SRTM Workshop: Technical Program and Abstracts are available online

The technical program and presentation abstracts for the SRTM data
validation and applications workshop to be held June 14-16, 2005 in
Reston, Virginia are now available at
http://edc.usgs.gov/conferences/SRTM/WorkshopProgram.html

Over 65 oral and poster presentations will be given in the following
sessions:

- The Production Process -- Turning Measurements into Final Products
- Accuracy Assessment and Comparison with Other Elevation Data
- Comparison of X-band and C-band Data
- Comparison with ICESat
- Canopy Height and Vegetation Mapping
- Methods
- Void Filling
- Data Products and Distribution
- Earth Science and Geospatial Applications
- Accuracy Assessment, Reporting, and the Future of Topographic Mapping
from Space (panel discussion)

Further information on the workshop is available on the workshop web
site referenced above.

Dean Gesch
U.S. Geological Survey