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SpatialNews Press Release
SPOT Image Newest ASPRS Partner in Education Through their Affinity Program
November 1, 2000, BETHESDA, MD: SPOT Image and the American Society for Photogrammetry and
Remote Sensing (ASPRS) announce the creation of an affinity program in which
ASPRS members receive a 10% discount on purchases of SPOT satellite imagery.
Under the new program, SPOT Image will contribute two percent of all data
purchases made by individual ASPRS members to the ASPRS Education Initiative
as part of the Society's new Partners in Education Program.
The savings on satellite image purchases for ASPRS members can range from
$75 to $440 per SPOT product ordered. The discount is effective as of
November 1, 2000, and is for all standard Level 1 and SPOTView products that
are not already covered by a larger discount, or by a contractual agreement
with SPOT.
"We are doubly pleased that SPOT has joined the Partners in Education
Program, and that ASPRS members will benefit, as will our education
initiative," said ASPRS President Alan Mikuni. "SPOT has set an example
that I hope other Sustaining Member companies will follow in supporting our
outreach efforts. If our industry is to flourish, we need to build upon the
next generation of practitioners and users."
"Significant barriers to industry growth include the lack of an adequately
trained workforce and the need for a more knowledgeable customer base,"
noted ASPRS Executive Director Jim Plasker, referring to one of the early
findings of the current ASPRS/NASA Ten-Year Industry Forecast. He went on
to say, "SPOT's participation as a Partner in Education is important in that
it supports the ASPRS effort to address these strategic industry concerns."
ASPRS created the Partners in Education Program to support the Society's
effort to educate students from K through 14, as well as the public, about
the modern uses of remote sensing, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and
photogrammetry. (See http://www.asprs.org for more information about the
Program.) The ASPRS mission is to advance the knowledge of and improve the
understanding about the mapping sciences and to promote the responsible
applications of photogrammetry, remote sensing, GIS, and supporting
technologies. Through the Partners in Education Program, ASPRS Sustaining
Members provide direct support to the ASPRS education agenda through
tax-free donations.
SPOT Image Corporation, headquartered in Reston, Va., is the world's leading
supplier of remote sensing information databases. The global SPOT system
includes multiple Earth observation satellites, 24 ground receiving stations
worldwide and more than 100 international distributors. SPOT is the most
experienced provider of commercial satellite imagery and information
products, with 14 years of continuous operations and over 8 million archived
images collected since 1986. For more information, see
http://www.spot.com/spot-us.htm.
Founded in 1934, ASPRS is an international professional organization of
7,000 geospatial data professionals. ASPRS is devoted to advancing knowledge
and improving understanding of the mapping sciences to promote responsible
application of photogrammetry, remote sensing, geographic information
systems and supporting technologies. For additional information about
ASPRS, visit our web site at www.asprs.org.
For further information:
Clark Nelson at SPOT Image (703.715.3131)
Kimberly A. Tilley at ASPRS
(301.493.0290 ext.103)
For general information on SPOT see http://www.spot.com/spot-us.htm
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