New Center of Excellence to Be Announced
WHAT: Leica Geosystems GIS & Mapping LLC will be announcing its first Center of Excellence in Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing at the Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies (CAST) at the University of Arkansas. Leica Geosystems GIS & Mapping is an international leader in helping customers use high tech hardware and software to collect, analyze and present spatial information. The company's broad array of airborne sensors, photogrammetry and remote sensing software are now in use in northwest Arkansas and many other areas to map construction and transportation, assisting communities in managing their rapid growth. CAST members will demonstrate several projects in the area being conducted using Leica Geosystems software and tools.
WHO: UA Provost Bob Smith, CAST Director Fred Limp, Fulbright Dean Donald Bobbitt, and Leica Geosystems President Bob Morris
WHEN: Monday, May 2, 2005, 1:30 p.m.
WHERE: University House, 1002 West Maple Street
Computer-based video will be available for media.
Parking is available at the parking deck next to the Arkansas Union, accessed from Stadium Drive.
Contacts
Fred Limp, University Professor of anthropology and geosciences and director, Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies, J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, (479) 575-4804, flimp@uark.edu
Lynn Fisher, communications director, Fulbright College, (479) 575-7272, lfisher@uark.edu
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