PE and RS PUBLIC October 2011 : Page-959This month’s cover shows a newly discovered keyhole-shaped pyramid associated with the Purépecha culture from the archaeolog-ical site of Sacapu Angamuco, Michoacán, Mexico. These images illustrate light detection and ranging (lidar) data that was fl own over the archaeological site. The pyramid was unknown prior to analysis of the lidar data. Figure 1 (top) is the full point cloud for a subset of the area. Figure 2 (middle) is the point cloud fi ltered to exclude all returns that are more than 1.25 meters above the returns classifi ed as “ground.” Figure 3 (bottom) is a digital surface model (DSM) created from the point cloud shown in Figure 2. Contours were cre-ated from the DSM and laid over each image to illustrate location of the pyramid and other architectural remains discovered during the analysis of the lidar. These remains were subsequently surveyed and archaeologically documented during the summer of 2011. This research is part of The Legacies of Resilience Project (www.resil-ientworld.com), a multidisciplinary effort to better understand long-term coupled human/environment interactions in Western Mexico. For more information contact Christopher Fisher, ctfi sher@lamar.colostate.edu, or Stephen Leisz, steve.leisz@colostate.edu. Image credit: Courtesy Merrick & Company, Gary Outlaw, gary.outlaw@merrick.com, http://www.merrick.com/index.php/markets/geospatial-solutions-markets/. PE & RS October 2011 Volume 77, Number 10 The offi cial journal for imaging and geospatial information science and technology P HOTOGRAMMETRIC E NGINEERING & R EMOTE S ENSING J OURNAL S TAFF Publisher James R. Plasker jplasker@asprs.org Editor Russell G. Congalton russ.congalton@unh.edu Executive Editor Kimberly A. Tilley kimt@asprs.org Technical Editor Michael S. Renslow renslow76@comcast.net Assistant Editor Jie Shan jshan@ecn.purdue.edu Assistant Director — Publications Rae Kelley rkelley@asprs.org Foreword 995 Special Issue: Haiti 2010 Earthquake Jie Shan, Ronald Eguchi, and Brenda Jones Highlight Article 962 Lidar – A Valuable Tool Uncovers an Ancient City in Mexico Christopher Fisher, Stephen Leisz, and Gary Outlaw Feature Article 969 AmericaView: Promoting Remote Sensing Science and Technology through Cooperative Partnerships Rick Landenberger, Mark Patterson, Ramesh Sivanpillai, and Rick Lawrence 962 Publications Production Assistant Matthew Austin maustin@asprs.org Manuscript Coordinator Jeanie Congalton jcongalton@asprs.org Circulation Manager Sokhan Hing sokhanh@asprs.org Advertising Sales Representative The Townsend Group, Inc. asprs@townsend-group.com Columns & Updates 975 Grids and Datums — Republic of Slovenia 976 Mapping Matters 980 Book Review – Image Analysis, Classifi cation, and Change Detection in Remote Sensing: With Algorithms for ENVI/IDL 983 Headquarters News 983 Proposal to Amend the Defi nition of an Associate Member in the ASPRS By-Laws 983 Proposal to Amend Bylaws Defi nition of Councils 984 Proposal to Amend Bylaws Regarding Region Rebates 985 LAS 1.4 Draft Specifi cation Released by ASPRS for Public Comment 986 Draft Guidelines for the Procurement of Commercial Geospatial Products Released by ASPRS for Comment 986 ASPRS Encourages Adoption of the National Land Imaging Program 987 Industry News C ONTRIBUTING E DITORS 969 Grids & Datums Column Clifford J. Mugnier cjmce@lsu.edu Book Reviews John Iiames Iiames.John@epamail.epa.gov Mapping Matters Column Qassim Abdullah Mapping_Matters@asprs.org Website webmaster@asprs.org Departments 967 981 981 989 990 991 993 1010 1024 1067 1067 1068 Certifi cation List Region of the Month Member Champions New Members Who’s Who in ASPRS Sustaining Members Instructions for Authors Forthcoming Articles Calendar Advertiser Index Professional Directory Membership Application Announcements 967 Correction to the September 2011 issue 982 January 2013 Special Issue Call for Papers — The Future of National-Scale Three-Dimensional Landscape Mapping 989 New Sustaining Member – Watershed Sciences, Inc. immediate electronic access to all peer-reviewed articles in this issue is available to aSPrS members at www.asprs.org. Just log in to the aSPrS web site with your membership iD and password and download the articles you need. Photogrammetric engineering & remote SenSing Oct ober 2011 959 Publication List Using a screen reader? Click Here |
