usgs programs and activities in minnesota

U.S. Department of the InteriorU.S. Geological Survey

USGS Programs and Activities in Minnesota

Ron WenclUSGS Geospatial LiaisonNSDI Partnership Office

Hennepin County GIS User GroupFebruary 6, 2007

Topics:

Recent activities National Orthophotography Program High Resolution Urban Imagery

2006 Twin Cities photography

Imagery for the Nation Web Mapping Services Planning for the future

USGS National Geospatial Activities

National Geospatial Program Office Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Geospatial One Stop The National Map National Atlas Board on Geographic Names

National Geospatial Technical Operations Center Network of Geospatial Liaisons

Other Federal Agencies States

Coordination &Standards

Data Discovery& Access

Consistent &Current Content

Approximately 10 states or 20% one meter coverage per year

CYCLE II (2008 – 2012)

Transition from National Data Programs

to Urban Areas

and Homeland Security

Twin Cities Urban Area Imagery

2002 September 0.75 meter color photos

Twin Cities Urban Area Imagery

2004 April 0.3 meter color photos

2006 Twin Cities Urban Area Orthoimagery Collection

Imagery Specifications (minimum) Pixel Resolution: 0.3 meter (1 foot) Radiometry: True color RGB Georeferencing: NAD83, UTM Horizontal accuracy shall not exceed 3-meter diagonal

RMSE (2.12m RMSE X or Y). Leaf-off conditions, there is no snow on the ground,

nor ice on lakes or beaches

• Planned imagery acquisition on 2 year cyclePlanned imagery acquisition on 2 year cycle

for U.S. Urban Areas (HSIP 133 Cities)for U.S. Urban Areas (HSIP 133 Cities)

2006 USGS Metro Imagery

USGS Cooperative Agreements signed fall ‘05 w/ Hennepin and Ramsey Counties

Additional “urban footprint” contracted by USGS early 2006

Distribute to NGA and DHS

To be served by USGS in 2007Available by Seamless Server

Data Access

The National Map - http://nationalmap.gov/

Seamless Data Distribution System at EROS

http://seamless.usgs.gov/

State and local web services (TBD)

http://www.nsgic.org/hottopics/imageryofnation.cfm

Imagery for the Nation

Current status:

USGS

FY 2008 – “Reprogram” $5M

FY 2009 – Request Acquisition $

USDA

Annual NAIP $ - No funding request

Other Feds - TBD

Future Imagery Plans for Minnesota?

2008 Minneapolis – St. Paul metro area

(Homeland Security Urban Areas)

Partnership opportunity?

2008 Statewide Digital Orthos

NAIP partnership?

Leaf-off, CIR?

Lessons Learned: Hurricane Katrina

Major emphasis on geospatial information coordination, data sharing, and products

Need for clear roles and responsibilities Across Federal, state, and local communities Between Federal agencies

Improved geospatial data acquisition and delivery Pre-staged data acquisition Efficient organization and archival of information and products Reliable and efficient data delivery technology and mechanisms Redundancy and failover capabilities

Enhanced products and services Map product generation from The National Map and GOS Maps-on-demand and just-in-time printing

Geospatial Data Acquisition and Processing

Partnership between NGA, DHS, USGS, and over 100 state and local partners will put $70+ million of imagery into the public domain Coastal and high-hurricane risk areas; urban areas Leveraging multiple funding and contracting

sources Utilizing USGS Geospatial Liaison Network for

partnerships and data sharing agreements Publishing plans to Geospatial One-Stop Model of Federal, state, and local cooperation

Geospatial Data Acquisition and Processing

Partnerships with state and local government on cataloging and acquiring GIS vector data

Base Data of The National Map GIS for the Gulf Best Practices Data Model

Transportation Structures (hospital, shelter, fire…) Boundaries Hydrography

The National Map – Data delivery, download, and updated USGS maps and products

GIS for the Gulf – Vector (feature) data from State and local sources in a best practices data model

Hazards Data Distribution System – Managed access for dedicated emergency response support

Data Discovery, Access and Delivery

What is HSIP?

“… the HSIP will combine all NIMA Homeland Security commercial imagery, geospatial data, and Geospatial Intelligence products into a single, integrated database.”

- Source: Homeland Security Infrastructure Program, Tiger Team Report.

Collection of base map layers and homeland security related geospatial data.

Sources: mainly licensed commodity datasets, some Federal sources

Federal Government homeland security use only

Local governments and state governments may only view data through a thin client (“disclosure”)

In the event of an emergency, data may be released to state and local governments.

NGOs (e.g. Red Cross) may not access the data

Fire Stations Law Enforcement Stations Prisons and Jails Hospitals Urgent Care Clinics Colleges Universities Schools EMS Stations Electric Power Infrastructure Gas Stations Pipelines Oil Wells Oil Refineries Oil Terminals Nuclear Fuel Plants Nuclear Waste Storage Nuclear Research Facilities

Federal Reserve Banks Bullion Repositories Banks Food Processing Plants Manufacturing Plants Mines Rail Lines Rail Yards AM/FM/TV Broadcast

Facilities Commodity Exchanges

What is HSIP?

Examples of HSIP Layers

What is NADB?

The Office of Infrastructure Protection’s Protective Security Division (PSD) is responsible for reducing the nation’s vulnerability to terrorism by developing and implementing plans to protect critical infrastructure and key assets, and to deny the use of infrastructure as a weapon. To facilitate this responsibility, PSD is building an inventory of the nation's infrastructure and will utilize Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources (CI/KR) in the National Asset Database (NADB). The foundation for the NADB was the White House Office of Homeland Security’s catalogue of approximately 160 assets in its Liberty Shield list.

Source: Submissions from State, Local and Federal Agencies as well as Industry

~100,000 Assets

Everything from a certain ranch in Crawford TX to food cart in Wisconsin

What is TGS’ Role?

Assign Correct Geospatial Location

Delete: Duplicates, “Out of Business”, “Does not Belong in Layer” entities

Find and Add Missing Entities

Author FGDC Compliant Metadata

Analyze Quality (accuracy, currency, completeness)

*** TGS Has Only Worked on Some HSIP Layers ***

*** TGS did not SELECT assets for the NADB, we only verified name, address, phone and geospatial location

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Project Homeland

Joint Project Involving:

- ESRI

- USGS

-Dept. of Defense

(NGA)

The National Map(Public)

USGS

HLS/HLD Community

Consortia

Data Partners

Local Partners

Project HomelandSynthesis & Collaboration Data

Flows

USGS Liaison

(Sensitive Data)

RegisteredMap Services

and/or Data

Data Passthru

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State Agencies

Data Passthru

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Increasing Classification

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Future Plans for the Twin Cities?

Coordination for 2008 imagery

Republican National Convention= National Special Security Event (NSSE)

Coordination of geospatial data among

Federal, State and local authorities

U.S. Department of the InteriorU.S. Geological Survey

Questions?

Ron Wencl

rwencl@usgs.gov

763-783-3207