ASPRS Certification Program

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Guidelines for Procurement of Professional Aerial
Imagery, Photogrammetry, Lidar and Related Remote
Sensor-based Geospatial Mapping Services

• Background
• May 06 ASPRS Board votes to update 1986
  procurement guidelines
• Oct. 06 Ad hoc work group formed to include
  ASPRS, MAPPS and ACSM
• Purpose / Charter Develop updated document,
  which
• Includes updated technological references
• Maintains consistency NCEES Model Law and Model
  Rules
• Addresses professional services vs. products
• Includes guidance for determining when
  qualifications-based selection processes should
  be used for photogrammetry/remote sensing
  procurement
• HistoryApril 07 -- Initial Draft Executive
  Summary presented at ASPRS spring
  conferenceJan., May 08 Revised Executive
  Summary presented at MAPPS and ASPRS
  conferencesSummer 08 Final draft completed
  intent is for wide dissemination and comment

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Committee Members

• ASPRS Committee Members Chair (Professional
  Practices Division Director) Doug Smith, David
  C. Smith Associates, Inc. Co-chair (Past
  Professional Practices Division Director) Dan
  Paulsen, Wilson Company Federal government
  George Lee, USGS State government John Tull,
  Washington Dept. of Transportation
• MAPPS Representatives Marvin Miller, Aero-Metric,
  Inc., MAPPS President Mike Ritchie, Photo
  Science, Inc.
• ACSM Representatives John Matonich, ROWE
  Engineering, Inc. Curt Sumner, ACSM Executive
  Director

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Current Status

• DRAFT for comment and review to be published in
  November issue of PERS
• Electronic version to be distributed through
  various professional organizations
• http//www.asprs.org/guidelines/Procurement_Guidel
  ines_handout_v_10-0820(2).pdf
• Comments requested by Jan 15, 2009
• Final document targeted for March 13, 2009 ASPRS
  Board meeting in Baltimore