COVARIANCE PROPAGATION FROM SPECIFIC TO GENERIC MODEL, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (IAI, contractor) Featured Paper by Henry Theiss Geopositioning from optical sensors onboard airborne platforms, e.g. UAVs, requires a sensor model and subsequently a means to …

Agricultral Land Use Changes, 2001-2012, Southeastern Iowa, Using Landsat 4 & 5 Tm Imagery, Virginia Tech Authors: Jie Ren, James B. Campbell, and Yang Shao In central regions of the U. S. Corn Belt, agricultural production since 2001 has changed in response to federal …

US Courts Automate Paper Forms and Decrease Case Processing Time and Costs, Adapx The staff of the US Courts manages the complex operations which keep the wheels of justice moving. Those duties include maintaining court records, providing case …

Estimating Typical Four-Season Thermal Distribution and Self-Adaptive Gradient Based Thresholding Parameters over Coal Fire Areas in China Using Aster and Ldcm Tirs-A Case Study in the Wuda Coal Field, China, China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing Authors: Xiaomin Du, Daiyong Cao, Guang Yang, Sergio Bernardes, Zhipeng Li, and Feng Li Coal fire results in significant environmental impacts and coal losses in …

DETECTING THE TOPOGRAPHIC CHANGES OF SPATIAL FEATURES FROM SAR SATELLITE IMAGES BASED ON THE MULTILAYER LEVEL SET APPROACH, Chaoyang University of Technology Featured Paper by Yishuo Huang and Shang-Yuh Lin The areas covered by a river play an important role in analyzing the causes of debris flows. The damage caused by …

Modeling Surface-Flow Characteristics in Glaciated Landscapes, Esri Users Group Conference Featured Paper by Mary O'Neill, Janet Gritzner, Bruce Millett The Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) of the US and Canada is characterized by thousands of …