ASOG 2020 Focus Areas: General
It is always great to get current insight on how our community thinks and operates. Look at June’s Poll & Quiz results and interpret accordingly. I found the responses on “Do you chance it?” question interesting.
JUNE 2020 POLL:
Opportunity for Growth in 2020 - Where do you see the most opportunity for growth in the aerial remote sensing sector?
- Civil/Commercial (Aerial Mapping & Surveying, Aerial Photography etc.) - 50%
- Public Safety (Police, Fire, Medical, SAR, Maritime etc.) - 25%
- Defense & Security (Military, Contractor Own-Contractor Operated) - 25%
- Other (tell us in the remarks section) - 0%
Do You Chance It? - As a freelance ASO, when offered work that is beyond your normal scope of expertise, you:
- Accept the job and figure it out yourself. - 25%
- Pull in a third party to help you. - 25%
- Refer the client to somebody else. - 50%
- Other (tell us in the remarks section) - 0%
Professional Development - What is the most important source for professional development and career enhancement?
- Attending Certification Courses - 25%
- Attending Conferences and Trade Shows - 25%
- Reading professional periodicals - 0%
- Networking - 50%
- Other (Tell us in the comment section) - 0%
JUNE 2020 QUIZ:
Sensors - What sensor system uses a single or 9-megapixel secondary sensor(s) to detect objects?
- Radar - 25%
- Vidar - 50% (Correct)
- Lidar - 25%
- Sonar - 0%
Aerial Navigation – What ground based navigational aid transmits both direction and distance information to the aircraft, like a VOR/DME?
- NDB - 20%
- VORTAC - 80% (Correct)
- LPV - 0%
- WAAS - 0%
Airborne LiDAR - Traditionally, pulse widths for topographic systems have been in range of about 10 ns which means that there is a __________ of about 1 meter along the laser path behind each received
- increased scatter - 0%
- blind spot - 75% (Correct)
- false data - 0%
- accuracy error - 25%
Meteorology – Based on the METAR, what is the temperature in Albuquerque? “ KABQ 110252Z 20007KT 10SM FEW140 17/M13 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP067 T01721133 53003 “
- 17 degrees Celsius - 75% (Correct)
- Negative 13 degrees Celsius - 25%
- 67 degrees Fahrenheit - 0%
- 29 degrees Fahrenheit - 0%
ASOG Desk Editor (Patrick)
Comments