NEWS

TIF ExCom Stewart Walker, Chair, Board of Trustees John Trinder, Operations Officer Marguerite Madden, Finance Officer

The ISPRS Foundation is pleased to announce that Brilliant Remote Sensing Labs is offering through the ISPRS Foundation an educational grant from the online courses of Brilliant Remote Sensing Labs. The courses, which are each valued at $200 to $300, are offered TO ALL ISPRS MEMBERS FREE OF CHARGE (with no limitations on the count of applicants and no hidden costs).  The courses do not require any Remote Sensing Software. Each applicant can select to study one online course from the following three courses:

1. Space Science and Satellites Overview for General Managers & Supervisors
2. Remote Sensing Fundamentals
3. Satellite Images Visual Interpretation

Details of the courses and free video lecture samples can be found on www.remote-sensing-portal.com. Each course includes an online exam (optional) and a certificate. To apply now and start learning, click the following link:  https://remote-sensing-portal.com/account/freecourseregisteration/

All courses are in the form of short video lectures. Each course will be valid for 20 days from the application date. An email including the studying and exam instructions will be sent to each applicant immediately after the application is submitted.   The link will be valid for two months from the 5th March 2018, or later if the announcement of this offer is delayed.

The ISPRS Foundation  
March 2018

TIF ExCom Stewart Walker, Chair, Board of Trustees John Trinder, Operations Officer Marguerite Madden, Finance Officer

Mr. Imala is employed by the Directorate of Resource Surveys and Remote Sensing, Ministry of Mining, Kenya.

IGI offers its IGI Ambassador Award via The ISPRS Foundation (TIF) to young scientists in photogrammetry and laser scanning from regionally under-represented African countries in the geospatial sciences and technology fields. The award is funded by a donation of €2500 from IGI. The award allows Mr. Imala to visit IGI‘s offices in Kreuztal, Germany, and actively participate at ISPRS Workshops, Conferences, and Symposia. He will prepare reports about visits funded by the award for publication in IGI and ISPRS/TIF ebsites and newsletters. In addition, he will become an IGI ambassador for all IGI products and workflows.

Applications for the Award are adjudicated by the TIF IGI Grants Evaluation Committee, currently represented by Stewart Walker, John Trinder and Philipp Grimm.

2018 Brilliant Remote Sensing Labs FZ LLE Awards

The following three applicants for participating in the 2018 Brilliant Remote Sensing Labs FZ LLE Awards have been allocated all the courses that they wish to undertake.

• Amr A. Mohamed – Egypt
• Mohamed Noureldein - Egypt
• Ahmed Abd-Elmoaty - Egypt

The ISPRS Foundation (TIF) seeks volunteers for its Fund-Raising Committee

The ISPRS Foundation (TIF) is a public charity formed to administer an extensive and broadly-based international program that, through the raising of funds, shall provide grants, scholarships, awards, training supplies and other forms of scientific assistance to qualified individuals and organizations who are pursuing and/or applying knowledge for advancing the sciences and technologies associated with the disciplines embodied by the ISPRS, especially to support those in developing countries and regions. See http://www.isprs.org/foundation/foundation/default.aspx for more details.

The biggest challenge for most non-profits is to raise sufficient funds to accomplish their goals. TIF wants to grow so that it can offer assistance to more individuals and organizations from more countries. In order to address this effectively and directly, TIF is making changes to its committee structure and is forming a Fund-Raising Committee. We are looking for volunteers to join this committee! You need to be excited by what ISPRS is doing and must identify enthusiastically with TIF’s goals. You should have a large network of contacts, including people at high levels in organizations who may be willing to give funds to TIF, if they are approached in a suitable and informative fashion. You should be energetic, imaginative, and willing to engage with potential donors as an ambassador of TIF. You must be able to bounce back if an organization is reluctant! We are looking for committee members from all over the world. If you are interested, please contact Stewart Walker, Chair of the Board of Trustees, at foundationchair@isprs.org. Thank you.
 

The ISPRS Foundation Travel Grants to participate in the
ISPRS Midterm Symposia 2018

 
Interested persons should complete the online application form