1. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Slide 1 GRSS Web Site Recent Changes Leland Pierce and Steve Reising GRSS AdCom Meeting Herndon, VA, March 8-9, 2014

2. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Outline l New Web Master l Plans for revamping the web site Slide 2

3. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society New Web Master l Leland Pierce l GRSS member for 25 years l Radar remote sensing researcher l Lots of web experience l Liason to the web-services company l Improved content for: – helping current members – encouraging new members to join Slide 3

4. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Current Arrangements l One company supplies our web address. l Another company provides the hardware and software environment for web-hosting. l Yet another company works on updating the content of the web site. l And I make sure this all works to provide a useful web experience for our members and members-to-be. Slide 4

5. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Current Web Site Status l Some content is out of date l Some things don’t work l Some things appear confusing/disorganized l It is somewhat slow to load l Does not work well from a cell phone l Most users visit only 1 or 2 pages l Potential for adding more useful content l Current company is very responsive to our update requests. Slide 5

6. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Slide 6 Most users from: US, Europe, Middle East, India, China, Australia, and Brazil

7. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Most Popular Pages Slide 7 Home: 17% Publications: 25% Fusion Contest: 4% IGARSS: 4%

8. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society How people find us Slide 8 Google: 69% Direct: 17% ieeexplore: 4% Ieee.org: 3%

9. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Other Statistics Slide 9 Average page load time: 13 sec First-time Visitors: 60% 300 visits/weekday 150 visits/weekend-day

10. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Future Plans Slide 10 Remove out-of-date content Reorganize pages and menus Make interactive: add comments on articles add Q&A Add links: data/software sites major centers Deal with authentication Get it to work for cell phones Speed it up