NSPS Foundation calls for disaster relief donations; USGS establishes National Geospatial Programs Office; USGS stops photographic production; ABET accredits Metro State surveying program; and NGS upgrades User Friendly CORS web service.

Because of the destruction created by Hurricanes Charley, Frances and Ivan, the NSPSF disaster relief fund has been depleted. The Foundation has urgently appealed for any interested parties to give a tax-deductible contribution to replenish this fund. The funds received will be available not only for storm relief, but also for any calamity that affects NSPS members in the surveying, mapping and land information sciences. Checks should be made payable to the National Society of Professional Surveyors Foundation Inc., 6 Montgomery Village Avenue, Suite 403, Gaithersburg, Md. 20879.