Visions of the Information Industry - Dreams or Nightmares?by Dr. Tina Cary,
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Aspects of the information industry are discussed, especially those relating to spatial information. Developments in computers, photogrammetry, remote sensing, geographic information systems, and global positioning systems are reviewed. Trends are identified, and extrapolated into the next century, and possible scenarios are depicted.
Dr. Tina K. Cary - Profile :
Dr. Tina Cary, President, American Society of Photogrammetry and remote sensing, has been a member of ASPRS since 1976, and has served the society os officer in the Pontomac Region, Director of the Remote Sensing Applications Division, Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee, and chair of the Division Directors Committee. She has also been a member of the Education Committee, the Awards Committee, and the Joint Satellite Mapping and Remote Sensing Committee, and she served as Technical Program Chair for the Annual Meeting this spring in Charlotte.
Dr. Cary's remote sensing career started at the Laboratory for Applications of Remote Sensing at Purdue University. There, she worked on projects in forestry, water resources, and agriculture, and became involved in presenting training courses. After five years at LARS, she enrolled in graduate school at Columbia University in Geography. While at Columbia, she completed field work in Kenya, funded by a Fullbright Hayes Fellowship and a grant from the National Geographic Society. During her graduate career, she also had research assistantships at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) and was the recipient of the felliowship from the Society of Women Geographers. Her dissertation research involved the development of a GIS with soils, elevation, population, and Landsat data in a study of agricultural systems. She joined the faculty of Cook College, Rutgers University, in 1984. Her research focused primarily on environmental monitoring from Landsat, SPOT, and AVHRR. She also maintained her affiliation with the Goddard Institute for Space Studies, investigating the role of remote sensing data as an input to the GISS Global Climate Model. While at Rutgers, she also held the position of Associate Director of the Cook College Remote Sensing Center.
Dr. Cary is with the Earth Observation Satellite Company in Lanham, Maryland. Her positions at EOSAT have included Training Coordinator, Manager of Public Affairs, Director of Applications and Training, and now Director of Strategic Marketing. In her present role, she is responsible for defining market opportunities, market priorities, and market objectives consistent with EOSAT's aim to provide one-stop shopping for the data needs of the world remote sensing community.
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