[GRASS-user] Open Source Remote Sensing at AGU

[Dylan Beaudette]

Posted on behalf of H. Mitasova / D. Pilant
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Dear Open Source Remote Sensing and Geospatial Colleagues,

Please consider submitting an abstract for this open source remote  
sensing session at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Meeting  
December 15-19, 2008 in San Francisco. It will be a great opportunity  
to promote and learn about open source remote sensing in a vibrant  
international earth science community (estimated 15,000 attendees).
Session Name: IN24: Open Source Remote Sensing for Environmental  
Mapping and Analysis
Session URL: http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/? 
content=search&show=detail&sessid=586

AGU Abstract Submission URL: http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/
(Please reference session IN24, and note the abstract submission  
deadline: September 10, 2008)
Session Abstract:

Anthropogenic and natural pressures on ecosystems and environments  
threaten human and ecological health at many levels. Remote sensing  
analysis of aerial photography and satellite imagery provides views  
of the environment necessary for sound environmental stewardship.  
Unprecedented amounts of earth imagery are now available on our  
desktops through data portals and virtual earths, and many open  
source geographic information system (GIS) applications are  
available. However, there is a great need for free or low cost, easy  
to use remote sensing software tools to help non-geospatial-experts  
make better use of these image resources to enhance environmental  
mapping and analysis.

The goal of this session is to highlight open source remote sensing  
tools and applications in environmental analysis. How are open source  
remote sensing tools being used in environmental analysis (e.g., land  
cover mapping; change detection; disaster recovery; habitat analysis;  
impervious surface mapping)? Are remote sensing mapping algorithms  
incorporated in virtual earths to expand their analytical capability?  
Can we develop easy to use open source decision support tools to help  
guide environmental decision making at the national, regional, local  
and citizen levels? How can we better harness the observations of  
citizens informed about their local environments in a geospatially- 
enabled manner?

Thank you for your kind attention, and please forward this  
announcement to any interested colleagues.

Sincerely,

Drew Pilant, Ph.D.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Research and Development
Landscape Characterization Branch
tel:  919.541.0648
fax: 919.541.9420
pilant.drew at epa.gov