GIS DATABASE DESIGN FOR APEX MODEL, Northwest Missouri State University Featured Paper by Ming-Chih Hung, R. Paul Duckworth, Yi-Hwa Wu and Jamie Patton Blackland Research and Extension Center (BREC), Texas AgriLIFE Research, Texas A&M …

IDENTIFYING SENSITIVITY THRESHOLDS IN ENVIRONMENTAL MODELS: WHEN DOES A MODEL BECOME INSENSITIVE TO CHANGE?, Michigan State University Featured Paper by Mark H. DeVisser Sensitivity of environmental models to changes in variable parameters can be measured in a variety of ways. One …

SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF BADLAND EXTENT IN SOUTHERN GUAM, MARIANA ISLANDS, USING TONAL ANALYSIS, University of Guam Featured Paper by Yuming Wen, Maria Kottermair, Mohammad Golabi and Shahram Khosrowpanah Soil erosion in the form of badlands is a common …

OPTIMAL PARAMETER DETERMINATION FOR MEAN-SHIFT SEGMENTATION-BASED SHORELINE EXTRACTION USING LIDAR DATA, AERIAL ORTHOPHOTOS, AND, The Ohio State University Featured Paper by I-Chieh Lee, Liang Cheng, Ron Li A method for shoreline extraction has been developed that is based on mean-shift segmentation and the …

ARRAY ALGEBRA AUTOMATION OF 4-D IMAGING AND RANGE SENSING, Array algebra lectures and consultation Featured Paper by Urho Rauhala Mathematical photogrammetry and geodesy pioneered some early applications of matrix and tensor calculus in the …

USING AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY FOR MAPPING GIANT REED INFESTATIONS ALONG THE TEXAS-MEXICO PORTION OF THE RIO GRANDE, USDA-ARS Featured Paper by Chenghai Yang, James H. Everitt and John A. Goolsby Giant reed (Arundo donax L.) is an invasive weed throughout the southern half of the …