NAIP 3 Year Strategy

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NAIP 3 Year Strategy

• 2008 NAIP Post Mortem
• November 19, 2008
• Kent Williams
• NAIP Manager

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NAIP 2002-2007

• Annual coverage
• 2 meter resolution
• CLU coverage only
• Base replacement on 5 year cycle
• GIS base imagery
• Graphic for heads up digitizing, image
  interpretation
• 1 meter resolution
• Full state coverage

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NAIP 2002-2007

• Inconsistent funding
• Full funding only happened once - 2006.
• 2 meter imagery had limited use
• For FSA Compliance
• If it was flown too early or too late, or
  delivered too late, imagery couldn't be used for
  compliance
• Change on how FSA does compliance
• For everyone else- Ag areas only

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NAIP 2009-20112008 is a transition year

• 3 year cycle for base imagery
• Cost share model based on core (minimum) FSA
  requirements and fiscal realities
• Build in more stability and consistency
• 1 meter
• Continually improve quality
• Transition to better accuracy specification

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NAIP 2009-20112008 is a transition year

• 3 year cycle for base imagery
• Represents FSA (core) minimum requirements
• 3 year cycle
• Natural color
• 1 meter resolution
• Agricultural coverage
• Cost share model based on FSA core requirements
• Represents fiscal realities in FSA

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NAIP 2009-20112008 is a transition year

• 3 year cycle for base imagery
• Build in more stability and consistency
• Stable funding target for partners
• Enable better planning
• Contractors
• APFO
• Partners

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NAIP 2009-20112008 is a transition year

• 3 year cycle for base imagery
• Continually improve quality
• Communication
• Understand user requirements
• Users need to understand constraints/risks
• Control what we can
• Display environment, for starters
• Transition to better accuracy specification

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NAIP 2009-20112008 is a transition year

• 3 year cycle for base imagery
• Transition to better accuracy specification
• Cautiously optimistic
• May be problematic in some regions

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