1. 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

2. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. Software Support Erdas Imagine Licenses – Academic Partners Support / Training for ArcGIS via GLOBE Google Earth Training via GLOBE Cost estimate = ? ($10,000’s)

7. 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

8. Landsat Imagery Sept. 72 – May 02 ~100 images TM Landsat 5 ETM+ Landsat 7 MSS Data Services

9. 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

13. Available as raw pt data -.las and ASCII text files Available as tiles in Arc GRID format

14. www.wvview.org Rick Landenberger WVU – Dept. of Geology & Geography rlanden@mail.wvu.edu 304-293-5603-4342