West Virginia View A West Virginia Remote Sensing Consortium Timothy Warner 1 M. Duane Nellis 1,2 Christopher Whitmore 1 1 Geology and Geography 2 Eberly College of Arts and Sciences West Virginia University
AmericaView Umbrella Organization Established as a 501(c)(3) non- profit in StateView consortia members Sponsored by USGS, $1.6 million dollars funding annually Aim is to grow to 50 StateView consortia Mission … advance remote sensing… through education, research, outreach and … technology transfer
West Virginia View: Partners Academic: WVU –Geology and Geography –Biology –WV GIS Technical Center State –WV DEP Federal Non-Profit –Canaan Valley Institute WV View is currently working with additional state colleges that have an interest in remote sensing
WV View: Long Term Aims Vision: Build a WV remote sensing community Statewide remote sensing cooperation Infrastructure development: access to data, computer resources, and field equipment. Student education and opportunities Community outreach activities Theoretical and applied research relevant to West Virginia.
On-line State Image Archive 77 Landsat Images of WV WV County Data
County Satellite & DEM Data Sets Ohio County Ohio County Landsat False Color Image 30 meter pixels
Visitors per day May 03Dec 03May 04 Date Web Access May to April Average data transfer per day: 4.1 GB/day Users per day: 53 Unique IP addresses: 5974 Hits on files: 33,450
Web Access May to April Average data transfer per day: 4.1 GB/day Users per day: 53 Unique IP addresses: 5974 Hits on files: 33,450.edu 24%.com 33%.gov 2%.net.org 2%.net 34%
Appalachian Remote Sensing Conference May 14, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV You are invited to attend the 2003 Appalachian Remote Sensing Conference. The conference will be of interest to geospatial professionals and students in government, the private sector, and education. Deadline for abstracts: April 4, 2003 Sponsored by West Virginia View: NASA Presentation to Dean Nellis, WVU
Future Developments Grow the Image Archive –Complete the County Data Sets –Add additional Landsat images Sponsor remote sensing education, internship, and research opportunities Add new academic remote sensing partners Let us know if there are ways we can serve you better