Welcome!

The Western New York Chapter of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society was established in 2007 to serve GRSS members and the general public interested in geoscience and remote sensing in the western New York (USA) region and beyond. See the article about our initial activities in the Chapter's Corner of the December 2007 GRSS Newsletter. Please contact Chapter Chair John Kerekes if you would like more information or are interested in presenting a technical seminar at one of our chapter meetings. Our meetings are open to the general public; you do not need to be a member of IEEE/GRSS to present or attend.

The Chapter is joint across five IEEE Region 1 Sections: Rochester (parent), Buffalo, Syracuse, Ithaca and Binghamton. Monthly meetings with technical presentations are held throughout the academic year rotating among various locations across the sections.

IGARSS'08 Technical Program is posted and registration is now open!

The 2008 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium will be held July 6-11, 2008, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. The technical program has now been set and is available on the web site. Also, online registration is open and includes descriptions of the various technical, GRS Society, and social events availble. Please visit the symposium web site www.igarss08.org for more information.

7th Annual CNY ASPRS New York State Remote Sensing Symposium, SUNY ESF, Syracuse, NY

The GRSS WNY Chapter is pleased to be a co-sponsor of the 7th Annual ASPRS Central New York Region's New York State Remote Sensing Symposium. This one-day event on May 19, 2008 includes a workshop on Land Use/Land Cover, technical sessions, and a dinner with Kass Green, ASPRS President-Elect. Please visit the symposium web site for more information.

Next Meeting

To occur in the fall

No more chapter meetings are planned for this academic year. We will pick up again in the fall. Have a nice summer!

2007-2008 Meetings

September 20, 2007

"Landsat Remote Sensing Research at RIT"
Prof. John R. Schott, Rochester Institute of Technology
6 pm, Carlson Building, RIT Campus. Click here for directions.
This meeting is joint with the Central New York Region of the ASPRS.

October 17, 2007

"R&D Activities at NASA Langley in Support of the Space Shuttle, the Mars Science Laboratory and Atmospheric Science"
Dr. Michael J. Gazarik, NASA Langley Research Center
4 pm, Carlson Building, RIT Campus

November 9, 2007

"Monitoring Earth-Surface Dynamics with ICESat Satellite Laser Altimetry"
Dr. Bea Csatho, University at Buffalo, SUNY
4:30 Open House at UB Remote Sensing Lab, 5:30 Meeting and Presentation

December 7, 2007

"Imaging sub-centimeter ground deformation from space: Earthquakes, volcanoes, groundwater, glaciers, and some mysteries of New York State"
Prof. Matthew Pritchard, Cornell University
Refreshments at 3:30 pm; Meeting and Presentation at 4 pm
McManus Lounge, Hollister Hall, Cornell Univeristy Campus
Click here for directions.

January 22, 2008

"Semi-automated DIRSIG Scene Modeling from 3D Lidar and Passive Imagery"
Stephen Lach, Rochester Institute of Technology
6 pm, Carlson Building, RIT Campus. Click here for directions.
Pizza and refreshments will be served at 5:30 pm.

March 11, 2008

"Pictometry International Corp."
Stephen Schultz, Pictometry International
6 pm (pizza and soda at 5:30 pm)
Pictometry International, 100 Town Centre Dr, Suite A, Rochester, NY
This meeting is joint with the Central New York Region of the ASPRS.

April 4, 2008

"Urban Land Use Classification from Contemporary Remote Sensing"
Dr. Le Wang, Department of Geography, University at Buffalo, the State University of New York (SUNY)
1 pm (note NEW time), Wilkeson 144. Light refreshments provided at 12:30 pm