1 Orthophotography Update Wendy Stout Geospatial Program Manager Virginia Geographic Information Network October 9,
2 Current Status of VBMP
3 VBMP Program Commonwealth contracted with the Sanborn Map Company to provide full color, leaf-off, digital orthophotography for the entire land base of Virginia. –Eastern portion of the State was acquired in Spring –Western portion of the State will again be acquired in Spring 2015.
4 VBMP Program
5 “Off-Year” Flights Orthoimagery/upgrades outside of the base program years (2013 for eastern half, 2015 for western half) can be acquired Minimum area/order size must be greater than $25K in value 1ft ortho price = $20.59 per 1’ tile in off- year.
in Flight Design
in, 3-in Flight Design
Acquisition Upgrades 3-inch orthos6-inch orthos AlexandriaAlbemarle County* ArlingtonCharlottesville 2-ft ContoursFairfax City Alexandria cityFairfax County Fairfax CityFarmville Town Spotsylvania CountyHopewell city Farmville TownJames City County CharlottesvilleNew Kent County 4-ft ContoursRichmond City Albemarle CountyScottsville Greensville CountySpotsylvania County ImperviousYork County* Stafford CountyEnhanced Landcover Fairfax cityNew Kent County City of Williamsburg Structure PlanimetricsOther Planimetrics Spotsylvania CountyAlexandria city Farmville TownArlington County Goochland CountySpotsylvania County New Kent County *partial
9 Acquisition Flights began on 2/21. Final flight was performed 4/14. –In between, weather and flying conditions were as bad as we’ve seen Multiple snow events, last one in April Very few clear days – multiple re-flights needed for clouds/shadows All 6-in and 3-in blocks were completed. 98% of the 1-ft blocks were acquired Portions of Fredericksburg, Fauquier, Prince William, and Stafford were not able to be acquired before the leaf-on conditions stopped flights Sanborn and VGIN will be coordinating to re-fly these areas in spring 2014.
10 12-in Area – no 2013 coverage
11 Status Summary Statistics 23,164 of 32,354 tiles have been delivered from Sanborn to Dewberry (72% of total program) 12,556 of 32,354 tiles have completed QC (39% of total) 8,731 of 32,354 tile are fully accepted (27% of total)
12 Milestone Update Table 1 Eastern Project Area Milestone NumberDate Number of Completed Blocks Cumulative Number of Completed Blocks Actual Number of Cumulative Completed Blocks 131-Jul one foot and three 6 inch blocks (equivalent to.5 one foot block) 231-Aug one foot blocks and 6 six inch blocks (equivalent to 1.3 one foot blocks) 330-Sep one foot blocks have been delivered 431-Oct
13 Locality Deliveries The first deliveries – Farmville, Hopewell and the Eastern Shore (Accomack and Northampton) have been delivered to the locality. The upgrade area of The City of Richmond and several additional non-upgrade localities are also currently in the process of packaging for delivery to the locality.
15 Oct/Nov Expectations Deliverables to the locality include Geotiffs, MrSids, and DTM Additionally, VGIN will create a MrSid locality mosaic upon request. The VBMP is on track for all imagery to be delivered to localities by the end of the year
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