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🌍 We are officially celebrating the brilliant minds of the IGARSS 2026 Travel Support Awardees!

A World of Geoscience is Coming to Washington, D.C.!

This year’s grant application process saw a truly incredible wave of global dedication. The statistics speak for themselves, demonstrating the rising commitment to our field:

📊 417 APPLICANTS
🌐 from 45 diverse nations, representing a true global effort.
🧑‍🎓 143 AWARDED GRANTS

Congratulations to every recipient! You have demonstrated the excellence that drives our entire community forward. We are honored to support your journey to Washington, D.C., where world-class science meets vibrant exploration.

Don't forget, while we celebrate this year’s awardees, we also recognize the many talented applicants who continue to shape the future of geoscience. We hope to welcome all of you to Washington, D.C.

And keep looking out for travel support opportunities for upcoming GRSS conferences, which are always on the horizon! Your next opportunity is just around the corner.

👉 Join the conversation and start planning your D.C. experience now.

https://2026.ieeeigarss.org/

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🌟 Article of the Week 🌟

This week’s featured article from IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters (GRSL) presents a compact single-photon underwater LiDAR system for long-range sensing with high spatial–temporal resolution.

🔍 This Week’s Highlight
Title: Compact Long-Range Single-Photon Underwater Lidar With High Spatial–Temporal Resolution
Authors: Mingjia Shangguan, Zhifeng Yang, Zaifa Lin, Zhongping Lee, Haiyun Xia, Zhenwu Weng

📖 🌊 Underwater LiDAR systems are often limited by large size and high power consumption. This paper presents a compact single-photon underwater LiDAR system capable of long-range detection with low pulse energy while maintaining high spatial and temporal resolution. The system demonstrates underwater detection over tens of meters and supports applications such as marine remote sensing, seabed gas emission monitoring, and underwater imaging.

🔗 Read the full paper here: https://doi.org/10.1109/LGRS.2023.3274449

Stay tuned for more groundbreaking research every week as we celebrate excellence in geoscience and remote sensing! 🌍📡

🛰️ New Landsat calibration and validation report released.

The USGS–NASA Cal/Val team keeps a constant eye on Landsat 8 and Landsat 9, making sure every satellite scene meets strict mission quality standards—one reason Landsat data remain the gold standard in Earth observation. 🌎✨

The latest report shares geometric and radiometric analysis results from July–September 2025, part of the ongoing work that keeps Landsat data reliable for researchers and decision-makers worldwide.

➡️Read the report: https://ow.ly/FIzh50YtB0s

📷: USGS scientist retrieving ground measurements at a Landsat Calibration site near the USGS Earth Observation and Science (EROS) Center.

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A new edition of ISO 14001 is coming – join us to explore what it means in practice. 🌱

Together with BSI UK, we invite you to a dedicated webinar unpacking the key updates in ISO 14001:2026 – Environmental management systems.

We’ll be exploring the most significant updates and what they mean for environmental management, including the practical implications for organizations and real-world examples of measurable, positive impact.

The webinar will also cover how the updated edition connects with other standards in the ISO 14000 family, including ongoing work on topics such as biodiversity, natural capital, and climate adaptation.

You’ll hear directly from experts involved in developing the standard, followed by a live Q&A session.

Secure your place and learn more: https://lnkd.in/egAZPyxU

📅 Thursday 16 April 2026
⏰ 14:00–15:30 BST / 15:00–16:30 CEST

Six EROS authors contributed to the Editor’s Choice Article in the October 2025 issue of Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing! “Thirty Years of the U.S. National Land Cover Database: Impacts and Future Direction” spotlights the widespread use of NLCD and its current improvements as Annual NLCD. Read it here: https://ow.ly/uvSW50XtypY
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One of the highlights at the ISO/TC 211 plenary meetings is "Standards in Action". This is a day of presentations that in some way touch on standards and standardization. Standards in action is free and everyone can participate, digitally or onsite, which this year is Gothenburg in Sweden.

This year's presentations will address, among other things, how standards can be used in digital twins and in the transport sector, BIM-GIS initiatives, how young people can be attracted to working with geodata and standardization, and national geospatial strategic plans from India and Sweden.

Please see required registration information in the news item at:

About One of the highlights at the ISO/TC 211 plenary meetings is Standards in action. This is a day of presentations that in some way touch on standards and standardization. Standards in action is free and everyone can participate, digitally or on site, which this year is Gothenburg in Sweden.

NationalSTEMday is a good a reason as any to ramp up ASPRS NAR a bit.

On this , we’re proud to share a reflection from our Chief Engineer, Gerard Dalziel: How EWB-USA is engineering hope amid global uncertainty.

As he prepares to retire at year’s end, Gerard reflects on the lessons of community-led engineering—and the optimism he carries for the future we’re building together.

Read the full piece on our blog, ewb-usa.org/post/Engineering-Hope-in-Uncertain-Times

Join SCGIS and register for their NASA webinar tomorrow to learn more about advanced remote sensing technology as it applies to conservation. See their invite below.

"Hi SCGIS community,

This is just a reminder to register for our free SCGIS webinar tomorrow, Wednesday Nov 5 focused on conservation applications of thermal infrared and hyperspectral remote sensing!

Tomorrow’s webinar will be Part 1 of a two-part series in collaboration with NASA focused on this topic. We will be announcing Part 2 tomorrow, scheduled for early December.

To view tomorrow’s list of presenters, presentation descriptions and to register, please visit our Webinars page on the SCGIS website: https://www.scgis.org/webinars

We have a full agenda, so will start promptly at 1pm Pacific/4pm Eastern.

Please share with your networks and encourage your colleagues to attend. We look forward to seeing you there!"

Webinars Advances in thermal infrared radiometry and hyperspectral imaging are revolutionizing how we observe and understand Earth’s environmental systems. These technologies provide detailed data on land surface temperatures, vegetation health, plant functional traits and phenology, water quality, and oth...

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🎄 🎅 14 Days Until Christmas 🎅 🎄

"I became a member of ASPRS early in my career to network with like-minded professionals. Membership in ASPRS has given me access to a world-wide network of resources and friends that I would not have otherwise discovered." Shared by Greg Lemke, the President of the ASPRS - Eastern Great Lakes Region.

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