Geospatial Data for Puerto Rico, Alaska, Hawaii and the Pacific Basin

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Geospatial Data for Puerto Rico, Alaska, Hawaii
and the Pacific Basin

• USDA Imagery Meeting
• Salt Lake City, Utah
• December 8th, 2006

Tony Kimmet GIS Analyst/Cartographer National
Cartography and Geospatial Center (817)-509-3434 t
ony.kimmet_at_ftw.usda.gov
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USDA-NRCS Geospatial Update
Puerto Rico / Virgin Islands
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Puerto Rico
One Meter Panchromatic
First Generation DOQs were not completed for
Puerto Rico. Approximately 20 (40 DOQQs) were
not finished.
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Puerto Rico
One Meter Natural Color collected by the ADS40

• Third Generation DOQs were completed for Puerto
  Rico and the US Virgin Islands in 2004. NRCS
  financed this acquisition though APFO to the
  USACOE.
• In 2006, the NCGC completed mosaics both UTM
  zones 19 and 20.
• The NCGC is currently sub-setting the data by
  municipality

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Puerto Rico
2004 Western Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico
2004 Central Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico
2004 Eastern Puerto Rico
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US Virgin Islands
St. Thomas
St. John
St. Croix
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USDA-NRCS Geospatial Update
Puerto Rico / Virgin Island New Activity USACOE
has issued a new contract for Orthoimagery and
possible LiDAR for PR/VI - Imagery will be
collected with the ADS40 Digital Camera -
Collected at .5 ft GSD, to be delivered to USACOE
at 1 foot GSD - All mainland PR and VI (St.
Croix, St. Thomas and St. Johns) - Acquisition
of Natural Color for all areas and CIR on the
coast - Specification requires Cloud Free over
San Juan and up to 5 elsewhere - Acquisition
period is from November 2006 to March 2007 - Two
Aircraft and Digital Cameras positioned on
PR/VI - Data delivered in 1/16th DOQ tiles -
GeoTIFF, MrSID and ECW formats - Data will be in
Public Domain USDA Opportunities - USACOE has
offered this data to USDA at no cost - USACOE
would like USDA to consider funding LiDAR
Acquisition - LiDAR funding is not complete -
USACOE is requesting 150 K for LiDAR
Acquisition - Goal is 5 Meter LiDAR in all areas
except possible the mountains of PR - Mountains
would be completed at 15 Meters
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USDA-NRCS Geospatial Update
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USDA-NRCS Geospatial Update
Alaska
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USDA-NRCS Orthoimagery
Landsat 7, Complete State Coverage, Mosaic
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2005-2006 Status Graphic
USDA Digital OrthoPhotography in Alaska
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Other Tasking by NRCS Alaska ASRC/FAS Contract

• 2006 NRI - Remote Segments
• 854 AOIs awarded to Geoeye
• 993,097
• 124000 NMAS
• 20 or less CC
• Tier 2 License
• 10 Delivered in 06

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Other Tasking by NRCS Alaska ASRC/FAS Contract

• 2006 NRI Villages -Acquired
• 52 Village Areas - DG
• 216,578 Imagery Cost
• 220,792 GCP Cost
• 112000 NMAS
• 10 or less CC
• Federal Civil Org. License
• 25 Villages acquired in 06

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Other Tasking by NRCS Alaska Port Graham
Development Corp. (8a)

• 2006 Village Archives DG
• 14 Village Areas Avg. 100 sq. km.
• 45,000 Total Cost
• Ortho-Ready Bundle
• 2 Villages to be ortho with Vendor GCPs
• Federal Civil Org. License

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Tongass 2005115840 Resource
NCGC shipped to APFO on 12/07/2006 6.5 TB of
Portable Hard Discs to acquire a the scanned
files for the USFS Resource Photography. The
scanned files can be used for the NRI program!
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Other Sources

• State Division of Forestry
• QuickBird
• Spot 5
• Municipalities
• Kenai Borough QB
• Anchorage Borough QB
• DOTPF
• Project Specific
• BLM/USGS
• NPR
• Urban Areas
• Census Bureau
• FAA
• Mountain Passes

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Satellite Imagery - Issues

• Current Alaska DEM will not produce Ortho to 24k
  NMAS
• Clarification of Licensing needed - Tier 3
• Verification of Accuracy is difficult
• Cloud / Shadow / Haze / Smoke - Is 20
  Acceptable?
• Ground Control - Expensive to obtain

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USDA-NRCS Orthoimagery
Matsu, Alaska ADS40 DMC 1 Meter GSD Natural Color

• Alaska Imager Samples

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USDA-NRCS Orthoimagery
FY 2004 APFO DOQs - NRCS obligated 746,592
dollars to the APFO in 2004 to acquire 1 meter
natural color ortho-imagery covering 122 full
sized quadrangles within the MatSu Borough, Delta
Junction, Gulkana, and Kodiak Island areas.
Acquisition was done using a combination of
airborne digital and satellite based sensors. The
Matanuska-Susitna borough subsequently
contributed an additional 200,000 dollars to
obtain an additional 54 quadrangles adjoining the
original project.   Titan Contract for NRI
imagery NRCS awarded a 620,000 dollar
contract to Titan geospatial to produce 112,000
and 124,000 NMAS standard ortho-imagery for 38
villages and 360 areas of interest for the NRI.
Imagery will cover a total of 31,000 square
kilometers.   Cooperative Agreements were
established with the State of Alaska, Division of
Forestry to develop ortho-imagery from 21 Digital
Globe scenes over areas of mutual interest.
Thirty-five thousand dollars (35,000) was
committed in two separate agreements. Imagery has
been delivered and is being used by the Fairbanks
and Delta Junction field offices.  
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USDA-NRCS Orthoimagery
FY 2005   Statewide Landsat NRCS purchased 15
meter natural color Landsat for the entire state
for 14,000 dollars. Imagery is licensed to USDA
from Terracolor Inc. and provides a suitable base
map for USDA web-based applications and
conservation planning for large land tracts in
remote portions of the State where hi-resolution
imagery is currently lacking.   Hi-resolution
Ikonos Satellite Imagery Licenses for satellite
imagery obtained over 22 Alaska village areas
were uplifted from a single user license to a
non-commercial unrestricted status for a cost of
69,000. This action will allow NRCS to share
this hi-resolution imagery with our partners.   A
Cooperative Agreement with the State of Alaska,
Division of Forestry was established to acquire
Spot 5 satellite imagery over a large section of
interior Alaska previously lacking hi-resolution
imagery. NRCS provided 70,000 dollars to fund the
acquisition and ortho-rectification of this
multi-spectral imagery with a ground resolution
of 2.5 meters. Imagery has been acquired and
resides within the public domain.  
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USDA-NRCS Orthoimagery
2006   Arctic Slope Research Corporation (ASRC) -
1.42 Million was awarded by NRCS to ASRC to
acquire satellite imagery over 92 Areas of
high-interest (villages, etc) and 1500 targets in
bush Alaska. The primary purpose of this
acquisition was to support Alaskas inclusion
into the annual National Resources Inventory
(NRI) process. The imagery will also provide an
important base map for conservation planning and
engineering efforts throughout rural Alaska.
Imagery under development for the villages will
meet National Map Accuracy Standards (NMAS) at
the 112,000 scale, while more remote
acquisitions will meet NMAS at the 124,000
scale. Delivery of this 1 meter color imagery is
expected to be staged over a 4 year period
beginning in 2006. Village imagery will carry a
license from Digital Globe that will allow NRCS
to share it with our partners.   APFO Alaska IDIQ
contract. NRCS Alaska obligated 375,000 dollars
to the Aerial Photography Field Office (APFO) to
acquire conventional color film based digital
ortho-photography quadrangles (DOQs) over
developed portions of Interior Alaska. Imagery
will be natural color film based with a final
ground resolution of 0.6 meters. The initial
award has been expanded to include a total of 74
full size quads. An additional task order to
acquire 41 DOQs over Afognak Island has been bid
and is likely to be awarded soon. This purchase
was supplemented with an additional 50,000
dollars from national funds to support a
progressive soil survey on the island. Once
acquired, all imagery will reside within the
public domain.   Bristol Bay Borough Cooperative
Agreement NRCS committed 30,000 dollars in a
cooperative agreement with the State of Alaska
and Bristol Bay Borough to develop 1 foot
resolution color ortho-photography in
Southwestern Alaska. The contract was awarded in
the spring of 2006 and survey work for ground
control commenced in the summer of 2006. Once
developed, all imagery will be in the public
domain.  
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USDA-NRCS Orthoimagery
USDA-NRCS Alaska Imagery Funding FY 2004
1,397,592 FY 2005 153,000 FY 2006
1,875,000 Total FY 2004-06 3,425,592  
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USDA-NRCS Orthoimagery
NRCS Alaska has requested for FY 2007  NRI
Pilot Earmark 490,000 Annual Funding NRI
Imagery 125,000 Priorities for 2007 -
Develop additional DOQQs via NRCS - APFO IDIQ
contract in cooperation with local partners.
Kenai Peninsula Borough and State Division of
Forestry are interested in expanding current
acquisitions. - Uplift existing tier-2 / civil
government licenses for imagery over Alaskan
village. - Partner with the University and
State DNR in the development of a strategic plan
in support of a statewide mapping effort. -
Improved DEMS, a network of ground control, and a
state clearinghouse for archive and distribution
of products are essential. - Acquire additional
imagery over remote NRI PSUs where needed -
Become a partner in the cooperative Kenai
Peninsula Lidar Project
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USDA-NRCS Geospatial Update
Pacific Basin
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USDA-NRCS Geospatial Update
Why Does USDA need imagery for the Pacific Basin?
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USDA-NRCS Geospatial Update
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USDA-NRCS Geospatial Update
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Watershed Activities that Benefit Coral Reefs

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• Terrell Ann Erickson
• State Biologist, Hawaii
• USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
• June 15, 2005

National Environmental Policy Meeting
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NRCS and the Coral Reef Initiative

• U.S. Coral Reef Taskforce (USCRTF)
• Many partners
• USCRTF Meeting (December 2001)
• 6 Focus Areas for Priority Action
• Develop Local Action Strategies (LAS)
• USDA-NRCS and EPA jointly lead strategies to
  address Land-Based Sources of Pollution

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StressorsPollutants Pollution Sources

• Pollutants
• Sediment
• Nutrients
• Temperature
• Toxics

• Sources
• Wastewater
• Stormwater
• Surface Runoff
• Groundwater Seepage

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Pacific Basin
NRCS Soil Survey Project Work
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Pacific Basin
Soil Survey Project Crew on Anatahan Island, CNMI
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Pacific Basin
Soil Profile (Soil Pockets in Limestone, Guam)
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Pacific Basin
New Development Road on Palau
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Pacific Basin
Watershed Planning to manage burn areas and land
slips
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Pacific Basin
Ngerikiil Bay, Palau Soil Sediment Run-off
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Pacific Basin
NRCS assists in conservation based farming
practices in Tutuila Agro Forestry Bananas and
Breadfruit Farm
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USDA-NRCS Geospatial Update

• USDA has many important tasks in the Pacific
  Basin Region
• USDA Farm Bill
• NRCS has/will complete Soil Surveys of most land
  areas
• NRCS is working with NOAA and an inventory of
  Coral Reefs in the Pacific Basin
• NRCS and EPA are working on sources for land
  based pollution
• FSA has programs in the Pacific Basin include CLU
  in larger populated islands
• FS does Natural Resource Research in Pac Basin

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Circled Areas are on the NRCS/FAS DigitalGlobe
Contract
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USDA-NRCS/FAS Pacific Basin DigitalGlobe Contract
Updated December 7thth, 2006

• USDA-NRCS funded the acquisition for the islands
  listed above with assistance from USDA-FSA and
  USDA-FS
• USDA-NRCS received other Satellite data
  (QuickBird and Ikonos) from.USDA-FS, NOAA, FEMA,
  USGS
• Extend of DG-Geospatial Data to be acquired has
  been entered into the NDOP/FEMA Tracking System
• Many areas are under consideration for production
  (Marshall Islands and Micronesia)

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USDA-NRCS/FAS Pacific Basin DigitalGlobe Contract
Guam , Image Date 05/05/2005 to 05/30/2006
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) 30 Meter
DEM used for Guam
Orthoimagery Ground Resolution .6 Meter
CIR Bands 2,3,4
Natural Color Bands 1,2,3
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USDA-NRCS/FAS Pacific Basin DigitalGlobe Contract
Guam , Image Date 05/05/2005 to 05/30/2006
Orthoimagery Ground Resolution .6 Meter
CIR Bands 2,3,4
Natural Color Bands 1,2,3
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USDA-NRCS/FAS Pacific Basin DigitalGlobe Contract
Rota , CNMI
Orthoimagery Ground Resolution .6 Meter
CIR Bands 2,3,4
Natural Color Bands 1,2,3
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USDA-NRCS/FAS Pacific Basin DigitalGlobe Contract
Rota , CNMI
Orthoimagery Ground Resolution .6 Meter
CIR Bands 2,3,4
Natural Color Bands 1,2,3
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USDA-NRCS/FAS Pacific Basin DigitalGlobe Contract
Rota , CNMI
Orthoimagery Ground Resolution .6 Meter
CIR Bands 2,3,4
Natural Color Bands 1,2,3
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USDA-NRCS/FAS Pacific Basin DigitalGlobe Contract
Saipan , CNMI
Orthoimagery Ground Resolution .6 Meter
CIR Bands 2,3,4
Natural Color Bands 1,2,3
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USDA-NRCS/FAS Pacific Basin DigitalGlobe Contract
Saipan , CNMI
Orthoimagery Ground Resolution .6 Meter
CIR Bands 2,3,4
Natural Color Bands 1,2,3
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USDA-NRCS/FAS Pacific Basin DigitalGlobe Contract
Saipan , CNMI
Orthoimagery Ground Resolution .6 Meter
CIR Bands 2,3,4
Natural Color Bands 1,2,3
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USDA-NRCS/FAS Pacific Basin DigitalGlobe Contract
Tinian , CNMI
Orthoimagery Ground Resolution .6 Meter
CIR Bands 2,3,4
Natural Color Bands 1,2,3
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USDA-NRCS/FAS Pacific Basin DigitalGlobe Contract
Tinian , CNMI
Orthoimagery Ground Resolution .6 Meter
CIR Bands 2,3,4
Natural Color Bands 1,2,3
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USDA-NRCS/FAS Pacific Basin DigitalGlobe Contract
Micronesia - Uman , Image Date 01/11/2006
Ground Resolution .6 Meter
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USDA-NRCS/FAS Pacific Basin DigitalGlobe Contract
Micronesia - Uman , Image Date 01/11/2006
Aquaculture Pen
Ground Resolution .6 Meter
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USDA-NRCS/FAS Pacific Basin DigitalGlobe Contract
Palau - Babeldoab , Image Date 05/05/2005 to
04/04/2006
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) 30 Meter
DEM used for Guam and Palau (Koror, Babeldoab)
Orthoimagery Ground Resolution .6 Meter
CIR Bands 2,3,4
Natural Color Bands 1,2,3
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USDA-NRCS/FAS Pacific Basin DigitalGlobe Contract
Palau SE Babeldoab , Image Date 05/05/2005
to 04/04/2006
Orthoimagery Ground Resolution .6 Meter
CIR Bands 2,3,4
Natural Color Bands 1,2,3
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USDA-NRCS/FAS Pacific Basin DigitalGlobe Contract
Palau SE Babeldoab , Image Date 05/05/2005
to 04/04/2006
Orthoimagery Ground Resolution .6 Meter
CIR Bands 2,3,4
Natural Color Bands 1,2,3
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USDA-NRCS/FAS Pacific Basin DigitalGlobe Contract
Digital Globe Contract Status - Under contract
to USDA-NRCS is 45 islands or archipelagos in the
Pacific Basin - As of 12/08/2006, 30 have been
delivered to the NCGC - Compressed data is on
the Private (E-Auth) side of the Gateway - DG
has nine other areas (7 Marshall, 1 Palau, 1
Micronesia) that meet contract requirements and
are in progress for production - NOAA, FEMA,
USFS and USGS have received the available
compressed data - NGA has shown an interest in
this dataset
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USDA-NRCS/FAS Pacific Basin DigitalGlobe Contract

• Products to be delivered by to
  Federal/State Partnership
• Original Imagery in GeoTIF Format, Including
  Civil Govt License and metadata
• Erdas Imagine File with Tone balancing/Deviation
  Stretch
• MrSID Compress File with Metadata (10 1
  Compression Ratio)
• JP2000 Compress File ??? (Lossless Compression)
• Tony Kimmet
• USDA-NRCS-NCGC
• tony.kimmet_at_ftw.usda.gov
• (817)-509-3434

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USDA-NRCS/FAS Pacific Basin DigitalGlobe Contract
Status of Orthoimagery for Hawaii
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Hawaii Islands Orthoimagery Status, October 2006
USDA has ordered DG - QuickBird Four Band
Orthoimagery for the Molokai, Lanai, Kahoolawe,
Maui, Molokini Crater and Hawaii
NRCS has already acquired complete island
Orthoimagery (QB, .6m) for Niihau and Kauai in
Natural Color and CIR. The NCGC received 1 ft.
Orthoimagery for Oahu. The mosaics are complete
and will be on the Gateway soon. FSA-APFO will
be offered these datasets.
398 DOQQ Contracted Four Band Product .6 M
Orthoimagery Civil Govt License
Select Hawaii DG-QuickBird contracts are
pending (10/23/2006) at USGS
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USDA-NRCS Geospatial Activity in Hawaii
USGS 133 Urban Area Contract
Ground Resolution 1 Ft.
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Hawaii

• QuickBird Satellite Natural Color Mosaic
• .6 M Ground Resolution
• Data acquired by FEMA/NOAA and the State of
  Hawaii.
• NRCS will process into two three Band Mosaics
• Natural Color (3,2,1)
• CIR (4,3,2)
• NRCS has distributed this mosaic and the four
  band,16 Bit GeoTIF files to
• USGS-Hawaii
• USDA-NRCS
• USDA-FSA
• State of Hawaii
• FEMA
• December 2005
• CIR version is now finished!

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USDA-NRCS Geospatial Activity in Hawaii
Original DG-QuickBird Imagery
Ground Resolution .6 Meter
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USDA-NRCS Geospatial Activity in Hawaii
Niihau Island, Hawaii Tone Balanced by the
NRCS-NCGC of DG-QuickBird Satellite Image from
the State of Hawaii and NOAA
Ground Resolution .6 Meter
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USDA-NRCS/FAS Pacific Basin DigitalGlobe Contract
DG-QuickBird Contract for Hawaii
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QuickBird Imagery Available for Maui, July 2006.

The QuickBird Image displayed here is already
completed as Orthoimagery. The areas in red need
to be re-tasked for new imagery collection.
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Maui - CIR
Maui Natural Color
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Maui - CIR
Maui Natural Color
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QuickBird Imagery Available for Lanai, July 2006.

The QuickBird Image displayed here is already
completed as Orthoimagery. The areas in red need
to be re-tasked with new imagery collections.
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QuickBird Imagery Available for Molokai, July
2006.
The QuickBird Image displayed here is already
completed as Orthoimagery. The area in red needs
to be re-tasked for new imagery collection.
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QuickBird Imagery Available for Kahoolawe, July
2006.
The QuickBird Image displayed here is already
completed as Orthoimagery. This image meets USDA
imagery requirements and does not require further
tasking.
Kahoolawe lacks agriculture areas but is needed
for NRCS-Soil Survey purposes.
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USDA-NRCS Geospatial Activity in Hawaii
NOAA Acquisition Ikonos Imagery While this
image is useful for some agencies applications,
USDA-NRCS has determined this image does not
meet our requirements.
Ground Resolution .6 Meter
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QuickBird Imagery Available for Hawaii, July 2006
NRCS-NCGC will make a mosaic of all areas in
green or 0-4 cloud cover.
DG-QuickBird Status by DOQQ (8/24/06) All areas
with yellow, light green or dark green areas has
imagery with 5 or less cloud cover over land
areas. DOQQ highlighted in light red have more
than 5 cloud cover and are currently tasked by
DG-QuickBird.
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USDA Funding Status for Hawaii and Pacific Basin
Hawaii Pacific Basin
Imagery/IfSAR Acquisition Cost (September
2006) Funding Contributions for Fiscal Year
2005-2006 USDA - NRCS 492,341 USDA -
FSA 115,000 USDA FS
47,000 Total Contributions
654,341 Funding Purchases in FY
2005-2006 DigitalGlobe/QuickBird (Imagery for
Hawaii and Pacific Basin)
500,065 InterMap (NextMap IfSAR DEM)
96,600 GeoEye/Ikonos (Imagery for
Hawaii) 57,676 Total Purchases
654,341 Remote Sensing
Contracts USDA-FAS (ASRC)
435,047 USGS-MCMC
219,294 Select Hawaii DigitalGlobe-QuickBird
contracts are pending (10/23/2006) at USGS
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USDA-NRCS Orthoimagery
Thank You for your support in assisting in the
acquisition of Imagery and Elevation for the
Pacific Basin! George Rohaley (USDA-NRCS) Shirle
y Hall (USDA-FSA) Lisa Fisher (USDA-FS)
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USDA-NRCS Geospatial Update
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