Remote Sensing Research and Development at NGS is managed as a virtual laboratory. Technical and administrative oversight are provided jointly by the Chief Photogrammetrist. Projects are staffed by personnel from the NGS Remote Sensing Division and by research interns. The present research staff consists of:

 

Maryellen Sault Maryellen.Sault@noaa.gov	Maryellen is a Remote Sensing Research Engineer working at NGS. Her research interests include hyperspectral and shoreline change.
Jason Woolard Jason.Woolard@noaa.gov	Jason is a Remote Sensing Research Engineer under contract to the Remote Sensing Division. His research interests are in LIDAR and in accuracy assessments of DEMs.

 

On any project that we undertake, we depend upon technical support and datasets generated by the professionals throughout NGS. The following individuals have participated in or contributed to our work:

 

Ian Anderson	Ian is a system administrator within RSD. His support keeps many of the machines used by Research and Development up and running.
Mike Aslaksen	Mike is a staff cartographer with RSD. He took the lead in generating the high resolution photogrammetric DEM of Kodiak Island, AK.
Tim Blackford	Tim is a photogrammetrist in the Applications Branch of RSD. He is involved in the generation of datasets for the Yakutat Bay, AK validation site.
Ed Carlson	Ed is a geodesist working in the Spatial Reference System Division of NGS. He conducted the GPS surveys to position the field surveyed shoreline at Richmond Wharf. These data provide the fundamental tie to the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS), and permit us to assess the accuracy of the photogrammetric shoreline against a rigorous standard.
Amanda Cranfill	Amanda is a photogrammetrist in the Applications Branch of RSD. She is involved in constructing high resolution photogrammetric DEMs of the Harrisburg, PA validation site.
Gary Fredrick	Gary is a NGS geodetic surveyor working out of our west coast office in Seattle. He was the Field Party Chief for the GPS surveys executed to position the photo panels in the Kodiak DEM, and the radar reflectors at Castle Bay. Gary's description of Castle Bay: "radical!!"
Stephen Goodell	Stephen is a photogrammetrist in the Applications Branch of RSD. He is involved in conducting high accuracy compilation of shoreline and in the accuracy analysis of the shoreline in the San Francisco and Oakland areas.
Doug Graham	Doug is a photogrammetrist in the Systems and Quality Assurance Branch of RSD. He has taken the lead on the implementation of the near real-time coastal monitoring system, which is a multi-sensor approach to the evaluation of compiled shoreline using commercial and spaceborne imagery. He is also involved in the generation of datasets for the Castle Bay, AK validation site.
Bob Harris	Bob is a system administrator and UNIX guru in the NGS Systems Development Division. He keeps the Sun Ultras humming and makes software and hardware upgrades.
Michael Keltz	Mike is a programmer and computer specialist in RSD. Mike's magic keeps our Vax-based production system going! He has supported research efforts with computer code to automatically determine the height of DEMs with regard to the FAA Part 77 airspace surfaces.
Stuart Kuper	Stuart is a Field party Chief in the Airport Obstruction Charting Program and works out of the NGS field office in Norfolk, VA. Stuart was the Party Chief for surveying airspace obstructions at the Harrisburg Airport site. These obstructions provide the validation data for evaluating LIDAR and photogrammetrically-derived DEMs.
Ross Mackay	Ross is the webmaster for NGS. He provides overall guidance with regard to our webwork and shows us the path.
Orland "Audi" Murray	Audi is a surveyor and instrumentation engineer working out of NGS' Instrumentation Branch in Corbin, VA. Audi was the Party Chief for the control survey executed at Richmond Wharf for the docking chart project underway in the San Francisco area.
Chris Parrish	Chris is a NOAA Corps Officer assigned to NGS. He is involved in the generation and evaluation of DEMs for use in the airport obstruction charting program.
Michael Post	Michael completed a summer internship this year at NGS. He was involved in the obstructing terrain analysis of Heber City, UT and in the generation of "fly through" movies for senior FAA personnel.
Bill Rindal	Bill is a surveyor and instrumentation engineer working out of NGS' Instrumentation Branch in Corbin, VA. Bill was a survey assistant on the Richmond Wharf surveys which will be used in the accuracy analysis of the docking charts.
Travis Ritter	Travis is a photogrammetrist in the Systems and Quality Assurance Branch of RSD. He is involved in the generation of high resolution DEMs at the Harrisburg, PA validation site.
Bill Stone	Bill is the Geodetic Advisor to the State of New Mexico. Aside from his surveying job, he is a landscape photographer. He took a stint with the flight crew as a camera operator during 1997. The outstanding images used to produce the high resolution DEM of Kodiak Island, and the reconnaissance images of Castle Bay, are examples of his work.
Bessie Thompson	Bessie is a system administrator and UNIX guru in the NGS Systems Development Division. She keeps the Sun Ultras humming and fixes all manner of UNIX-related problems.
Susan Vidal	Susan Vidal is a cartographer in the Systems and Quality Assurance Branch of RSD. She is involved in the implementation of the near real-time coastal mapping system and in the generation of datasets for the Tampa, FL validation site.

 

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