Congratulations to this year's Award Winners!

Around 270 members of the Alaska surveying and mapping community gathered at the Westmark Fairbanks Hotel the week of March 24th for the 48th annual Alaska Surveying and Mapping Conference, a week of short courses, hands-on workshops, the new Geo Jam and networking opportunities.

 

Three Hall of Fame awards were presented at this year's conference:

 

William Mendenhall

William Mendenhall is the only person to be honored twice by induction to the ASMC Hall of Fame, first in 1996, and is widely considered the father of survey education in Alaska.

 

Stan Sears

Stan Sears was instrumental in establishing a 2-year survey degree program at UAA, and enhancing it to develop an accredited 4-year degree in Geomatics and could aptly be described as the steward of the surveying degree program in Alaska.

 

Martin Gutoski

Martin Gutoski is the “volunteer of volunteers” in supporting his profession. He has served on the boards of ASPLS and its Fairbanks Chapter, the Alaska Section, and the ASMC, including as president of ASPLS and chair or co-chair of the ASMC more than once. He also volunteers his expertise to community efforts and professional papers about those projects.

 

The ASMC is co-hosted by the Alaska Region of the American Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing (ASPRS), the Alaska Section (formerly known as the Alaska Section of ACSM), Alaska Society of Professional Land Surveyors (ASPLS), and Alaska Chapter of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) in association with the Alaska Arc Users Group (AAUG) and the UAA Geomatics Student Association (GSA).

 

Next year’s event is planned for February in Anchorage, Alaska. Information will be posted as it becomes available at www.aksmc.org.