The latest traverse maps for the Mars
rovers: Spirit (as of last movement, Sol 1894) and Opportunity (as of
Sol 2022). Spirit rover did not move between Sol 1894 and Sol 2042. Full
size maps can be viewed by
clicking on the appropriate image.
Nov
2009Lab Hosts Public Roundtable Discussion and Research Seminar
November 24, the Mapping & GIS Lab will host a number of public discussions on the current and future state of Lunar research. All events are open to the public and will be held in room 410 Hitchcock Hall. Please see attached fliers for additional information.
11 am to 12 pm -- Public Roundtable Discussion
What Should Be NASA's Research Priorities for Biological and Physical Sciences in Space?
1:00 to 2:30 PM -- Research Seminars
1:00 to 1:45 PM -- Dr. Martin S. Banks, Visual Space Perception Lab, UC Berkeley1:45 to 2:30 PM -- Dr. Obed Scott Sands, NASA Glenn Research Center
"Natural Statistics and Depth Perception"
"Crewmember Navigation for Lunar Exploration"
Oct
2009We would like to welcome two Visiting Scholars to the Lab: Jing Wang from the China Institute of Land Surveying and Planning, Beijing, who will be studying land-use planning at the Lab in the upcoming month and Jianmei Wang from the Department of Surveying and Geoinformatics, Tongji University, Shanghai, who will be studying intelligent transportation systems in the following year.
Dr. Pingbo Tang has recently joined the Lab as a postdoctoral researcher. Dr. Tang will coordinate Mars and Lunar research at the Lab.
2009
The Lab would like to welcome Onur Karahayit, a new master's student and GRA as well as Dr. Haihong Zhu and Dr. Jung-Kuan Liu, visiting scholars who will be studying at the Lab in the upcoming year.
Congratulations to Yunjae Choung, who has successfully defended his Master's thesis Extraction of blufflines from 2.5 dimensional Delaunay triangle mesh using LiDAR data, and will begin his doctoral studies in the fall.
2009
A 3-D DEM (digital elevation model) of the topography seen by the Apollo 16 astronauts, including South Ray crater, has been created by researchers at the Mapping & GIS Lab as their first results from the new Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC). The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter satellite, launched June 18 from the Kennedy Space Center, is the first mission in the United State's new Vision for Space Exploration program. The spacecraft will orbit the Moon for as many as five years taking images in search of valuable lunar resources and potential future landing sites. LRO news can be found on the NASA LRO project website and the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera website. The DEM is available at http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/news/?archives/97-First-LROC-Stereo-Results.html.
Perspective view, LROC image, and DEM [NASA/GSFC/Ohio State
University].
The area covered by this stereo pair shows the topography seen by the Apollo 16 astronauts, including rolling plains with many impact craters. The 3-D DEM is colored showing elevations, ranging over about 1 km. South Ray Crater (A) in the perspective view is 750m in diameter and approximately 70m deep. The surrounding craters range from several meters in diameter to 1,200 m. The tallest mountain in the southwest corner (lower right) of the DEM is 880m above the plain. The DEM area [NAC images M102064759 and M102057602; centered at 9° S, 15.4° E] is 50km long and 7km wide. The LROC images were taken on July 12, 2009 during LRO orbit 218 near the Apollo 16 landing site. Images were processed using software developed by the Mapping and GIS Laboratory at the Ohio State University. Click on the image for a more detailed view.
2009
From June 29 to July 2, a six-member research team led by Dr. Ron Li conducted an analog field test at the Moses Lake Sand Dunes, a desert area that represents a moon-like environment. The goal of the experiments at Moses Lake was to test an innovative astronaut navigation system developed by Dr. Li and his research team at The Ohio State University and funded by NASA and NSBRI. This multiple sensor integration system is comprised of inertial navigation, vision sensors and step sensors with an integrated forearm display. Significant data and real-world experience were gained.
 Dr. Ron Li, Dr. Alper Yilmaz, Boris Skopljak, Shaojun He, and Dr. Bo Wu at the Moses Lake, WA, field test site. |
 Graduate Research Associate Boris Skopljak tests the astronauat navigation system on the sand dunes at Moses Lake, Wa. |
2009
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Successfully Launches on June 18The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) successfully launched from the Kennedy Space Center on June 18 at 5:32 pm. LRO successfully separated from the Centaur spacecraft and is on the way to the moon. It will take approximately 4 days to arrive and go into orbit. LRO will spend at least one year in low polar orbit around the Moon. The LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Rover) instrument and data will keep Dr. Ron Li and his lunar mapping team busy for the next 3 years. Please see the LRO website for additional information http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/launch/index.html or the LRO twitter at http://twitter.com/LRO_NASA.
Photo caption: Dr. Ron Li, Yunhang Chen, and Jordan Lawver attend the LRO launch.
2009
Dr. Ron Li, as Participating Scientist, will be present at the launch of the new Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter on June 17.
On June 17, NASA will return to the moon with the launch of two satellites that will return a wealth of data about Earth's nearest neighbor. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) spacecraft will launch together aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
Using a suite of seven instruments, LRO will help identify safe landing sites for future human explorers, locate potential resources, characterize the radiation environment and test new technology. LCROSS will seek a definitive answer about the presence of water ice at the lunar poles. LCROSS will use the spent second stage Atlas Centaur rocket in an unprecedented way that will culminate with two spectacular impacts on the moon's surface.
Information about Dr. Li's lunar research project can be found on our web page. Please visit the NASA LRO web page for updated launch information.
Dr. Ron Li and members of the Mapping & GIS Lab were recently featured in two programs on WOSU's iMix program. Hosted by Chris Forbes, May's episode will explore the relationship between The Ohio State University and NASA. WOSU produces iMix for Ohio State to air on the Big Ten Network and to air on WOSU TV. iMix (Interactive Mixed Media) is produced by WOSU Public Media, and licensed by The Ohio State University.
Mapping Mars Professor Ron Li and his team at the Mapping and GIS Laboratory at the Ohio State University have developed software that enables NASA's Mars rovers to navigate the surface of Mars. By providing near real time maps to NASA, mission scientists are able to plan out the most efficient movement paths for the robots. Airdate: Wednesday, May 13, 2009. See the clip at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho0_QrFBMpY
Lunar GPS The work on the Mars Rover project has led to other exciting research opportunities for Professor Ron Li and his colleagues. From mapping software to developing a GPS-like system to be used by astronauts on the moon, the relationship with NASA continues to grow. Airdate: Monday, May 11th, 2009. See the clip at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMXd_DP0qVc
The Lab congratulates Lisa Chen, who will be receiging her M.S. degree this June.
2009
NASA has just announced funding for our research project "High-precision Long-range Rover Localization and Topographic Mapping using Networked PanCam Images for the ESA ExoMars Rover Mission". This is a five-year project.
2009
PhD Candidate JuWon Hwangbo has recently received 2 awards from ASPRS: the 2009 Intergraph Scholarship, and the 2009 BAE Systems Award for best student paper for "Integration of Orbital and Ground Image Networks for the Automation of Rover Localization". The awards will be presented at the 75th annual ASPRS conference in March. Click here to read the announcement in PE&RS 75(5).
You are invited to attend the upcoming Geodetic Science Seminar on Tuesday, February 24. The following presentations will be made:
• Manifold Learning in Hyperspectral Imagery Applications presented by Yuan Zhou, School of Remote Sensing & Information Engineering, Wuhan University, China
• Geo-positioning Capability Assessment for High-Resolution Satellite Imagery in Local Regions of Dense High-Rise Buildings presented by Gang Qiao, Department of Surveying & Geo-Informatics, Tongji University, China
For more information, please see attached flier.
We would like to welccome Young Jin Lee as a research assistant to the Lab.
Please plan to attend the upcoming Geodetic Science Seminar Series Friday, Jan. 30 from 1:30-3:00 pm in Hitchcock 410. The seminar will feature Dr. Jianya GONG, Professor and Director, State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing, Wuhan University, China. Dr. Gong will speak on Geospatial Information Technology in China and Its Application to the Wenchuan Earthquake.
For more information please see attached flier.
Please plan to attend the upcoming ISS Seminar Series Wednesday, Jan. 21st from 3:30-5 pm in Dreese 260
The Seminar will feature:
* Prof. Randy Moses (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
* Introduction to the ISS seminar series and seminar series objectives
* Prof. Rongxing Li (Civil, Envir Engr & Geod Sci)
* Geospatial Sensors for Planetary and Earth Remote Sensing
For more information about the series and the complete program for the quarter please visit the ISS Web Site http://www.iss.osu.edu or click on http://www.iss.osu.edu/iss/events/iss-seminar-series
Recipients of the 2008 Mapping & GIS Lab Awards are Research Associate Dr. Bo Wu, PhD candidate JuWon Hwangbo, and masters student Yunhang Chen. This award is given annually to those research staff or students who have made a significant contribution to the research conducted at the GIS & Mapping Laboratory.
Please join us Monday, December 1 for the Geodetic Science Seminar Series:
European Space Agency ExoMars Mission and PanCam for Mars Exploration
1:00 – 1:30 pm ExoMars PanCam 3D Vision: Processing and Experiments
- Gerhard Paar, Joanneum Research, Austria
1:30 – 2:00 pm French Space Agency Rover Navigation Solution: Overview, Test Results and Application in ExoMars
- Michel Maurette, French Space Agency, France
2:00 – 2:30 pm ExoMars Robotics
- David Barnes, Aberystwyth University, UK
2:30 – 3:00 pm Photogrammetry on Mars Exploration Rover Mission Precursor Missions
- Konrad Willner, German Aerospace Center, Germany
3:00 – 3:15 pm Break
3:15 – 3:30 pm Camera Geometric Calibration Using Images of Star Fields
- Konrad Willner, German Aerospace Center, Germany
3:30 – 4:00 pm HiRISE (High Resolution Image Science Experiment) Mapping
- Peter Muller, University College London, UK
4:00 – 4:30 pm OSU’s Involvement in Mars Exploration Rover 2003 Mission and ExoMars Missions
- Ron Li, The Ohio State University
4:30 – 5:00 pm Questions and Answers
The Mapping & GIS Lab, as part of a major Consortium, has recently been awarded a major research grant from the PROVISG (Planetary Robotics Vision Ground Processing) program of the European Union.
We would like to welcome 4 new students who will work as research assistants at the Lab: Boris Skopljak, Li (Aimee) Yang, Ding Li, and Wei Wang.
Destination: Moon Ohio researchers help plot the first return trip since 1972 while keeping an eye on Mars
This fall, NASA is scheduled to launch its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, which includes a camera to capture the clearest, most-detailed images of the moon to date, as well as a laser altimeter to record its topography. Rongxing Li, who runs the Mapping and GIS Lab at Ohio State University and is plotting the routes the twin Mars rovers travel, will integrate the pictures and topography to create 3-D maps that NASA will use to choose landing and exploration sites. Li also is working with a team from Glenn, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of California at Berkeley on developing positioning and mapping technology to help astronauts avoid getting disoriented. Zero gravity and a foreign landscape make it difficult to judge distance, size and direction. Even with guidance from Houston, astronauts Alan Shepard and Ed Mitchell couldn't find the edge of a crater to collect rocks in 1971. The astronauts were 65 feet from the edge. To read entire article in the July 22, 2008 Columbus Dispatch, click here.
The Lab congratulates Wei Chen and Sagar Deshpande, who received their M.S. degrees in June, and Jue Wang, who will be receiving her doctoral degree at the summer graduation ceremonies.
You are invited to attend the Upcoming Geodetic Science Seminar on Wednesday, June 25. The following presentations will be made:
- Multi-dimensional Geospatial Data Integration for Coastal Change Analysis, presented by Dr. Bo Wu, postdoc
- Towards Autonomous Mars Rover Localization: Operations in 2003 MER Mission and New Developments for Future Missions, presented by Dr. Kaichang Di, Research Scientist
- Bundle Adjustment of Mars HiRISE Stereo Images Based on Rigorous Sensor Model, presented by Yunhang Chen, masters student and winner of ISPRS Best Paper by Young Authors Award (see below)
- Rigorous Photogrammetric Processing of HiRise Stereo Images for Mars Topographic Mapping, presented by JuWon Hwangbo, PhD Candidate
- Initial Results of a New Ground-Based Stereo Panoramic Scanning System for Robotic Exploration, presented by Lin Yan, PhD Candidate
Yunhang Chen, a master's student at the GIS & Mapping Lab, has won one of the prestigeous Best Papers by Young Authors awards conferred by ISPRS, the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing . This award is designated for papers on Space Science or Real-time Photogrammetry, which was established by Dr. Sherman Wu. The award, given for his paper “Bundle Adjustment of Mars HiRISE Stereo Images Based on Rigorous Sensor Model”, consists of a check for Swiss Francs 2500 and a certificate. It will be presented at the annual ISPRS Congress being held June 30 to July 3, 2008 in Beijing, China, where Yunhang will present his paper.
Visiting Scholar Dr. Min Tang has accepted the position of postdoctoral researcher at the Mapping & GIS Lab effective immediately. He will lead the Planetary Research Team.
Professor Ron Li has been awarded the 2008 Innovators Award. The award is presented each year to an individual or team of faculty and/or research scientists who best demonstrate innovation in the development of a product and/or technology originating from the OSU research enterprise. The innovative software system, MarsMapper, developed by Professor Ron Li and his OSU team have gained a tremendous reputation during the four years of mission operations of NASA's Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, by supporting precision navigation, winter haven selection, ingress/egress of Mars craters, and other mission critical tasks.
Professor Ron Li along with professors Dorota Brzezinska and Charles Toth are the 2008 recipients of the Lumley Research Award. This award is to recognize faculty and research scientists on the basis of their research accomplishments during their last five years at The Ohio State University. Five categories of information are provided in the committee evaluation that include their research program and contribution, publications, thesis and dissertations, a listing of their research grants, and other auxiliary information related to their research.
The Lab has received major funding for a NASA NSBRI (National Space Biomedical Research Institute) project "Enhancement of Spatial Orientation Capability of Astronauts on the Lunar Surface". This project represents a collaboration between the OSU Mapping & GIS Lab, the OSU Photogrammetric Computer Vision Lab, the BANKSLAB at UC Berkeley, the Man Vehicle Laboratory at MIT, and the NASA Glenn Research Center. Project objectives and methodology can be found here.
Friday, April 4, from 1 to 2:30 pm, Dr. Subrahmanyam Bulusu of the Satellite Oceanography Laboratory, University of South Carolina, and Associate Editor for the Journal of Marine Geodesy will give a talk entitled "SATELLITE OCEANOGRAPHY - The Next Space Technology Challenges". Please read more about Dr. Bulusu's talk.
The twin Mars rovers have survived everything the Red Planet could throw at them for four years: massive sandstorms, blistering-hot days and freezing nights.But perhaps their greatest feat has been accomplished millions of miles away on Earth: surviving NASA budget cuts. Click here to read story.
Min Tang has recently joined the Mapping & GIS Lab as a Visiting Research Scholar from Wuhan University. Min will investigate image processing and mapping research.
Dr. Li and his co-authors are the First Place recipients of the 2008 ESRI Award for Best Scientific Paper in Geographic Information Systems for the paper "A WebGIS for Spatial Data Processing, Analysis, and Distribution for the MEr 2003 Mission". Presentation of the award certificate will take place during the ASPRS 2008 Annual conference in Portland, OR. Read more here.
Dr. Li has been selected to serve as a Participating Scientist for NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter mission. Dr. Kaichang Di is Co-I. The proposal, “Integration of Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) and Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) Data for Precision Lunar Topographic Mapping and Landing Sites Assessment”, proposes to integrate Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) and Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) data to provide the first highly accurate 3-D lunar cartographic maps. These maps are particularly important for the assessment of lunar surface features as possible landing sites for future lunar landed missions.
Gang Qiao has recently joined the Mapping & GIS Lab as a Visiting Research Scholar from Tongji University. With the support of the China Scholarship Council, Gang will investigate rational function model-based photogrammetric analysis and processing.
The Lab welcomes visiting scholars Yuan Zhou and Jianliang Ou. Zhou is the recipient of a 2-year China Scholarship Council for studying coastal mapping. Ou has come to OSU to investigate remote sensing technologies.
Dr. Liu, Professor, Dept. of Surveying and Geo-Informatics, Tongji University, Shanghai, China, will speak on
"Determination of Routing Velocity with GPS Floating Car Data and WebGIS-based Instantaneous Traffic Information Dissemination". Click here for announcement.
Dr. Xutong Niu and master's student Shaojun are the recipients of the 2007 Mapping & GIS Lab awards. This award is given annually to those research staff or students who have made a significant contribution to the research conducted at the Mapping & GIS Lab.
On November 21, the 2007 Duane Brown Junior Award was awarded to Dr. Xutong Niu. The Duane C. Brown Junior Award was established to “promote and stimulate scientific activity in photogrammetry” at The Ohio State University. Annually, on the Eve of Thanksgiving Day, an award is made to a talented enthusiastic and devoted student, teaching or research associate who has had particular interest in photogrammetry at the University.
The first Geospatial Data and Analysis (GSDA) lecture will feature Rongxing Li from Civil & Environmental Engineering & Geodetic Science at Ohio State, who will be speaking on "Geospatial Information - Continued OSU Support for the Mars Exploration Rover Mission". Tuesday, November 6, 2007, at 3:30 p.m. in Cockins Hall 240 (CH 240). A reception will follow.
The Lab is very happy to welcome Dr. Chun Liu as visiting scholar to the Mapping & GIS Lab. Dr. Liu is an associate professor at Tongji University, China. He has received a scholarship from the China Scholarship Council for 1 year to pursue research in photogrammetry and remote sensiong, focusing on LIDAR feature extraction and its integraiton with high-resolution satellite images as well as construction of 3-D models.
Rebecca Greenberger, an undergraduate student majoring in Earth and Planetary Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has returned to Washington University after working at the Lab over the summer on a special Mars research project. Working under the direction of Dr. Ray Arvidson, Deputy PI of the Mars Exploration Rover mission, she analyzed traverse data for the Mars Spirit rover in addition to other assignments. Read about her work here.
When Opportunity heads into Victoria Crater, it will follow a route plotted by a team led by mapping specialist Rongxing Li of Ohio State University. Read the story in the Columbus Dispatch, July 13, 2007.
Keeps Going and Going...
In its third year on Mars, far beyond its expected oeperative life, NASA's exploration rover Opportunity prepares to enter the giant Victoria Crater. Read the story in THE TIMES OF INDIA, July 12, 2007
Rebecca Greenberger, an undergraduate student majoring in Earth and Planetary Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has joined the Lab for the summer to work on a special Mars research project. Working under the direction of Dr. Ray Arvidson, she will be analyzing traverse data for the Mars Spirit rover in addition to other assignments. Rebecca is a graduate of Columbus School for Girls.
EMH&T
and
Precision Laser &
Instrument, Inc. Acquire 3-D Targeting Information for
New Mars Camera Calibration
Adam W. Long of EMH&T and Shawn Spencer of Precision Laser & Instrument, Inc. spent a day recently at the new Camera Calibration Facility in Hitchcock Hall, volunteering their time and use of their highly accurate robotic total system to help establish this new Facility. Under the direction of Dr. Ron Li, the Mapping and GIS Lab is developing a camera system that would potentialy be used for Mars robotic exploration.
The Mapping & GIS Lab is
very proud to announce that Sagar
Desphande, PhD student at the Lab, has received a 2007 Topcon Graduate
Student
Award for “Exceptional achievements in graduate research in the art and
science of satellite navigation and geodetic surveying”. The award is
one of two sponsored annually by Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS). TPS
is the worldwide leading developer and manufacturer of precision
positioning equipment and offers the widest selection of innovative
precision GPS systems, laser, optical surveying, and machine control
products.
On March 29, the Lab welcomed a dozen middle school girls from across Franklin County to the Lab to learn about Mars mapping and to exgage in rover localilzation activities.
I-Chieh Lee, a PhD student from Taiwan, China, and Yunjae Choung, a master's student from South Korea, have recently come to OSU to study under Dr. Ron Li.
The 2006 GIS & Mapping Lab Awards have been presented to PhD students Lin Yan and Sagar Deshpande.
The latest traverse maps for the Mars rovers: Spirit (as of Sol 1062) and Opportunity (as of Sol 1041). Full size maps can be viewed by clicking on the appropriate image.
Congratulations to Feng Zhou
The Lab is proud to announce the
graduation of Mr.
Feng Zhou with a master's of science.
The
Lab is proud to announce that Jeremiah Glascock
graduated in December with a BS and Evgenia Brodyagina and Sanchit
Agarwal both graduated in September with their MS.Evgenia Brodyagina, CEEGS Chair Dr. Carolyn Merry, and Sanchit Agarwal
2006 MAKIO
[Click on image to see entire
spread.]Wei Chen has just joined the Lab as a master's student working on the Mars mission.
Latest
Mars Traverse Maps
The latest traverse maps for the Mars
rovers: Spirit (as of
sol 1039) and Opportunity (as of
sol 1019). Spirit is moving now. Traverse
maps can be viewed by clicking on the appropriate image.
In November, the Lab welcomed 3 visiting European scientists involved in Mars research: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joerg Albertz and Dipl.-Ing. Hartmut Lehmann of the Institute for Geodesy and Geoinformation Science, Technical University of Berlin, Germany, and Dipl.-Ing. Gerhard Paar, Institute of Digital Image Processing, JOANNEUM RESEARCH, Austria. Public events included:
Nov. 7 (Tues) -- 1:30-2:30 p.m. in 216 Bolz Hall Lecture by Prof. Joerg Albertz:
“The Orientation of Human Beings in Their Environment and the Role of Maps in this Process”
Nov. 8 (Wed) -- 1:30-3:30 p.m. in 216 Bolz Hall
1:30-2:30 Presentation by Prof. Joerg Albertz: “Mars Cartography: Historical Aspects and
Recent Activities with HRSC Products in the Framework of the Mars Express Mission”
2:30-3:30 Presentation by Mr. Gerhard Paar: “Photogrammetric Tunnel Reconstruction System DIBIT
and ExoMars PanCam 3d Vision”
Nov. 9 (Thurs) -- 1:30-2:30 p.m. in 216 Bolz Hall Brown bag lunch and talk by Mr. Hartmut Lehmann:
“Practical Aspects for the Generation of Mars Maps, Especially Thematic (Geologic) Maps”
Dr. Albertz, Dr. Li, and Mr. Lehmann Dr. Albertz, Dr. Kaichang Di, and Dr. Xutong Niu
Ron
Li Featured on COE WebsiteRead about Dr. Li's research on the College of Engineering Web site, October 2006 (link).
Li-Ju (Lisa) Chen has just joined the Lab as a master's student working on the Mars mission.
Latest
Mars Traverse Maps
The
latest traverse maps for the Mars
rovers. Opportunity (as of
sol 962) has just reached Victoria Crater. Spirit (as of
sol 982) has not moved since sol 807 due to the Mars winter. Traverse
maps can be viewed by clicking on the appropriate image.
Jeremiah Glascock is one of several students who had life-changing summer experiences, from working on housing issues in New Orleans to teaching developmentally disabled children dance in Mansfield. Read article here.
Lab scientists presented an evening of activities at the August 31 COSI Family Friday Night including making anaglyph 3D images and a treasure hunt for the "blueberries" that proved water once existed on Mars.
Lab scientists presented an evening of activities at the July 27 COSI Family Friday Night including making anaglyph 3D images and a treasure hunt for the "blueberries" that proved water once existed on Mars.
Jeremiah Glascock has just been awarded an Ohio Aerospace Institute (OAI) residency at the NASA Glenn Research Center for studies for Lunar Exploration. He is spending the summer at a residency at the NASA Glenn Center in conjunction with his work on the Lab's Mars projects. Click here for story.
Dr. Bo Wu and master's students Yunhang Chen and Shaojun He have recently joined the Mapping & GIS Lab. Yunhang and Shaojun will be taking the place of Evgenia Brodyagina and Sanchit Agarwal, who have recently completed their master's degrees.
Lab scientists presented an evening of activities at the June 30 COSI Family Friday Night including making anaglyph 3D images and a treasure hunt for the "blueberries" that proved water once existed on Mars. Click here for story.
Geomatics
Presentation at Annual Digital Government Conference
A half-day of activities based on our Mars Exploration Rover project will be held May 3 at Hastings Middle School in Upper Arlington, Ohio. Click here for the day's activities.
Dr.
Ron Li and his
co-authors including OSU Research Scientist Dr. Kaichang Di and PhD
candidate Jue Wang are the first place
recipients of the 2006 John I. Davidson President's Award for Practical
Papers presented by ASPRS (American Society of Photogrammetry and
Remote Sensing) for their paper "Initial Results of Rover Localization
and Topographic Mapping for the 2003 Mars Exploration Rover Mission"
published in the society's journal, PE&RS, vol. 71, no. 10, pp.
1129-1142. 
Dr.
Ron Li and Lab
Research
Associates Dr. Xutong Niu, Ruijin Ma, and Dr.
Tarig Ali
are the third place recipients of the 2006 ESRI Award for Best
Scientific Paper in Geographic Information Systems presented by ASPRS
for their paper "Integration of Mobile GIS and Wireless Technology for
Coastal Management and Decision Making" published in PE&RS, Vol.
71, No. 4, pp. 453-459.Click on images for full-size illustrations.
Mars localization and mapping was featured at the 2006 OSU Women In Science Day when 7-10th grade girls visited campus to learn about their future in science and engineering. Visit our webpage for more information and photos.
Spirit
Discovers "New" Highest Peak in
"Columbia Hills" Dr. Ron Li featured on NASA JPL Website
Dr. Ron Li, et al., have just published "Spirit rover localization and topographic mapping at the landing site of Gusev crater, Mars" in J. Geophys. Res., 111, E02S06, doi:10.1029/2005JE002483.
The Mapping & GIS Lab has just been award a NASA Applied Information Systems Research (AISR) grant for its project entitled "Integration of Orbital, Descent and Ground Imagery for Topographic Capability Analysis in Mars Landed Missions". The project will last through March 2009.
Early Mornings
with the Red PlanetOSU Website Feature on Jeremiah Glascock (pictured) and the Lab's student workers on
OSU home page.
January 18, 2006
We are happy to welcome Ho Wook Chang to the Mapping & GIS Lab for 2 months. Mr. Chang is a master's student Seoul National University.
Sanchit Agarwal has been awarded the 2005 Mapping & GIS Lab Award in recognition of his dedication, perseverance, and application to the Mars research team.
Dr. Fengliang Xu, who received his Ph.D. from OSU in 2004, has just received the 2005 Duane C. Brown Junior Award. Dr. Xu previously was awarded the 2003 and the 2004 Mapping & GIS Lab Awards.
“Remote Sensing Images and Algorithms”
PRESENTATION BY Professor Harvey Rhody, Rochester Institute of Technology
“Update on Mars Exploration Rover (MER) 2003 Mission And OSU Research for Future Mars Exploration”
PRESENTATION BY the Mars Research Team of the Mapping and GIS Laboratory
The Mars Exploration Rover team has won the 2006 National Air & Space Museum Trophy for Current Achievement.
Congratulations to Jue Wang, who has passed her candidacy exam on October 10, and now is a PhD Candidate. Jue is part of the Mars Exploration Rover research team, and has recently had a paper published in the ASCE Journal of Surveying Engineering entitled "Evaluation and Improvement of Geopositioning Accuracy of IKONOS Stereo Imagery", (Vol. 131, No. 2, pp. 35-42).
Sept 2005
The latest traverse maps for Mars rovers Spirit (as of sol 549) and Opportunity (as of sol 533) can be accessed by clicking on the appropriate link.
Dr. Li is quoted in the August 11 Columbus Dispatch as the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is prepared for launch.
Dr. Rongxing Li has just received Group Achievement Awards for both the first and second Mars Exploration Rover Extended Missions.
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science received the OSU University Distinguished Diversity Enhancement Award for 2005.
