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Kevin T. Gallagher

Associate Director, Core Science Systems

Highlights of USGS

Geospatial Activities

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Topics

3D Elevation Program

Hydrography Requirements and Benefits Study

Requirements Capabilities & Analysis for Earth

Observations (RCA-EO)

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Applies ground-breaking

lidar technology to acquire

and distribute 3D data

Includes surface

elevations and natural and

constructed features

Increases the quality level

of lidar being acquired to

enable more accurate

understanding, modeling,

and prediction

Addresses a broad range

of critical applications of

national significance

3D Elevation Program (3DEP)

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3D Elevation Program (3DEP) Mission Critical Applications

Infrastructure Management

Geologic Hazards

Archaeology

Precision Forestry

Aviation Safety

Flood Risk Management

Alternative Energy

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3DEP is a Partnership Program

■ National lidar coverage with ifsar in Alaska in 8 years

■ Address the mission-critical requirements of 34 Federal agencies, 50

states, and other organizations documented in the National Enhanced

Elevation Assessment

■ ROI = 5:1, designed to conservatively provide new benefits of $690

million/year with the potential to generate $13 billion/year in new benefits

through applications that span the economy

■ Leverage the capability and capacity of private industry mapping firms

■ Achieve a 25% cost efficiency gain by collecting data in larger projects

■ Completely refresh national elevation data holdings with new lidar and

IfSAR elevation data products and services

Natural Resource Conservation

Infrastructure Management

Flood Risk Mitigation Precision Farming Land Navigation

and Safety

Geologic Resources and Hazards Mitigation

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U.S. Interagency Elevation Inventory

3.4% of entire US

was acquired to

3DEP quality

in FY15 - includes

complete, in progress,

and planned/funded

13.9% of Lower 49

Meets 3DEP quality

(2008-2015 only)

63.6% of AK Meets

3DEP quality (QL5 –

ifsar)

Data Acquired through FY 2015

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FY15 3DEP

Preliminary

Summary

Lidar Data

Acquisition

3DEP Lidar Data Contracted in FY15

3DEP Funds $M Partner Funds $M Total $M Sq Miles

USGS FEMA NRCS Other Feds Non-Fed

$39.0 150,000 $7.2 $11.2 $7.1 $2.5 $11.0

$25.5 $13.5

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FY15 3DEP Summary Alaska Ifsar

BLM, FWS, NPS, USFS and

USGS provided ~$2.8M

end-of-year to acquire

~25,000 square miles of

ifsar in critical areas of Arctic

Alaska, the Kenai

Peninsula, and the Yukon

Delta

Funding from all contributors

totaled over $7.4M

Total square miles of ifsar

acquired were 69,000,

adding approximately 12%

coverage, raising the State's

overall coverage to 63.4%

Goal is to reach 70%

coverage in FY16

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3DEP DATA ACQUISITION Funding USGS and ALL PARTNERS

FY15 vs Estimated Funding for 8 Year Program

USGS

Other Federal

Agencies

Other Partners

(non-Federal)

TOTAL estimated data

acquisition GAP in

annual funding

needed for 8 year

program

FY15 3DEP Data Acquisition

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3DEP Funding Preliminary

Estimated USGS

Program Budget

FY16 Enacted

(14 Year Scenario)

FY17 President’s

Budget

(13 Year Scenario)

3DEP Call to

Action Goal

(8 Year Scenario)

FY16 FY17

USGS Base budget from prior

year (includes acquisition and

operations)

$20.4 M $24.7M

Increase (FY16 enacted, FY17

proposed President’s budget) $4.3 M $4.9 M

Total USGS 3DEP budget $24.7 M $29.6 M

FY16 Enacted Budget

FY17 President’s

Budget Increase

Gap in annual USGS

program budget to meet

8-year program

(includes operations

and 1/3 of total data

acquisition funding

needed)

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42 proposals submitted for projects in 30 states + 1 territory

Total project value of $38M; $22M in partner contributions, requesting $16M 3DEP funding

Coverage proposed 146,000 sq mi

BAA remains open to new proposals through the year

Information on each award is online at nationalmap.gov/3dep

FY16 Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) Project Selection In Progress

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FY16 BAA

# of

awards Sq. mi.

3DEP

USGS,

FEMA HQ,

NRCS GCE

$M

Other

Partners

$M

Total

$M

Geospatial

Products and

Services Contract

(GPSC)

18 77,021 $6.8 $12.4 $19.2

Cooperative

Agreements 5 15,916 $2.0 $2.4 $4.4

Total as of 3/1/16 23 92,937 $8.8 $14.8 $23.4

Summary to Date – Project Selection Ongoing

• Additional FY16 3DEP acquisitions funded by 3DEP Federal partners are underway

• FY16 increases will help increase overall totals for acquisition

• BAA remains open to new proposals

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3DEP Unified National Plan

3DEP is READY to move from

an annual, opportunistic

partnering process to a unified

multi-year plan

Enable partners at all levels to

more effectively plan and

participate

Plan nationwide coverage

Sufficient funding to maximize

economy of scale, meet partner

demand, and reduce the number

of years to completion of

nationwide coverage

Implementation Goals

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3DEP Federal

Best Practices -

DRAFT

Developing in the 3DEP

Executive Forum and

Working Group (formerly

NDEP)

Taking feedback (already

received some ideas from

the Winter MAPPS meeting

Plan to expand to all

partners

Talking with NSGIC and

NACo about a project to

develop state and local

best practices

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National lidar program is a priority of the National Science and

Technology Council’s National Plan for Civil Earth Observations

3DEP Partnership announced by White House in July, 2014

National Academy of Public Administration report on FEMA

Flood Mapping recommended that OMB implement the 3DEP

plan for national lidar

Endorsed by

American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote

Sensing (ASPRS)

Association of American State Geologists (AASG)

Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM)

Coalition of Geospatial Organizations (COGO)

Management Association for Private Photogrammetric

Surveyors (MAPPS)

National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC)

National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS)

National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC)

3DEP Coalition with website 3DEP4America.com

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Geospatial Products and Services Contracts

FY15 final numbers: 68 task

orders with a value of $34.7M

FY16 numbers so far: 8 task

orders with a value of ~$10.3M

Expectation is that FY16 will

exceed FY15 – already have

$32M to award this year and

3DEP selections are ongoing

Update

GPSC3 Update

Three GPSC3 base contracts are under award (Dewberry, Woolpert, Quantum Spatial)

Two additional GPSC3 contracts have been negotiated and are expected to be

awarded this month (March)

Five remaining contracts will be negotiated and awarded April through June

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Emerging 3D Technologies Working Group

Study contracted through the USGS

Geospatial Products and Services Contracts

(GPSC)

Single Photon Lidar – Sigma Space,

HRQLS

Geiger Mode Lidar – HARRIS Corp.,

Intelliearth

Dewberry, Woolpert and E3D-WG

independently assessed the data, reports

being reviewed by E3D-WG and initial results

were presented at ILMF

Emerging Lidar Technical Assessment

Study evaluates how the data meet the accuracy standards set forth by USGS

Lidar Base Specification v 1.2

Study does not evaluate potential cost for implementing these technologies

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Next Steps

Continued analyses and dialog with Harris and Sigma Space

Sensor improvements have been reported since the evaluation collection

Need to do evaluations/validations on new instruments and in traditional leaf-

off conditions

Evaluate the full lifecycle costs of managing data, especially data with

nominal point spacing greater than QL1

NEEA/3DEP has not assessed the cost/benefits of data greater than QL1

Increased storage costs, longer/more difficult processing, noise points, etc.

Evaluate any necessary changes to the USGS Lidar Base

Specification

Further findings will be presented at IGTF 2016 annual conference

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Kevin T. Gallagher

Associate Director, Core Science Systems

Hydrography

Requirements and

Benefits Study (HRBS)

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HRBS Information Collection Plan

Kick off Meeting

Federal – Contractor

Other – TNM Liaisons

COMPLETE

Agency Interview

Federal – Contractor

Other – TNM Liaisons

COMPLETE

Online Survey

Contractor

COMPLETE

Scenarios

USGS and Partners

May – Dec 2016

Clean Compilation

Contractor

May 2016

Program

Recommendations

USGS and Partners

Dec 2016

Raw Data

Compilation

Contractor

COMPLETE

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Preliminary questionnaire results

532 individual responses

595 Mission Critical Activities reported

222 identified as Federal (23 Agencies identified)

202 identified as State (all 50 states represented)

53 identified as Regional or local government

10 identified as Tribal government

26 identified as Not for Profit (including academia)

19 identified as Commercial

23 Federal Agencies, 50 states

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Benefits by Business Use Row Labels Current benefits Future Benefits

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Agriculture and Precision Farming 1,253,000$ 4,148,200$

Coastal Zone Management 10,710,000$ 13,050,000$

Education K-12 and Beyond 525,000$ 5,360,000$

Flood Risk Management 30,624,500$ 1,074,042,000$

Forest Resources Management 1,760,000$ 6,010,000$

Geologic Resource Assessment and Hazard Mitigation 35,000$ 50,000$

Health and Human Services 960,000$ 1,000,000$

Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Disaster Response 100,000$ 5,500,000$

Infrastructure and Construction Management 1,643,000$ 8,951,000$

Marine and Riverine Navigation Safety -$ 100,000$

Natural Resources Conservation 54,273,000$ 22,038,000$

Oil and Gas Resources 100,000$ 100,000$

Rangeland Management -$ 100,000$

Recreation 1,410,000$ 200,000$

Renewable Energy Resources 2,802,500$ 580,250$

Resource Mining 1,025,000$ 1,100,000$

River and Stream Ecosystem Management 13,955,000$ 67,750,001$

River and Stream Flow Management 89,816,228$ 154,655,307$

Sea Level Rise and Subsidence 350,000$ 350,000$

Urban and Regional Planning 2,165,000$ 3,415,000$

Water Quality 521,710,728$ 530,404,227$

Water Resource Planning and Management 48,113,000$ 1,095,741,000$

Wildfire Management, Planning, and Response 10,000$ -$

Wildlife and Habitat Management 182,468$ 10,079,251$

Grand Total 783,523,424$ 3,004,724,236$

Requirements Capabilities and Analysis for Earth Observations

(RCA-EO)

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

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Purpose of RCA-EO

USGS Land Remote Sensing Program Requirements,

Capabilities and Analysis for Earth Observations (RCA-EO)

project goal:

Provide decision support to optimize Earth Observation

investments to meet user needs

• Comprehensively understand USGS and other agency

needs for Earth observations

• Enhance products and services to better meet user needs

• Support Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)

National Earth Observation Assessments

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Example output: Impact of Observing Capabilities and Datasets on USGS activities (early results)

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(March 2016 - Based on provisional USGS LRS RCA-EO data and subject to adjustment)

Very High Field Work/Campaigns

High

USGS Stream Gage Network Airborne Lidar Landsat GPS National Elevation Dataset Airborne High-Resolution Imagery

Key RCA-EO milestones

• June 2015 – RCA-EO data collection for USGS products and services complete

• July 2016 – OSTP national Earth Observation Assessment complete

• July 2016 – Initial set of civil land imaging requirements

• 2016-2017 – Ongoing user needs collection and analysis

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Thank you!