We are pleased to publish the 2013 Florida ASPRS Regional Annual Meeting Proceedings from our Annual Meeting held on August 23rd, at the Tradewinds Resort, in conjunction with the Annual Florida Surveying and Mapping Soceity Conference.

 9:00 am – Brian Murphy, Florida ASPRS Region President Introductions State of the ASPRS and FL-ASPRS

9: 15 am – George Rosenfield – 1st FL-ASPRS President: "A Short History of the ASPRS Regional System and the Florida Region"

9:30 am  - Adam Benjamin, SAC and Amr Abd-Alrahman, SAC and YPC Advisor: “The FL-ASPRS Student Advisory Council and the ASPRS Young Professional Council”

9:45 am – Yao Yan, SFWMD:  “Geographically Weighted Regression: A Better Spatial Technique to Model Sediment Quality in Lake Okeechobee”

10:00 am – Al Karlin, SWFWMD:  “Ten Years (2003 - 2013) of LiDAR Missions at the Southwest Florida Water Management District - Lessons Learned” (Silver Sponsor)
 
10:30am – Thomas Morelli: "Maritime Applications of UAS Remote Sensing for Cost-Effective Improvements in Detection and Monitoring of Illicit Trafficking in Mesoamerican Territorial Waters implemented through comprehensive Engagement Strategy"

10:45am – Jasmeet Judge: “An Overview of UF’s Center for Remote Sensing”

11:00am – Walter Volkman:  “UAS - a new addition to the surveyor's toolbox” (Silver Sponsor)

11:15am – Naveen Anne, Univ. Florida:  “Modeling Soil Parameters using Hyperspectral Image Reflectance in Coastal Wetland Environment”

11:30am – Katelyn Cucinotta, USF- St. Petersburg: “The frequency of manatee mortality before and after implementation of the Florida Manatee Sanctuary Act (FMSA)”

11:45am – Gannon Wilder:  “An Introduction to Paracosm” (Silver Sponsor)

1:30 pm – Axel Griner – SWFWMD:  “Geospatial Data Acquisition through Collaboration at SWFWMD” (Silver Sponsor)

1:45 pm – Cynthia Meyer – USF - Tampa:  “The Conundrum: Seagrass versus Seawalls”

2:00 pm – Mike Kitaif, Cardinal Systems/VrOne:  “Mapping Rocket Exhaust Craters on Mars”

2:15 pm – Amor Elder, USF - Tampa:  “Tree Canopy Cover Assessment: Sarasota County”

2:30 pm – Ted Knaak, President, Certainty 3D:  “Case Study Route 60 Richmond VA—How LiDAR Saved a $30 million project” (Gold Sponsor)

2:45 pm – John Perry, Altavian “An introduction to Altavian” (Platinum Sponsor)

3:00 pm – Professional and Student Awards Sponsored by CH2MHill