Events

ASPRS Mid-South Regional Conference 2024

When:  9-10 May, 2024

Where:  Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Register:  https://baam.tech/conference/2024-asprs-mid-south/

Stay Informed:  https://linkedin.com/showcase/asprs-mid-south-region

Details: 

  • Theme of Climate Security
  • Attendance and presentations available both in-person or virtual
  • Talks and posters by commercial, government, and academia
  • Sponsored by baam.tech, NV5, and Planet  
  • Six National Recognized Keynote talks
  • Four workshops by baam.tech, NV5, Planet, and one on QGIS given by Randal Hale (North River Geographic Systems, Inc.)
  • A networking/engagement breakfast
  • A REDICOP meeting hosted by Katherine Picchione (MIT Lincoln Labs)
  • Events to introduce in-person attendees to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory UAS and computing capabilities. 

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ASPRS Mid-South Regional Conference 2023

Tennessee Room Presentations (Welcome / Keynotes / Remote Sensing)

Presenter Presentation Title Video? Notes
David Hughes Welcome Not Available We didn't start recording until the talks.  Please refer to the presentation link. 
David Page ORNL Introduction Not Available We didn't start recording until the talks.  Please refer to the presentation link. 
Katie Corcoran Global Commercial 
Hyperspectral Data for an Evolving Remote Sensing Community		 Video
Maggi Schick Investigating the Land Use 
Legacy of the Maya Civilization in the Northeastern Petén, 
Guatemala through LiDAR Remote Sensing		 Video
Nils Helset
How We Deeply-Resolve Sentinel-2 from 10m to 1m Per Pixel and Develop a Deep Neural Network for Automatically Detecting Agricultural Field Boundaries		 Video
Oluibukun Ajayi


Performance of Deep 
Learning Algorithms for Automatic Crop Type and Weed Classification		 Video
Caiwang Zheng Prediction of Strawberry 
Vegetative Biomass from UAV Multispectral Imagery Using 
Multiple Machine Learning Method		 Video
Parth Bhatt Mapping Natural Habitat 
Communities Using High Resolution NAIP Using Machine Learning Approaches: Hiawatha National Forest		 Video
Bandon Decker Technical Challenges for Time-Series Remote Thermography of Highway Bridge Decks Video
Breann Larson and AKM Azad Hossain Qualitative Analysis of Algal Blooms in Lake Pontchartrain Using Remote Sensing Video
Susan Wang Drones for 3D Monitoring of Coastal Topography and 3D Marsh Mapping Video
AKM Azad Hossain  Investigating the Changes in Vegetation Coverage in Mega Cities in the World Video
Avriel Null Analyzing Groundwater Depletion in the Valley of Mexico Aquifer Using GRACE Video
Matthew McCarthy Automated High-Resolution 
Satellite-Derived Bathymetry		 Video
Bernard Abubakari  An Evaluation of Current Status of Glaciers in the Western United States Using Machine Learning Algorithms and Sentinel-2A images Video
Rupert Green Geospatial Analysis of Irrigable Lands in Essex Valley, St. Elizabeth, Jamaica Using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques Video
Connor Firat Analyzing Historical Turbidity in the Tennessee River Using Google Earth Engine Video
Xiongwen Chen Interactions of Biosphere and Atmosphere Within Longleaf Pine Restoration Area Video



Emory Room Presentations (Photogrammetry / Applications Work)

Presenter Presentation Title Video? Notes
Michelle Thornton (Toward) Analysis Ready and Cloud Optimized Data Formats for NASA Airborne Facility Instruments Not Available We had a technical issue and missed this presentation for video recording.
Orrin Thomas General Camera Geometric Calibration Not Available We had a technical issue and missed this presentation for video recording.
Mike Berber Photogrammetric Software Are Tested Using Drone Data Video The video for both Berber talks contains both of his talks.
Mike Berber Can sFM Software Be Used for the Images Taken by Large Frame Sensors? Video The video for both Berber talks contains both of his talks.
Chris Reichert Scene-Specific Collection Planning for a Geiger-Mode LiDAR System with Georeferenced Scanning Video
Christian Stallings Utilizing the ASPRS Positional 
Accuracy Standards to Assess Low-Cost UAS LiDAR Systems 		 Video
Aaron Smith


 Individual Tree Segmentation and Morphological Parameter Extraction from Leaf-off 3D LiDAR Scans of an Unmanaged Mixed Deciduous Forest Video
Jonathan Byham Peeling Back the Lowcountry of South Carolina with LiDAR Video
Grayson Morgan

 sUAS for Biomass Monitoring Using LiDAR and Multispectral Data Video The video for Morgan, Jones, Shan, and Xu is the same video, aggregating all these talks together. 
Sean M. Jones Fluctuation of Groundwater of the Contiguous United States 
Regions Defined by the E.P.A, U.S.G.S., and U.S.D.A. Monitored by GRACE-FO from 2019-2021		 Video The video for Morgan, Jones, Shan, and Xu is the same video, aggregating all these talks together. 
Xiangxi Tian and Jie Shan Towards Global Terrain 
Extraction from Multiple Space LiDAR		 Video The video for Morgan, Jones, Shan, and Xu is the same video, aggregating all these talks together. 
Yaping Xu UAV-based Image Analysis and Machine Learning for Bioenergy Crop Modeling and Precision Agriculture Video The video for Morgan, Jones, Shan, and Xu is the same video, aggregating all these talks together. 




ASPRS Mid-South Region Microlearning Competition 2022

The ASPRS Mid-South region sponsored a microlearning competition!  The competition required entrants to produce a video of 2-5 minutes in length that performs one of the following:

 

  1. explains a concept from photogrammetry or remote sensing (e.g. “Let me explain shadow layover from SAR imagery”)
  2. teaches how to do something in photogrammetry or remote sensing (e.g. “this is how you accurately apply NDVI to an image”)
  3. provides some insight into photogrammetry and/or remote sensing that could be artistic or  scientific in nature.

 

We were very pleased to receive 10 entries from around the world.  Every person, ASPRS member or not, was eligible to win the cash prizes or free ASPRS membership.  The top three winners are listed below.  

 

We look forward to posting all the participant videos on this regional microsite to spotlight their excellent work.

We thank everyone who participated and showed interest.  Thank you in particular to the 4 person judging panel who did an excellent and timely job. 

We look forward to hosting future competitions with cash prizes in the future to showcase the research and engineering that you all are doing in the community.

Third place winner of a $125 check:

Hugh Bartlett, Julia Guidry, and Bob Bartlett of Bartlett Engineering on “Can Photogrammetry Be Done With One Photo Of A Stereopair?”

Second place winner of a $150 check:

Zihan Lin, PhD of Michigan State University on “Annual Mean Urban Heat Island Intensity Calculation Using Satellite Imageries”

First place winner of a $200 check:

Mikey Mohan of UC Berkeley on “Individual Tree Detection from UAV Imagery and UAV-LiDAR”