GAP Symposium at ASPRS Annual Meeting

In 1994, Maury Nyquist, then President of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, invited the Gap Analysis Program to present a symposium at their 1995 annual meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina. We saw this as a great opportunity to build a stronger relationship with the remote sensing community. During the symposium, 28 papers were presented under five general headings: Scale and Content of Gap Analysis; Land Cover Mapping; Modeling Vertebrate Distributions; Practical Applications of Gap Analysis; and Technological Issues. Dr. Ron Pulliam made the introductory remarks in which he challenged those of us working with GAP to make greater use of the data sets in developing and testing demographic models for vertebrates and to reach out to more partners. Dr. Jack Estes, the Senior Visiting Scientist with the Mapping Division of the U.S. Geological Survey, summarized the history of GAP and identified present and future challenges to the program. After peer review of the papers, they were sent to the editorial office of the Society for Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry for final editing. We anticipate publication in early May. Following is the full citation:

Scott, J.M., T. Tear, and F. Davis, editors. 1996. Gap Analysis: A landscape approach to biodiversity planning. American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Bethesda, Maryland.

J. Michael Scott, Director
National Gap Analysis Program