AmericaView

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AmericaView

• A State-Based Remote Sensing Initiative in
  Partnership with theU.S. Geological Survey

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What is AmericaView?
USGSLand Remote Sensing Program
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Background

• Stems from pilot OhioView in 1998 based on
  routine purchase and availability of statewide
  Landsat data a consortium mostly of university
  and state agency partners
• Congress instructed USGS to implement such a
  program nationwide as AmericaView
• Went from congressional add-on to USGS budget
  item AmericaView Inc. was established in 2003 as
  a 501(c)(3) consortium of StateView consortia

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The AmericaView Program USGS Objectives

• To support consortium growth and extend these
  USGS/Academic partnerships to enhance the science
  and increase remote sensing capabilities for the
  nation
• To develop new and advanced applications of
  remotely sensed information and imagery
• To increase the numbers of trained scientists
  available to government and commercial sectors
• To promote enhanced capability of states,
  counties, cities, other localities, and the
  private sector to take advantage of the benefits
  of using remotely sensed information and
  technology

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AmericaViewSM Inc.

• The US government had operated a civilian land
  remote sensing program for over 30 years.
• During this time, Universities had developed
  numerous practical and cost-effective
  applications for satellite imagery
• Widespread adoption by federal, state, and local
  decision-makers had not occurred.
• Despite demonstrated cost-savings, many state and
  local agencies had not been able to effectively
  integrate remote sensing technology into their
  management or decision-support programs.

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Primary obstacles include

• Data and cost and access issues for Universities
  hinder development of cooperative pilot projects
  and applications.
• Significant investments in infrastructure (e.g.
  software, hardware, and training) are required
  for using satellite data, making it difficult for
  state and local agencies.
• State and local awareness of satellite
  technology, and acceptance of the technology as
  reliable and cost-effective, continues to be an
  issue for Universities in each state.

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AmericaViewSM Inc.

• 1. Building StateView Consortia
• 2. Archiving distributing digital satellite
  imagery in support of land remote sensing
• 3. Education developing the geospatial
  workforce, informing the public (including HBCUs,
  Tribal Colleges, underrepresented communities)
• 4. Pursuing research applications through
  partnership with government industry

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1. AmericaView Inc.Building StateView Consortia

• Form and cultivate StateView coalitions,
  including universities, non-profits, state
  agencies
• Sponsor traditional outreach meetings,
  conferences, seminars
• Engage new users through informational programs
• Promote dialogue within the geospatial user
  community
• Engage activities between neighboring and
  regional StateViews
• Arrange data discounts and software license deals

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The AmericaView Program Membership Criteria

• Membership in AmericaView is based on the
  participation of individual state consortia.
• Each state is represented by a State association
  of universities, agencies, or other
  public/private sector organizations that are
• based in the state, and
• serve the remote sensing education, research,
  data access, and/or applications development
  needs of the states public and private sectors.

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The AmericaView Consortium includes over 200
institutions distributed within member states,
each connected with their local
communitieshttp//www.americaview.org
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Current Partners

• University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• The Nebraska GIS Steering Committee
• Nebraska Department of Natural Resources
• University of Nebraska-Omaha, Nebraska Space
  Grant Consortium
• University of Nebraska-Omaha, Department of
  Geography and Geology
• Creighton University, Department of Biology

http//neview.unl.edu/nebraska-view/
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• Archive distribute digital satellite imagery
• in support of land remote sensing.

• No cost/low cost access to public purchase
  once--use many times.
• Distribute in easily used data formats.

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The Kansas Satellite Image Database (KSID)

• Datasets
• Baseline Landsat Thematic Mapper Image Sets
• Legacy Landsat TM and MSS Images
• ASTER Imagery
• MODIS Imagery
• Available online at the Kansas Data Access and
  Support Center (DASC)

http//www.kansasgis.org/
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WisconsinView Data Holdings
NAIP Mosaics
Landsat 1-3
Landsat 4-7
Tornado Data
NAIP GeoTIFFs
Flooding Data
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MODIS Interface forWisconsin Direct Reception
Facility
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WisconsinView User Metrics

• 4,027 unique users (as of Sept 25, 2007) since
  August 2005
• Average of 5 new users and 20 return users per
  day
• NAIP Imagery most popular download

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TexasView User Interfaces
StateVis version of USGS GloVis(in use by 8
states)
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Landsat 5 for Alaska
NOAA/NESDIS FCDAS USGS EROS UAF GINA
AlaskaView Landsat 5 Data for Alaska users
NOAA/NESDIS Fairbanks Command and Data
Acquisition Station - Alaska
University of Alaska-Fairbanks
USGS Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS)
Data Center Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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Landsat 5 2004 vs. 2005 Alaska acquisitions
FCDAS/GINA/EROS impact 2005 3889 scenes 2006
4780 scenes
2004 25 scenes
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Archive Development Data Distribution Landsat
scenes distributed Jun 05 Jul 06
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3. Education develop the geospatial workforce,
inform the public (including HBCUs, Tribal
Colleges , underrepresented communities)

• Advance university instruction through data,
  software, and curriculum support
• Provide training for government personnel
• Provide Research support for undergraduate and
  graduate students
• Offer Internships and training for students
• Enhance workforce development
• Present public education museums, posters, news
  media.

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West VirginiaView Coordinator Dr. Rick
Landenberger and Chris Biser, Davis and Elkins
Environmental Science student, discuss the
results of a laboratory exercise in the new Davis
and Elkins Environmental Sciences computer lab.
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Undergraduate student interns display their
poster, Preparing Aerial Photographs for Mapping
Vegetation of the Qualla Boundary that won Best
Poster at the Annual 2006 Undergraduate Geography
Conference in May, 2006, at the University of
Georgia.
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Student testimonials

• The internship has provided me with an insight
  into the world of geospatial science and mapping
  techniques that could not otherwise be obtained
  in a classroom situation.  I have become
  fascinated with the remote sensing aspect of
  technical geography, and I would like to pursue a
  job as an image analyst or other options in
  geospatial science. 
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• Overall this was an amazing experience in which I
  had the opportunity to work with professionals on
  a real project. The ideal career for me after
  school is a one that allows me to work on various
  projects in which maps and/or aerial photos are
  analyzed. This internship allowed me to be a
  part of something where I was given a project
  that was not going to be given a grade or have an
  effect on my overall class evaluation this was
  the real thing.
• Students worked at the University of Georgia
  (UGA) Department of Geographys Center for Remote
  Sensing and Mapping Science (CRMS) during the
  fall and spring semesters of 2006-2007.

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North DakotaView
Workshop at Turtle Mountain Community College,
Fort Yates, ND, Sept. 15, 2006 Scott Abel (in
white cap), Department of Geography at the
University of North Dakota, leads the workshop on
GPS data collection for Sitting Bull College
Faculty, Staff, and students.
Scott Abel (in white cap) demonstrates how GPS
data collected in the field can be downloaded and
integrated with color orthophotography in a
geographic information system.
Seeding new geospatial courses on new campuses
by training faculty
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WisconsinView Outreach
Students and instructors from the SSEC annual
workshop, July 2006.
Photo Credit Neal Lord. Science Alliance 2005.
Behind desk left to right Sam Batzli,
WisconsinView Coordinator Glenda Roman,
WisconsinView Research Assistant (2005-2006)
Scott Gephardt, WisconsinView Research Assistant
(2004-2005).
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago, April
2005.
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ArkansasView Professional Education

• Equipped the Training Lab at the Arkansas
  Cooperative Extension Service (CES) in Little
  Rock with 20 seats of PCI Geomatica
• Developed materials for, and conducted, 2
  Introduction to Remote Sensing workshops at
  CES.
• Helped establish Remote Sensing/Image processing
  labs at 3 universities in Arkansas (10 seats of
  PCI Geomatica at each new participating
  institution.)
• Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville
• Univ. of Arkansas, Monticello
• Arkansas State University (Jonesboro)
• Developed materials for 2 new short courses
• RS for Precision Agriculture
• RS for Forest Health

CES Remote Sensing Training Lab in Little Rock
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VirginiaView
Virginia Geospatial Extension Program and
VirginiaView team up for the Virginia Extension
Agent GIS Program Introductory Workshop held on
December 15-16, 2006 to train twenty-four
extension agents and natural resource managers.
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AlabamaView Promoting Remote Sensing
Technologies in Alabama
Dr. Paul Mask, an Extension Specialist with the
Alabama Cooperative Extension System at Auburn
University, conducts a workshop with a group of
Alabama farmers to promote the use of satellite
imagery and GIS for better crop management. A
satellite-derived image of Alabama showing areas
of high/normal moisture (blue) and low moisture
(red).
Researchers affiliated with AlabamaView are
developing methods using biweekly reports from
satellites to predict drought conditions,
enabling resource managers to plan for the
effects of drought and reduce impacts on the
Alabama State economy.
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Education and Outreach - Total of 90
Collaborative Educational Activities Jul 05 Jun
06
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4. Pursue research applications through
partnership with government industry

• Identify potential application areas
• Identify data needs
• Mentor new users
• Promote internship opportunities for
  undergraduate and graduate students in real
  workplace environments

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Using Landsat ETM to Inventory Unpermitted
Dams in Kansas
Water mask created from image
Mask overlaid with DWR dam permit data
Landsat ETM Image Jackson County KS
Permitted Dam
Unpermitted Dam
Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper imagery was
processed by an image analyst at the KARS Program
and filtered to create a special mask that would
distinguish jurisdictional water bodies (i.e.
those holding gt 30 acre/feet of water) from
surrounding land cover, streams, small ponds, and
playa lakes. The mask was then overlaid with
data from the Kansas Department of Water
Resources Water Structures Inventory (WSI)
database in a Geographic Information System (GIS)
to determine the location of unpermitted dams
that fall into the jurisdiction of the DWR chief
engineer.
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GeorgiaView used the images to identify where the
dead pine stands are located, in turn
highlighting areas with the potential for higher
fuel loading. This information helped
Chattahoochee River NRA managers to implement
more effectively-targeted fuel load management
strategies.
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User Testimonial ArkansasView plays a vital
role in the Arkansas Land-use Land-cover Project.
Discounted Landsat satellite imagery and the
partnerships that have been put in place between
university researchers and state agencies
facilitate the creation of accurate, up-to-date
and relevant datasets. Learon Dalby, Arkansas
Geographic Information Office.
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Fighting Fires From Space Satellite Imagery
Provides Essential Support During Alaskan
Wildfires

• Wildfires occur regularly in Alaska over 11
  million acres burned between 2004 and 2005.
• AlaskaView provides real-time satellite imagery
  to the BLM Alaska Fire service multiple times
  each day, dramatically improving decision-making
  capabilities and resources available to Alaskan
  fire managers.

Hot Spot Mapping -- This is a June 29, 2004
infrared image that looks through the wildfire
smoke. In addition to imagery, AlaskaView
delivers real-time fire detection, hot spot
points to the BLM Alaska Fire Service. These red
points plotted on the map show the actively
burning perimeter. The smoke was so thick that
aircraft were grounded for more than a week, and
the only reliable information regarding the fire
locations were from these hot spot points
provided by AlaskaView.
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2005-6 Alaska Landsat 5 Legacy
Sheenjek River fire Alaska, June 21, 2005

• 3889 L5 scenes in 2005 into National Archive
• 4780 L5 scenes in 2006 into National Archive
• Landsat is the workhorse of land remote sensing
• No scan line corrector (SLC) gaps
• Twice the coverage (L5 L7)
• New inroads into Alaska Fire Service
• Sheenjek Fire successful emergency response
• Awareness among Fire Management Officers
• Better service and data for Alaska remote sensing
  users

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Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) Winter Range
Cumulative Impacts Study.
Objective To enable the Wyoming Game and Fish
Department (WGFD) to better manage mule deer,
this project created maps of shrub communities
over time and used analytical change detection
methods to quantify these changes. Additionally,
these maps contributed to statewide land cover
mapping important for many natural resource
applications.

• The WGFD
• Received a high resolution map of the current
  distribution of vegetation communities used by
  mule deer
• Now has a quantitative estimate of the change in
  mule deer habitat over a 30 year period
• Received maps showing the spatial distribution
  of changes in mule deer habitat.
• Will use this information to better manage mule
  deer and other species important both for
  sportsmen and ecosystem function.

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WisconsinView Support forTornado Response
Siren, June 18, 2001
Stoughton, August 18, 2005
Long-track, June 7, 2007
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WisconsinView Support forFlood Response
Kickapoo River
August 2007 Rainfall
Kickapoo River. Principal Components Analysis
(PCA) showing change in purple.
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Collaborative Research Activities, Jul 05 Jun
06 Total 219
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Ongoing Activities

• Continued national expansion to new states
• Continued enhancements to state archives, with
  expansion beyond Landsat to ASTER, MODIS,
• and other kinds of data (lidar radar
  
• hyperspectral)
• Education Working Group
• Visiting scientist and student training programs
• Development of standards-based curriculum modules
• Community College Partnership Initiative
• Earth Observation Day

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AmericaView Program Impacts

• In 30 states to date, AV is
• Creating a well-connected, informed state user
  community
• Establishing public domain archives
• Implementing data sharing agreements
• Sharing resources expertise within and
  between states
• Enhancing education and training opportunities
  for current
• and future workforce

• Resulting in
• Increased access to remotely sensed data at the
  state level
• Current workforce is both willing and able to
  use the data
• Future workforce is engaged
• Increased demonstration projects, pilots, and
  applications
• Cross-pollination of applications within
  among states

More information at http//www.americaview.org