QIHAO WENG, PHD, is a Professor and Director from Indiana State University; an Associate Editor of ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing; the series editor for both Taylor & Francis Series in Remote Sensing Applications and McGraw-Hill Series in GIS&T; and has published more than 150 refereed journal articles and book chapters. He is the Coordinator for GEO Global Urban Observation & Information Task (2012-2015) and was a National Director of American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. Dr. Weng was awarded a senior fellowship from NASA in 2008 and an Outstanding Contributions Award in Remote Sensing from American Association of Geographers in 2011.