Obituary for Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. mult. Gottfried Konecny
Prof. Gottfried Konecny, former head of the Institute of Photogrammetry and GeoInformation of Leibniz University Hannover, passed away peacefully on Thursday, 25 July 2024, at the age of 94. With his passing, photogrammetry and remote sensing has lost a brilliant scientist and science manager who was highly respected around the globe and tirelessly active, far beyond his retirement.
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Webinar by ISPRS WG IV/2
Kappa the Undead and the Inconsistent Adoption of Insightful Error Metrics
Speaker: Professor Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr
Date/Time: August 13, 2024, 3 PM [CET]
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Funding to support INGSA-Asia Science Advice Workshops in your country
Applications are now open for funding to support INGSA-Asia Science Advice Workshops in your country.
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Prof. Li Deren, Honorary Member of ISPRS, receiving China’s top sci-tech award for the year 2023 on June 24, 2024
Prof. Li Deren, ISPRS Honorary Member, photogrammetry and remote sensing expert, an academician at both the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) from Wuhan University, won the national top sci-tech award for the year 2023 at a meeting conflating the national sci-tech conference, the national science and technology award conference, and the general assemblies of the members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) held on June 24, 2024.
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IJGI 2024 Travel Award
Application Deadline: 31 August 2024
Eligibility and Requirements:
• Postdoctoral fellows or PhD students;
• Plans to attend an international conference in 2024/2025 (oral presentation or poster).
The Prize:
• CHF 800;
• A certificate.
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Call for papers for a special issue of Geo-spatial Information Science celebrating the 80th birthday Professor Armin Gruen
The upcoming special issue of Geo-spatial Information Science will be a look back at
the development of photogrammetry over the past fifty-five years and the influence of artificial intelligence on its evolution.
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The U. V. Helava Award – Best Paper 2023 announced
Congratulations go to Toshiyuki Kobayashi, Hideki Kobayashi, Wei Yang, Hiroshi Murakami, Yoshiaki Honda and Kenlo Nishida Nasaharaa for their paper The development of a global LAI and FAPAR product using GCOM-C/SGLI data which was chosen as the 2023 Best Paper for the new evaluation period.
ISPRS SC Student Chapters: Call for Applications!
Student Chapters are local groups of registered people that collaborate with ISPRS SC to support activities in the fields of photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information science. Student Chapters benefit from the virtual meetups with ISPRS experts, a dedicated webpage within the ISPRS SC website and prioritized ISPRS SC fundings for relevant events (e.g. summer schools, ISPRS conferences).
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ISPRS, EARSeL & DGPF Joint Istanbul Workshop
Topographic Mapping from Space
Dedicated to Dr. Karsten Jacobsen’s 80th Birthday
29-31 January 2025
Yıldız Technical University
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Webinar Series by ISPRS WG III/7
Remote Sensing for the Hydrosphere and Cryosphere
June 26 – August 21, 2024
(Every Wednesday – except July 17, 2024)
In association with Indian Society of Remote Sensing
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Jack Dangermond Best Paper Award 2023
The winners of Jack Dangermond Best Paper Award 2022 are Boonpook W., Tan Y., Nardkulpat A., Torsri K., Torteeka P., Kamsing P., Sawangwit U., Pena J. & Jainaen M. for their paper:
Deep Learning Semantic Segmentation for Land Use and Land Cover Types Using Landsat 8 Imagery. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 2023; 12(1):14.
https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi12010014
ISPRS calls for an Organiser of the 2027 Geospatial Week
The ISPRS Geospatial Week (GSW) is a combination of workshops organised by various ISPRS Working Groups and possibly other parties active in the areas of interest of ISPRS and is convened by a local organiser, led by the GSW Director, at a common location. The GSW is held biennially in odd years, preferably in the September/October timeframe. The first one was organised in Antalya in 2013; the next one will take place in Dubai from April 6 to 11, 2025.
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Call for Papers - ISPRS Geospatial Week 2025
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
6th - 11th April 2025
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing for a Better Tomorrow
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The Fritz Ackermann Award – Best Paper 2023 announced
Model-based constraints for trajectory determination of quad-copters: Design, calibration & merits for direct orientation, by Kenneth Joseph Paul, Davide Antonio Cucci, and Jan Skaloud, has been selected from papers published exclusively in the ISPRS Open Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing as the winner of the 2023 Best Paper. It will be included in the final selection for the newly established Fritz Ackermann Award, to be presented at the 2026 ISPRS Congress in Toronto.
Congratulations to the authors!
Read the announcement here…