ASPRS - Alaska Region

08/07/2024

Overview of Alaska Statewide Vegetation Mapping: Terrestrial

The October 2023 meeting of the Terrestrial Ecosystems Community of Practice began with a presentation by Elizabeth Powers (USGS) describing the Alaska Geosp...

08/07/2024

University of Alaska Anchorage engineering alumnus maps pathway to surveying success and hall of fame.

On May 3, 2024, surveying and mapping alumnus Steve Buchanan was inducted into the UAA College of Engineering (CoEng) Alumni Hall of Fame, which honors the professional accomplishments and contributions of exceptional CoEng graduates.

Buchanan is the co-founder of geomatics company SurvBase, LLC, and has a long history surveying for other Alaska companies and teaching in the UAA Department of Geomatics. He remains involved with the department through mentoring, fundraising, program development and serving on the UAA Geomatics Advisory Board (GAB). READ MORE HERE - https://www.uaa.alaska.edu/news/archive/2024/07/steve-buchanan-coeng-alumni-hall-of-fame.cshtml

05/30/2024

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH POSITION IN ALASKA

The GeoComputing lab in the Department of Geomatics at the College of Engineering, University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA) is excited to announce an opening for a Postdoctoral Research Associate position. This opportunity is available for immediate start, with an initial one-year appointment that may be extended to a second year, contingent on satisfactory performance and funding availability.

We are seeking candidates with a PhD in Surveying and Mapping, GIScience, Statistics, Computer Science, Information Science, or a related discipline. For full details and to apply, please visit: https://careers.alaska.edu/jobs/postdoc-research-associate-geocomputing-anchorage-alaska-united-states

Feel free to share this opportunity with interested parties, and don’t hesitate to reach out to Caixia Wang ([email protected]) if you have any questions.

04/16/2024

National Wetlands Inventory program (NWI) Survey

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) National Wetlands Inventory program (NWI) is seeking feedback from existing or potential data users regarding the NWI Geospatial Dataset. The purpose of this survey is to increase programmatic understanding of user perspectives, preferences, and experiences. This information will inform delivery of future products, services, and communication materials.

The survey should take the average user less than 10 minutes to complete. Take me to the survey now! https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=urWTBhhLe02TQfMvQApUlN851RWp7ctAqc083ih4pgFURUUxWlBNMkhPUEFHSUJZSFFQQVoxN0RQQi4u

Background: The NWI Geospatial Dataset represents the location and type of wetlands on the landscape using the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Wetlands Classification Standard (FGDC 2013). The questions in this survey request user feedback regarding experiences with NWI data, but also include questions regarding the interaction between NWI data and USGS hydrography datasets such as the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) and the 3D Hydrography Program (3DHP). For reference, the NHD and 3DHP represents stream/river features as polygons only if they average greater than 50 feet wide, whereas the NWI program represents stream/river features as polygons if they average greater than 15 feet wide.

03/25/2024

UPDATE on the NATIONAL SPATIAL REFERENCE SYSTEM (NSRS) MODERNIZATION and VDATUM
DR. SHACHAK PE"ERI, Chief of Geoscience Research, NOAA/NGS
March 28, 2024, Thursday
3:00 PM EST, 2:00 PM CST, 1:00 PM MST, 12:00 PM PST, 11:00 AM AST
JOIN US ~~ FREE ~~ ZOOM ~~ Link is below
Organized by ASPRS - Alaska Region

https://alaska.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwpf-6qrzMuH9UlLQ-EK7glncy8aQAHlwtY