PAView Partners & Information Links
About PA View
PAView is a collaborative effort of a consortium of members throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. PaView was established in September of 2005 and is a full member of the AmericaView program. The current members who have a wide range of research and outreach interests include: California University of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Topographic and Geologic Survey, the Pennsylvania Office of Information Technology/Bureau of Geospatial Technologies, the Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access--the public access GIS clearinghouse for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium.
PaView, as part of the AmericaView—program, will focus on public domain remotely sensed data and technologies in support of applied research, K-16 education, workforce development, and technology transfer. AmericaView (AV) is administered through a partnership between the U.S. Geological Survey and the AmericaView SM Consortium. The Consortium is the federal government's primary partner in achieving the AV Program vision and goals.
PAView was developed to further one of the primary goals of the AmericaView program—educating the public about remotely sensed imagery and to provide an additional portal to data and information in a public forum.
The goals of PAView are:
- To build partnerships within the Commonwealth to support interests in public domain remotely sensed data.
- To create resources for K-12 teachers to utilize in their classrooms to educate students about satellite imagery.
- To promote the sharing of data through connections with existing resources and acquisition of new data resources.
- To promote the annual Pennsylvania Workshop on Remote Sensing.
- To work with undergraduate educators and institutions through the Commonwealth to enhance access to satellite data and encourage its use in their courses.
Contacts:
- Thomas R. Mueller, Ph.D., GISP, Co-Chair, PAView
Co - Advisor: Geography Major with GIS and Emergency Management Concentration
Co - Director: Institute for Analysis of Safety and Security Issues using Spatial Technologies (I-ASSIST)
Department of Earth Sciences, California University of Pennsylvania - Maurie Caitlin Kelly, Ph.D. Co-Chair, PAView
Director of Informatics & Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access(PASDA)
Penn State Institutes for the Environment
Penn State University - Doug Miller, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Environmental Informatics, EMS Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
EMS Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
The Pennsylvania State University - Jay Parrish, Ph.D.
State Geologist & Director
Bureau of Topographic & Geologic Survey
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium
2217 Earth-Engineering Sciences Building
University Park, PA 16802-6813