room is straight behind the front (south)
entrance to the Elvey Building. The Elvey Building in on the
west end of campus and easily identified by the 10-meter
satellite dish on its roof. I've arranged for parking
ticketing to be suspended for the meeting, so you may park in
any of the "UAF decal" spaces in front of or behind the Elvey
building. Please avoid using other visitor and reserved
spaces. Most students will have left campus, so finding a free
space should not be a problem. Here's a map:
http://www.uaf.edu/campusmap/blue_zone.html

Best regards,
Tom Heinrichs
Sean Triplett
NASDUG co-chairs


Tom Heinrichs  907-474-6897   tom.heinrichs at gi.alaska.edu
Technical Services Manager, GINA Project
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute
PO Box 757320  Fairbanks, Alaska  99775  fax: 907-474-7290
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