Imagery for the Nation FGDC Steering Committee January 30, 2006

NDOP’s Assignment Review and evaluate the NSGIC proposal Review the budget and develop a strategy Develop a business plan Involve stakeholders –Task Force developed the “framework” –Need to involve wider audience

Vision The nation will have a sustainable and flexible digital imagery program that meets the needs of local, state, regional, tribal and federal agencies.

Existing Problem There is no comprehensive national program that meets the needs of all levels of government As a result, we are wasting money in three ways –Duplication of acquisition and effort –Economy of Scale (nationwide contracting) –Reducing ROI and availability of product

Duplication of Effort Orthoimagery may be produced multiple times in one year over the same landscape resulting in wasted tax dollars for: –Production –Quality Control –Archive and Distribution –Planning (thousands of hours are spent in every level of government trying to pull partnerships together)

Nationwide Contracting Local governments (small areas) generally will pay at least 30% more money than a large federal program for the same product because they can’t get a “volume discount” Sometimes they pay excessive amounts for a variety of reasons

Availability and ROI Copyright, licensing & distribution concerns Some agencies don’t have the resources to distribute the data Adhering to common National Standards will reduce costs (it is a “known commodity”) ~19% ROI from using uniform standards

Societal Benefits Disaster mitigation Homeland Security Agriculture Human health Energy Water management Ecosystems management Infrastructure management Biodiversity Compliance and monitoring

Applications of Imagery BLM and U.S. Forest Service –Urban growth monitoring –Crop mapping –Mineral extraction monitoring and reclamation –Off-road vehicle management plans –Water rights management –Monitoring riparian and wetland health –Manage forest resources –Wildfire monitoring and management USFWS –Refuge monitoring and management –National Wetlands Inventory

Applications of Imagery USGS –Mapping/cartography –Land cover mapping and change detection –Geologic mapping –Hazard assessment –Landslide motion assessment –Field orientation

Applications of Imagery Department of Agriculture –Soil mapping –National Resources Inventory –Compliance and monitoring –Boundary descriptions –Facility identification –Crop production and yield –Food security –Risk management –Land management

Applications of Imagery FAA –Airport management –Noise abatement & management systems –Tower siting concerns DoD –Installation mapping DOE –Research, monitoring & management U.S. Census Bureau –MAF/TIGER Realignment

Applications of Imagery NOAA –coastal resources management –coastal growth/land use assessment and mapping –coastal land cover change –coastal hazards assessment –coastal habitat analyses –ports management

Applications of Imagery State, Local and Tribal –Homeland Security, Homeland Defense & emergency management –Public safety planning, response & mitigation –Tax parcel mapping –Transportation management, operations & planning –Economic development –Utilities management, operations & planning –Land planning and zoning

Applications of Imagery State, Local and Tribal –Drainage planning & management –Code & permit enforcement –Agriculture –Insurance –Surveying & mapping –Environmental management, planning & regulation –Education –Natural resource inventories & assessments

The 1-meter Program Enhancement of the existing National Agricultural Imagery Program (NAIP) Annual coverage of “lower 48” states Natural Color, Leaf-on, 10% Cloud Cover Hawaii, Insular Areas and Territories will be acquired every 3 years Alaska will be acquired every 5 years Limited “buy-up options

The Higher Resolution Program Statewide GIS councils will specify orthoimagery requirements in a business plan These plans will be filed with the NDOP Committee National standards will be used Federal funds will pay for the base products

The Higher Resolution Program “Buy-up” provisions will meet more specific needs States have first option for managing the high-resolution programs Contract incentives will be used to assure timely product deliveries

Program Details Resolutions Image type Leaf-on and leaf-off Cloud cover Accuracies Coverage areas Frequency Cost-share Buy-up options Program stewards Public domain Internet access Consistent national approach to security See the Program Flyer

Budget Detail Activity Annual Cost Production$96.5 million Quality Control$1.8 million Archive & Distribution$9.1 million TOTAL (3-year average with 3.5% CPI increase per year) $111 million

Expected Taxpayer Savings Large Area Contracting$57.8 m Other Costs$7.5 m Reduced Duplication of Effort$53.6 m Standards and ROI$40.1 m Total Savings (per 3-year cycle) $159 m (Savings are realized by replacing the existing local, state, tribal and federal programs with one consistent national program)

Anticipated Roadblocks Money –Everyone wants the program –Will not find “hard dollars” from the savings indicated in previous slide Funding needs to be allocated for program success Lack of Congressional “mandate”

Task Force Opportunities Program is needed and wanted USGS and USDA already have national programs in place to support this proposal Success of this program will pave the way for NSDI coordination Technology already exists Industry capacity will meet the need

Task Force Challenges Massive effort with aggressive timeline Define and identify program expenditures across all Federal agencies Need additional staff resources –determine where money is located –impacts of funding alternatives

Next Steps with SC Approval Review Federal budgets for existing on-going expenditures –Include OMB, GAO and other representatives on Task Force –Identify funds that can be committed to program Determine $ amount of new money request Finalize business plan Open for all stakeholders to review USDA and DOI will include the program in their Exhibit 300s and Budgets for FY 2008 Getting Administration and Congressional support

Resolution The Imagery for the Nation Task Force recommends that the FGDC Steering Committee adopt and support implementation of the current Imagery for the Nation proposal as an innovative program that will provide orthoimagery to meet the Geospatial Information System needs of local, state, regional, tribal and federal agencies. The program will limit overall costs, provide consistent product quality and standards, and reduce duplication of effort. It requires two separate, but well coordinated acquisition initiatives that include a one-meter resolution imagery program for the entire country, and a higher resolution program over densely populated areas. The proposal advocates federal funding with Fiscal Year 2008 line-item budget allocations.