The USGS serves the Nation by providing reliable scientific information to describe and understand the Earth; minimize loss of life and property from natural disasters; manage water, biological, energy, and mineral resources; and enhance and protect our quality of life
AmericaView and StateView Mission and Goals AmericaViewAmericaView – coordinate a locally controlled program to advance the use of remote sensing data and technology StateViewsStateViews – local delivery of Landsat data, RS technology, and RS education and outreach
Partnerships Academic WVU Geology and Geography WVU Biology Marshall University Glenville State College Davis and Elkins College State and Federal Agencies WV GIS Technical Center WV DEP Technical Applications and GIS Group NASA IV & V USDA Forest Service State and Private Forestry - MorgantownNon-profits Canaan Valley Institute SkyTruth
GIScience Training WV GLOBE – NASA IV&V ERCWV GLOBE – NASA IV&V ERC - Enhance RS, and introduce GIS - NSF Geoscience Ed. Grant Planned – summer 06Planned – summer 06 –WV Science teachers training –WV Upward Bound NSF GeoSciences
Software Support Erdas Imagine Licenses – Academic Partners Support / Training for ArcGIS via GLOBE Google Earth Training via GLOBE Cost estimate = ? ($10,000’s)
Student grants Matt Kaproth – MS Biology (WVU), Aerial Image Acquisition Donald Patthoff – MS Geology (WVU), Aerial Photography Lucy Kammer – BA Geology (WVU), Idrisi Software Jacob Drvar – MA Geography (WVU), Landsat Imagery, GPS unit, transportation Catlin Demian Pope – MA Geography (WVU), Conference Support Franklin Graham – PhD Geography (WVU), Landsat Image of Niger Stephen Schilling – PhD Forest Resources Science (WVU), Software, Supplies, and Travel Elizabeth Salisbury – BS Recreational Ecology (Davis & Elkins), Software, Supplies, and Travel
Landsat Imagery Sept. 72 – May 02 ~100 images TM Landsat 5 ETM+ Landsat 7 MSS Data Services
Archive statistics for 6 months 3.16 GB/day downloaded 41 users/day 2,731 unique IP addresses 575 GB Total downloaded 13,951 hits on images
Available as raw pt data -.las and ASCII text files Available as tiles in Arc GRID format
Rick Landenberger WVU – Dept. of Geology & Geography