TNRIS in 2009 and Beyond Rio Grande Valley Arc User Group GIS Day 2009 November 20, 2009
Year in Review Texas Orthoimagery Project 2009 LiDAR Acquisition National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Mapping Initiatives High Priority Imagery and Datasets Master Contract (HPIDS) Re-chartering the Texas Geographic Information Council
Texas Orthoimagery Project $6.5 million dollar project Participants included 4 state agencies and 2 federal agencies 0.5 meter compressed DOQQ compressed data available on ftp - ftp://ftp2.tnris.org/TOP_HalfM_08-09 Map service will be available by end of year!
LiDAR Acquisition and Delivery 2009 Deliverables for McMullen, Zapata, Goliad; portions of Dallas and Fort Worth Deliverables – Las point clouds (classified) – Intensity Images – Bare earth ASCII files – DEMs – Breaklines
October 2009
High Priority and Imagery Data Sets (HPIDS) A New Procurement Process 21 Pre-qualified Quality Providers Standardized Statements of Work Powered by Cooperative Purchasing For more information, visit
Projects for NAIP for Texas Continuation of LiDAR Support for Emergency Anticipation of 2010 Census Products Mass Marketing Campaign for HPIDS New and Improved Data Delivery System Full release of the TNRIS Viewer
2010 NAIP Stimulus funding pushes Texas from 2011 Specifications without state contribution: 1-meter, 3-band (R,G,B) CCMs & GeoTiff DOQQs, MrSID Gen 3 (likely) Statewide coverage not guaranteed
2010 NAIP Continued Specifications with state contribution: 1-meter, 4-band (IR, R, G, B) Guaranteed statewide acquisition Absolute accuracy
2010 NAIP Continued State contribution amount – 10% (~$377,626) TNRIS continues to seek local ground control points (GCPs) from areas that lack quality points State contribution commitment due to APFO late January 2010 Consideration of “buy-up” options For more information, please contact Gayla (512) or
ARRA Grant Application for LiDAR
TNRIS Viewer/GEMSS
Texas GIS Forum Attendees! Thanks to our Platinum Sponsors Forum presentations - Save the Date – October 25-28, 2010
How can you participate? Grant opportunities – ARRA for Orthoimagery and Elevation (due 12/01/2009) – NSDI CAP 10HQPA0011 (due 01/07/2009) Project collaboration Feedback and suggestions Save the Date! – October 25-28, 2010
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