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February 18, 2014 Coordination Group Meeting. National Digital Orthoimagery Program (NDOP) Update to Coordination Group. Chair: Anne O’Connor Census anne.v.o.connor@census.gov. Introduction. The Purpose of the NDOP Subcommittee:
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February 18, 2014 Coordination Group Meeting National Digital Orthoimagery Program (NDOP)Update to Coordination Group Chair: Anne O’Connor Census anne.v.o.connor@census.gov
Introduction • The Purpose of the NDOP Subcommittee: • The NDOP Subcommittee is responsible for developing, promoting, and executing a national strategy for the acquisition or development of orthoimagerydata for Federal agencies while creating and utilizing partnerships with State, local, tribal, and private organizations. • Serve as coordination body for Imagery Theme • Member agencies: FSA, USGS, NGA, NRCS, FS, BLM, FEMA, NOAA, NSGIC, NPS, EPA, Census Bureau • Chair rotates annually with the transition after the fall meeting • Current Chair: Anne O’Connor
Recent Meetings • The NDOP Steering Committee met May, 2013 via Teleconference • NDOP Steering Committee Fall meeting held October 2013 via Teleconference and in person in Salt Lake City
Projects • Urban Areas • Program sponsored by NGA in partnership with USGS • 1-foot resolution, leaf-off imagery • Hope to continue to maintain a 3-year refresh cycle for all of the urban areas with a 2-year cycle for the top 50 cities
Projects • Urban Areas • 2014 – USGS National Geospatial Program eliminated “in-kind” services to the Urban Area Program • Partnership development • Quality Assurance • Data Management and Delivery – ramp down • 2014 - 18 Projects approved for continuation • Geospatial Products and Services Contract (GPSC) will continue to be available
Projects • Alaska Statewide Digital Mapping Initiative (SDMI) • Imagery – SPOT • Elevation – IFSAR
Projects • National Agricultural Imagery Program (NAIP) • Meet Agency Requirements for Imagery • NAIP was established and is funded by the Farm Service Agency (FSA) to meet mission requirements • Minimize Costs • Leverage Partnerships/Cost Sharing • Appropriate Contract Management
Projects • National Agricultural Imagery Program (NAIP) • Avoid Duplication of Effort • NAIP platform can be leveraged for value added products • Buy-ups • Support Secondary contracts • Primary requirements cannot be compromised
NAIP Funding History FSA Federal Partners State Partners
Meeting FSA RequirementsConfidence and Integrity in FSA Programs
NAIP Acquisition Plan Prioritize coverage by • Date of Current Imagery • FSA Priority
Buy Ups • Buy-Ups • Half meter • Out of Cycle • Pre-Paid before Contract Task Award • January 30 in year of acquisition • Why should Other Fed/States Buy-Up? • Contract Administration • QA • Value add imagery in public domain
“Secondary” Contracts Secondary Contracts • After all deliverables have been made to FSA • Cannot Compromise Collection and/or Delivery Schedule of Primary Products
How it WorksNAIP Annual Project Timeline Season End Season Start MAY JUN MAR APR JUL JAN FEB AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Acquisition 66 days (avg. state) RFP Announced Task Awards Deliverables Due
How it worksAccess/Delivery Season End Season Start MAY JUN MAR APR JUL JAN FEB AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Acquisition Contractor Hosted Services for each State USDA Hosted services for CONUS Deliverables Due
2013 - Collection Within Seasons Impacts of Late Funding
NAIP Vintage as of 2014 2013 2012 2011
NAIP 2014 and 2015 Planned Acquisition 2014 2015
Questions/Contacts Kent Williams Deputy Director FSA/Aerial Photography Field Office Salt Lake City, UT Kent.Williams@slc.usda.gov Shirley Hall GIS Program Manager Farm Service Agency Washington, DC Shirley.Hall@wdc.usda.gov FSA/APFO website at: http://fsa.usda.gov/FSA/apfoapp?area=apfohome&subject=landing&topic=landing
Next Steps • In the coming months, the NDOP Subcommittee hopes to discuss: • Complete DOI/FSA MOU for NAIP • Continuation of Urban Area Program
Next Meeting • The next meeting of the NDOP Subcommittee is TBD
Questions? Dick Vraga, USGS rsvraga@usgs.gov Shirley Hall, USDA-FSA Shirley.Hall@wdc.usda.gov